The boys meet Abigail

I hadn't seen my cousin Abigail and Aunt Debbie in probably 4 years or so. They hadn't met my boys yet, so instead of going home after the zoo we detoured to my mama and daddy's house. It was so great to see them. We got to see Abs two more times because she came to church with us Sunday morning and then she drove up to spend a couple hours with me at our house. It was really odd hanging out together in my home becuase the only home we have hung out together in was my parents. Hopefully the next visit won't be so far away.

My boys and Abigail (Ben LOVED riding with her in her chair)

Best friends- Aunt Debbie and Mama

Me and Abs

I had to threaten my Aunt Debbie because she has a thing for biting babies

Isn't this a sweet one?

Scott and Shelly Graduate

Scott, Spence's brother, and Shelly, my cousin, both graduated Monday, June 6. It's a little crazy to think about them going to college. I practically lived with Shelly for the first 8 years of her life (until I went to college). She is the best way to have a sister (which is basically what Susie, Shelly, Sierra and I consider ourselves) because this way I have the perks of having a sis with out having to actually share the parents, haha.
I met Scott just after he had finished his first year in school, so I have really watched him go through his entire school experience. And obviously this has been just crazy for Spence to watch his baby brother graduate. He has been quite weirded out by the fact that his little brother will be going to college in the fall.
To celebrate, Shelly had a grad party the night before graduation. We were able to hang out there and then stayed the night with Spence's family. We went to graduation and then had a party for Scott.
Congratulations class of 2010!!!

Playing with Shellie and Rara

Z found a new obsession... water balloons!

I just gotta get one!

Congrats Shellie!!

With my sweet boys

Scott getting his diploma

Proud parents

Brother hug

Zoo trip #2

While Spence was away a couple weeks ago, the boys and I packed up and met my parents and brothers at the zoo. My older brother's family was able to join us. This trip was even more fun than the first because Zeke knew what to look for, and he walked almost the whole thing! Such a trooper

playing with Sophia during lunch

GIRAFFES!

Sophie and Uncle Bubba

our attempt to get a picture of the three old gradnbabies (notice Soph isn't to be seen)

The day before we had gotten a new camera, look what an amzing picture it takes!

Zeke's favorite part of the whole trip

he tried to feed these lions mulch

this elephant walked towards us flapping his ears!

Ben traveled this way or

this way

22 months

This post is just going to be on some of Zeke's favorite things right now. He is doing way too much for me to try and tell it all. He talks up a storm, runs, climbs and attempts to jump everywhere. He loves singing, especially Go Fish Guys. He can relate experiences (ask him about our recent trip to the zoo). He tries to play with Ben. Here are some of his other favorites right now:

So, maybe not a favorite, but he has TONS of scrapes, bumps and bruises from running and jumping all over the place

Getting ready for the World Cup (shout out Amber!!!)

Spending TONS of time outside

Bathtime

and of course BIG, YELLOW TRACTORS!!

8 months update

Benjamin, month 7 was a BIG month for you. Your personality has come out full force this month. You have a smile that can light up any room. On the flipside of that, you do not have any kind of warm up when you are upset. You scream like someone has removed your arms and is beating you with them. (Seriously this isn't much fun in the middle of the night, you could really start sleeping through the night and this would be eliminated) Some fun things you started this month are:
*stretching your sleep at night (woohoo! but not gonna tell specifics because as soon as I do things go back to every 3 hours)
*saying mama, dada, p-p-p, gaga, blowing raspberries, smacking lips
*army crawling EVERYWHERE
*laughing at all animals you see
*eats sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, peaches, pears, bananas, applesauce, yogurt, cantalope, watermelon, mashed potatoes
*trying to climb everything
*pulling hair
*sitting up confidently
*watching Zeke do everything
*increased apetite
*participated in a parent commissioning ceremony
*went on your second zoo trip (pics coming soon)
*wearing size 2 diapers
*can wear some 6-9 month clothes, but still mostly in 3-6 or 6 month clothes
*still no sign of any teeth, but he is trying to eat everything

Hello Michelin Man arms

teething much?

Precious baby

hanging out in bed

"walking" everywhere

Our lives will never be the same...

Benjamin is on the move! He is army crawling like a champ. This video was taken before he got really good, which means before he learned how much fun the dvd player is and also that pulling all the shoes from the shoe basket is a lot of fun, too. My favorite part is right at the beginning when his paci falls out of his mouth

Silly Shelton Boys in Bed

Zeke loves going with me to get Ben from his naps. He also loves to do this horrible, awful shrill squeal thing to alert Benjamin that he has entered the room. Zeke's favorite part, though, is getting in bed with Ben. This gives me a glimpse of some fun nights when they share a room one day

Tickle, tickle

Ben didn't like it so much...

Sweet blue eyed, boys

Just hanging out