can you see them?

Eyelashes! heehee! And nice ones, too!

...and this will be the last picture you see of Sam on the green couch, unless I take some at BJ's house! I got my new furniture in today. And I lovelovelovelove LOVE it! I won't love paying for it, but that is beside the point.

New furniture pics coming soon! :-)

can't stop laughing

OMG.

Another hilarious post on LOTD. I can't breathe... too good not to share!
PHOTOBOMBERS

I think I've found a new hobby.

I've just realized

I don't believe there is a picture in existence of me and Sam, where he's not nursing. Lol.
Maybe 1 or 2, compared to the dozen nursing pictures of us. Can you tell he's an eater?

I'm going to have to work on that!

birthday pics!

Here's my baby, on the 24th- with a yummy boston cream cake after his birthday dinner. He wanted sesame chicken. yummmmm... Definitely a child of mine and Cotton's!

Isn't he just absolutely beautiful?
Make a wish, baby!
and here's his party cake. Lightning McQueen- of course!

"Quit kissing me and serve the cake, woman!"
Presents! Woohoo!


MadisonSpiderman and Maddie
Aunt G with Spidey
Abby wearing a little icing
Kelsie Joe wearing a little more
Crazy girl, crazy hair

Silly Shelbie
BJ found a new hat! (okay well, the kids were amused)

Aunt G and baby Victoria (what a cute bump!)
Christian and his mommy

Sisters and eating babies... open your eyes, Geri!thats better
Sammy rocking the Hawaiian shirt
Geri letting Victoria kick the boys

the 2 cutest babies on Earth (no, I'm not at all biased)
sweet Christian
I got his smile but it isn't very clear. :-( aw maaan...

Cotton with a lap full of babies!Sam checks Christian out
After the party, the girls got clean


and I've got a fussy baby- gotta run!

I had a nap

I went in the bedroom to nurse the baby around 7pm, while Cotton and BJ watched the Mavs game.
I guess it was after 10 when Cotton came in and told me BJ had left and the big kids were asleep.
That was NIIICE! Sam has been nursing all night for the past 2 nights, which means neither of us has slept much.

So now, instead of cleaning and preparing for Jacob's party tomorrow- I am playing on the computer.
And lest anyone think about getting their feelings hurt- it is a FAMILY party. ALL family. Which is nice. 100% people that adore him, and want to spoil him and treat him like the most special boy on Earth.
And I am excited that every last one of my nieces (even the one that's still cooking!), and my one and only nephew will ALL be here! YAY!
Talk about a great picture post coming up! I will be completely flooded with cuteness tomorrow night!

So... yea... the results are in today! At least 75% in. lol.
I get to go buy PINK baby clothes! Aunt G is cooking a little girl in her tummy! Victoria Brianne. I love it. Victoria is just a beautiful name, and of course I favor the classics, and Brianne is for her daddy- Brian. Cute!

I've already dug through what was left of Lucy's baby stuff, and pulled out everything that I could to pass on to Miss Victoria (which is a long name to type- she needs a nickname soon, mommy!). I held on to just a few things, maybe half a dozen outfits that induced SOBS when I tried to put them in the give away bag.
There are a few things in the attic- but considering the fact that she won't be born until September, I think it's safe to wait until the next visit to dig the rest out. :-P

Don't ask me why I'm so ecstatic over a niece, when I have 4 of them already. Lol. And only one little nephew- who happens to be the same size as Sam.
I don't get to shop for any of them! I have my own big girl, big boy, and baby boy to spoil! And Abs and Kelsie get most of Lucy's clothes as soon as she outgrows them- so I basically DO shop for them. Lol.
But every time I am buying Sam clothes, I see adorable little pink and frillies- and think "awwww... I need a girl baby, too!"
Geri wiggled her nose (and her ass, apparently) and is granting my wish! YAY!

So, topic change...

Guess where Lucy and I had lunch today?
You won't believe it!
Chuck E Cheese's! Seriously!
And she had a blast. She even kept asking me where the big Chucky was, because "I'm not scared of him anymore."
:sniff: I knew she was growing up, but darn if that didn't REALLY prove it.

Okay- I'm hungry, and I hear the baby stirring. He'll be screaming for his milkies if I don't get to him in a timely fashion. Big boy has gotta eat! ;-)

a few cute pics of my non-birthday kids

My mantra these days
Little momma, holding her baby brother like she does 30 times a day

and OMG, couldn't you just die? Check out the lashes once you get past the smile!

(little baby smiles are HARD to catch on camera, especially when he's lying on my chest! lol)

Happy 6th birthday, baby!

I love you, Pooh! Stop growing up so fast, okay?

My precious, big-hearted, smart, funny, gorgeous firstborn baby is 6 years old! I've been a mommy for 6 whole years now!
If I had about a week to write, I would list all of the things that I love about my little Jacob Cotton. Suffice it to say, he just may be the coolest kid (at least the coolest boy) on the face of the Earth. I am truly lucky to have him in my life, in my arms... he is a treasure.
We surprised him at school with lunch, and he surprised me by having that goofy hat on! Lol!

Here he is last weekend, after his soccer game. Coloring and wearing his beloved cowboy hat. I just think the big 6 on the back of his shirt is cool, considering the day...

And of course, a very long montage- a tribute to 6 years of the cutest little boy imaginable! I can't keep watching it, I don't have any tears left!

Awww...

as I sit here trying to type one handed, a sleeping baby in the crook of my arm, I hear a "Guh!"
I look down into big blue eyes, staring expectantly up at me- and a humongous smile! Life is grand...

oh, and at some point he suddenly grew some eyelashes. I looked down on Sunday and there they were! Never noticed them before, but gosh are they cute!

Weekend fun

on Saturday, Jacob played soccer. And he played his heart out, too. He scored his first goal of the season! AND his second! WOOHOO!!!

Daddy coached.
Lucy watched.

I watched.
(hush about my hair- it was windy!)


Sam watched. Er... kind of...

Then on Sunday, we spent the day at Nana and Papa's, cooking out and playing with cousins!

Triple trouble

Airborne triple trouble
Jacob flexes- I don't know where he gets it...?

Gosh, I just don't know... hmmm....?
My man cooking up some hella good ribs. :drool:
Shelbie just mows, lol
Sam just lies around like a lump. But an adorable lump!
(and may I take this opportunity to thank Rebecca for the bag of extremely cute baby clothes? Sam is modeling one of the many outfits she gave us!)
And a very special someone came by. A picture that was many months in the making...
Uncle Bo, meet SamBo.

Samuel Beau is named after Cotton's Uncle Bo, of course, but I had my heart set on spelling "Bo" the *proper* way. Uncle Bo hadn't met the little fella until now. :-)

6 weeks!

We had our 6 week check up yesterday.
Both of us were just perfect and healthy as can be.
The only thing worth reporting is little man's weight... drum roll please...

13lbs, 6oz.

Heehee. My big little guy!
He ALWAYS has that right hand by his face! Just like while he was being born...
"Whatchoo looking at?"
Yes, that is my nursing bra. But the way he's looking up at me is too precious not to share!
Don't you just want to kiss those little piggies?

this was kind of cute tonight...
Sam was asleep in his crib, in our room. Lucy tells us she is going to bed, in our room.
I hear lots of talking on the baby monitor, and figure she is probably playing with her dolls while she goes to sleep.
Then I go in later to check on them, and find this

She had gotten the teddy bear that she bought Sam while I was pregnant, and put it into bed with him. And apparently had talked to him a bit as well. Awwww...