Laughter Family: August 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

My Ryleigh girl

I've been taking some pictures of Ryleigh lately and had to post them for you to enjoy as well. She's such a fun girl and I am loving having her around!!! Today she almost laughed. She tried, but it just didn't come out. I can't wait till that comes---it will be SOOO much fun!!

Look at that sweet smile!!! LOVE IT!! Tongue out and all.

Such a sweet little smile!! She's becoming quite the talker also.

Sleeping while holding her paci

Sitting up on the couch like a big girl. We used to do this with Jayce all the time and Ryleigh likes it also. She just watches everyone and what ever is going on. It's cute.

Happy Birthday Baby Brother!

Today is my baby brother's 22nd birthday!! He's a great brother, brother-in-law, uncle, friend and son. I am so blessed to have such a great brother. He's got the kindest heart of anyone I know. He loves deeply and loves with his whole heart. He's a great football player also. He's a senior at Southeastern Lousianna University and does a great job there. I can't believe that this will be the last year that I will get to watch him play football. I have enjoyed watching him play since he was in Middle School. I remember going to watch him play in middle school and rooting him on. He would get so embarrassed and ask me to not yell so loud---I did not listen. I wanted everyone to know how proud of him I was and I still do the same today. When I go to his college games I wear his jersey and cheer my heart out. He's my brother and I am SO proud of him. I can't wait to have him back at home so that he can be around my kids more. I know that he loves my kids, but he doesn't get to enjoy them as much as we both would want. I know that it somewhat upsets him when Jayce won't go to him because he doesn't remember him. I am excited for the time when he is at home and my kids love him and are excited to see him like a true Uncle!

I love how both my kids are crying in his arms. One day this won't happen. :)

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Well Check Ups

Drum Roll please.......

Ryleigh at 2 months--11.8 pounds (75%); 22 3/4 inches long (50-75%)

Jayce at 18 months--23.7 pounds(10-25%); 33 1/4 inches long (75%)

My daughter is a chunk and my son is a slim jim. Since Ryleigh was born she has grown 2 3/4 inches and in one month she has gained 2 1/2 pounds. Since Jayce's 15 month check up he has grown 1/4 inch and gained 2 pounds. The doctor gave me the "nutrition" talk for Jayce. I guess he thinks I am not feeding him or something. But I told him that he has two small parents and when Layne and I were little we were both very tiny. We are just going to have a slim kid. I told the doc that he eats a bunch, but just plays hard too. He likes to keep a slim figure :)

Our princess is a growing fool. She wants to catch up to her brother really bad. I guess that's why she's growing so much. So there are the updates on my two kids.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Just for fun

I just have to say that I am LOVING being at home with my sweet kiddos!! I do love teaching, but being at home with my kids is just beyond words. They are so much fun, a lot of work, and very rewarding. My heart just melts when I look at them and think that I don't have to leave them to go to a "job" anymore. BIG thanks to my sweet, amazing husband for working so hard to make that happen. He's truly my knight in shining armor.

"Cheese" Face

The Diva on her play mat

Jayce playing with his Sissy

Chillin with Daddy (8 weeks old)

Here are a couple of videos of Jayce. The first one is of him tickling Ryleigh. He cracks me up when he makes his tickle voice. He says, "tickle, tickle, tickle...." and his tongue moves so funny when he does it.

This next video is of Jayce watching the Bee Movie. He was cracking up at one part of the movie. It was when the Bee got stuck in the humans house and he was trying to get out through the closed window. The bee kept hitting the window. He thought it was HILARIOUS!!!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Family of Four

A couple weeks ago we took some family pics of our family of four. We had a friend take them and she did a GREAT JOB!!! I can't believe that our family has grown to FOUR!! It just seems like yesterday that we went from two to three. Today Ryleigh is 8 weeks old. On Sunday she will be 2 months old. Time just flies by. She has changed so much and even looks different from when we took the family pictures.

17 months old--looks like he's THREE :(

Mommy and her sweet baby girl

Most favorite pic EVER!!!!

The love of my life!

I could just eat her up!!! So Sweet!!!

My SUPER cute boys!!

Our family of FOUR

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Weekend in Corpus

The last weekend in July Layne's mom side of the family got together and went to Corpus Christi. There were about 20 of us and we all stayed in one house. His uncle recently bought a new house and wanted everyone to come and stay there. I was really nervous about it at first, but it ended up being a ton of fun and everyone really got along well. Everyone had their own room (for the most part) and the kids played so well together.

This is the list: Mamaw(Layne's grandma), Aunt Chisa and Uncle Craig and Brandon-their son(the homeowners, Layne's mom's brother), Aunt Teri and Uncle Clint and Seth and Carlee-their kids (Layne's mom's brother), Steph and Chad (Layne's sister) and their three boys, Dylan, Colin and Noah, Ray and Diane(Layne's parents), Miss Carol (Chisa's mom), Layne and I and our two kids. It was a house full, but so much fun!!!

They had a pool and a huge playground set for the kids to play on. We also had a Wii plus a game cube. So the kids were totally set! Uncle Clint brought 5 bikes so that all the kids could ride bikes if they wanted to. Noah and Jayce had a ton of fun playing together. We pretty much hung out at the house most of the time and spent the days in the pool. One day we all decided to venture to the beach and had a super blast!! We can't wait to go back next year.