Birthdays and Playgrounds

I know I have not written in awhile, but not too much has happened. No milestones have been met with Charlie, and things are pretty much normal around here. Aside from the fact that at some point everyday I PANIC when I think about having another boy here in a few weeks! I can feel the panic set in, and then I feel overwhelmed, but then subsides when I think about all my friends with 3 kids. Wow, bless their hearts. So since there is not much to report I wont bore you with alot of chatter,,,just some pics of Charlie. (Baby brother William Thomas Clayton will soon be in some pics)

Celebrated Poppers birthday,,,thumbs up Popper!

Also celebrated Grana's birthday earlier this month,,,

In between birthday parties, we took Charlie to his first visit to swing in the park. He loved it,,,kind of boring for us,,,but he loved it:)

Is he not ridiculously cute?

Also celebrated Papa's birthday,,October is busy!!!

Just got Charlie some new shoes for church,,even though he is not walking yet he still needs to look good! Plus I find that if you look good, then people may not notice you have no idea what you are doing:)

My little man,,,I cant believe how big he is! I also cant believe there is gonna be another one soon,,,,we cant wait to see Charlie and Will together! Bring on the table for four!

Farewell Trav and Kelly

It happened. Trav, Kelly, Bennett, and baby Jackson Stafford have officially left the great state of Tennessee for Washington, DC. We are so excited for them and this new chapter in their lives, but we cant help but be sad that they left us:( Thankfully they are both pretty efficient at texting,,,finally,,,so communication maybe easier! They stayed at mom and dad's house last night, so we went over for our last supper together for awhile.

I am seriously worried about Charlie now that Aunt Kelly is gone,,,she is non-stop entertainment with her noises and book reading! I try but there is no comparison!

Shanta, Ken, Campbell, and Gabe came over too. In this picture I wanted to incorporate something I heard from the Nate Berkus show about how to look 10 pounds thinner in pictures. He says to put your weight on your front foot---somehow i dont think you can look thinner when you are 30 weeks pregnant.

Charlie has figured out he wants to get Popper's glasses--

kisses from Grana

I put these pictures on here because Ashley hates bubble outfits--he thinks they look girlish. So since he doesnt read my blog then I figured it was safe. He does look precious in it!

Charlie loves his books,,LOVES them

He loves them so much, that after he wakes up he wants a book asap!

Summer Nights

So, I am the last of my sisters-in-law to post about Sunday,,,but I finally made it! We had a blast when Randy and Kim and the kids came through town! The weather could not have been more perfect! These are precious moments with the kids, and when Trav and Kelly move, these times will be even more special. Looks like its just me and Ash with mom and dad---great:))

Charlie loves to read books,,,and have them read to him!

Palmer was our main entertainment at dinner,,,performing Justin Bieber

The Specks in Michigan

The Specks in Washington D.C. (soon)

The lone Clayton family,,,

Mom and dad took the kids on a 4-wheeling ride down to the creek,,perfect weather

I think both Charlie and Bennett are trying to figure out how to get out!

The most precious Lainey Hope..

Charlie loves Lainey--I promise!!

One day,,maybe Charlie will stop crying for like 5 seconds to get a picture:) But we all agreed that moments like these are priceless!

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!!!!!!!