TJ singing his ABC's

New bed

TJ was outgrowing his last toddler bed and I couldnt pass up the deal I found at Walmart for this new bed. It is still set up as a toddler bed but as soon as I buy a twin matress it will adjust to fit it. TJ loves it! He works on the bed with his tools all the time.

Painting Pumpkins

Last weekend TJ and I went and painted pumpkins with my cousin Karen and her nephew Evan. They painted off and on for a few hours and then played cars the rest of the time. Here are a few pictures...

Pumpkin patch

This weekend I took TJ and Keilee to the pumpkin patch. Besides trying to keep them away from the yellow pumpkins and trying to get a good picture without their suckers in their mouths it was allot of fun! Here are some pictures...

TJ's first dance video

I know someday when he is a teenager he is going to hate me for this.... But it is so cute that I had to share!

Chattanooga Dog Show & Aquarium

Well this past weekend was the dog show in Chattanooga. We had a great time. Hope is turing out to be quite the show dog! She loves to be in the ring and I think Bobby loves to do it as well. TJ although is starting to be quite the handful and I think the two of us might have to take a break from the shows until he gets a little older.

Friday evening we spent the nite at Granny's house. TJ had a blast playing in her "garden" I was able to get a few pictures of him with his cousin as well.

After the dog show on Saturday TJ and I headed to the aqarium. I had a great time and so did T. I cant believe how much he is talking now and how independed he is. He even told me on his own when he had to go potty while we where there! I think that I have decided to go ahead and do full on potty training this weekend! Hopefully it goes well....

TJ's Second Year Video

Everyone knows that I have been working on TJ's second year video for a while now. Well, I have finally gotten it finished and here it is...

Feeding the Ducks

Here are just some random pictures of TJ and Keilee feeding the ducks...

Swimming pool

Slumber party at Aunt Bull Bull's house!

Well last time TJ spent the night over there I got a phone call at 2:30AM that he woke up screaming for me and I had to come over. I had actually read him a book the night before and I think it kinda scared him. So, after an hour or so he finally went back to sleep in his Thomas bed and I ended up just crashing in the guest bed. OMG the guest bed was the best! Soooo when TJ's aunt wanted to keep him again over night I jumped at the chance to spend the night over there in that bed! It ended up being our little slumber party! It was me, TJ, Billy Sue, my mother in law, Della. My niece Amber, brought her friend whom we call Fish, and she brought her little baby boy as well. We all had a great time!

TJ's first trip to the fair

Well this past weekend was the Anderson county fair and I knew I would have to take TJ. I never knew how much fun I would have though. I cant believe TJ rode the rides. I ended up having to buy him a wrist band! He loved the swings! He even rode the big slide while sitting on my lap... I seriously thought I was gonna puke! Of course we had to stay and watch the tractor pull too.

4th of July

Well, here I am again. I am going to attempt to start posting again but we will see how it goes. This weekend was a great weekend! Friday evening we got to spend the night with fireworks galore at my cousins and Saturday night was our annual get together at Martin and Amy's with the camper full of fireworks that gets donated ever year. TJ lit off his first sparkler by himself this year. He also got to have his first friend spend the night. His step and a half sister, Keilee spent all weekend with us and TJ loved it! The boys also had their newest addition added to their family as well. What better way to celebrate then with lighting off fireworks!

And by catching the field next door on fire too!

Trip to the Zoo

Well last weekend I took TJ to the zoo finally. I am not sure who was more excited to go, him or me. I have always loved to go to the zoo. TJ is all about animals right now. He loves to ROAR like a lion and jump around like a monkey. The best was when he saw the elephants. He just kept pointing and saying BIG, NEAT, and WOW!!!

Hello Again

Ok, it has been a great while since I have blogged on here. The truth is, its a great idea, I am just soo busy! TJ isnt going to bed these days until 9 or 9:30 ish and by then if I am lucky I only have two loads of laundry to fold, the kitchen to clean, and a shower to take before its time for bed! I dont know why people even think about having another kid at this age. lol Dont get me wrong I absolutely love being a mom but there are seriously times I sit and think OMG how do my single friends do it???? My husband Bobby, helps out allot but right now TJ is only wanting me and Bobby also has allot on his plate.

Things have been great around here. We got our new puppy a few weeks ago! That makes.... 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 BULLMASTIFFS! I never thought I would have 4 pets much less 4 huge dogs. Our male weighs in at over 130lbs!!! They are great dogs and they are soooo good with all of the boys. Bobby finally championed our male, Rocky! He really loves to show the dogs... The dog kennels outside are almost done. By the time they are done I think they might be nicer then my house! Now that Rocky is championed Bobby plans to keep showing Rocky's daughter, Roxy and the new puppy Hope. In two weeks we will be going to Bristol for his next show.

Then we have baseball. Matt & Zach (2 of my 3 stepsons) are both playing baseball again this year. AND THEY ARE BOTH PLAYING ON TWO TEAMS!!! Its crazy that they have so much energy to keep up with it all. Its even more crazy that everyone seams to remember where each boy needs to go and to which practice and at what time. They are both playing well this year. TJ is even wanting to play now. He will watch most of the game as long as there are no kids his age there to play with. He will scream "RUN Matt Run!" He loves to cheer, even if its for the wrong team... We have a pitching machine for them and TJ really enjoys watching Zach practice. I think I have decided that I like when they play football allot better though and I am excited for that season to start!

TJ's new favorite wagon

Well, we finally got some sunshine this weekend and TJ was definitely ready to play outside. He got a new wagon this Christmas from his Grandma but he hasn't been able to play with it until just now. He loved it!

TJ's First Snow!

I know that it wasnt alot of snow, but today was TJ's first day to play in the snow! I have never been so excited! He kept looking out the window and pointing to the snow. I dressed him in his snow suit which just barely fit him since it was a size 12 mths.

At first he wouldnt even walk on the snow. He stayed on the sidewalk. Finally, I just put him in. lol TJ being the way that he is screamed anytime the snow got on his shoes. He would look down and point to his feet and say dirty dirty. He was great with making snowballs. Once he figured out that he could throw the snowball he had a blast. We spent most of the time pulling his wagon, or shall I say HE spent most of his time.

After about an hour I had to take him in. It started getting so windy and his face was getting soo red. Well, it definately got redder once I got him inside. He pitched the biggest fit ever when we came in. He put his hat back on, ran when I tried to take off his coat and gloves. We really did have a great time though!