Back to "School"

It has been so great having T home for the last couple of months but now it's back to school.

We are starting batting practice young....

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!!

What a beautiful day for a birthday party! I can't believe that the weather is so nice (in August) (in Arkansas)! Which is so great, because we decided to have a BBQ in the backyard to go along with the Cowboy Theme.

Mac and Cheese, Mac and Cheese

I have had carrots and squash thrown back at me but mac and cheese we love so much that we will wear it!!

Rocker Dude!

We loved Daddy's guitar so much we had to get one of our own. (This is T's favorite toy. He totes it everywhere.)

Don't laugh...my robe is pimp!

Happy Eleven Months!!!

We love bath time!!!

Our little fish!!

Our little fish is a water baby!!! Good thing!

First time for spaghetti and I think it won!!!

Our little monster man.....

All of these crazy pictures just for me to get this last one...a picture of him standing up by himself for one of the first times!!!

Happy Ten Months.....or not

I'm not quite sure what went wrong here. Daddy was taking the pics and all of the sudden it turned into this. It's still cute though!!!!

First Haircut

We went to Pigtails & Crewcuts for our first haircut. It was the cutest place and Tucker did great!!!

This is before.....


And this is after....


Doesn't he look so grown up?

Trip to Craighead Forest

Tucker had lots of firsts on our trip to Craighead Forest today.

When we finally got all setup a group of about 16 geese swam around in front of us. He really had to check them out.


Then the ice cream truck came around and he and Daddy had to share an ice cream sandwich.


Tucker didn't care to much for the cold water.


Daddy caught a fish so Tucker could check it out.


Then we headed home.


What a fun day we had!! We can't wait to go back!!!

How we spend most of our time playing.....

Emma Claire is here!!!!

Our friends Lance and Ashley welcomed there beautiful baby girl into the world today. Tucker wore his "special shirt" to see her at the hospital.



You can't tell from the picture but the back of his shirt says Bad to the Bone

Our Baby Waylon......

Tucker loves to play Daddy's guitar.

Happy Nine Months!!!

Ok, I know I say this every time but Tucker is growing so fast!! It is so crazy to see him pull up on things and then stand there....it seems like just yesterday he was learning to sit up on his own!!! He is so ready to be walking on his own and is getting so brave!!! One hand holds on for dear life and the other is picking something up or knocking something off. He babbles all the time and points at everything. If you blow him a kiss he sticks his tongue out at you and makes a clicking sound. It is so cute!!! In this picture he is having a snack. We love the cheerios!!!!!

Back to the bowling alley.....

and this time I'm serious about driving this thing!!!

Photo Shoot

Tucker did so good at his 9 months old photo shoot! Look what a big kid he is turning in to!!!!

WARNING!!!!!!!!!

Surgery Day

Today was the big day but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was really dreading the whole thing after all the stories that I had been told. But!! I forgot we have a super good kid!! We couldn't feed him after midnight and had to be at the surgery center at 6 am. He could have cared less about eating because there was a whole new world to check out and it also helped because Gigi, Nana, Poppy and Papa were there. Oh, and there was also a little kid in a green pj outfit running around like crazy that Tucker found hilarious!!! He listened to everything that the Doctor and nurses had to say and of course smiled at everyone. He was only gone from us about 20 minutes but it was the longest 20 minutes EVER!! They warned us that he wouldn't be happy when he started waking up and boy were they right. He finally calmed down after awhile and he was released around 10 am. He played nonstop once we got home. I was really prepared to be caring for a "boo boo baby" all day but quite the opposite. You can tell he feels so much better now and he hasn't quit jabbering since we got home. So, surgery was a success!!!!

Boo Boo Baby to a new doctor....

After two months of fighting ear infections we had our first appointment with the ENT today. Tucker put on a show in the waiting room. He was so busy and got to laughing out loud several times....needless to say we had several people watching the "sick kid" treat us like a jungle gym. When they finally took us back to an exam room Tucker had to check the place out. It is so funny to watch him find something new these days. You can tell by the look on his face that he is studying everything. When the doctor finally came in to talk to us Tucker was so good. He got real still and listened to every word he had to say. He didn't even fuss when he looked in his ears. The verdict is we are getting tubes. We are scheduled to go in on April 30th. I know this is a routine procedure but I still don't like it. Please keep Tucker in your thoughts and prayers.

Happy Eight Months!!!!

I can't believe that Tucker is already eight months old. Time is going by way too fast!!! He is doing so many new things everyday. Our latest is standing up and holding onto the ottoman. He would rather us not hold on to him but that is just to bad. He is an independent little man!

We love the Cardinals!!!

Tucker loves to watch the Cardinals play with his Daddy. Here are a couple of my favorite pics of him during the game.

Happy Easter!

Tucker had an awesome Easter. He ended up getting three Easter baskets and a car!!


Here he is with his basket from the Easter Bunny.


Going through the Easter basket from Gigi and Poppy.


And, with his basket from Nana and Papa who also got him.....


a car!!!! He is so funny when we ride him around the house in it. His hands are always on the steering wheel like he knows exactly what he is doing. He hasn't learned how to honk the horn on his own yet but it won't be long.