What I will buy all new parents from now on Some of you may remember a few months back when I told about Jon wearing the "ear muffs" he uses to sight in his guns during a scream fest one night at our house. Well we had another scream fest last night while Audrey was taking her bath and my sweet husband brought me the muffs pictured above and put them on my head and it was immediate relief! I could still hear her but it was not mind-numbingly painful. I could actually finish the task of bathing her and getting her dressed without getting frustrated or ending up with a splitting headache! At one point I was actually dancing while I dressed her! I strongly suggest every parent get a couple pair of these. They will save your sanity and your hearing. Now maybe I won't go deaf until I am 45!

James and Audrey have both found their fingers and boy do they love them! They are constantly sucking on them and constantly shoving them so far down their throats that they get choked on them! Audrey especially loves her two middle fingers!

When Papaw goes shopping........ Jon's daddy bought this onesie with Bob Marley on it for James. How cute does he look with that big-haired black man on his belly! And James appears to like the shirt, wouldn't y'all agree? He also bought them bibs like the one Audrey has on below. Can't you just imagine her little mouth opening and saying "Make levees, not war, please"! She may not live in her daddy's home town but she can certainly represent it!

And who do you think he's voting for?

Apparently all the Fox News he has been watching has taken the opposite effect on him. Instead of going right, he went left. We are seriously disappointed.

American Baby Scouts Okay, I am dubbing myself founder of the American Baby Scouts where mothers can receive an endless number of merit badges in all sorts of categories and sub-categories.

1. Dirty diapers
A. Number of dirty diapers changed in a day
B. Amount of poop in the diaper
C. Smell of the dirty diaper

2. Spit-up
A. How many soaked bibs changed in a day
B. How many soaked outfits changed in a day
C. How many clean burp cloths retrieved from the drawer in a day
D. How many times the floor, rugs, and furniture get wiped off in a day
E. How fast you can catch it and how much of it you can catch in your hand before it hits the floor.
F. How many times you have to move furniture to clean behind it in a day

3. Bottles
A. Number of bottles prepared in a day
B. How fast you can prepare those bottles
C. Number of bottles washed in day

4. Pappies
A. How many times you stick a pappy in a screaming mouth
B. How many circles you go in looking for the pappy
C. How many times you hear the unmistakable sound of pappy hitting floor and stoop down to pick it up



I personally have earned a thousand for each category just this week alone!

Just Pictures

Going to church

Well, we finally did it! We finally decided we'd had enough of Daddy having to go to church with out us. The doctor told us 3 months past gestation and March 2 will be 3 months and I figured a week earlier wouldn't hurt anything. So, I fed, dressed, packed and loaded both kids all by myself in an hours time (even managed to dress myself!) and got to Tired Creek before preaching started. Granted, Jon was just about to give the opening prayer but who really cares about the details?! And I carried them both into the building in their carriers ALL BY MYSELF. Oh yeah, that's right, I am SUPER MOM!!!!

James and Audrey did absolutly wonderful and everyone said they didn't even know we had snuck in because they were so quiet! Oh if only it will stay that way! Mr. James put on a show for all the ladies. He is such a crack up. Every time a pretty lady would talk to him he would laugh and show off that beautiful smile. The little flirt! He is definitly going to be an extrovert like Jon and never meet a stranger. Audrey fell asleep right after the handshake so she didn't get to show off her little personality.

Everyone was so happy to get to see them and I didn't even have to swat any hands away. It was such a huge relief to get to be in service with my little family. I finally feel like all the pieces of our lives together are finally in place!

Mama's baby boyWell it is still raining here today. We got 4 1/2 inches yesterday and probably another 2 already today. Another lazy day!
My precious boy's personality is coming more and more alive with each passing day. He has his daddy's natural talent to make us laugh with his funny sounds and hilarious facial expressions! I am sure he will be impersonating his family members any day now!

I am convinced that my children are scheming together to make themselves more irresitable to me at nap time. Lately when it is time for them to go down for a nap they break out into big smiles and start laughing at me. How in the world am I supposed to make them go to sleep when they are being so cute? I have a feeling that I am in for some trouble when they start seriously interacting with us. And I believe that they are becoming more aware of eachother these days. Yesterday James broke out into a huge grin when I laid Audrey down beside him and this morning I caught him staring at her. So sweet. I hope they have a wonderful, close relationship like Jon and Emily do.

And Audrey is a girl after her mama's heart for sure. A little while ago I had Paula Deen on (imagine that) and Audrey laid there and watched an entire episode and was just a talking to her. Now I know that it was really just the bright colors and all the movement but I like to think that she is already preparing to create something delicious!

James is just the cutest little thing isn't he? He is on the verge of rolling over on his tummy any day now and Ms. Audrey rolled from her tummy to her back 3 times this morning. The look on her face was just priceless like "Wow, how'd I do that?" I am so thankful the the Lord has blessed Jon and I to be in a position for me to stay at home with them (not that I would really ever think of doing different) because I get to be with them all the time and really see how much they change every day. I wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world!

We have had them covered from head to toe pretty much every day since we brought them home and now that it is getting warmer it is so fun to see their fat little legs and arms exposed. Especially James. He is just a chunk, a solid little man. His hands are HUGE and his toes are so fat and short they automatically curl over! Jon says he takes after his great-papaw, Jimmy, which is just perfect seeing how that is part of who he was named after. He was named after Jimmy and Mr. Ronnie (Ronnie's middle name is James.)

"It's a rainy day in Georgia"

It has been raining here all day and I am enjoying the lazy feel of it. It's the kinda day where you curl up on the couch with a snuggly blanket and a Nicholas Sparks book and stay there all day.........oh well......I am enjoying the thought of it atleast! We still really need the rain down here after the horrible, dry, HOT summer we had so it is really a blessing to have a day like this.

On to my kiddies. In that picture above, how funny is the size of James head compared to Audrey's? I really captured it this time! Bless his heart. And below is the dreaded tummy time. They do good for about 3-5 minutes and then they are sooooo over it. Especially James. He gets really mad when he has had enough. Today was his best day though, he really pushed up high.

He is getting so big. This picture almost makes me a little sad.

Audrey has always been able to hold her head up better and higher and she just keeps getting stronger. She really enjoyed herself until she spit up and got her hands all wet!

And this is James being done with the whole tummy thing. You can't really tell in this picture but his entire head turned red 'cause he got so mad! While Audrey over there is just having the time of her life. She really got into it today. Kicking her legs up and down and she was keeping her head really steady which is a new thing. I am afraid my bobble head baby is growing up :( She has also started this blowing/spitting thing that is just too adorable. I wish I could catch it on film for you guys but every time I try to put a video on here it just wont work. And Dana even walked me through it one time. Oh well, I am only half computer literate!

And just in case you missed the eclipse last night, here is a blurry picture of it! I sat outside with Jon until 10:00 to watch this thing because I thought it wouldn't happen again for like 50 years. And then right as it is almost totally eclisped, he tells me there will be another one in 2010. If I had known that, I wouldn't have stayed up for the whole thing and needless to say I was a little grumpy at 1:30 this morning when James AND Audrey woke up hungry. Ahhh, Jon and I had a fun time anyway out under the stars. It was crisp and clear and oh so very quiet. I am gonna miss living out here when we finally move.