Chance is now 4 months old!!

This big boy is now 4 months old. He is weighing a little over 17lbs and has everyone's heart in the palm of his little fat hand!!! Boy do we love having him in our family! We love you Chancey!

Homecoming 2008

The "cool" brothers!

Today was Priceville's homecoming game and at school, the theme was wacky Gold and Black day. Also, Preslie was on the 9th grade homecoming court and looked so beautiful. SHE HAD A DRESS ON!!!!!! GO BULLDOGS!!

Brothers and Sisters

Bo, me, Paige & Jimmy (youngest to oldest)

Many of you know that I was raised in Texas. And just a few of you know that my hometown of Sheridan is about as small as you can get. I don't even think we are a "dot on a state road map". If it wasn't for my two brothers and sister, I don't know what I would have done. Now before I go any further, their is another sister, DD, who was adopted when I was in high school. Note that she is loved as much as the rest but this story has to do with the three I was raised with. I could go on with stories from our past (Ask Bo!!!) but I will just say after we all left Sheridan, we went our separate ways for many years and somehow we made our way back to one another. Here are the first pictures we have taken together in almost 10 years!!! Yes, this was the first time in 10 years that we were ALL together. This day, I will never forget

You are in my personal space!!!

When Don is at work, the boys normally sleep with me. Well, actually Jaxon sleeps in the bed with me and Dylan sleeps on the floor. We were watching TV last night and I snuggled up to Jaxon. He turned away from me. I knew he was about asleep. I asked him if I was bothering him and he told me "You are in my personal space!!!!". He then moved further away and started snoring!! All I could do was laugh.

SMILE!!!

Today is picture day at school. I bought two shirts yesterday for the boys. I wanted a solid, dark button up shirt for their pictures. Anyway, went to Target and bought two dark blue shirts. When the boys got home from school, Dylan looked at his shirt and wasn't very pleased. I told him he would look good in it but he wasn't buying it!!! I cut their hair last night and told them to put on their shirts. Dylan put his on, put his glasses on and then looked in the mirror and smiled!! I said, "TOLD YOU IT WOULD LOOK GOOD!!"

Now, Jaxon was all worried about his smile (think that is my fault!) First of all he has another loose tooth. Top left! I told him to just leave it alone and we would take it out AFTER pictures. He was OK with that. Then he started practicing his smile. He kept saying, "How does this look Mommy?", with his top and bottom teeth touching and his tongue pushing through his spaces!!! I told him to just close his mouth and smile. Don't make your teeth touch. He kept trying and couldn't get it. This morning he woke up and was practicing and then said, "Mommy, you mean for me to put my back teeth behind my front teeth?" I had to laugh!! He then had his smile perfected and was ready for his picture!!

The Next Greg Maddux

Dylan is playing in a fall baseball league after taking the summer off. He has been playing baseball since he was four years old. I think he was throwing a baseball before he could walk. This was his first year to pitch. I knew he was accurate but had no idea he would do so well. Now, of course, I am Mommy and my Dyl Pickle can do NO WRONG but he really did surprise me and many others!. Watch out Major Leagues, here comes Dyl Pickle Cross!!!

I'm Sorey Dylan

Dylan came to me with this last night. He said, "Mommy, did you see what Jaxon wrote to me?" He then told me why Jax was "sorey". Dylan said that Jaxon was mad and tried to hit him with a drum stick. Dylan locked his bedroom door and wouldn't let Jax in. Jaxon then wrote this note and tried to slide it under the door but it wouldn't go so he asked Dylan if he could give him the note. Dylan let him in and read the note. Dylan accepted Jax's apology and they hugged!

Jaxon......

So here we go again. I received an email from Jaxon's teacher today. Here it is:

Jaxon came up to me at lunch, crying. He said he missed his mommy. Then he said he missed you b/c he didn’t know where you were. Then he said something about Trey tricking him…something about the date on the milk carton, but I couldn’t make sense of it. I told him I’d send you an email and maybe you could write him back. We’re having inside recess now. He’s playing with Legos, happy as can be! J

I am thinking this dramatic display of emotion all as to do with the fact that Trey did trick him. Jaxon hates to be tricked and it really makes him mad. And like his Mommy, he starts crying when he is mad. And then he probably got embarrassed because he got tricked and then he started crying. SO then he needed his Mommy!!!!

Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Who said that a rainy Sunday afternoon had to be spent in the house? As soon as we got home from church, Jaxon ran out the front door and got on his bike. It wasn't long before the rain started pouring down. Next thing we know Dylan stops watching football and joins Jax out in the rain. They rode their bikes up and down the road. To be honest, it looked so fun that I had the urge to get on a bike and join them. As I type I actually regret not joining them.

Mommy I gave you your FATNESS...

This could only come from Jaxon...... I was sitting by the pool today and Jaxon came to join me. Not sure what brought this up but he said, " Mommy, I don't think this but do you think you need to loose some weight?" I just looked at him and said, "Do you think I do?' He said, "You are beautiful Mommy but your legs kinda got fatness in them and I know that me and Dylan gave you the fatness!" All I could do was laugh. I told him, "No baby, you didn't give me my fatness in my legs, Mommy has had that since she was in the 8th grade but you did give me my fatness in my belly!!!" He said, "But that's OK right?" I said, "More than OK!!!"

My boy is now a man!

My Dyl Pickle is now a man. He mowed his first yard!!! I started mowing the grass Sunday after church. I called Dylan over and taught him how to push the mower and turn it around. We mowed the rest of the front yard together then I let him do it all by himself. He was so proud but asked when he could mow with the riding lawn mower!

Conviction of a child's heart!

I had to share this story. Jaxon came to me around 8:15 last night and started to cry. I asked him what was wrong, already knowing that he was about to make a confession about something. God convicts his little heart at the funniest times. Anyway, he starting crying really hard and what I got out of it was he was down the street playing with some friends this past weekend. He had to go to the bathroom really bad and decide to just use it outside. Well one of the boys told him to stop and when he turned towards that boy, he "got him wet". The boy told him he was going to tell on him and Jaxon promised him he would never pee on him again!!! Now this is Jaxon's side of the story - Knowing him like I do, he could have "intentionally" got his friend wet! Either way, I told him it was OK. He laid on me and was asleep within 10 minutes. It was too funny.

Mommy I don't want to die!!!

Jaxon came up to me tonight scared and crying. He said "Mommy I don't want to die!" I asked him what was wrong and he said he thought he had swallowed one of his metal balls. I asked him "Well did you or didn't you?" He told me he wasn't sure. He remembered having it in his mouth but didn't remember if he took it out or swallowed it. I assured him that he wouldn't die and if he did swallow the marble, it would eventually "come out!" He laid down on the couch and was sound asleep within minutes. After he was asleep we went to count the metal marbles and none were missing.

Thoughts by the pool

I just had to write what I was thinking. I am sitting here watching Dylan and Jaxon go from the pool to the trampoline and back to the pool. Just playing together like two brothers should - without a care in the world - And I have just become overwhelmed with my love for these two little guys. I can remember before I even became pregnant with Dylan, that I wrote a poem. In the poem it talked about this amazing love that I felt for someone I had never seen or never touched. For someone I had never known and about how one day this love would be calling me Mommy. And now, after all these years, I have two amazing loves. I got to actually physically feel this love on October 28, 1998 when they put Dylan in my arms and again on May 16, 2002 when Jax came into the world. I even got to feel this love a third time and I know that love is waiting for me in heaven. What a blessed woman I am.

The Newest OU Fan

Chance is now only 7 weeks old but it's never to early to start teaching him about the Sooners!!! (Or that's what Uncle Don thinks!) The boys absolutely love having Chance in their lives. OK, Aunt Janie doesn't mind either. We thank God for bringing this precious baby into all of our lives!

First Day of School

I can't believe that school has started back! Even more, I can not believe that my DylPickle is in the 4th grade and Jax is a 1st grader! Here is a picture of them on the first day of school!

On the second day of school, I got an email from Jaxon's teacher saying that Jax was crying because he missed his Mommy! Of course I started crying at work. I sent an email to him and his teacher printed it out for him. He kept it on his desk. Later that day, she emailed me again and said Jax had just come to her and said "I can't stop looking at my note!" When Jaxon got off the bus, he ran to me and had his note in his hand. Here is his note:

Jaxon -

I wanted you to know how much I love you and how proud I am of you for being such a big boy. Mommy will see you this afternoon and you can tell me all about your day. How about Mommy having some ice cream sandwiches when you get home?



Love you sweet baby!!!!! Mommy

Yes, my baby had ice cream sandwiches AND brownies when he got home!! As for Dylan, nothing really exciting has happened these first few days of school. He got to see his "girlfriend" which seem to be the highlight of his new school year.

Jaxon lost his first tooth

Well, we had a huge first today. Jaxon lost his first tooth. We were eating pork chops and while we were cleaning the table off, Jax came to me and said "MY TOOTH IS LOOSE!!! MY TOOTH IS LOOSE!!!" Now for any of you who know him, he has my patience, meaning he has NONE. He wiggled it and wiggled it. He came to me while I was outside helping Don wash the truck and he said, "Mommy you have to pull it out!" OK, I was so grossed out!!! I hate anything to do with teeth but for my sweet baby, I guess I will do anything. So I pulled, no tooth - Pulled again, still not tooth but a "That hurt" came out of Jax's mouth. I pulled a third time and SUCCESS!!! Now next, you'd think the "tooth fairy" thing would come up. Well my Jax, said "There ain't no such thing as a stinkin tooth fairy!!!!!"

Dylan's Pool Party

Dylan had his first girl/boy party. It was a swimming party and he had a blast. The kids swam from 2-6 NON STOP!!! They took time to eat pizza and that was it. It was lots of fun!!!

Chance Shane Hardiman

Today, Chance Shane Hardiman was born!!!! Tori did a great job and I was so proud of how well she handled it all. He weighed 9lbs 2 oz and is absolutely beautiful. They ended up having to stay in the hospital a few extra days. Tori ran a fever and Chance was having a little trouble too - But both made it home and are doing great.

Gulf Shores

We had a great time in Gulf Shores!! I could spend every day on the beach but Don and the boys are not that crazy about the sand. This was our first trip to Gulf Shores. We LOVED it and will never go back to Florida. Alabama has all we need. We spent four nights. On Father's Day, we spent the day at the water park! Don and the boys had a blast and rode the slides all day long. I just soaked up the sun.