Halloween, Thanksgiving all in one!

The past  few months have been extremly busy. A little more than usual.. To wrap everything up into one blog would be a little bit time consuming and that I don't have a lot of these days.... So, I am going to shorten it a little... We finished Fall ball with a wonderful first season for the Wild Things..The Gators went undefeated and lost their first game in the SEC championship against Alabama...Lord you should have seen all the GA fans jumping on that Bama bandwagon....A little humerous I should say... Tim Tebow cried and let me tell you, He could cry on my shoulder anyday!

Halloween

  This Halloween was quite delightful... Cole dressed up as a SWAT guy and MaeJae was a Chunky Monkey ( and when I say Chunky I mean CHUNKY) but she was adoreable.. It was such much fun having both the kids together. We started out going to Tonsmires studio to have pics made and then to the church for the Fall Festival and back home for Pawpaw to come over and eat dinner with us .. 

Cole and MaeJae @ the fall festival

We carved Pumpkin @ Nana Kays and Pop Lees ... and Yes, this is MaeJae inside a pumpkin!

Coles master piece!!!

and later took a bath in the sink for the first time..

Thanksgiving..

We have SOOO much to be Thankful for this year.. God has given us 2 of the most precious children we could ask for.. Our families who stand by us in any time of need and who LOVE us more than ever...and most of all GOD!! What else more could you ask for??? Happy Thanksgiving..

Can we say teefies and "Dada"?

Yes ... the title says it all..... My sweet little girl has offically named her first word "Dada"... and Wes did have something to do with this.. He claims he didn't but everytime I walk out the room he says to MaeJae "say dada"... He thinks I never heard it... Wes was the happiest man I have ever seen and believe me... he rubbed it in as hard as he could...Nice huh? Seeing the smile on his face everytime was worth all the rubbing in he did.. On the same night we discovered that MaeJae tooth finally broke through... Can you say one happy but crying mama.... I NEVER want her to grow up but I guess its all reality right... Time to wake up and smell the coffee Ash!!

Our First Family Trip to the beach.

We  took our first family trip to the beach this past Labor Day weekend. Not to mention, it was also Daddy's (Wes') 29th birthday. The last one before the big 30. He said this will be the last birthday he will be having . Ha Ha... Don't we all wish that, right. I had everything for the kids packed on Wednesday afternnon. I was ready to go. I have been wanting to go to the beach for the past 2 years and we really just did not have the money to go. Wes' work has been picking up for the past 4 months and we were able to save a few here and there. We have never taken Cole to the beach before and this was something we have been wanting to do for a long time. Our cousins Kelli and John said they would go to and split a room with us. We had a blast. The kids LOVED being together and they also kept us sooo entertained. We were really dreading the drive to St. Simon Island. This was the first time that Marley had been in the car for 6 1/2 hours. She was an ANGEL. Or lets just say , we had a lot of angels over us that day. She only woke up one time on the way down the to eat and to stop and get Cole a pillow. Yes, I forgot to pack his pillow. We didn't get to leave until Saturday because I had to work that morning. We arrived around 6:30 and I couldn't have been any happier to be at the beach. I LOVE the beach. I didn't get to go much as a kid. So when I do, It's like I am a kid again getting this hugh surprise. On Sunday, we had planned on going down to the beach for a little while. I was really dreading it because I didn't know how MaeJae was going to take the sand and the ocean. We weren't even at the beach for 10 min. and she start crying histarically and wouldn't stop. Her belly was hurting so bad. I don't know if I have mentioned this before but MaeJae has really bad problems with going number 2. She has been since I stopped breastfeeding. She now takes applejuice one a day to make her go.  Everyone stayed down at the beach and I took MaeJae up to the room to see if I could get her to calm down.  Cole had a blast at the beach.

They burried each other.

Daddy even had fun too!

MaeJae and I  both fell asleep and 3 hours later the boys came back up to get ready to go find Cole some crab legs. We drove around for an hour and couldn't find any.  We finally found this place called Crab Daddys  and they didn't open until  5 pm.  So Wes and Coel dropped MaeJae and I off at the room and they went to play put put. Cole LOVES put put and  is a pro at it too.

Did I mention how MaeJae loves her brother. If no one can make her happy, he can. She loves to look at him when he is in the back seat with her. She loves him so much she wanted to pull his hair. This is the first time she has done this and i'm sure it will not be her last.

MaeJae had a blast with Abi and Molli. Everytime they would look at her she would just bust out laughing. It was priceless....

2 New Milestone and 3 Months Old !

Three months already, Yes I said Three. Can you believe it? My sweet little girl who only weighed 5lbs.13oz when she was a day old now weighs close to 13lbs and is actually getting a little taller. Today has been a new milestone for my little one. I have been debating on putting her in her own crib for the past couple of weeks now. Its not her, Its Mommy and Daddy getting up enough courage to put her in there by herself. Tonight will be the night that we try this out. Wish us luck. The way that MaeJae is growing and changing she will be changing her own diapers , making her own bottles, and giving herself a bath before we know it. I just wish I could record every minute of her life right now. Today my sweet little angel made me act like a little kid today. I mean seriously. I had MaeJae lying in her bed taking pictures of her. I seriously do this every weekend. She LOVES lying on her back looking at and listening to her mobile. This time I had her on her belly and she was holding her head up high. Such a strong girl. I bent down to get her alpha blocks to take some more pictures and the next thing I knew she was lying on her back. It took me a second to realize " Wait, I had her on her belly. SHE ROLLED OVER!" OMG!!! I jumped up and down like a little child getting a huge prize.  I picked her up and she smiled the biggest smile EVER! All gums and no teeth. So Precious! It was like she new she made Mommy so happy. I put her down and ran around the house with tears in my eyes looking for my phone to call Daddy and tell him. I seriously looked for like 3 minutes and it was actually in my hand the whole time. She is growing up so fast. She loves her swing, she actually laughs outloud when you kiss under her two chins and she can find you in the room when she hears your voice .  Her feet are so tickelish.She still stays with her Aunt Cortney during the day and MaeJae Loves her. But there is no other than her daddy. I thinks she loves him the most. She always has her eye on him. I am lucky to of had my video camera charged up to video tape it.

This weekend Cole had his first sleep over at his friends house. Can you believe it? Seven years old already and almost all grown up. I can't believe! He went to the Cartersville and Cass High School football  game Friday night with his friend Harry and then went home to spend the night with him. And yes of course, I didn't want him to go. I wanted to spend my time with him. Selfish...Guilty!  but seeing his face on Saturday morning was all worth it and hearing all about it. He had a blast! He came running in my office grinning from ear to ear with Harry  and his mom right behind him and smelt like staright up Waffle House. I am so proud of him for staying all night and not wanting to come home. He was so happy he got to spend the night.  Life just goes by so fast. Cherish every minute of it and tell your kids and you husband how much you LOVE them every day. Even though when they get older they don't want to hear it. When they are adults, they will cherish every minute of it. I do....... Next thing you  know they will be walking across that stage with their diploma in their hand and walking down that isle with that special man that reminds her of her Daddy!

A Weekend we will never forget!

Well Lets see, where do I start. Oh yeah, Friday, the day we get Cole-Train. We started out this weekend with no plans and hopeing to have a fun filled weekend with Cole. Everytime we have Cole, we try to pay more one on one attention to him, don't get me wrong, we do pay attention to out little on as well. On Friday after work, Wes went and picked up Cole and went to get our Jeep fixed. We thought all this stuff was wrong with it. The radio didn't work, the alarm went off when we tried to unlock it with the key, the keyless entry didn't work, and even the alarm sometimes wouldn't go off when we cranked it. How crazy is that? Wes and Cole took it to a good friend Kalin Beavers and replaced the radio and then everything started working. God is good isn't he!HOW AMAZING IS OUR GOD!

On Saturday I had to work until two. I usually bring Marley to work with me so Wes and Cole can have some one on one time together. This time I didn't. By twelve o'clock, I had recieved three photo messages of MaeJae in three different outfits. Wes and cole had been playing dress up with MaeJae all morning long. There is no telling how many outfits they had already put on her. What a wonderful daddy and brother she has. Then Cole decided to put Wes' old suit on that Wes wore when he was 9. Believe it or not, it was actually tight on Cole.The pants were too tight around coles waist and the sleeves were too short. Either the suite shrank or Cole is actually bigger at 7 than Wes was at 9.

Sunday started out as a great day. Wes got an offer to play in a really good baseball team and we were all excited to go watch Daddy play. We were even going to skip church and go since it was far away. At the last minute Daddy decided that he would rather spend the day with us and doing something Cole wanted to do. Wes has the kindest soul and and is the best husband and father to our children I could ever ask for ( Nana Kay, PawPaw and Pop Lee, you tought him well). He always thinks about everyone else before himself. I married the most AMAZING, WONDERFUL man with such a wonderful family and friends. So, We let Cole decide what he wanted to do and of course he wanted to go swimming and to see his cousins. We LOVE to go to Aunt Dars house on Sunday and go swimming. Cole doesn't get to see his cousins much so when we do, we take advantage of it. It was a perfect Sunday afternoon until things were at its worse. My sweet little Cole finally got up enough courage to jump off the diving board ( with floaties on). I was sooo proud of him. Aunt Dar was sitting on the float in the water while each kid took a turn. The first time Cole jumped, he did awesome. The next time was even better. He did a cannon ball! The third time my heart completely stopped. Cole ran down the diving board and jumped far off and hit the water BUT he did NOT pick his head up. He didn't move. He was a limp noodle. I thought for 1 second that he was just playing not even another second passed and I jumped in to get him as fast as I could. I don't think my heart was beating the whole time. I grabbed his arm and was pulling him to the side of the pool towards the ladder. Next thing I knew Wes was right behind me picking his head up out of the water. Wes clearly flew through the air to get to his son. When we got Cole to sit up on the side of the bench his eyes were open but he was not there. He was not responding to us until about 10 seconds later. He shook his head like he was shaking it off and was smileing from ear to ear with Wes and me standing in front of him. He couldn't remember anything execpt jumping off the diving board. Cole seemed just fine after he came too. He kept saying " Daddy, I got knocked out?". The only thing he remembers is jumping off the diving board and waking up out of the pool with Wes and I satnding in front of him asking him if he was ok.

This has had to be the most scariest thing in our lives. To see your child lying there lifeless. Today is Monday, 8.10.09 and all Wes and I can think about is our precious Cole lying there floating in the water. If anyone else had been there not watching him he probablly wouldn't be here today. I thank our Precious God everyday for giving me my life, my children, and my husband and for sending Angels to protect our precious Cole in that water.

This is our Cole-Train Crump.

7 yrs.old. We are so proud of him and everything he does.

This past week hasn't been to nice on us during the night time. Marley has woke up almost every 3 hours and wants to be held ALL night long. I can handle the waking up every 3 hours, its the wanting to be held all night long part that is very difficult. Well, atleast I know that The Good Lord heard our prayers.Last night we slept from 9 pm until 4am. If only this could be every night. But hey, I will even take once every other week.



Today was Coles open house for his second grade year. Wow, is all I can say. I remember him crying for me not to leave his daddys house when he was just 2 and wanting me to play with him allll the time. Where have those precious days gone? I mean your standing there holding him in your arms and the next thing, he is big enough to wear your shoes and to even hold you. He is always putting his feet up to mine to see if they are the same size yet. When we were walking out of the school, Cole grabed my hand and said "Ashley, My shadow is just as big as yours." and looked up at me and just grinned. What a special moment that I will treasure FOREVER. I know that this sound all sappy but, even though I'm not his birth mom, I still Love him and adore him just like he is just mine. Cole is one of the most luckiest kids on this planet. He has four parents that LOVE him and ADORE him more than anyone I know. I am so lucky to have such wonderful kids. My life is totally priceless and wouldn't give anything to change it. Thank you Lord!

10 pounds at 10 Weeks

Today was Marleys 2 month check up. She now is finally in double digits. She weights 10.1 lbs and 21 1/2 in. I can't believe how big she has grown in just the past few weeks. Her facial features seems like they change everyday. Wow... is all tht I can say, 10 weeks old. She looks nothing like she did when she was born. I hae to say everyday is nore challenging but also more fun. She is laughing, smileing, reaching her arms up and she is even drinking apple juice. Next thing you know she will be in preschool. I just get chills all over thinking about it.
Just recenlty we did a photo shoot of the kids. One of my friends is starting out doing photography so I told her that she could take some pictures of the kids for practice. They turned out pretty good. These are some of my favorites!

I Love her chubby cheeks.



And this one. Its her proud PawPaws shoes.
What a smile and such pretty blue eyes!
Cutie Pies!

I also just got the pictures from Ashley, who took our pictures when Marley was born. Let me tell you. This girl spent all day long and night with us. She was there around 11:00am on Sunday and did not leave until around 3:00 the next morning after Marley was born. She took time away from her family and her beautiful little girl to capture these special moments for us and I am so forever greatful to her. By far these are my most precious pictures that I have ever seen.

Daddy sharing the good news.

Me and my father. I think this is the only picture that I have with him.
Nana Kay anxiously waiting for our precious one to get here.

Nana Kay, Aust Savanna and Pop Lee

Pawpaw and Nanny Nickie

The sunset outside our room.

Cole and Daddy waiting foe Maejaes arrival.