Party weekend!

We all can't believe our precious angel Bennett turned 3 last weekend! He is such a big boy! Trav and Kelly threw such a great party for him! Here are some pics from that joyous night...

I love this one---trying to figure out how to tackle the cupcake mountain!

Kisses from mommy!

Happy boy:)

Bennett's legs are literally longer than all of Charlie!

We decided it was time to give Charlie a little hair trim cause he has been called a girl on several occasions. This, as you can see, did not sit well with Grana. It took 3 people to get it done,,maybe a little too short, but ok! This is happening Grana! (sidenote-it was a butcher job. Ash did great, but just got a little edward scissorhands on me and got carried away. I took him to the girl who does my hair to fix it:)

The night before was our 5th anniversary! Ash took me to dinner at The Palm and we stayed to night at Hutton Hotel. Turned out he got an unexpected upgrade and we got to stay in the penthouse suite!

Beautiful roses,,,loved the vase. As soon as we got home Saturday I set the vase down on the table and it fell over and shattered. nice.

Every Speck's dream,,,,tv in the mirror in the bathroom! Dad is already trying to figure out how to get this in his house!

Our view from the porch..

Our view when we got home Saturday!

Charlie loves Gingerbread Man book,,,over and over and over and over...

this picture is a big deal actually,,,he is standing all by himself! thanks to all his therapists he is getting stronger everyday!

our nighttime stories...

Have a great week!!!!!!!

We have a few things to discuss here, but I will post very soon cause tomorrow is Bennetts 3rd birthday, and our 5 year anniversary. So I will post some pics from his party soon...in the meantime...

Major praise to our most gracious Lord! He moved my placenta completely out of danger! The main radiologist even came in to double check. He had never seen anything like that before! So mommy and baby are just fine!

Second praise--through the help of his amazing therapists at High Hopes, Charlie has learned how to sit up by himself! This is so wonderful,,however,,,one tiny drawback. He cant figure out how to lay back down! This can become especially frustrating for mommy at naptime:) But they have assured me he will figure it out. Till then, this is how he looks when I come into the room to try to lay him back down...

And this is how he will EVENTUALLY fall asleep!

So, we went to the Uncle Jerry's lakehouse for some fun family time last weekend..this is how the breakfast table looked at Cafe Sinclair after the tornado (our family) finished eating..

Aunt Koko playing with Charlie..

(out of order) Uncle Whit and Aunt Ali came by for the night,,notice Charlie's onesie!

Uncle Trav in deep thought..

So sad they are leaving us soon,,,but so thankful the Lord is leading them to where He wants!

Charlie sat perfectly content in Gran's lap for 30 minutes. Plus he was watching Aunt Kelly--who has amazing voices!!

Our first time to meet precious Coco!!! She is such a precious doll!!

Finally, I will be making my blog private cause,,well,,look at my comments and you can figure it out. So please email me your address and I will send you an invite! mereby20@yahoo.com

Weekend Getaway #2

Ash and I had quite possibly my last weekend getaway for awhile last weekend to Orlando, FL. He had a dental conference to go to and I had an important job of basking by the pool, finishing Harry Potter, and visiting my older brother and his family. Tough job:) Turned out that it rained so no basking by the pool took place,,and I didnt finish the book, but I did get to visit with Randy. Mom and dad watched Charlie for a couple of days and everything seemed to go well. Thank you to all those who were on stand by oh the phone in case something went wrong:)

Here are just some fun pictures I have taken of Charlie, and the reoccuring theme in most of them seem to be his tongue protruding:)

He is over dunking basketballs, he needs a challenge like a block

Poor Donald Duck never stood a chance,,,

Fully concentrating on his piano skills,,,he prefers to play in almost nothing:)

He loves tubby time!

This little blue dog is his favorite toy given to him by his Aunt Jennifer--he LOVES it!!

Warming up to the valentine bear...

Just a quick note--it turns out this pregnancy of mine may take a bad turn soon. The baby is fine, but my placenta is attached to my scar on the uterus from my first c-section. This is placenta previa---this is not ideal but it is ok for now. The problem is that the placenta is very invasive and if it penetrates through the scar into the uterus, that is a very bad situation. My doctor assures me he will have a team of doctors there to help control the bleeding, but when they remove the placenta, if there is alot of bleeding then they may have to remove my uterus. This came as a shock to me to have a hysterectomy at the ripe old age of 31, but hopefully it wont happen. I get another ultrasound in a week or so, and we will go from there. He says if it is going to go through the scar it will happen in the next 10 weeks. So say a little prayer that it stays where it is, and that there are many more babies to come!!

Charlie's 1st Birthday

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY CHARLIE!

We cannot believe how fast a year goes by, but are so thankful for every second we have had with our little man. He is really such a sweet baby, which I guess means his little brother coming in November is gonna be a nightmare! :) Here are some pics from the birthday party...We missed my brothers but enjoyed spending time with Ashley's side of the family..

Good birthday morning! What time is the party?

Uncle Whit and Aunt Ali,,,,too stinkin cute

Uncle Charlton and Aunt Jennifer--next time we see them baby Hali will finally be here!

The 3 Pregnant ladies,,,yes Ali is preggo!!! We are so excited!

So many cousins! Ashley and Sharon went from 0-4 grandkids in 2 years! Charlie already loves golfing outfits,,,great.

can we say--"overstimulation?"

Popper always makes funny faces and noises!

No shortage of love between these two grandmothers!

Love my Nana and Papa!

Three handsome Clayton men,,all daddies!

mom just had another foot surgery the day before the party,,yes folks,,,that makes 3 surgeries in three summers. How many feet does this lady have?

Good looking family!

Some girls at work asked me what my theme was for his party. Theme? Oh great. I didnt even think of a theme! I have pregnancy brains right now and so I never thought to do a theme. Hopefully Charlie can forgive me, but next year the theme will be amazing! :)

Charlie didn't dive into the cake as we hoped,,but he explored it with his hands..

Thanks to everyone for coming for our precious Charlies 1st birthday!