Edgeworth Family

HOMECOMING

2010-08-03T16:35:00.005-04:00

Waiting on Daddy!

His Bus!!!

He's HOME!

Daytona

2010-08-03T16:16:00.002-04:00

Daytona Beach 2010

Grandbuddy, Rob, Steph, Amber, Jenna, Carson, Lindsey, Ben, Jeff, Deana, Ella, Ava, Jan

Eat, beach, pool, eat, beach, pool, putt-putt :)

Happy Birthday!

2010-08-03T15:59:00.004-04:00

Happy Birthday Mom and Lindsey!

Matt's New Toy

2010-07-09T16:14:00.003-04:00

Matt's New Toy.

Enough said.

4th of July

2010-07-09T15:41:00.004-04:00

We went to the river with my best friend, Ashley and her family for the July 4th weekend. They have 2 boats and a camper. We absolutely had a blast the first night and went back for another night of fun. (The second night we didn't take Carson. One late night was all the little guy could handle)

Ok so the first day we rode on Ricky and Tina's boat. Everyone got out and floated around in the river for a while, except Carson and I because of the tubes in his ears.

Lindsey had her first experience on the tube...with a little moral support...and strength from Tanner. Bahaha!

Jenna "drove"the boat for a few minutes before going in for the night.

We had great food and wonderful fireworks.

My kids were troopers and stayed up late. Carson finally crashed in the camper and Jenna fell asleep outside in the chair.

We had so much fun that we came back out on Sunday for some more sun!

Sunday we stayed on Tanner's boat and all took turns on the tube. Ben with with us this time and was named "ninja" of the tube. He was a machine out there! (In these pics - Ben, me and Jenna and then me and Ashley)

Jenna loved Tanner's boat because it went fast and she would scream ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT the entire time we were riding.

It was great fun. We ended that night with more food, hanging out around the campfire and playing with sparklers.

We had a great weekend but we were so sad to see Ashley go back "home" to Kentucky. We're all ready for the next time we can get together and do it all over again...but with Matt this time!!

Big Canoe

2010-07-09T15:15:00.005-04:00

We went to Big Canoe again this year for a few nights. Lindsey wasn't able to go because of summer school and of course Matt was still gone but we had fun anyway. Aunt Jerri came up for a few nights too!

The first night we were there we went to a Mexican restaurant. They had a mariachi band playing and Carson LOVED it. He danced the whole time and when they would stop he would nod his head at them for more. They came over to our table and played The Itsy Bitsy Spider for him.

Of course there was lots of time at the pool and at the lake.

And we got a boat again this year. We ordered pizza and took it out with us for dinner. And we took left over hot dog buns to feed the geese.

We had a great mini vacation! :)

Corn

2010-06-23T21:15:00.003-04:00

Corn is good. Corn is fine. Corn is so divine. We can go to Grandma's house....and eat some corn.

252nd MP Company

2010-06-03T20:38:00.002-04:00

We are ready for them to come home!!!

Memorial Day

2010-06-03T20:28:00.003-04:00

Lake Winnie had a special for military families on Memorial Day so we took Jenna. We had a good time even though it rained. She rode her first roller coaster and loved it. She's taking after me!!! :)

Mother's Day

2010-06-03T20:22:00.002-04:00

Jenna sang in church for Mother's Day! :)

1st haircuts!

2010-05-06T23:09:00.003-04:00

My kids had their first haircuts on the same day. So here are before and after pictures of them. Carson looks so big now. Jen's isn't too different but we just cut the ends off and the curls bounced back some. I love it!

Happy Birthday to my Sweet Boy!

2010-05-06T22:58:00.003-04:00

Carson James is 1!!! Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

Zoo Day!

2010-05-01T12:11:00.005-04:00

Zoo Day!

Here is Jenna with the "famous" chimp Hank.

All the "Big Kids." It was impossible to get them to all stand together and look at the camera. I didn't even try. Carson was in the stroller and another little girl about his age was there too.

Us on the carousel. Jenna will only sit on the bench or she freaks out. She'll tell you...just ask her.

My Garden

2010-04-22T11:21:00.003-04:00

I decided to plant my very first garden this year.

Zucchini, Squash, Onions, Okra, Tomatoes and Sunflowers

Aquarium

2010-04-16T16:00:00.005-04:00

The kids and I went on a little trip to the aquarium today. Jenna loved it and Carson actually liked it too. There were several school field trips going on but we tried to take it slow and let them all pass us.

We also played in the "creek" beside the aquarium too. Jenna got soaking wet but it was worth it to both of us. :)

What's in here?

2010-04-16T15:56:00.003-04:00

Hm...what's in here? :)

Kid-Free

2010-04-15T18:28:00.005-04:00

ding festivities for my cuz....and I LEFT THE KIDS AT HOME! This was the view from my bedroom window!
I went out of town to Gulf Shores last week for wed I stayed up late, slept in, walked on the beach, shopped, ate seafood and enjoyed two days kid-free. :)

Happy Easter!

2010-04-13T12:31:00.003-04:00

Happy Easter!

Carson rode on the horses for the first time on Easter. Here he is with Papaw and Apache. He loved it just like his sister does.

"Make-up"

2010-04-06T17:09:00.003-04:00

I woke up to this. Yes, it is purple Sharpie. Lovely.

11 months

2010-04-06T17:04:00.001-04:00

11 months!

Egg Hunts

2010-04-06T16:13:00.005-04:00

The kids got to attend 3 egg hunts this year. Jenna is a pro at them now...

The first one was at the armory. They hid about 600 eggs and there were about 12 kids there so they all got tons of eggs and candy! We ate after the egg hunt and decorate cupcakes. It was such a fun way to start off Spring!

The second egg hunt was the DZT egg hunt at Lee. I forgot my camera!! But someone e-mailed us this picture of Carson. The Easter bunny was there. Jenna isn't fond of those kind of things but Lindsey convinced her to give him a high five. That's a big step for us. :)

The last one was an egg hunt at the church property. Jenna got lots of eggs and prizes. We all rode on a hay ride and Jenna jumped in the jump twice. After that we went to my Grandmother's house for Easter Supper. We were so happy to be able to eat on the back porch. It is so nice out there! We look lots of pics but the only one I got on my camera was everyone torturing my sweet boy with "Annie".

Happy Spring!

Spring Break!

2010-04-06T15:19:00.004-04:00

Lindsey, the kids and I went down to Orange Beach for Spring Break. We stayed at my aunt's condo with my cuz all week long. We had a blast. This was Carson's first time at the beach and he really loved it. The water was freezing but luckily we had an indoor pool to go to.

We also went on a dolphin cruise and we really enjoyed it. I don't have the pictures on this computer so I will have to update later.

Diamonds are forever

2010-03-19T00:10:00.003-04:00

Matt got me a new ring!!!!!! I LOVE IT! Thanks babe. :)

10 months!

2010-03-13T12:17:00.001-05:00

So I'm late again....oh well! Here they are. :)

Home Sweet Home

2010-03-11T12:22:00.007-05:00

Matt completely surprised me and came home!!! He showed up at our hotel in Jacksonville to walk the Breast Cancer Half Marathon with us. I was shocked that he was there. You won't believe what happened...I got a stomach virus and was throwing up all night long the first night he was home. Yep, that's right...I haven't been sick since he left in July and the night he comes home it hits me. (EVERYONE in our family got it within the 2 weeks he was home, except Carson and Pam.) But I was able to walk the marathon and we made the exact time that I wanted. 3 hours 15 minutes. I was so happy he was there with me. He pushed me to make my time goal and I did it!! (That's us in the blue Team Taylor shirts.)

After we got home, I got bronchitis and Carson got the flu. It wasn't what we had planned for Matt's time home at all but we all got to spend lots of time together at home, even if we were all sickly.

We did take Jenna to the Creative Discovery Museum one day. She loves that place!

And it snowed while he was home so Matt and Jenna played in the snow.

Matt also took me to get my first tattoo. It says Love in Arabic. :)

The night before he had to report in Atlanta to go back to Iraq, Matt and I went down to Atlanta to stay the night. We went to the Coke Museum and the GA Aquarium. (I forgot my camera!!!) I was so sad to see him go back but we are getting closer to this deployment being over and I can't wait!!!!

9 months

2010-02-10T15:21:00.002-05:00

I am a little late but here they are!

Snow!

2010-01-30T21:09:00.006-05:00

We got snow! Real snow! Not just flurries. We don't have clothes for snow. Ha! I didn't even have Jenna a pair of gloves. But I let her go out for a few minutes on Friday night.

After about 3 minutes she decided she HAD to have some gloves. So we dug through the drawers in the coat closet and found the smallest pair we could find. She seemed ok with them. We even made a snow angel(kinda:).

On Saturday around lunchtime Jenna and I ventured out to Wal-Mart. I found her a cute hat and mittens and she was soooo excited to get home! She talked Papa into going outside with her. They built a snowman and tried to make another snow angel.

Carson and I watched from inside. (I love this picture!!!!)

Jenna's favorite part was eating the snow...obviously!

A day in the life of my princess

2010-01-27T20:27:00.007-05:00

I should start this post out by saying that both of my children have been sick this week. Jenna has the croup and Carson has been teething and has a cold. So we have been in the house since Monday afternoon. Apparently the steroid that Jenna is on makes her imagination run wild!

Jenna runs up to me and informs me that she is Cinderella and needs a dress. We don't have a princess dress...so I got out her tutu that Mimi gave her for Christmas and found a tiara and that seemed to satisfy her...for about 5 seconds.

She then insists that she has to have a prince. She gets the idea that her "sweet boy" (Carson) has to be the prince and needs a "prince shirt", which I have no clue what that looks like. So she settled for a "prince hat"...

which he didn't like...and she was a little bummed...

She studied on her revolving princess light how to dance like a princess and was sure that her prince had to dance with her, which didn't happen since he can't even stand up on his own but we made it work.

Then it was time for a castle. She got out Carson's big blocks(there are only 4) and told her prince to build her a castle. When he didn't, she decided to do it on her own.

Apparently the prince was outraged by this...

and knocked down her castle.

Since she didn't have a place to live, she decided to run away. She went and got on her horse, Patch, and rode away exclaiming, "Where is my carriage and my bibbidi bobbidi boo?!?"

She rode Patch until she found her Mimi and convinced her that she should take over the role of princess.

And that, my friends, is a day in the life of my princess.

Birthday in Iraq

2010-01-24T11:21:00.003-05:00

I found the cutest thing back in October on how to send a "cake" to Matt. You bake it in a pint size mason jar and seal it so that it will make it to Iraq and not be stale. Since our oven was broken I went to Matt's mom's house on New Years Eve/Day and we made them together. We made 6 small cakes and bought icing and plates to send with them. Thankfully, Matt has been asking for a new pillow so I was able to put the pillow in a box and then squeeze the jars in around it so they wouldn't break on the way to him. So here are the pictures he sent me of his cakes! :)

Happy Birthday Matt!

2010-01-19T16:59:00.002-05:00

Today is Matt's birthday! When Jenna woke up this morning, I reminded her. She asked if we were going to have a cake. So of course I said yes. Jen and I celebrated his birthday while Carson was taking a nap this afternoon. Happy Birthday Matt! We miss you and can't wait to celebrate with you next month!

Ready for Church

2010-01-06T21:47:00.003-05:00

Here are the kids right before we left for church with their new Christmas clothes on. Thanks Mimi and Papa!!!!! (Miss Priss wasn't cooperating.)

Bye Bye Binky

2010-01-06T21:40:00.003-05:00

I am working on getting Jenna away from her binky. She loves it. I mean LOVES it. So as of New Years Day, she can only have it in the bed and in the car. When she gets out of the bed in the mornings she has put it in a cute little bucket beside her bed. The first morning we started this new way of life she wasn't letting that binky out of her sight. She carried the bucket around all morning.

I am happy to say that she has done so great with this. She still has her moments but every day she does better. Hopefully by the time Matt comes home on leave next month she will be a pro!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-06T21:29:00.003-05:00

We spent New Years at Grandmother's house. We ate black eyed peas, greens and corn bread. We all sat at one table in honor of me and we had Krispy Kreme in honor of Lorinda! Ha! We opened Christmas presents because we wanted to wait until Lorinda got in town. Jenna got more stuff for her kitchen! Isn't this the cutest thing ever? She loves it!! And she also loves Lorinda! Happy New Year! I am so happy 2009 is over and we are excited about 2010. No more chemo in this house and Matt is coming home this year!

8 months

2009-12-31T11:42:00.003-05:00

Carson is 8 months!

Here are two pictures of Jenna at 8 months. The second one she was in the hospital for a virus. I am so happy I am not going through that anymore!

Christmas!!

2009-12-31T09:34:00.015-05:00

Our Christmas started Sunday the 20th in Fort Payne at Matt's grandparent's house. We did all the basic family holiday stuff; eating lots, opening presents and playing Dirty Santa. I sat in the wrong spot apparently because from every angle there was a window which made a glare on the pictures. So this is Jenna with her new piano from Granny and Jenna playing with her cousin Tytan. And that's all I got! From there, we traveled down to Daphne for Taylor Christmas. We ate at Felix's Fish Camp and then played Dirty Santa and let the great-grandkids open presents. They all racked up on the toys! They loved it. This was our first year without Paw Paw and we missed him so much. Maw Maw had something up her sleeve! Mrs. Claus(maw maw's neighbor) paid us a visit. We played a game and she handed out presents. Funny.

And then came Christmas Eve. We had dinner at home with my family. Poor Jenna had a fever and was sleeping and I think Carson was sleeping too. I can't remember. Since our oven is STILL broken we cooked two different kinds of soup for Christmas dinner. We ate and then it was time for presents!! I gave my mom the job of getting my kids clothes for Christmas which was wonderful for me! They got TONS of new clothes. Then it was time to make cookies(no bake of course, ugh!) for Santa and put carrots out for the reindeer.

Here are my angels sleeping on Christmas Eve.

Santa came to our house!!!

Merry Christmas!

At noon on Christmas Day we had brunch with the Anderson's and my grandparents. It was so good!! The kids had a great time with each other too!

This isn't a great picture but we haven't compared Baby Ben and Carson in a while. Carson is so much bigger and taller. Isn't that funny how different they are but they are slow close in age!?!

Then it was time to go to Matt's mom's house. We had a huge, wonderful Christmas dinner. Jenna loves birthday parties. I mean LOVES them. So we had a party for Jesus and she got to blow out the candle. Then present time!!! Jenna got a rocking horse and she LOVES it!

Matt sent us some pictures from his Christmas in Iraq.

We had a very, Merry Christmas!

Christmas Fun

2009-12-17T10:34:00.005-05:00

We went to Anna's house while the cleaning lady was at ours this week. Anna made Rice Krispy Treats and we used Christmas cookie cutters, icing and m&ms to decorate.

Brant, Riley, and Jenna only cared about eating the icing. Anna and I took care of the Rice Krispies! It's almost Christmas!!!

Museum again!

2009-12-17T09:54:00.005-05:00

Anna and I took the kids to the museum again. It was interesting to see what they wanted to play with this time and what all they remembered. They both loved the water part! Jenna got two shirts soaking wet. I think Anna left with a bath too!

Ever since Jenna was a baby she has been scared of the hand dryers in public restrooms. I think most kids are. They have them in the water section there. I was trying to dry her first wet shirt and she came over to check it out. Here's what she did...

She liked the music and books and driving the little red car and she liked the sand again.

But her favorite part, this is going to surprise you...was the doctor's office with the baby dolls in it. Can you believe it? Ha!

And here is little Carson being a great sport!

The exhibit upstairs right now is Helping Hands. They have a section where you write cards to soldiers. I talked to one of the workers and gave them Matt's unit's address so they are sending them to the 252nd MP Company. I am so excited!!!

We had a great day!

Family Dinner

2009-12-17T09:45:00.005-05:00

We had our family dinner this past week. We try to do one every year around this time. We all go out to eat and hang out since we never seem to be able to get everyone's schedules together. This year we were missing Matt and my mother in law, Pam, had the kids. So it was just the original 5 of us. We went to eat at Abuelo's(mom's favorite) and then did a little shopping and went to Marble Slab for ice cream. Fun night!

My Daddy, My hero

2009-12-11T16:09:00.000-05:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas Decorations

2009-12-07T22:00:00.003-05:00

Since everything is our lives and our attic is crazy right now, we decided not to pull out all the Christmas decorations this year. Sad, I know. My mom settled for 3 little trees with white lights in the front window just so we wouldn't look like Scrooge and so we would have a place to put our presents.

I definitely haven't been in the Christmas spirit. I have almost all my shopping done simply because I want it all over with. The faster Christmas is over, the sooner it is until Matt comes home. Don't get me wrong, I am excited about my kids opening their presents and spending time with family but I am just ready for this year to move on.

Today I decided I should do something about my Bah-Humbug-ness(yes, I just made that up). I searched through the attic while the kids were taking a nap and found my Christmas tree and my box of ornaments. I put my tree up hoping to make me feel Christmas-y. We'll see how it works.

I found a place right across from Victoria's Secret in Hamilton Place that sells the cutest ornaments! And they customize them for free!! I can't tell you all I got because lots of people on my list are getting them but I did buy one for myself. This is to remind me of this Christmas in years to come and to be so very thankful that this part of my life has come and gone and also to be thankful that my husband will be home for the holidays, Lord willing, with our little family every year.

We miss you this Christmas and we are already looking forward to next Christmas when you are here celebrating with us. We love you, Matt!

Way to Go Jen!!

2009-12-07T21:17:00.004-05:00

Jenna has been practicing for her performance in "big church" for weeks now. She can sing Away In A Manger(the whole song!!), a little bit of Joy to the World and most of a song called Little Me. She loves to sing and has done a great job learning her songs...

Having said that....

This Sunday was her performance. She went on stage in the first service without a tear. But only sang ONE line. "Little Me." In the second service she cried at first but stayed up there the whole time...without singing one word. She did clap after every song though. But for her first time she did a wonderful job!

Way to go Jen!

(My camera was on a weird setting and we didn't realize it...)

Another month!

2009-11-30T19:28:00.001-05:00

Another month has come and gone...7 months!

Thanksgiving

2009-11-29T14:27:00.008-05:00

I don't have many pictures from Thanksgiving. Things were crazy!

My sister, the kids and I left Wednesday just after lunch to Daphne for Thanksgiving. The trip usually takes around 6 hours but because of all the holiday traffic it took over 8 hours. We were more than ready to get there.

On Thursday morning we woke up and had a Thanksgiving breakfast. Not everyone could make it that morning so the ones who could had a wonderful start to Thanksgiving day. That evening we went to have Thanksgiving supper at a friend of the family's house. She helped us when PawPaw was in the hospital and her dad was in at the same time and passed away the day after our PawPaw did. They are absolutely the nicest people I have ever met. They opened up their home to us and we had such an amazing time.

The best part of the trip was Black Friday! The Outlet mall in Foley opened at midnight. So Melanie, Lindsey and I went down there to shop for what we thought would be a couple of hours. We left the house at 11pm and got home at...8am!!!!! We were crazy by the time we got home. Laughing like silly girls at everything. We were able to lay down for 1 hour before everyone woke up. I think that made me feel worse. But we don't regret it at all. We got some great deals and had a really good time!

That night we had Taylor Thanksgiving. My dad cooked the turkey and Aunt Jerri and MawMaw made everything else. It was WONDERFUL! It was so good to be with everyone. Jenna and Bella became best buds over the weekend.

Melanie bought Jenna and Bella matching Christmas dresses. We had a little photo shoot. Aren't they gorgeous?

And I bought my kids their Christmas outfits and we had another photo shoot. It is so hard to get them to both smile at the same time! But we got some good ones.

I have to say that the holidays are going to be very hard for me this year. Thanksgiving was a hard day for Matt and I but I think Christmas will be even worse. We are trying to keep our heads up and think about this time next year. We will all be back together again! We miss you Matt!

I love tickets!

2009-11-24T10:55:00.005-05:00

Some friends of ours gave us 3 tickets to the UT game on Saturday.

I am a Bama fan all the way but I couldn't turn down free tickets and a night out with no kids!!

So my sister, my best friend Ashley, and I made the trip up to Knoxville to watch the UT vs Vanderbilt game. We finally found a good(well what we thought we be good) place to park and then walked to Chili's to eat before the game.

We made it to the game just in time to see the kickoff. I was trying so hard not to cheer for Tennessee but when there are 100,123 other people there yelling and screaming, its so hard to not get caught up in all the excitement. So I cheered...a little. At half time they had a tribute to the military. It was so moving for me. Never in my life have I been more aware of the cost of freedom in this country.

We decided to leave with 1:24 left the 4th quarter and while we were walking down the ramp, TN made another touchdown. So the final score was 31-16 TN. We had a great time and had great seats and it was cold! I think we laughed more at the people around us more than we watched the game. I so needed that!!

We thought we got a great parking spot. In a parking garage and only $10. But we ended up waiting an hour inside the garage because of traffic!! So we learned our lesson about parking!!

The best part of the night for me was crawling in my bed at 1:30am and not waking up until 10:30am. Thanks Nan for keeping the kids!

Carson's Head CT

2009-11-20T21:44:00.004-05:00

Carson had a head CT done today. His upper lip on the right side has always puffed up when he is sick or tired. I remember when he was just a couple weeks old seeing it but when I looked the next morning I thought maybe I was just crazy. Matt thought I was crazy too. But the older he got, the more I noticed it late at night. I mentioned this to his doctor and we decided to keep watching it. (I will try to find a picture that shows his lip swollen.)

Carson went for his 6 month well check this week and I told the doctor it was getting worse and worse. I now notice it during the day often and just wanted the him to know that it was happening. After a few minutes, the doctor decided we needed to check it out just to make sure nothing was going on that we were missing. So he scheduled a head CT at T.C. Thompson. I have to say I wasn't nervous about the test at all. The doctor told me he didn't think anything was wrong but would rather be safe. The most stressful part was that he couldn't eat for 4 hours before the test. That's hard for a 6 month old. So I woke him up at 5:30am and fed him. Then Pam, Carson and I went down to the hospital for his appointment at 9:45am. I thought he would cry a lot because he was hungry but he was an angel!!! They did one scan and then gave him a little IV and injected dye and then did another scan. The only time he cried was when they stuck him for the IV. I was able to stand right there with him and feed him his bottle while they were doing the scan. Then we got to go! It was easy. A lot better than I had worked up in my head! (I left my camera in the waiting room and so I only got this picture with my cell phone)

I got a call at about 4:30 this afternoon with the results. I was happy to hear that everything is completely normal on the scan. So I assume that the whole lip thing is kind of like a lazy eye. It doesn't seem to cause Carson any pain. I am anxious to talk to the doctor about what he thinks. But it's a relief to know that nothing is wrong. The funny part is we went through all that to find out that he has another ear infection! Looks like he is following in his sister's footsteps with the ear infections....

Sick Kids

2009-11-14T09:32:00.003-05:00

I hate it when my kids are sick. And both of them have been this week. You know those times when you finally find something that distracts them, no matter what it is, you just let them do it to get a little peace?

Volley for the Cure

2009-11-07T18:56:00.007-05:00

My mom spoke at the Volley for the Cure luncheon on Thursday afternoon. It was a group of breast cancer survivors and their guests. My grandmother, Lindsey and I joined my mom. The volleyball players served us and the lunch was fabulous. Kim Chapman was there from News Channel 9. (which my husband loves by the way...i put a pic on here just for you matt!) There was some singing and a prayer and then my mom spoke. She did a wonderful job and she looked great!!

Then on Friday night we went to the Volley for the Cure game.

Mom was the Honorary Coach. She sat on the bench in her pink shirt and pink hat. They won! Way to go Coach Mom!

We all had a really good time. Here we all are in pink! (Cameron took a picture of all of us but I don't have it yet)

Halloween! Halloween! Trick or Treat!

2009-11-01T22:05:00.008-05:00

Jenna was an Alabama cheerleader and Carson was a Cow this year for Halloween. We went to the mall to see their cousins and then went Trick or Treating with some friends and Lindsey and Brett. We had a good night. My kids did so good the whole time. Jenna was the cutest thing. Every house we went to she would say, "Trick or Treat. Thank you. Going to the next house!" And every once in a while we would get a "ROLL TIDE!" out of her. She had a great time and loves the candy she got. Happy Halloween everyone! :)

Here's Carson during the day on Halloween.

My little cheerleader. My dad taught her to say Rah! Rah! Ree!

My Baby Cow-Boy!

Happy 1/2 Birthday!

2009-10-29T20:54:00.004-04:00

Carson is 6 months! I can't believe it.

Jenna at 6 months.

Painting our Pumpkin

2009-10-26T14:19:00.003-04:00

We painted the pumpkin that we picked at the pumpkin patch!

She was saying, SO PRETTY!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-26T12:25:00.006-04:00

I have been wanting to take Jenna to the Pumpkin Patch for a while now but the timing was never right. It was either raining or we were out of town. So I woke up Sunday and decided it would be a great day to go. I call Matt's mom and she joined in on the trip with us.

We rode a hay ride over to the patch and then picked out our own pumpkin. They have a corn maze there too but I don't think my children would have enjoyed it. We did get an ear of corn to take home with us.

I couldn't get them to look at the camera. Jenna was really wanting to go get another pumpkin. She would've taken them all home if she could. And Carson was interested in the corn.

Matt!

2009-10-15T12:31:00.003-04:00

Matt sent me a picture from Iraq this week so I thought I would share it. He is adjusting to life there and seems to be doing ok. Please keep us all in your prayers. Miss and Love you Matt!

Sweet Potatoes and Corn dogs

2009-10-09T23:41:00.006-04:00

I started Carson on baby food this week. He had applesauce at the beginning of the week. He loved it. Every time I give it to him, he eats the whole jar. I was nervous about him not being a good eater but luckily he's a great one just like his sister. Anyways, I gave him sweet potatoes tonight. He liked them too! He ate them like he'd been having them for years. He only ate half the jar tonight but that's ok. I am just thankful he likes them.

I went to Sonic on the way home from Target tonight. Jenna had chicken for lunch so I decided to get her something else in her Wacky Pack. So she had a corn dog for the first time tonight. She loved it, go figure. She dipped it in ketchup and enjoyed every minute of it.

So new food choices for the Edgeworth kids!

I thought I would throw this cute picture in too. She was sitting at the computer saying, Need to check mine e-mail. Haha! Wonder where she learned that from? ;)

Witch Pumpkin

2009-10-05T11:15:00.003-04:00

We made a cute little Witch Pumpkin last night!!

Creative Discovery Museum

2009-10-05T10:44:00.003-04:00

My mom and grandmother bought us and Anna and her boys a membership to the Creative Discovery Museum. We were so excited to use it. We went on the last day they had the Curious George exhibit. I was so happy because Jenna and Brant both like that little monkey. The kids had a great time playing...not too much with each other but maybe we will get there soon! The babies did great too. I can't wait to go back soon.

5 Months!

2009-09-28T19:25:00.003-04:00

Here he is!

5 months old today!!!

(And Jenna at 5 months)

Apples!

2009-09-23T11:37:00.007-04:00

The kids and I went to the Apple Orchard with Mom's Group this week!! We had a good size group. Not too big and not too small. There were babies, toddlers and kids that are homeschooled. We had so much fun. It was great to get out and to meet and hang out with other moms and kids.

They showed us how they wash and sort the apples and how they make their apple cider. The kids didn't enjoy that too much. In fact, Jenna was picking up my leg trying to pull me out of there. And Brant was pushing Anna out of the room. But then they took us on a hay ride to see all the apples trees. The kids loved this! They have over 14,000 apples trees there. That's unbelievable! After that they read us the Johnny Appleseed story, again, the kids weren't very interested. The kids were interested in the next part though, food! They have everyone juice in a cute apple cup and an apple. Of course Jenna ate the entire thing!!

One of the roads we went on to get there was Carson Road. I couldn't help but take this picture. The whole time we were on Carson Road I was saying, Jenna! We are on Carson Road! She looked at me like I was crazy and said, Buddyman right here Momma! On the next road we went on she said This is Momma and Daddy Road! Haha! Cutie.

Package from Daddy!!

2009-09-21T18:35:00.005-04:00

Jenna got a package from Daddy today!

It took about 2 weeks to get here.

She was so excited to open it.

It's a backpack!! It has Boots and Dora on it and it has her name in English and in Arabic.

She loves it and has been wearing it around the house!

Thanks Daddy!!!

Our new chef!

2009-09-20T09:48:00.004-04:00

My sister's boyfriend, Brett, came in town this weekend and cooked for us! We were all so excited all week long. He assured us it would be great. And it was!! He made a pork roast, potatoes, baked veggies, rolls, and peach cobbler. We told him he could come over whenever he wanted to cook for us. It was wonderful! And I think we will keep him around...for a while anyway! :)

Hair Shearing Ceremony

2009-09-19T21:01:00.004-04:00

I don't think I have blogged about this yet but my mom found out the same day that Matt left Cleveland that she has breast cancer. She is going through chemo and will have radiation after that. She wanted to have a party when she decided it was time to shave her head. We had close family and her best friends, Mike and Denise over. Here she is with new hair!

This is her and Mike. He cut her hair for her.

And here she is with the hat she made!

And her with her new wig on.

Here we go!

2009-09-09T11:42:00.003-04:00

Here we go!

Any suggestions??

New Jersey

2009-09-07T15:25:00.012-04:00

We were able to go up to New Jersey last week to see Matt for the last time before his deployment. His parents, the kids and I drove up to Fort Dix to see him. We left late Sunday night and drove/rode all night long. We made it in just over 12 hours. The kids did GREAT! They slept most of the trip, which was a blessing. We got there, got settled and went to the base to get Matt a little earlier than expected. I was so happy to see him! It had only been a month but it felt like forever! We took it easy that night and the next day. We were able to go shopping a little to get a few last minute things Matt needed for his trip.

On Wednesday we drove to Philadelphia to see all the history sites. Matt loves that kind of stuff! We enjoyed it all so much. Carson did great and Jenna did ok too. She isn't a big fan of walking

around and looking at buildings or at a random bell. ha! But she made it and slept great that

night!

Here we are at the Liberty Bell.

Matt standing at the unmarked graves of soldiers from the Revolutionary War.

Matt and Carson sitting in the same pew that George Washington and John Adams sat in.

The next day, we decided on going back to Philadelphia to go to the zoo. As I've said before, Jenna is a big animal lover. She has only been to the Chattanooga Zoo so this was wonderful for her. She loved every minute of it.

That night Mike and Pam kept our kids and we went out for our last date for a year. We ate at Bahama Breeze, which was amazing and then walked around a mall and went to Target Greatland. (I couldn't resist!)

Matt eating Grilled Chicken Kabobs that were delicious!

On Friday, we just stayed around the hotel and spent time just as a family. We shopped a little at the Carter's outlet and Matt and I went to the hospital to see one of the soldiers and his wife.(She went into labor while we were up there. She had the baby the next morning in New Jersey. They were so happy that Daddy was there to see the new baby.) Since Matt missed Jenna's birthday party, we had a small one at our hotel. I was so happy we got to celebrate with him.

We had an early Saturday morning. They had a Celebration for the soldiers early that morning on post. This is the whole 252nd MP company! They are ready to deploy!

Then they told everyone that if you had a room on base the soldiers could stay one more night with you. I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to see him for a few more hours. So Matt called and got me and the kids a room and found us a ride back home the next day. I was so happy to spend some more time with him. We watched that Alabama game that night and that's about it. Jen likes it when AL football is on. She walks around with her hands in the air saying TOUCHDOWN! ROLL TIDE!

The next morning started around 5:00am. We got up, got packed and said our goodbyes. There were lots of tears but we will make it through this next year. It'll be hard but I know we are strong enough. We left Fort Dix at 7:45am and got back home at 8:45 that night. It was the longest ride of my life. Jenna did ok. And Carson slept most of the time. I am so thankful to be home.

I can't wait to see Matt again. I miss him already. Please keep him and our family in your prayers throughout the next year.

Happy Birthday Jenna!

2009-08-30T11:53:00.005-04:00

Happy 2nd Birthday Jenna! Jen's party was at Nan's house this year! Her favorite thing to do right now is ride horses so that's what we did for her party. We had a great time! Thanks to everyone who came out!

Buddyman

2009-08-28T21:11:00.003-04:00

Jenna has given Carson a nickname; Buddyman. Right before Carson was born we started trying to get her to say his name. She couldn't and she started calling him CJ. That only stuck for a couple of weeks because she was the only one calling him that. She now calls him Harson because she can't say hard Cs. But we would talk to him so sweetly and say Hey Buddy! Hey Little Man! Jenna decided to put them together and call him Buddyman. If anyone asks his name, that's what she says. If we call him Buddy...she corrects us and says Buddyman. I think it is so cute!

So here is our Buddyman at 4 months old! And of course Jen at 4 months old too! Whatcha think? Do they look alike?

Back yard

2009-08-22T15:37:00.003-04:00

We got Jenna's pool out for the first time since we have moved into Mom and Dad's house. Dad set it up on the patio. Jenna loved it. She roamed around the back yard and got in and out of the pool 100 times. She loves it. I'm not sure so sure I am ready for summer to end.

Anderson Kids and Edgeworth Kids

2009-08-22T15:21:00.006-04:00

I love it when we get our kids together. Brant is 7 months older than Jenna and Carson is 9 days older than Ben.

First of all, Jenna LOVES babies. She is a little mommy. She loves to hold Baby Ben every time

we see him. He's not used to it because Brant is not as interested in him but he is such a great sport at it. She kisses him over and over!

Brant and Jenna play together...a little. They are at the age where they play with the same toys in the same room but not so much with each other. At Grandmother's this week they saw a cat outside in the yard and shared a chair to look at it. This is such a funny picture because this is how they are a lot. Jenna wants to hug Brant and Brant lets her but pulls away just enough to not have to touch her very much.

And then of course we love to measure Carson and Ben. Carson is HUGE! We hadn't compared them in a while but I knew Carson had gained so much weight in the last few weeks! (I can't wait for Matt to see him next week!) So here they are! (Carson is in the Orange and Ben is in the stripes) Almost 4 months old! :)

Eating from a spoon!

2009-08-20T12:18:00.005-04:00

I let Carson eat rice cereal from a spoon for the first time today. It's a little early but I feel like he's been interested in us when we are eating so I decided to give it a try.

He did ok for his first time!

Jenna was very concerned because she knows that Carson can only have a bottle. Papa likes to tease her about giving Carson greenbeans but she is quick to correct him that he can ONLY have a bottle. So today Jenna was all over me wanting to see what Carson was doing. So I let her try the "baby food." She gagged! So maybe she will leave it alone now!

I am so anxious to see how he does with food. Jenna will eat anything and everything..no joke. The only thing that she doesn't love is eggs. So I wanna know if he was be the same as his big sister or be a picky either. I really hope he's like Jenna but if not, we'll figure out what he likes and go with it!

Jump! Jump!

2009-08-18T15:04:00.002-04:00

Look our BIG BOY!!!

Zoo!

2009-08-12T20:53:00.004-04:00

I took Jenna and Carson to their first visit to the zoo! Josh and Sheri went with us! And I forgot my camera!! UGH!

We went to the Chattanooga Zoo. It isn't great but on Wednesdays its only $1 for everyone over 2

years old. So for all 3 of us it was only $1!

Sheri did take a picture of Josh and Jenna with Hank the Chimp on her phone.

This is the only picture I have from the zoo. I want to take them to the Knoxville Zoo some time soon. I WON'T forget my camera then.

Jenna is an animal lover so of course she loved it anyway. Carson stayed awake most of the time and seemed to enjoy himself as well.

We met Aunt Pam for lunch afterwards and then came home for a nap!

3 months!

2009-08-06T22:22:00.003-04:00

I totally forgot to take Carson's 3 month pictures!!! It was the same day as the Farewell Ceremony for the 252nd and then the next day was the Send Off so it completely slipped my mind until today! So a little over a week late here is little Carson in his 3 month pictures! And below is Jenna at 3 months...I love comparing them! :)

Playdate with the Campbell Boys!

2009-08-04T19:12:00.002-04:00

Lindsey kept 3 of the Campbell boys on Monday so we met them at Tinsley Park to eat lunch outside and play. They all had a blast! I was so happy to see them because it has been months. I miss those guys! I couldn't believe how much the twins were talking!! I got out of the car and the first thing Graham said to me was, Amber! Brett threw rocks at me! I just stared at him and then said what?!? I couldn't believe how big he sounded! They got to meet Carson. They liked him..for a minute and then remembered the park was waiting on them! Jenna had fun times with her boys!

These are my favorite pictures of the day. Jenna wanted hugs and kisses from all the boys! The twins didn't mind it. They even made a Jenna sandwich! (Jenna told them no no when it was over) Brett would only give her a hug. She tried hard for a kiss but he looked at me like it ain't happenin!

Final Load Out

2009-07-30T00:13:00.005-04:00

This was absolutely the hardest day of my life. Saying goodbye to the one you love the most for a year is something that I hope most people never have to experience. I think the hardest part is knowing that I have to live a completely seperate life from my husband for a year. As we stood on the side of the road waving our flags in the pouring rain, all I could do was cry. I have been so strong but in that moment I broke. I know I can do this but sometimes a year seems like eternity...Love you Matt.

Final Formation

More pictures soon...

Farewell Ceremony

2009-07-30T00:02:00.003-04:00

Farewell Ceremony at Bradley High School for the 252nd MP Company.

Nearly 1000 people showed up to support our soldiers on Tuesday afternoon. It was amazing. My mom counted and there were 25 people there just to support Matt. It helps so much to know there are people standing behind you when you are going through the most difficult time in your life. Words can never express the feeling...

(Jenna and Matt made the front page of the Chattanoona Times!!)

One Last Night Away...

2009-07-27T09:27:00.005-04:00

Matt and I were trying to decide what to do for our last date night for 13 months. We wanted to do something fun and different. Luckily, Matt sold his car on Friday so we had a little extra money left from it after making a couple payments on our new car. So we went to Gatlinburg for the night while Pam kept the babies. We went to eat at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Company, which is our favorite resturant ever! It was great, as always. Then we went to Wonderworks. Neither of us had ever been there and I must say we were very impressed. It was so much fun. We stayed in there for hours! The next morning we got to sleep in late!!! Matt never gets to because of work and I never get to either because of Carson. So I rolled over to check the clock and it was 9:00! I was so excited that we got to sleep that late on a Satuday morning! We went to eat at one of the many Pancake Houses and then decided to head back to reality in Cleveland. Once we got back Matt had to pack. It wasn't fun and it took 2 hours. Thankfully that part is over and I can start packing more boxes now to move.

Take me out to the ballgame!

2009-07-27T09:16:00.004-04:00

Aunt Maw took us all(Matt,Amber, Jen, Carson, Ryan, Shannon, Kaci, Nicole, Josh and Sheri) to a Lookouts game on Thursday night. This was Jenna's first came(Carson's too!). They played the Mobile BayBears which is crazy because that's where I'm from. The Lookouts won! I don't remember the exact score but I don't think the BayBears scored at all. Jenna loved the "balleme". She would yell RUN RUN RUN! when they would hit the ball. She also loved the Lookout's Mascot...from far away.

I know this isn't a great picture but Carson could not stop looking at the huge fans. It was so funny. He loved the game also because he was outside and there was so much going on.

Mayfield

2009-07-17T14:58:00.003-04:00

We had friends from out of town stay a few nights with us this week. We took them to Mayfield Dairy. Jenna loves that place! The first time we went she didn't love wearing the hair net they make you wear but now she looks forward to it. They even made Carson wear one this time...seriously?!? So here is our family with hairnets on!Jenna also loves the cow that's on the patio. She climbed all over it, hugged it and kissed it a million times. If you don't know, Jenna is an animal lover!

Carsousel

2009-07-17T14:55:00.002-04:00

Jenna's first carousel ride!

She wasn't totally impressed since she is used to riding real horses but she enjoyed it.

Girls Night Out!!

2009-07-17T14:43:00.003-04:00

We had a girls night!! Lindsey, Amber, Jenna, Stephanie, Paulette(Grandmother), Lorinda, Anna(and baby Ben!) all went to Outback to take full advantage of Lindsey's employee discount. We had such a great time! We got appitizers, 3 meals to share, and dessert! After we got done eating we went to look at the house that Lindsey and her friends are moving into soon. (Very nice house by the way) It was so good to all be together and hang out. Can't wait to do it again...which means Lorinda has to come in town more often!!!

Two Baby Boys

2009-07-17T14:25:00.005-04:00

Here are Carson and Ben again. They are between 9 and 10 weeks here. It took a lot to get this picture. Neither one of them wanted to be laying down. You should've seen the dance Lindsey and I were doing!

Family Pics

2009-07-17T14:15:00.004-04:00

A friend of ours took some family pictures for us at Coolidge Park. I really wanted them done before Matt leaves. And of course we'll get some done again when he gets back home. Carson was supposed to have shots that morning but I asked the nurse if I could come back the next morning to have them done so he wouldn't be fussy for the pictures. But what I didn't know is that Jenna was going to be VERY uncooperative! She didn't want her pictures made and she wanted to run around and play in the park and in the "splash water." We got maybe 2 good pictures of her smiling. Anyways, here are a couple of my favorites!

Birthdays

2009-07-09T11:47:00.007-04:00

July 5 is Ashton's Birthday. We had a party for him at Nan and Papaw's house. Like I said before, Jenna will not let us have a party without party hats. Jenna wore hers the whole time and LOVED it...Ashton HATED his hat. He put it on for pictures, didn't smile, and then took it off and was happy has can be. Oh well! Happy 3rd Birthday Ashton!
July 8 is my mom and sister's birtday. Our family and Grandmother went to Provino's and then to Krispy Kreme to celebrate. Back to the party hat thing, we could only find Transformer ones, which wouldn't do for my little girl. So we got the things that you blow that are supposed to make noise. They had Tinkerbell on them. She was happy with that, thankfully! Happy Birthday to Mom and Lindsey! Love ya'll!

Packing

2009-07-07T16:01:00.001-04:00

And so Matt's packing begins...

The 3rd and 4th of July!

2009-07-07T15:35:00.008-04:00

Josh, Sheri, Matt and I tried to go to the Lookouts game on the 3rd but they were sold out. So instead we walked around downtown and sat by the CocaCola stage from Riverbend and watched the fireworks at the stadium. They were so much better from there. We didn't have to break out necks! We spent the 4th of July at our friend Amanda's parent's house. She is a Staff Sgt in Matt's unit and we've become good friends with her. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs, went swimming in the pool all day, and shot off a few fireworks that evening. Jenna absolutely loved the fireworks. I wasn't sure how she would do but everytime one went off she would run in circles and scream and clap. She is a funny little girl. We ended up staying really late but Jenna did so good! I was impressed! Happy 4th of July everyone!

Big Canoe

2009-07-01T22:09:00.009-04:00

Mom and Dad invited us to go to Big Canoe with them for a few days. We gladly said yes, after all, this is our last getaway before Matt leaves. We drove down(or up...Mom and I can't decide which one it is) after Matt's party. The next day we slept late(well everyone else did...i don't get to anymore with the little guy waking up at 6:30) and then went to the swim club after lunch. We all had a good time swimming, playing volleyball, going on the canoes and paddleboats, and the boys went down the rock slides. Poppy had Carson all set up outside so he wouldn't get too hot!The next morning the boys went hiking. The girls and Carson stayed at the house and ate breakfast. Then everyone took a nap and then it was off to swim again. Carson and I didn't go. He was having a rough morning.

Luckily by early evening he was feeling better and we were able to go out on a pontoon around the lake with everyone. We got a couple pizza and took them with us. It was beautiful! And Jenna LOVED being on the "big row row boat", helping Papa drive and feeding the geese.

The next morning Matt went fishing and Mom and Dad went walking. The rest of us were lazy around the house. Eventually Mom, Ben, Carson and I went to the store to get a few things. When we got back Ben, Matt and Dad went to the pool. That night Dad grilled hamburgers and hotdogs that were wonderful! Jenna helped Mimi wash the dishes afterwards! After that we pack up because Matt had to be at work the next morning. We were sad to go but had a GREAT time of relaxing before our life gets turned upside down in the coming weeks. Thanks again Mom and Dad! We love ya'll.

2 months!

2009-07-01T22:03:00.003-04:00

Carson James is 2 months old!

Here is Jenna at 2 months....what do you think?

Going Away Party

2009-07-01T21:52:00.003-04:00

We had a Going Away party for Matt this weekend. We invited lots of friends and family. Everyone had a great time eating, playing games and hanging out. I wanna say a BIG thanks to Lindsey and Sheri for helping me out so much and also to Grandmother and my mom for the amazing fruit trays and to Pam for the cake. Thanks to everyone else for coming to support our family. This is a crazy, emotional time for us but knowing that we have all our family and friends right behind us means more than you'll ever know. We love ya'll!

I didn't get many pictures because I was running around like crazy!

Happy Anniversary!

2009-06-23T13:57:00.008-04:00

June 20th was our first anniversary. Crazy how times flies.

We went to Orange Beach, AL to stay in a condo that my aunt owns. We stayed there for our honeymoon too. Here we are last year.

We had a great time. We had some friends come stay with us too which made it even more fun! Mom let us drive her car down..thanks Mom! We ate breakfast and lunch at the condo everyday and then went out everynight. We ate at the Hangout, which is right on the beach, Tacky Jacks which is right on the water also, and then at Lulu's, which is Jimmy Buffet's sister's restraunt. They were all fabulous!We spent most of our days on the beach; reading, swimming, playing games.

Happy Anniversary, Matt! I love you! It makes me sad to think about next year...we'll be thousands of miles apart...

While we were gone the kids stayed with our parents. They stayed with Matt's parents the first night and then mine for the others. Jenna has such a great time. She loves them all so much. Carson doesn't really care yet. :)

And Baby Ben came to play with Carson too...here they are again! Carson and Baby Ben!

More Birthday

2009-06-23T13:48:00.003-04:00

I finally got some other birthday pictures from my sister. I don't usually have party hats at my birthday party but Jenna has a book about a party and they have hats so lately we can't have a party unless we have them. I searched everywhere for these crazy hats. Is it not cool to have them anymore when you're a kid? Dollar Tree and both WalMarts didn't have them. I finally found these at Dollar General. What I do to make her happy...

New Pool

2009-06-14T12:25:00.005-04:00

Daddy bought Jenna a new pool and she loves it!

Jelly

2009-06-14T12:20:00.002-04:00

Jenna opened a pack of jelly at Cracker Barrel.

Can you tell she loved it?

Is there something on my nose?

Grandmother's House

2009-06-14T12:10:00.003-04:00

My Grandmother had our family and Anna's family over for lunch on Saturday because her sister, Kathy, was in town with 2 of her granddaughters and her husband. My Grandmother fixed an AMAZING meal! Two of my favorite things she makes are squash and onions and pasta salad and she had both that day!!!

We love taking pictures of baby Ben and Carson everytime we get together so here they are this time!

And here is a cute picture of Grandmother telling Jenna a story about a trip she took. Jenna was very interested. She kept saying uh huh everytime Grandmother would pause. So cute! Thanks Grandmother for inviting us over!!

Riverbend

2009-06-14T12:04:00.002-04:00

We went out on my best friend's boat for Montgomery Gentry at Riverbend. We couldn't see or hear the concert very well but we had an amazing night anyways! Love hanging out with them!

Family Day

2009-06-08T14:50:00.004-04:00

Sunday afternoon Matt's unit had Family Day. It will be the last time everyone is together until Final Load Out(Deployment Day AKA Hardest Day of My Life). It was lots of fun. They had games for the kids, ponies to ride, food, softball games, games for adults, doorprizes. Matt played two games of softball. They won one and lost one. I didn't get many pictures because I had both children while he played. This is the entire unit, 252nd MP Company, in Formation on the softball field.

This is Matt's platoon, Headquarters. He is on the front row, second from the left.

And here is Jenna with a flower she picked while watching Daddy play softball.

At the end the Captain called all the families in for a meeting. He talked to us alot about the deployment. The short version on the timeline is this...They go on orders July 26 and leave for New Jersey July 29. They stay in NJ for about 34 days for training. Then they get a 4 day break in New Jersey just before leaving the country in early September, which means me and the kids will be making a big trip up there.(Pray for us!) They fly into Kuwait and stay there 7-10 days. After that it's on to Iraq for a year. There were lots of tears in the room; kids, wives, mothers, husbands, siblings, dads...you name it. It's amazing how fast all of this has happened from when they first got their orders. Only one more drill weekend and they will be leaving. It's crazy the stages you go through getting ready emotionally for it. Scared, mad, sad, numb, excited, worried...the list goes on. And then there are lots of physical things to take care of too....tons of paperwork, packing and moving, meetings...And then questions, How will I do this for a year? Will I hear from him everyday? Will he get injured? How will things be when he comes home? Will the kids remember him? On and on and on...But one thing that keeps all of us going is knowing that this is what he lives for. He loves it. There is so much honor in serving our country. This is what he was trained to do for the last 3 years and he is finally getting to put it to use. Anyways, this begins the season of my life that I want to go by oh so quickly...

Sleeping Angels

2009-06-08T14:48:00.003-04:00

Jen fell asleep on the couch while I was upstairs getting ready. Sweet Babies!

Happy Birthdays

2009-06-08T14:33:00.005-04:00

Ben and I have the same birthday, June 4. He was born on my birthday when I was 6 years old.

Mom and Dad took all of us out to Tony's to eat and then to Rembrant's for dessert. We had a great birthday night. Here are a couple pictures. (Lindsey took more with her camera so I will have to add them when I get them from her.)

Relaxing babies

2009-06-01T14:36:00.004-04:00

Here are Baby Ben and Carson relaxing at Grandmother's house on a Sunday afternoon!

Moofest

2009-06-01T14:13:00.004-04:00

Mayfield Dairy's National Moofest was this weekend in Athens. I read about it in an e-mail I got last week and really wanted to take Jenna. I waited until the morning of the Festival to start talking to her about it because I knew she would be excited and we would never hear the end of it until we got there. So Saturday morning I started telling her about the cows. She couldn't wait to get there. She has been to Mayfield before and knew exactly what I was talking about when I told her, smart little girl. She wanted Josh and Sheri to go because that's who went last time but they had some fence issues in their backyard and couldn't go.

So we went to Moofest and she loved it. It was hot and there were tons of people so we didn't stay too long. She got to pet cows, pigs, a miniature horse and goats. They had a children's tent with coloring, face painting, and games. We went but the only thing she cared about was the coloring. I asked her if she wanted her face painted and that was a big NO! Of course we ate ice cream!! We got to try 2 of the new flavors for this year, Pomegranate Sherbet and Candy Bar. They were both really good! Little Carson slept the whole time but was very festive in his cow shirt, thanks to his Mimi! Jenna loved our trip to Athens and is still talking about the cows!

Surgery

2009-06-01T14:09:00.002-04:00

Matt has a little out patient surgery done last week...poor guy...

One Month

2009-05-28T22:47:00.004-04:00

Carson is one month old today! I can't believe it. It has gone by so fast!! Of course I am exhausted and so ready for him to start sleeping all night but I am not sure I want it to come this fast. Here is a picture from today...and then a picture from when Jenna was a month old. It's so fun to look back at her pics.

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-26T19:52:00.005-04:00

We had a full weekend but it was great!!

Friday night we went to downtown Chattanooga with our friends Ryan and Shannon and their kids. We ate at Mellow Mushroom and then walked on the Walnut Street bridge and around Coolidge Park. Jenna loved the fountain, "splash", at the park and everyone else loved playing the game, Escargo, on the sidewalk. I tried to play but found out the hard way that my bladder is weaker after having two kids! :)

Saturday we went to Parksville Lake for a few hours and then we took Jenna to her first rodeo. She is in love with horses so it was right up her alley. She is still talking about the horses, baby cows, sheep and bulls. If her Nan has anything to do with it, Jen will be racing barrels in a few years. There was the cutest 5 year old little girl out there and all I could think about was Jenna being out there...kinda scary!

Sunday, Matt took me to Six Flags, along with Ryan and Shannon and their 2 girls. We had a BLAST! Probably my favorite Six Flags trip ever. It wasn't crowded at all. The longest we waited in line was 20 minutes! Goliath was my favorite. We got to ride it twice! Shannon won the prize for who got the soaked on Thunder River.

It was a big step for me to go. I left my sweet babies with Matt's mom. I was so nervous about Carson having a bottle all day long. He had only had 1 before. He did great though. He's such a good baby. I had a blast but I sure did miss both my kids. It was nice to get away though.

Monday we went to Mac Point on Parksville Lake. Of course Jenna loved it. Then we went to Matt's parents house for a cookout. We ate and then played Josh and Sheri's Wii. It was so much fun. I beat Matt at boxing!! My arms are sore today...funny. Only one picture got taken there. It's of Carson and his great grandpa.

I have to say it was a great holiday weekend!