Great-Grandma

Yesterday, my great-grandma passed away. Up until last year, I had both sets of grandparents, and two great-grandmas. My mom's parents both died last year, and now one of my great-grandmas has now passed. I've not really had to deal with death of a close family member until last year. I know death is a fact of life, and I understand that. I'm just not ready to loose anyone else anytime soon.

I was looking through some pictures and came across some with my great-grandma:

This picture was taken a week or so after Brody was born. It's 5 Generations!

Long Post & Lots of Pictures

We have been very busy lately. We were on vacation the first week in May, then Saturday the 8th, Chris graduated from Mount Olive College, and then Sunday was of course Mother's Day. I wish I would have taken an additional day off of work just to relax.

We had a really nice vacation. We went to Hilton Head, SC. Brody had so much fun, and seemed to have WAY more energy than we thought! He was busy, busy, busy! It was a very relaxing (as much as you can with a 16 month old), laid back vacation. We spent most of the time at the pool or the beach. Brody loves the water, and that is where he wanted to be.

I attempted a photo shoot with Brody one evening, but it didn't go so well. As soon as his feet hit the sand, he took off running to the ocean! That boy is not scared of anything, which scares me!

I think Chris and I took a nap almost everyday, which was so nice! Brody even slept later every morning! Maybe we should move to the beach?

It rained one day, so we took off to Savannah, GA. There were a few things we wanted to do there, but the weather was terrible, and it was hard enough finding the mall. We went to Bass Pro Shop, and Brody was amazed by the "phish". He didn't know what to think about them at first, and then about 5 seconds later, he LOVED them!

To get some of Brody's energy out, we took a walk everday. We would start off pushing him in the stroller, but it was only a matter of seconds before he wanted to get out and run! We made a mistake one time and didn't bring the stroller, and Brody ended up getting tired, and we had to carry him the whole way back. That of course was one of our long walks thanks to Chris. He wanted to take the golf cart path to see the golf course, and I know we saw half the holes it seemed!

Chris graduated Saturday, May 8th from Mount Olive College. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Management. We are SO proud of him! He really has worked very hard, and not to mention went to school and work full time, plus he did all this with a wife and kid!

After graduation, we all celebrated at Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Brody was the "live" entertainment for the night. He loves attention! He is rotten!

Chris's mom had him a cake made. I waited to the last minute, and then it was too late to have him one made. Thanks Mrs. Teresa!!! It turned out really good!

One of the best names to be called is "Mama". I love to hear that sweet little voice say it all the time! I had a great Mother's Day! Brody greeted me first thing that morning with a card. Chris greeted me with the camera and bright flash. I will not be posting them pictures because they are terrible! Chris traced Brody's little hands in my card, and I thought that was the sweetest thing!

Chris and Brody dressed alike at church Sunday. I forgot my camera, so these are taken with my cell phone.

Our Family on Mother's Day 2010

Random

We had a date night Friday night. My mom and dad kept Brody for us. We went to Outback for dinner, and we didn't even have to wait! That was very exciting! We got to sleep a little longer than normal, and then went to IHOP for breakfast! It was so yummy! Saturday, I had a double wedding shower to go to. My two cousins are getting married in May and June, and since they live out of town, my family gave them a double shower.

Saturday night, we headed to Mike's Farm for dinner. Chris's parents went, along with Cliff, Heather, and Miss Reagan. It was so much fun! Brody got to help feed the goats some corn! The food is GREAT! They have the BEST mac-n-cheese too!!! We attempted to take some pictures, but all we had were cell phones, so the picture quality was not really that great!

Today we skipped church because we had a family reunion to go to. It is a HUGE family reunion with 200-250 people! We usually have it at a big park, but due to the possibility of rain, we had it at a church. It was fun, but Brody usually takes a nap right after lunch, so we couldn't stay long. When we got home, Brody crashed!

While Brody takes his nap, we are being lazy! Chris is leaving for NY tomorrow, and will be back Wednesday! I wish we could go! We are very excited about this weekend. We are leaving for vacation on Saturday, and will be gone until the following Saturday! SO excited to get away!

Hope everyone enjoys what's left of the weekend!

Peeps

I usually don't give Brody candy or "junk" food. He's not really a great eater, so I would rather him eat healthier foods. He really has started eating a LOT better now.

Our house was and still is overcome by Easter candy, so Brody had his first taste of Peeps! He LOVED them!

The First Of Many I'm Sure

They said it would happen...






I've read about "them" on my monthly emails...






I have NOT been waiting for it to come...






Well,


It


Did!


Tonight.


Granted he was tired (I'm not giving excuses), but really?




Brody threw his first "real" fit tonight. Over NOTHING! I don't even know what it was about. We just came inside from playing outside, and all was good. Then, all of a sudden...............there it was! He slung his self on the floor and started crying, and scooting all around. I just watched. I don't think you are suppose to react to a situation like that, but I'm not sure. I really don't think I knew how to react. So I did what any good mom would do, I grabbed my phone (video camera), and hit RECORD! Oh, the memories!!!

Happy Easter!!!

We have had a busy weekend! Friday afternoon, we decided to go back to the daffodil field for a quick photo shoot with one of my friends, and her two girls. Most of the daffodils had already bloomed and died, but we managed to find a few good ones for the pictures.

Brody was in love! He got to spend his day with two beautiful little girls! When Kendra called me about going to take pictures, I hadn't tried Brody's Easter outfit on him yet. When I put it on, it was way too big! I didn't have time to move the buttons to make it smaller, so in all of his pictures, atleast one shoulder is exposed!

Miss Grayson loved having her pictures taken! It is way easier taking her pictures because you can place her where you want her, and get a few fun shots too!

I L-O-V-E this picture above! Brody's face is priceless! Logan is trying to give him a kiss, and his face is so funny! I know he want always do that, but right now, it cracks me up!

She is a natural! Most of her "poses" she thought of her self. She would be playing around, and come up with a cute pose. As for the other two, there were NO "posing"!

Grayson

Logan

I think this is the cutest picture! They loved this log that was randomly on the ground, and it ended up making a really cute picture!

Brody didn't stay in one place long! He was constantly on the move!

Saturday morning, we had an Easter Egg Hunt at my church. There was so many kids, so we divided the kids up. The smaller kids used one playground, and the older kids took the big play ground for their hunt. Candy and eggs were everywhere! Brody kept calling the eggs, "balls", and then he would throw them! Here are a few pictures from the Easter Egg Hunt:

And finally to end our Saturday, we celebrated my niece Reagan's 1st Birthday! They also had an Easter egg hunt at the party. There were so many babies there, and we had so much fun! Happy 1st Birthday Reagan!!! I didn't take any pictures at the party because I forgot my camera.

Now, as soon as my two boys wake up from their naps, we are headed to Lowe's to get some sand to fill up Brody's new sandbox his Grandma Rouse got him.

Hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend!!!