Fostering Children

One of my good friends is an amazing woman. I have known her for several years and she has always been an amazing person. She is a single woman who loves kids, but is unable to have them. For a little over a year she has been a foster mom to a beautiful baby boy whose mother was unable to take care of him. She got him when he was 10 days old and has been with her ever since. She got the call one night and was instantly a mommy. She did not have the 9 months prior to gear her up for motherhood. She instantly became a mom. And what a great mom was she. Then a few months later she got another call and she was blessed with another baby. This time a baby girl. I am so proud of her. Being a single mom to two babies. She has so much support from her family which is so awesome! I just am always amazed with my friend Jocelyn.

Yesterday was not such a happy day in her house. She got the call that she was going to have to give up her sweet baby boy who she was a mother to for over a year. Adrian was going to be placed in his mother's cousin's house along with his other siblings. I don't know how as a mother she could do this. I know that is part of the deal---but I don't think I would have the strength to do that. So please pray for my friend and her family as well as her babies. Please pray that Adrian is adjusting to his new family well. Pray for Jocelyn and her little girl that they will adjust to life without Adrian. Also pray for Jocelyn's family, they have been so involved in her babies lives--this is effecting them just as much as it is her. I am just at a loss with what else to say. You can see everything about the situation on her blog. Her name is Jocelyn--she's on my blog roll.

What the HECK!?!?!?!

Two babies under the age of 2??!?!?!?! What are we thinking?!!!!

Little Dare Devil

Jayce is all boy! He loves to play rough and Layne loves to play rough with him. So therefore they both have a bunch of fun together!! Check out this video I took of Layne throwing Jayce on the bed. Don't freak out...they were really have a bunch of fun. Jayce always comes back for more when him and Layne play rough. ENJOY! :)

Eight months old

What a little handsome man! ( I think he knows it too :))

Leaves--who needs to buy toys!

Today Jayce is 8 months old! The time seems to fly by faster and faster all the time! Jayce is the best little man any mom could ask for! He very rarely cries or fusses. He is always a face of smiles and laughs. He makes some pretty funny faces. He clapped for the first time yesterday. Now he thinks he is the coolest and will clap when we sing or when we cheer. Today he stood up for the first time by himself from a sitting position. WITH NO HELP FROM ANYTHING!!!! He is a fast little crawler. Just the absolute happiest baby ever. He makes everyone smile when he is around. I don't know one time when someone didn't say what a good and happy baby he is. We are lucky parents. He is not a big eater. He still loves his paci and his blanket. He is VERY ticklish! He is all boy! Loves to be outside and enjoys playing so that he gets dirty. He loves that his daddy will play rough with him. He is the joy of our lives. Here are some cute photos and videos of Jayce. Eight months old----WOW!!!!

Today we went to my parents house to help finish building their fence and Jayce played in the leaves and sawdust on their driveway. Forget the blanket--give me the good stuff. It was funny when he would crawl on the concrete. He didn't like the way it felt on his knees, but he really wanted to get to the leaves, so he would bear crawl. He also enjoyed playing with the block of wood that he found. Boys will be boys!




I totally freaked out when he stood by himself! You will hear me
yell at the end---sorry about that! :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Saturday was my amazing Dad's birthday! We got to spend it with him out on the river! He is such a great dad. He is a really hard worker to make sure that his family is always taken care of. He is a man of God and a family-first man. He always was there coaching my soccer teams and is now always there for my brother. Him and my mom go to EVERY one of my brother's college football games. I know that I can always count on my Daddy!! He is also a great grandpa!!! Jayce loves him so much and that makes so happy. Thanks Dad for being a great example in my life and helping me become the woman that I am today. Happy Birthday PAWPAW!

Going to the Chapel and we're going to get married.....

On Friday night Layne's cousin Lisa got married!! It was such a beautiful wedding! The wedding took place at Fontenot Mansions off of Spring Stuebner. It was an outdoor wedding and then the reception was right inside. We really had a blast at the wedding and of course Jayce did awesome!! We are truly blessed with an amazing baby!!!! He was such a stud that--all the ladies wanted to dance with him. :) Congrats to the dashing bride and great groom!!! Welcome to the family Anton!!!!

The Lucky Groom and Beautiful Bride!
(Mr and Mrs Anton Villado)

(Layne and Lisa)

Layne's cousins (Maggie and Lisa) and Me

Mammaw (Layne's grandma) and Me

Our Family

Amy (Cousin by marriage)and Me

Family Friends-
David, Wendy, Jenny and Steve

Halloween is going to suck this year

Just for fun

Tonight I took some video of Jayce. I hadn't posted anything lately so I thought I would give you some video of my baby boy talking, crawling and standing. He is such a fast crawler!! I have to say when he wants something he gets there QUICK!! He is a knee and foot crawler. He crawls on his left knee and uses his right foot to get him there quicker. It's quite cute! He just thinks he is such a big boy and I am loving it!! He is starting to copy you when you say a noise or do a gesture. He also says "dada" all the time!! I don't think he makes the connection between that and Daddy, but I sure wish he would say the "mama" sounds. It would make me feel better! :) Here's come video for you to enjoy.

Weekend in Hammond

Last weekend we went to Hammond, LA with my parents to visit my brother. He goes to school there and plays football for their team. My brother loves it when we come and watch him play. My parents are super-parents and go to all his games no matter where they are. GO MOM AND DAD!

Anyways--we left early in Saturday morning and drove to Hammond. My mom and dad take their travel trailer there and leave it there for the season so that they have somewhere to stay while there. So this was the trip to take it there. It sure was a long drive there pulling that big beast. So once we go there we had to take it to the RV park. Then we were off to Jeff's game. They were playing North Dakota. We all get dressed up in our Southeastern outfits and go to cheer my baby bro on. We actually have jerseys that we wear when it gets cooler out. Well this was Jayce's first time to watch Uncle Jeff play so we of course had to get him a super cute outfit to wear as well. Here are some pics of our cute baby sporting his Southeastern colors! Go LIONS! By the way--Jeff's team won that weekend which was a plus!

(Layne found these pants at Target. They go PERFECTLY with his shirt and my brother's school colors are green, yellow and white!!)

(Priceless!!)

(Kaci, Jeff's girlfriend and Jayce during the game)

(Ready to go home!!!!)

Back to normal

Well we are finally back at home and getting things back to normal. We got our power back on Saturday and finally got to sleep in our own beds on Sunday night. We went to Louisiana this past weekend to watch my brother play football. He's in college and is an awesome kicker for his team. He's a junior and has been kicking since his freshman year. He was an all-american last year and I can't wait to see what he accomplishes this year.

But---we are finally back at home. Since we have been at home Jayce has finally started sleeping through the night again!!!! HALLELUJAH, praise the LORD!!! We have also stopped giving Jayce meats altogether. We had discovered that they just don't settle well on his tummy and he is not going to eat meat until his tummy is ready. I am really sick of being puked on and so no meats for him!!

What else......our little boy is a master crawler and puller-uper :) He is SOOOO fast when he crawls also! I can't believe how fast he can get places. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!