Weekend Fun

Eddie's birthday was this past Thursday, so we celebrated all weekend with family. The boys loved singing Happy Birthday to their daddy! Happy birthday, Eddie... we love you!

Friday night, my parents came to Collierville and we all went to Longhorn Steakhouse... it was delicious! They took Will back to Booneville and Carter was the only one at home... I think he enjoyed it! Can you tell?

Saturday night, we went to Harvey's in Tupelo with Eddie's parents.... it was delicious also!!!

Will trying to feed Carter a lime!

I WISH that I had a picture of him when he first bit into this lime... it was HILARIOUS. He held on to it for the rest of dinner. I am not sure it gets much cuter!

Daddy and Will after dinner... handome boys. Will looks like such a little boy now!

Group picture of the boys and Eddie with Nana and Papaw.

Today, after church Will flipped over the ball pit and he and Carter had lots of fun!

My adorable Will...

Carter bug... are his eyes beautiful or what???

Carter with his momma... Will wanted no part of the picture!

Backyard fun after lunch... I love Carter's dimples in his legs! He is a little ham!

Fun at the lake

The Tapps invited us to Pickwick on Saturday. It was Will's first time on a boat and we had a GREAT time!!! The weather was perfect, the water felt awesome and we even grilled in a cove! Thanks so much for having us, Justin, Shae and Porter :)!

Our little Carter bug spent the day with my parents and Cash. We weren't too sure how long he would last out on the water, so we left him; but don't worry, he was spoiled rotten by the time we got back, as you can imagine :). He rode the 4-wheeler for the first time and had a blast playing outside all day long!

Here is a picture of Eddie waking up to a sweet little boy :).

Will and I on the water... he was a little unsure at first, but LOVED it after he got over his fear!

Will and his best buddy, Porter... handsome little guys!

Shae-Shae (as Will calls her) getting her "Porter-line" :)

FYI, I took an obnoxious amount of pictures of Will :)... he was just TOO CUTE!

Enjoying the ride

Daddy and Will

"CHEESE"... it just doesn't get much sweeter than this!

Uhm... he will get me one day for this one. Can we say slide show??? What a cute little booty!

Will and Porter being naked "dueys", as Porter calls it. They threw rocks, swam and jumped off the boat... life was good for these two!

Chilling out... he slept very well that night.

Me and my VERY handsome guys after church today(LOVE THEM)! We went to church with Eddie's parents and sister and had a wonderful lunch afterwards. We had a great time with family today!

My wiped out little Carter... he is having a rough time cutting molars! Poor little guy.

Have a great week everyone!!!

13 months old

Our little Carter bug was 13 months old on the 7th! This past month seems to have gone by especially fast! Carter is such a precious little guy. He is speaking his own little language and learned to say Will this month :), sneaks up the stairs any chance he gets (he is afraid to come down though, which makes momma proud!), LOVES being outdoors and is becoming very independent. He is also getting his 1 year molars, which has been rather painful, but not too bad... he is tough!

Here are some pictures....

He is his daddy made over!
He has a sweet, playful and laid back personality..

The little boy below is his best friend... they are playing really well together and Carter adores him. Will has started to take care of Carter, which melts my heart!

I love his hair.... I may never cut it and, of course, those thighs are tooooo adorable :).

This month also brought a MAJOR boo-boo. A little boy at the Ms. Kathy's house nailed Carter with a toy, which left a huge gash and bloody nose on my little precious :(. I know these things happen, but it broke his momma's heart. Don't worry, we gave Will a pep talk about taking up for his little brother, so this should not be a problem in the future :)!

This is such a fun stage... I ask him all the time to be my little 1 year old forever!

Have a great weekend!

Sweet summertime...

Summer has been wonderful for us! My boys love anything outside, especially if it involves water.

Last week, we went to the sprinkler park here in Collierville with Ashley and Ella. It was SO MUCH FUN! Ashley, thanks for sharing the pictures with me! We can't wait to go again... this time, let's take a picnic and our husbands :)!

Ella and Carter... she is so loving to him!

Will and Ella... these two ran alllll over the place and had a ball! Thanks Ms. Ashley for the popsickle... and yes, he would not hold it with the stick; my strong willed child!

He was headed for the lake, no doubt. I chased him and chased him and even broke my flip flop!

Ella and Carter again... I love my Carter bug's curly hair and Ella's precious bathing suit!

I expected Carter to be more afraid, but he walked around like a pro!

The day after the sprinkler park, Eddie, my dad and Eddie's dad put up this playard/swing set for the boys. Eddie said it would have been easier building a house :)... it took 60 hours!!! BUT, it was worth it... my kiddos LOVE it! We are outside every afternoon playing on it!

This was too cute not to share... could anyone else just suck his little cheeks off??? He was a sweet boy while everyone worked.

The boys having a ball on it for the first time

My little monkey, Will :)!

Eddie has to work A LOT right now, so when he is home, the boys are all over him. He gave Will a little ride on his shoudlers. Will is saying "cheese" in this picture!

The 4th was pretty low key... Eddie had to work, of course, so the boys and I went to Booneville for a little family time. We hung out at the pool on Sunday. I wasn't able to get a lot of pictures, since I was in the pool the majority of the time, but Will was SO brave this time. He loves to jump off the side and actually liked wearing floaties. I hope he is a little fish by the end of the summer.

He also loves that his nana has a kiddie pool for him. Again, he said "cheese" :).

My beautiful niece, Perry Katherine, and Carter

This was at my mom's front door... sorry for the handprints mom :)! Isn't he a doll?!?!?

This isn't the best of me, but I LOVE Carter in this picture. Happy 4th!

Will was passed out in the car during supper. We checked on him every 5 minutes, but didn't wake him up b/c he was EXHAUSTED and he and Carter slept the whole way home for me, which was relaxing! He was starving when we go home...

Annnnnd, I had an awesome day today with my guys. We swam and played outside all day. I wish I had EVERY Monday off from work :).

Here are a few pictures of my handsome guys:

"CHEESE".... Love it!

Life is tough...

My sneaky little Will... when he is bad, this is how he looks at me!

Have a great week everyone!

Carter's 1st birthday party

We celebarted Carter's 1st birthday on Sunday, June 27th. He had a wonderful day and had NO trouble going to bed that night! Here are some pictures from the big day.



Here is Carter with his Nana and Papaw.

Colton, Will and Cash playing in the water... these 3 were outside all day long!

They did take a little break for a snack... Will said "cheese".

Here is my little King of the Jungle :).

Papaw and Mamaw with the birthday boy

We "attempted" to get a picture with Carter. He was a little over all of the pictures and refused to participate :)! I don't blame him... all of the other kiddos were outside.

Sissy had the right idea... M&M's. He had his first taste this day and let's just say, he LOVES them!

The little guy's cake. It was so cute and delicous!

Carter's smash cake

Will telling EVERYBODY Happy Birthday :). He has enjoyed singing Happy birthday to Carter ALLLL month long and has continued to do so... it is sweet!

Singing Happy birthday to my 1 year old angel!

Here is goes... he LOVED his smash cake. I had to strip him down and take him to the pool outside to clean him up!

What??? Doesn't everyone do this with cake? :)

Present time... we didn't get a ton of pictures of him opening presents, but he had a great time. Thanks everyone for all of his gifts. Eddie says we have a lot of old toys to throw away now :)

Ashley sent a present from Ella... thanks Ella for the adorable beach towel :)!

Will showing Carter his new book

He got a new chair and sat in it for a while. Precious angel!

Again, we "ATTEMPTED" a family picture. We were all hot and nasty and the boys were uninterested :)

Colton man... he is SOOOO sweet to his baby cousins. They all adore him!

Carter's new present from us... he got a fire engine. It has a water hose and everything. We have had a lot of fun on it!

Will and Cash enjoying a good swing... they were both very sleepy by this point.

Nana sharing some water with the birthday boy!

We all had an awesome day! Thanks everyone for making Carter's 1st birthday SO SPECIAL!