June Bugs!!

Hey guys looks like I done it again June has came and gone and I have once again failed to post about things that were going on. Brayden & Bryant have become the best of friends they sit in the floor and play together it is wonderful for the first 10 minutes until Bryant decides to play with Brayden's toys...I know in time Brayden will begin to share all his stuff with little brother. Bryant can scoot all over the house I keep thinking any day that he will get up and walk. I am in no hurry for that day cause time goes way too fast. Bryant turned 9 months on the 3 of June he had two teeth on the bottom and two on both sides of the top of his mouth. At the end of June he had 4 teeth on the top and 2 on the bottom. We took Brayden to the river and met up with Chris,Shannon,Cassie,and Bart I rode the tube with Cassie for a while this was the first time in a long time that I have rode a tube. Shannon then got in our boat and Brayden and I rode in our tube..He had so much fun he really enjoyed himself. He keep saying daddy go faster,but of course I was on the no no don't go faster side...leave it up to my 3 yr old to be a little adventurer!Ashley went to Illinois for 11 long days the first of June and it was the first time we had been apart since we married so big change for me!!Bryant ran a fever the first night Ashley was gone it was 104.5 so off to the doctor after some blood work it turned out to be a virus. Then Brayden began to have a fever finally after four misserable days he was better. We spent a night with memaw (ashley's grandmother)and we took her to town to get her eye checked out while there Brayden convinced Ashley's memaw to take him to Chuck E Cheese (she's 84) She seemed to really enjoy herself. Alesha & Me & they boys went to the Jasper Nat...always a goodtime.Grace brought Logan the next time but due to bad weather we ended up at there house hanging with Grace,Chris,Logan,and Johnny B for a while. Thats about everything that went on in June. Bryant's weight at his 9 month check up was 19lb 8 oz and 29 inches long his head was 18 5/8 inches..Of course that was June 15 but we have been to the doc since then at he is now a whopping 22 pounds...both boys are growing so fast. Miss Gracie Northcutt turned 4 June 18 or as I so lovingly refer to her my future daughter in law...she is so beautiful...love the Northcutts!!

May come&gone

On May 21 Bryant had a virus so I took him to see Dr Bill it was such a beautiful day so I decided to take the boys to Vulcan neither had been. Brayden had a great time he really enjoyed riding the elevator, and looking out. I am not a big fan of hites,but I would do anything for my family. Brayden walked out on the cat walk with no problem, of cours I was petrivied and reached to grab him and he said momma your hurting me needless to say I didn't realize how tight I was holding onto him....

Brayden enjoying the ride up the elevator. Sorry for the blur but I was holding Bryant he don't stay real still these days:)

Whats a trip to Vulcan without taking a picture on the big foot;)

A self portrait of me and Bryant I tried to cut myself out of the picture but didn't work out so great.

We had our Annual Bishop family reunion and so I took the boys, its in Ashville I didn't really take a whole lot of pictures. Here is Brayden ready to go.

Me taking the boys to Memaw's long trip but always a good time.

Part of our family reunion is decoration, this is Pepaw's he was such an amazing man.

This is Aunt Eloise..she was a mess...the first time I met her she spanked me looking back on it I still laugh about it.

On May 29 I took the boys to Dora Park and I only took pictures of Bryant. Brayden is at that age were he is a moving target. Here is a picture of Bryant swinging for his first time he really enjoyed the swings.

I can't believe May came and went so fast this year has just been flying by Bryant is growing so fast I don't remember Brayden growing this fast. Bryant pulls himself up on everything I am going to include one of the videos I have of him standing in the window. I am going to try and keep this updated alot better,between the two boys my time just slips away.

Tucker Beam

Hey guys I just want to ask everyone to take a few moments to prayer for the family of Tucker Beam, he lost his battle with cancer. My heart hurts for this family. Please take the time to go see his caringbridge.
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tuckerbeam

Stix

On May 15 Me and the boys were invited to eat dinner with the Williams family. This was a way to get to meet Sam which is Jake's girlfriend. Ashley was working so it was just me and the boys.

Here is a picture of me with straight hair...not the best idea because it was raining, my hair just doesn't much like the rain:(

This was Brayden on the way to see Gracie...he just don't understand that Grace & Chris are different than his buddy Gracie. He is a mess all kinds of faces.

I thought I was bad at catching people offguard..haha way to go Grace catching Mrs Barbara eating....

Sam thought that she could just drink the soup...I don' t know how many times I have been in there and thought seriously about doing the same thing...kudos to the girl she is awesome.

Since Ashley was working I had the honor of seating next to Mrs Barbara since everyone was coupled off but us. Mr Tony passed on Stix, but I was kinda happy to have her next to me to nuzzle with;) ...Check out the picture it is so funny because Mrs Barbara is red in the face because I just gave her goose bumps...again I must say this family is adorable.manage to get a few. This was such a wonderful visit. Chris& Grace...and no Logan, I was so sad that they didn't bring little guy:(

This is Chris & Grace without Logan, I was sadly upset that they left him with the Bice bunch but totally understood. I love taking pictures of people when they are totally off guard...

Haven & Aleasha & Bryant

Haven was completely enamored with Bryant, I was surprised to see him so active with him. I remember when Brayden was little he wasn't a big fan of the whole baby thing especially drool..its amazing how much people can change over time.







Aleasha never takes a bad picture she is just so beautiful, and you never see her with a grimace on her face.

This is a picture of Sam and Jake you can see the love in both of there eyes, I am glad that Jake has found such a wonderful girl she really is a sweet person.

So I got a picture of the two of them totally unaware that I was taking a picture of them, and Jake is just a grinning from ear to ear, and she is looking so loving at him.

Jake decided to flip Brayden upside down and he just laughed so hard.

After dinner we went outside to all say our goodbyes. Chris,Haven,and Jake took turns playing with Brayden swinging him letting him kick people in the rear ends. In all honesty it was pretty funny. Bryant just hung out in the carseat patiently waiting.As I watched Brayden playing and having a good time, and how much the Williams adore my kids it made me feel so Blessed, and thankful that God brought them into my life!! I have only known them since 05 and it really feels as though I have grown up with all of them. After I got the boys loaded into the truck and all buckeled in Brayden said mommy I not feel so good about that time he threw up in my hand. You know your a mom when your child throws up in your hand and you don't even flench I have no idea how I handled it so well, but it was mostly tea I guess he had just gotten shaken up. Before we could leave Hoover we stopped by Krispy Kreme for a dozen doughnuts. We stopped by and saw Ashley on our way home, and they were super busy so it took him a while to come out. We had brought him some shushi and doughnuts, and his lunch because he had to leave the house in a hurry and didn't get his lunch. Brayden & I killed time by taking pictures of ourselfs...I am only posting one, Brayden did his mean face.

I will plan to write more later on things have just gotten kinda busy around here so I haven't been able to blog as much as I would like to, I have much more for now Hope you all have a blessed Wed.

Mothers Day

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day!!!Ashley,and the boys bought me a new cordless phone, and some vegetable plants. Being a mom is such an amazing feeling, I am completly consumed with these two kids. Ashley & I planned our life together, and both of us really wanted to have a family just at the right time. We tried for several months, and we were told that there was no way possible for me to have a child, with out using medicine. I was heartbroken at first but figured that was just what I had to do. Needless to say I should have set back and waited on God's plan. The doctor started me on a medication but I was already pregnant, its just amazing to me how God always knows what is right for us at just the right time. I thank God for bringing Ashley into my life, and then blessing me with two healthy little boys. It's strange but Mothers Day makes me think of the women who are trying to have a child, and for some reason they are unable. I constantly pray that God bless those that want children, and those that have children. I think that too many times parents forget how fortunate you are to have a child.

WJ Community Day

For the past five years the community I live in has a fun filled day for all the children in the area and it is all free, they have bouncers,slides, and all kinds of snacks. I took the boys and Brayden seemed to have a really good time, Bryant got hot but he was wonderful he just hung out in his stroller for most of the time.

Brayden liked Lifesaver,but he wanted for them to fly him, other than that he was more interested in his red snow cone.

Carter&Brayden preparing to go down the slide

I hope you guys enjoyed all the pictures it was a really fun day,Brayden was very excited about the ladder truck,he was one like it at home.

Funtimes.....learning new things.

On April 30 I left the boys at Betty's so I could go to my first softball game, since I was in the 8th grade...wow do I need practice something horribly...I did awful of cours I got to sit on the bench for the first few innings,but got to play catcher and even got to bat twice...totally missing and striking out...so BAD>I really enjoyed the camaraderie of other adults,so I had a good time.
Sorry I have no pictures, I brought the camera but didn't take any hopefully with some serious practice I will play better next time.

On May 1 Hayley called and invited Me and the boys to go bowling we had a great time. We really had a pleasent visit with Adam,Nancy,Bradley,and Hayley. I took a couple of pictures this was Brayden's first bowling trip and he really loved.Some of the pictures blurred real bad*(sorry)

First bowl...all by himself

Look what an awesome shot!!!This was Brayden's first shot so I was so proud of him, he did have help from the bumpers but I was pretty impressed.

This is Braydley's ball and it has no fingerholes,and is very heavy so unc was helping him carry it,

Brayden&Bryant patiently waiting on the longest roll ever. Bryant wasn't very happy,he was ready to go home,and get in bed.He was more than happy to sit with Hayley and eat some corn puffs,Hayley was more than happy to assist him in eating them.

Adam holding Bryant, while he was wanting to eat the ball. Brayden decided he wanted to go to Unc's house and I let him, he was so excited Hayley came over to our house,which had been neglected the past few days so it was in no way ready for company but we had a good time I got Bryant to bed and her and I did my workout, that I had missed earlier that day for doing busy work. The next day Bryant got me up early and I got busy preparing breakfast, Pancakes requested by Hayley but she didn't get up until 10:30 after we got our showers we met Adam in Jasper for lunch at Chickfila. We ate lunch and then went to the traveling zoo at the Jasper mall it was free of charge, they had a lion,tiger,lemur,monkey,kangaroo,snake,goats,horses,lamas. I took pictures of the animals hope you guys enjoy them. I am so not a fan of snakes,but if you are then you could have gotten your picture made with this beauty....(NO THANKS)

These goats were so precious...fortunate for them there horns were small cause Brayden has a tendancy to want to hang on the ones at the zoo.

Brayden loves llamas....don't really know why, but he actually kissed this one (YUCK>>Those of you who know me well know I am a bit of a germ aphobe.)

The Kiss

There was actually a warning sign on the outside of the cage...Big Cat may spray...that is disgusting, I have never been that close to a tiger, so I had no idea they were like common male house cats, that is nasty. It was very pretty, but a little scary to imagine that cat wasn't really that far away from me, I would much rather just visit the big guy at the zoo behind all the glass.

Bradley & Brayden & Hayley

Party

I can't believe the month of April is over we really had such a busy month....having two kids keeps me on my feet. Hayley had her 9th birthday party in Jasper at the skating rink this was the first year that Brayden decided to try to skate, He was not too big of a fan. Ashley worked at the Talledega races so me and the boys took a road trip to see memaw in Ashville, seems like a long way up there but we had a great visit, and of course I took a couple of picture.

Some of the Iris' that are at memaw's they are so pretty.

Time to go home