Thursday, January 12, 2012

Leftovers....

These are a few pictures that got lost over the craziness of the holidays,,, these first few came from Paul Wharton. Ashley was not a fan of the boys outfits-he said they looked to girly. I promptly told him to get over it. :) They looked precious I thought!



Charlie got an EEG to see if he was having seizures. The test came back normal praise God! Just an update on his progress--he is getting more confidence in his walking everyday. He sees little brother walking everywhere and wants to join in. He uses his walker, but mainly at church. As a stall technique so he doesn't have to go to bed, he will walk all over the place just to distract me. I give in every night just because I can't help but be moved to tears as I see him walk across the room. He still is not eating, or speaking well, but we are working on it. The wonderful therapists at High Hopes are working so hard with my little buddy, and I so appreciate everything they have done!

Notice in this picture his posse of animals--I had to make sure he fell asleep during the test, so I brought with me an arsenal of sound machines, favorite blankets, and every animal he loves.


This was his hug with Grana after the test came back negative!


Our first movie with Charlie!

He was hiding from the scary,,,penguin? Who knows.



And now my prince William--he got his first haircut not too long ago. It went about as good as can be expected! Thank you to Nikki Wharton for being so patient and fast!:) Also Ashley will have the luxury of all boys haircuts from now on. Thank you very much.


All smiles afterwards!

1st photo with Santa---you can clearly see how this went.

Charlie doing his "surprise" face.

Thank you to Stacey Sarver for making these precious outfits!


Navigating the IPad with Papa. Its ridiculous and embarrassing how good Charlie is with this thing. I am still trying to locate the volume button.



Will's first apple---this also provided about 20 minutes of him sitting in one place. Note to self---keep fridge stocked with apples.

Again thanks to Paul Wharton for taking some family photos, and for being so patient!
Here is Palmer (9), Lainey Hope (4), Bennett (4), Charlie (2.5), Jackson (14 months) and Will (14 months)
Speck family photo---awwww.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 was a little anticlimatic for us at the Clayton household.
Within the first 10 minutes, Charlie opened a present threw it across the room, it hit me in the face leading to a spanking, and William crying in the background. Ah! Can you just picture the Christmas spirit? :) The day got better, thankfully!

William loved the box, and not the $19.99 toy inside. Perfect.
Noah and the Ark. Charlie's hero!


My little strummer boy!
We went over to Nana and Papa's house first...







And then to my parents, but we were gonna wait for all the cousins and aunts and uncles to do more Christmas~



Randy, Kim, Palmer, and Lainey Hope came into town first...
such a doll...

Palmer jumped into Poppers arms,,,never too old for that!

Uncle Trav, Kelly, Bennett, and Jackson came soon after,,and the party began!


sweet Jackson...



LH got a new dress coat from Grana and Popper...

I got a Keurig coffee maker and so dad and Papa loaded me up with coffee:)

Davy! Davy Crockett! King of the wild frontier!!


Cousin Coco came to visit too--she was hysterical!

















Gran, Julia, and Charlie

William and Jackson would shut this door leading into mom's kitchen, and then cry for us to open it,,,only for them to slam it again. This game got old quickly.

Bennett and LH looking at B's new toy!




Our shared therapist for Bennett and Charlie--Kelly came by to see Bennett~
I love this. This just shows the generations playing with IPads,,,










Bonnie and Clyde:)
Palmer and I went on an adventure hike in my parents woods, and came back for some tea and smores!








Sweet cousins
Trouble cousins



Such a blessed time together! We were all chasing kids around for 5 days, but it was so worth it! We had so much fun!