Bathtime buddies!

This is definitely one of those pictures that I will have to save for prom night, first dates, wedding slide shows... basic blackmail photo... but, aren't they the cutest? They do argue, sure, but they are best buddies. I am so thankful for their friendship and love for each other!

Bluebonnet Boys

Having lived in Texas for 3 years now, I wanted to take some pictures of the boys with the state flower. Surprisingly, there is not much of it around where we live, but I found a patch of them near M's old preschool. They smell amazing! Of course, I did not get a good picture of all three of them, but this is about as good as it gets for 3 boys, one amateur photographer Mommy, and too much sunshine. I should have gone out earlier in the day to avoid the glare! Oh well, they were sweet!

8 months old!

In ten days, J has gone from learning how to crawl to being our little adventurer! He was content to stay in the living room at first just roaming around and exploring the room. We did find him pulled up on the fireplace trying to eat the little pebbles that are under the gas logs. He has also had a few little spills where he has pulled up on the coffee table and bumped his head on the way down. But, for the most part...So far, so good!

However, in the last few days J has learned that there is more to this house that he needs to check out. He followed me into the laundry room yesterday and had his hands in Lucy's dog bowl. He also likes to try to explore the kitchen and has made me have to sweep and mop even more often. He puts everything in his mouth! I don't remember the older boys trying to put so much in their mouths, but I think that it may be that with J there are so many more of us and therefore, much more temptation. It is a constant job to try to pick up all the crumbs, scraps of paper, leggos, balls, etc... and I know that this is just the beginning!

A Day of Firsts!

Today was a day of firsts in the Jones house. I was folding laundry and looked up to see this:J pulled up! I was so excited... Then a few hours later after Daddy got home, we saw another first! J has been doing the "army crawl" and scooting around rooms for a few weeks now, but I guess he got tired of that and decided to get up on all fours and crawl. We were all so excited!

Easter 2010

Our family!

Daddy with his beautiful Mother and Sisters!

Daddy with our little man

Easter was a little different for us this year. We went to Georgia Wednesday afternoon for a very quick trip. We spent Thursday morning at Monniemoo's house and went to an Easter Egg hunt with some of my best friends that afternoon.

N, M, Laine and Davis at the Easter Egg Hunt!

Friday morning, I went to North Carolina to be a Matron of Honor in my cousin Lauren's wedding while Daddy and the boys spent the rest of the weekend with Jean Mommy and Papa Nelson. My parents and I had a great time at the wedding and left at 6 a.m. Easter Sunday morning to return back to Georgia in time for the annual lunch and Easter Egg Hunt at Aunt Jane's house with all of our family. It was a quick trip, but we had a great time. The wedding was beautiful and I was honored to be in it. It was fun to see some of my Mother's family in North Carolina that I had not seen in a few years.

The boys had a wonderful time with Jean Mommy and Papa. They dyed eggs, went to an egg hunt, and played a lot. We made it back in time to spend most of Easter Sunday with them which was very important to me! We had a great time at Aunt Jane's with all of Daddy's family and they were sweet to include my parents and Uncle Jamie as well. We returned to Texas on Monday and needless to say, I was sick of being in the car! It was a fun long weekend and well worth all of the driving!

The boys were really fun to watch hunting eggs this year. N was really into it... He was a man on a mission. I could not get a picture of the boys standing still!

M on the other hand, handed his basket to his Daddy and announced: "Daddy, you howd my basket and I get da eggs, otay?" He was very methodical, opening up each one before putting it in his basket and pointing Daddy where to go.

The boys with their loot!

J giving Jean Mommy some loving:

Mommy and my little man. He is growing up so fast!

Gracie with N and M!