Beach!

We had a wonderful beach trip to St Simon's last weekend, but it took Ashton awhile to warm up to the beach again this year. He kept walking on his heels and crying to be picked up from the sand. You can tell by this first picture, he wasn't always a happy beach bum! He looks like a grumpy old man here! Here you can see that he wanted to play in it, but would never sit in it. He would sit as far away as possible, on top of Wes, and reach over the blanket to play with the sand.

Enjoyed sharing his Ritz with Haley. We loved having her there but she was also a bit prissy and not crazy about the waves.

Ashton started doing a fake smile for me and saying "Cheese" on this trip. I guess that's what I get for always having a camera in his face but come on, Where did he learn that?

Our kiddos, including Collin!

By the end of the first day, he started having more fun in the waves especially when I got him to wear his baseball cap. It was really strange. We called it his magic cap.

He loved that I had one too and always wanted me to wear mine as well. I did but at the sacrifice of lightening my hair-ugh, the ONE way I can show we've been to the beach since I would never tan! My belly cracks me up in this picture!!!

Love these that we took one cloudy night before sunset. Ashton was way braver that night and ended up getting so soaked we stripped him to his diaper by the end.

I guess this was our babymoon and Ashton's too since he had our undivided attention all weekend. No more being the only child buddy!

Last weekend, we had the Siple family visit! It was fun having three kiddos around! Little Matthew and Lelia are so cute and Ashton was much braver in the pool with them around. We had a great time and here are some pictures:
These are some shirts a friend of mine made for the Whereabouts groupies (that's the name of Wes and Matt's rock band and they have their first gig this fall)

What an adorable family photo!!

Here's a photo from my recent shower for Collin at Relish in Roswell. It was so yummy and great to see all the high school girls together again (minus Heather in Boston-we missed you!!) Ahhh, we've had some good times for many years!!!

Maddie, Mothers and Walks in the Rain

Ashton's new baby cousin and my "niece" Madelynn was born and we got to see her this weekend!! Isn't this a sweet photo with mommy, my cousin Heather?

Last weekend, we spent some time in Augusta and went to our favorite spot, the canal to take a walk.

There were ducks in our pool last week before it opened. They hung out every night and just swam. It was so fun to watch but I haven't seen them this week since the pool opened!

My sweet little monkey on Mother's Day! Only 10 more weeks until we have two little monkeys!!! This weekend, Wes and I went to the Norah Jones concert which was my birthday gift this year and Collin seemed to love it. He is a kicker!

Today Ashton and I were walking Haley and it started pouring rain on us. I kept trying to get him to walk faster but he was really enjoying it. Haley started running back and he was trying to keep up yelling, "I dunno, Raining! Raining! Haley 'scited!!!" No picture, but it was too funny!

A Few Requests

So last week Ashton woke up in the middle of the night which is very unusual. I let him cry a bit and then checked on him. He had a few requests...
1. "Mommy, I want policeman" This is his Little People police "officer" which is actually a woman but we call him policeman with a ponytail and Ashton loves him!
2. "Diaper change" It took me awhile to get over this but yes, he actually asked for a diaper change! I think that means it's time to pottytrain!
3. "See Daddy" We went to see daddy who was asleep but had been gone when I put Ashton to bed that night.
4. "Wanna Rock" so I said, "Ok for a minute" Then he fell back asleep.

Now tonight before bed he says, "Mommy, I wanna rock a minute" I couldn't believe it! So we rocked in our tiny rocker which is not an easy task because it's also with Collin (who was jumping around the whole time), Big Bird, Teddy Bear, Police"man", and Police Doggy who holds a stop sign. It sure is fun having a boy who knows what he wants!

Beth Moore

Stole this picture from my cousin Laura's blog-we went with our moms to see Beth Moore speak last weekend. Laura is also pregnant and found out today she is having a boy too-Grayson! Grayson and Collin will be about 6 weeks apart! I think it is funny that our grandparents will now have three great-grandsons because they had three boys of their own (our dads). Can't wait to see them with the boys!

Our March and April...

Here are some pictures from March and April.
Today Ashton and I tagged along with Wes and his band kids that he took to Six Flags. Ashton had a ball at the Truck Ride, Hanson cars, and Thomas the Train but did not like other things and screamed, "DOWN, DOWN" on some high swings. He cried also when the truck ride was over! When we left the park he asked me, "Fun Day mommy?" I guess I had been asking him that question all day!

Here is a picture from spring break when Grandma and Papa visited for a day

Random spaghetti night photo

Papa and Wes installed a new garbage disposal while Ashton helped. Flashlights are his new fav toy.

Here is a visit from my bro, Uncle P-Mo. We all went to Henderson Park for a hike.

This is Touch a Truck Day in Decatur. They have a ton of trucks, firetrucks, police cars, and tractors for the kids to get in and play. Ashton is still talking about it. He LOVED it!!!I'm sure we will be back next year with Collin too!

Here are a few photos from my cousin Heather'sbaby shower that my mom and I gave. We had such a great time and the cake we ordered was so pretty! We can't wait for Madelynn Frances next month!!

Believe it or not, Heather and I wore the same maternity shirt!! Here we are with my Grandmother.

Here we are on the way home from Savannah, stuffed animal in each hand. He sleeps with about 5 every night and names them one by one if they are not there! Wes had two kids in Allstate band this year so Ashton and I went along and stayed with his sister and parents in Savannah. We stopped off at Tybee so I could get my beach fix on the way home.

Happy Easter!

"Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him!" Psalm 33:8

Yesterday we celebrated after church with my family and Ashton had a ball with his first egg hunt-or ball hunt as he called them! I thought this was appropriate considering eggs are not part of his diet anyway! He also got lots of dairy free cookies and treats (thank you Starbucks for now carrying Lucy's cookies!!!!), bubbles, books, a stuffed bunny, and sidewalk chalk. Being the only baby, he was definitely the center of attention for the last time since we have three more babies coming to my family this year. In fact, Collin seems to be hopping like a bunny himself lately. He is also making me gain too much weight as my doctor keeps reminding me (had another visit today) Here I am at almost 23 weeks-

Thomas the Train, raisins, Lucy's cookies and brown sugar Ritz were a big hit from Mimi and Denny! He had his hands full of raisin boxes just in case they were not all his to keep!

The sweet great-grandparents