which pumpkin should i pick??

saturday, we made our way to a pumpkin patch way out in monroe, nc. (we think that's where we were). unfortunately, we couldn't stay long because garrett had a football game in concord, but 15 minutes was all we needed to get jay a little messy and find a little pumpkin. jay wanted to throw the pumpkins all over the patch and even pulled the stem off of one of the big pumpkins. leave it to kids to mess up things. it was a very nice day, hence the shorts and t-shirt jay was wearing.

there is one underneath these green things.

this one is easier to get to.

mommy, this one i think works for me.

nope, these will be better.

where am i suppose to be?

Let's catch up...it's been a while

it's been about 2 months since we've written about anything. since then, i've started work and haven't stopped yet. neither has jay, he keeps going and going until we put him in bed. he seems to enjoy being in his pack-in-play and playing with my wooden spoons from the kitchen. go figure, he could care less about his toys. he has started to climb on furniture and putting his mega blocks (like legos) together. it's amazing what he's started to do in the last few months. fortunately, he has begun eatting and picking up a few more things. jay's managed to eat granola bars, nutragrain bars, bananas, puffs, some pears at daycare, and just a few more things. its a celebration when he eats something new. this has been one of the hardest things.

i thought i'd hang out here with my spoon for a while.

jake's first birthday. he managed to get it in his hair.

jay having fun at jake's party. playing frisbee with a paper plate.

why buy toys when you can just use things in your cabinets?

i'll get up here soon enough.

yep, i'm cute, even when i'm sick.

here he was home sick with mom with a fever and ear infection.

wanna be like dad.

back in august we went to the park for hannah smith's birthday. jay tried some parts of the playground, but didn't particularly like the swings. the horse was a little better.

birthday boy

on sunday we celebrated jay's 1st birthday. i can't believe he is already 1 year old. time flies. here are a few pictures from his party. the cakes were made by sams (they do an awesome job). unfortunately, jay didn't care much for the cake. he ended up with it on his hands and just kept rubbing them together and crying. we'll just stick with yogurt his favorite sweet treat.

noah belote and jay in the pool.

this is a glimpse of the party. i had problems downloading some of the other pictures, but feel free to see them on facebook along with jay's video of eatting cake.

fun times between daddy and jay

jay's getting bigger and is really getting a personality. in a couple of days, he will soon be 1 and we'll be having his first birthday party. it is crazy to think that last year at this time, i was pregnant with him. last week we saw a couple of new babies from our sunday school class. it's hard to think that he was once that tiny.

last night, jay and daddy were having fun with his tonka truck. as you can see, he really liked it.

4th of july

here is just a snip of what we experienced this weekend. we had a few friends over for a cookout and we put the kids in the pool. jay, his cousin noah belote, and friend olivia williams joined him on saturday in the pool. jay loved splashing, noah couldn't figure out how to get the ball, and olivia just wanted to stay afloat in the bumbo. who knew the bumbo could float? (maybe you did, but i didn't.)

beach bums

last week we went to myrtle beach for vacation. check out some of our pictures from our trip.

if you didn't know...

garrett (with some help from my dad) has been building a deck in our back yard. he designed it himself. he began april or may of last year and is almost complete. having jay has delayed the work as well as the cold weather this past winter. in the beginning when garrett had this idea, i thought that it was only going to cost about $100 to $200 and may take 3 or 4 saturdays. boy was i wrong. this shows how much i know. it cost much more than that and took a lot more time than that.