Hey Mama, Rock me

Declan loves to take Jason's phone and listen to music. He likes to listen to music anythime, actually. He also likes to pick up Jason's phone or any object that resembles a phone and pretend he is talking to someone. "Hey," he says and walks around the house. He looks just like his Dad the way he holds the phone! He is such a sponge!!! Here are two videos that are too cute not to share. He already dances better than I do, but that's not saying much :-) Ha ha!

Our Little Explorer

I love this picture! His hair is growing so fast after it was just cut and the big scrape on his head. He is ALL boy!

Walking around with his dad's grilling tools.

Yay! He loves to clap for himself. He knows how cute he is already. T-R-O-U-B-L-E!!!

This one cracks me up! Petting Dixon while his pees. These two are definitely very fond of each other...as long as Declan keeps dropping food for him :-)

Declan loves to play outside as soon as we get home from our long day. He walks around the backyard picking up everything and bringing to me as he babbles. It is so fun watching him explore and take everything in. He also anxiously awaits the arrival of his dad. Anytime he sees or hears a car he says "Da Da?" This little boy LOVES his dad!

Burt's=Tradition

We had our annual trip to Burt's yesterday. We were going to go next weekend, but we all had off on Monday, so my sister suggested that we go ahead and go and beat the crowd. Patty Planner is always right! We made it to Burt's parked easily, played in the pumpkin patch, picked out pumpkins, went on the hayride and beat the crowd! The weather was beautiful and we all had a blast. Declan tripped and landed on his face before we even left for Burt's...I think he gets his coordination from me :-) He was a trooper! He skipped his naps for the day and was happy as ever. He LOVES being with his cousins, aunt , and Cyn Cyn. It was a very special day!!!

14 Months And Growing!

Adores his Cyn Cyn!!!

And his Pop too! Giving away my kisses :-)

Honk, Honk!

LOVES canteloupe!

Big boy!

Playing at the Nau's house!

Thought it was so fun when his Dad put him in here.

The Dew is 14 months! See previous post for what is going on with him these days, but here are some pictures from the weekend :-)

Pajama Fun!

Love this face!

I think he was annoyed with me :-)

Just hanging out! Can't figure out why he can't get the footies off...taking off his socks are another favorite game :-)

This might be the first picture where I see a little bit of me in him. He was getting sleepy.

Something was funny!

Playing in his toy chest that my grandfather made for me when I was a baby.

9 million toys in the house and he is playing with one of Dixon's. Whatever makes him happy :-)

Just snapped these pictures of Declan the other night. He is so much fun! I absolutely love the few hours I get to spend with him every night. It is what I look forward to the end of every school day. He is changing so much daily!

He is signing more and eat and does it in perfect context. It is so adorable! He also has some words...mama, dada, bye, hey, cyn cyn (my mom), di (Dixon), all done, eat, eanie (Ms. Jeanie), up, nigh nigh (night night), boo, nana (banana), coo coo (choo choo...we live near train tracks) pop (my dad) and his favorite is fake sneezing and coughing...thinks it is hilarious. He imitates everything! I'm hoping he does not pick up anything from his dad while watching the Georgia games! Ha ha!

He is so loving and so good natured. He absolutely loves to give hugs and kisses and I of course cannot get enough of them. Even when he doesn't want to, I steal them! I just look at him and thank God for him everyday! I looked back at previous posts and in each post I say how much I love the age he is at that time. I guess it does just keep getting better.

He is loving his milk now too! He likes to try whatever we are eating and likes most things. His favorites are hot dogs and chicken tenders...Ms. Jeannie says he loves her baked ham (glad he is getting home cooked meals somewhere)...he is not loving veggies so much right now and still likes to finish every meal with yogurt or applesauce.

I'm looking forward to a long weekend with the family (Monday is a furlough day). Jason and I were going to go to the beach, but he doesn't think he will have Monday off :-( Oh well...some other time!

Super Cooper!

Pleaes feel free to link to the the Garner Blog to view updates on baby Cooper. Thank you for all of the continued prayers for this wonderful family! They are working :-)

30 is not so bad :-)

mmmm...I love applesauce...especially when I eat it with my hands!

He has short legs like his Dad...jeans have been rolled up twice :-)

Me and The Dew!

The boys! KR was sick :-(

I love Pop and Cyn Cyn's house!

What a week! I had the pleasure of fulfilling my civic duty by serving on a jury last week. Most people get car wrecks, burglary cases and such, but not me...murder trial. I spent 4 long eight hour days with 12 strangers. We found him guilty on 3 counts...aggravated assault, felony murder and malice murder and he was sentenced to life. He strangled his mother and tried to cover up the murder. It was a very emotionally draining week. Not because I didn't think he was guilty, just everything that went with it. I won't bore you with all of the details, but it was a really tough week. I am so thankful to my mom and sister for taking care of Declan while I went through all of this. I was exhausted at the end of each day and would have definitely preferred to be in my classroom.

My new friends (fellow jurors) brought me donuts, cupcakes, and even gave me a couple of presents for my 30th on Friday. After the trial was over Jason and I had a date while his brother and Lauren kept The DEW. Thank you Chris and Lauren! I also came home to a deep cleaned house and no laundry to be done. My parents had the house cleaned for us and laundry taken care of. This was by far the greatest gift. I couldn't get anything done this week and it was so nice to not worry about it and enjoy my bday weekend! We got another night out on Saturday and headed to a beautiful wedding of some of our close friends. Congrats Brady and Jessica and thank you Mom and Dad for keeping Declan. We picked Declan up today and had brunch with my family...and ended up staying for dinner too :-) It was a perfect birthday weekend!

Jason surprised me with a weekend getaway next weekend to Sawgrass, Florida. My mom and sister will be taking care of Declan.

I cannot wait to get away with Jason, but will definitely miss my baby boy!

I'm so thankful for good health, family, and friends. 30 isn't as bad as I thought it would be :-)