WE ARE HOME WITH LOTS OF NEW CHANGES!!!

WE MADE IT HOME TODAY FROM OUR WEEK LONG TRIP AT THE BEACH WITH MI MI, PAW PAW, AUNT ASHLEY, UNCLE JEFF, WESTON, BROOKS, AND THE RUTLEDGE GANG!! WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND DID NOT WANT TO COME HOME! THE WEEK FLEW BY AND THE BOYS ARE WORN OUT!! THEY PLAYED THEIR LITTLE HEARTS OUT IN THE SWIMMING POOL AND ON THE BEACH! THEY GOT TO RIDE GO-KARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME TOO AND LOVED IT! GI GI AND PAW PAW BROUGHT THE MOTOR HOME DOWN THURSDAY, SO THEY GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM TOO! I HAVE TONS OF PICTURES AND WILL GET THOSE UPLOADED SOON, BUT I AM SURE IT WILL TAKE ME FOREVER TO GET THEM ALL POSTED! THANK YOU, MI MI AND PAW PAW FOR A WONDERFUL TRIP! WE LOVE YOU AND ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR!!

ON ANTHER NOTE, ALL OF MY BABIES ARE GROWING UP!!! JAX IS SLEEPING IN HIS BIG BOY BED FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT! HE HAS TAKEN NAPS IN THERE, BUT NEVER SLEPT IN THERE ALL NIGHT! WELL, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE MOST OF THE NIGHT. HE HAS STILL BEEN GETTING UP TO EAT AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE HE GETS UP IN THE MORNINGS FOR THE DAY! ALSO, MY BIG BABIES SAID GOODBYE TO THEIR SIPPY CUPS TONIGHT. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS OFF FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE I JUST KNEW IT WOULD BE A BATTLE. THE BOYS ARE POTTY TRAINED DURING THE DAY,BUT STILL WEAR THEIR PULL UPS TO NAP IN AND AT NIGHT. WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GET RID OF ALL THE PULL UPS, BUT KNEW WE HAD TO GET RID OF THE NIGHT TIME MILK FIRST. THE BOYS HAVE ALWAYS WENT TO BED ON THEIR OWN AND IN THEIR BEDS,BUT WHEN WE GOT RID OF THE BOTTLE WE STARTED A BAD HABIT BY LETTING THEM TAKE THEIR SIPPY CUPS TO BED WITH THEM. I DID NOT REALIZE IT AT THE TIME,BUT WHEN I STARTED THINKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE PULL UPS I JUST KNEW IT WOULD BE HARD TO STOP THE NIGHT TIME MILK. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AUSTINS COMFORT THING AND AIDEN JUST GOT USED TO IT. ANYWAYS, THEY PROVED ME WRONG TONIGHT. I TOLD THEM BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE BEACH THAT WHEN WE GOT HOME WE WERE GOING TO GIVE THE SIPPY CUPS AND THE PULL UPS TO SOME BABIES THAT NEEDED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE 3 AND THAT THEY ARE BIG BOYS NOW. SO, I GOT A PLASTIC BAG OUT AND WE SAID GOODBYE TO THEM. THEY PUT THEM IN THE BAG,SO THAT I CAN TAKE THEM TO SOME BABIES THAT NEED THEM! IT WAS REALLY CUTE AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME, THEY TOLD THEM THEY WHERE BIG BOYS NOW AND DID NOT NEED THEM. WHEN I PUT THE PLASTIC BAG OUTSIDE AND TURNED AROUND TO SEE AIDENS FACE I ABOUT LOST IT. HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE WITH THESE CROCODILE TEARS IN HIS EYES AND WAS ABOUT BREAK DOWN. I PICKED HIM AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT BEING A BIG BOY AND THEN HE WAS FINE. AUSTIN DID NOT ASK FOR HIS UNTIL HE GOT IN THE BED,BUT I REMINDED HIM THAT WE GAVE THEM TO THE BABIES AND THAT WAS IT!!! NOW, IF IT ONLY STAYS THIS SIMPLE I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND GET RID OF ALL THE PULL UPS!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE MY BABY BOYS ARE GROWING UP SO FAST!!!!!


LOTS OF PICTURES COMING SOON!