One more post...

Welcome to the world Jackson Stafford Speck! He is such a precious angel and we cannot wait to meet him! Trav, Kelly, and Bennett are adjusting well (or as well as a new mom can) to this adorable child! I just want to slobber all over those cheeks!

Bennett is wondering who is making all the noise around the house now,,

Charlie is doing so well in physical therapy. There was a time when standing was not an option for this little guy. Thanks to High Hopes he is progressing wonderfully!

Speaking of progressing, mommy is having William tomorrow morning! Charlie loves to pat my tummy when I ask him where his brother is...hopefully he wont do that after he is born otherwise I will have a complex:)

Tuesday was a long day. It started with physical therapy for 2 hours in the morning, then a haircut, which as you can see he was not overly thrilled about,,,and then followed by a MRI at Vanderbilt. This was just to make sure the doctors were not missing anything with his hypotonia diagnosis.

But things went a bit off that night,,,Charlie threw up while they tried to sedate him. So they kept us overnight to make sure nothing got in his lungs. It was a long night for him and mommy, who slept on a cot at 39 weeks pregnant. All the nurses were just waiting for me to go into labor any second, but we held on! After a long night, his MRI came back normal and his chest Xrays. Here he is with daddy when they let us see him,,,bless his sweet heart. He had his blue puppy with him that made him feel better,,mommy too!

So next time I post will be pictures of our new addition to the Clayton family. Please pray for a safe hospital adventure for all of us!

Halloween

So this is just a collection of recent pictures we have taken over the past month or so. Just a few more days and then William is with us,,,so there will probably be a delay in my postings, but you understand right? :)

Here is daddy and Charlie,,we went out to eat on the lake

Daddy and Charlie with Boomer

My sweet friend Nadia came to visit from Texas! We had a fun weekend of coffee, muffins, and lots of shopping! (well--she had fun shopping. I literally am busting out of sweat pants at this point:)

Downtown Franklin

My sweet friend Becky gave Charlie this giraffe--he LOVES it!

Charlie was a lion for Halloween--he truly loves lions. I was utterly shocked he kept this costume on as long as he did, but he was sweating underneath it all! Bless his heart!

Charlie cant believe a grown up looks even more silly than he does!

On a hayride with church friends

I never get tired of taking pictures of my men,,,

Our sweet cousin Jackson was born November 2! We are so excited for Travis, Kelly, and Bennett and cannot wait to meet him!

Maybe my next post will be pictures of William? Surely I can get one more post in there before that!! Surely!! :))

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!