Starting school already!

We just found out a few weeks ago that Brody got a spot at First United Methodist Preschool for the fall. He has been on the waiting list since last summer! The school is only a few blocks from my office, so he will finally be close to me during the day. He will only be there Mon-Wed (the days that I work), and his Mimi will most likely be coming to get him at noon somedays. Sooo, I guess it really isn't as big of a deal as it seems to me, but then again, my baby is starting school for the very first time! I really do feel like Brody will be sooo happy here. There will only be 6-8 kids in his class (18 months - 2 years) with 2 teachers (who are all awesome, by the way), so he will get plenty of that special attention that he deserves. Anyway, I have started taking Brody for a few hours on a couple days just so that he becomes familiar with it before he starts going there every morning. And so far, he has done wonderfully!!! The teachers all love him and say that he is so happy while he is there - dancing and laughing and being silly. And he is definately good at being silly. He will do anything to get a laugh out of you. The first day that he was there, they took his class on a stroller ride (they have a six seater stroller) to the bakery on the square and bought them a cookie. Doesn't that just sound like fun? I know that Brody enjoyed it!

Here are a few pictures of him before we left for school this morning. It makes me a little sad to see him standing there with his little lunch box. Looks like he should be starting Kindergarten!

Oh, and you can see our new floors in some of the pictures! He is so proud of his new baseball lunchbox!

Brent was on the back porch this evening grilling hamburgers, and I was in the bedroom folding clothes. When we walked back into the living room this is what we found. Sound asleep with his cup still in his mouth. And look how long he looks in these pictures! It must be the angle of the camera - we all know that Brody isn't long by any means.

Playing Catch-Up

It has been waaay to long since my last post. Guess we have just been busy...or I have been too lazy...or maybe a little of both. Anyway, I am just going to post some pics in no particular order to try and catch up. I will comment when necessary.

Brody getting golf lessons from Daddy. Yea, we know the club is bit too long, but Brody just won't have the little plastic ones that we bought him. He is no fool, he wants the "real thing". And this is all we have to work with right now. But don't worry, Brent has already been searching for (and found) some real clubs for toddlers. I am sure it wont be long until they are at our house.....



Helping Daddy pull up the floor. We put down new wood floor a couple weeks ago, and Brody was right in on the action. He didn't miss a beat.

Playing on the furniture dolly
Blowing bubbles on the 4 th of July (I figured this was a little safer than fireworks)

Swimming with Paw at Mamaw Agnes' on the 4th of July

Playing with his cousin Layla



We went to the doctor a few weeks ago just for a check-up for Brody's ears, to make sure the tubes are still in place and all is good. Well, they are...and it is. He was such a big boy in the waiting room, sitting at the table playing with the toys.

Lastly, Brody got a new haircut this weekend!!! I didnt realize how much we cut off until I looked back at pictures of him before. It is actually shorter than I had intended, but I am sure that it will feel great this summer, and he looks adorable as always.

Here he is BEFORE:
And AFTER!!!

All dressed up

Today we went to Brent's cousin's wedding in Magnolia. It was really a beautiful wedding. It was held at the bride's home, which was absolutely gorgeous. But...let me tell ya'...it was H-O-T!!! The wedding was outside, in the front yard, no shade trees, and 90 degree weather. We were practically soaked by the time it was over. But, other than the heat, we had a good time.

Brody was all dressed up, so I thought I would share a few pics of how cute he looked.


But within 20 minutes of getting there, we had to lose the little sweater vest to try and cool him down some. You can tell how hot he was just by looking at his little face in this pic. I kept wiping him down with a cool cloth and making him sip on water.
Then, as if he didnt get enough of being outside at the wedding, he managed to "talk" me into taking him out to play for a bit when we got home. He takes my finger and pulls me to the door and says, "Peez. Ou, peez." (In other words, "Please. Out, please." ) He went straight to the garage and got Brent's fishing pole to play with. I just had to snap a few pics before I took the pole away from him..hehe.

Brody is now (as of last week) 16 months old!! I just do not know where the time has gone. How can such an itty bitty baby grow up to be a running jabbering toddler in such a short time?

He is truely our life. I can't wait to get up in the mornings to see his little grinning face in his crib waiting on me to scoop him up. It is one of the best parts of our day. And rocking him to sleep at bedtime as he rubs my face or plays with my hair - it is something that I wish would last forever.

Sooo, I was looking at some pics from those first few days at home with Brody, and it shocked me as to how much he has changed over the past 16 months. WOW! Here is a little re-play of the last 16 months.


Day #1 - Daddy holding Brody in the hospital
Day #4
2 weeks old
2 months old
3 months old
3 months old

4 months old
4 months old - Going to Lake Claiborne
4 months old
5 months old
6 months old - His feet in the ocean for the first time

7 months - First Braves game! 8 months - First Halloween
10 months - First Christmas
14 months

Baby Gavin and Bible School

My cousin Angela came in from Harrison this week, and we all got to meet her new baby boy, Gavin. He is so amazingly cute. It also shocked me to see how tiny he is. I had already forgotten how it felt to hold Brody as a newborn, and this brought back all kinds of memories. Boy, they really do grow fast don't they? It was so surreal to hold this little tiny infant in my arms, and then look down and see my baby boy running all over the place, talking, and just so grown-up looking. Wow, where did the time go? Shouldn't Brody still be that little?

Anyway, here is a great pic of little Gavin. Isn't he soo sweet?

Gavin with his Aunt Meredith

And then look at my baby :( Not so much of a baby anymore, huh. Jordan had just given Brody a rockin' do, and he was lovin' it.
Sitting in his big boy chair at Mimi and Pa's.

I had to work at a Vacation Bible School this week, so Brody went with me and he was in the nursey class with Brent's mom. He really enjoyed it this year. Here he is at opening assymbly, dancing to the songs with all of the other kids. He really thought he was just as big as they are.

Putting his money in the childrens offering "bucket". He goes forward for the childrens offering every Sunday, so he drops his money in like a pro now. It is so precious.

Outside playing ball with the big kids