Becky, Vincent, and Wyatt

Wyatt and Cash

2010-09-01T12:21:00.000-07:00

4 1/2 month old Cash!

Wyatt playing trucks on Cash's back.

Sweet boy without his taped ears. We did retape them but this is his last week!!!!!

Vincent took the two boys hiking today and as you can tell they both had a blast!

This picture is so Cash and Wyatt. They are both full of energy and excited about everyday. This is crazy and crazier running through the woods:)

I love this picture!!! After Vincent took the babies hiking we all met at the water stairs.

My beautiful boy!!

Beautiful Hiwasee Lake

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I am going out of order and back a few months for this post.Wyatt practicing his swimming skills. One of his favorite things to do is push the floaters from one end of the rope to other.

Wayne, Aubree, and Wyatt getting ready for lunch on the boat.

Wyatt loves riding on the "tire" as he calls it. He could do this all day and he loves when people get thrown off. My sister in law's husband, Ben, fell off months ago and to this day Wyatt still says in Wyatt language "Ben pell off tire in big water."

Wyatt and our sweet boy Cash. This was when we had only had him about 3 weeks and he had just had his ears cropped. He had to wear the cone so he would not mess with his ears. Poor baby!! His ears are still taped and they have been for months now but luckily he does not have to wear the cone anymore.

Wyatt loves the lake. The Hiwasee lake is by far the most beautiful lake I have ever been to. It is crystal clear and so clean.

Beautiful Aubree!! She is always so stylish.

Wyatt got soooooo tired on the boat that he amazingly decided to take a nap. Look how beautiful his rosey red cheeks are with his gorgeous red hair!!!

This was a few weeks before Amanda had Rowen. Now our sweet friends are a family of four.

Land Between the Lakes

2010-07-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

My beautiful sis, Mindy, and I.

We acted as if Mindy caught the minnow that Vincent had bought for bait.

Extremely handsome Elem. Elem is such a good kid. The entire vacation he did take one toy from Wyatt and he shared everything he had. They were very similar in that they both enjoyed playing around eachother with out doing annoying things. They both like there own space, which was perfect. Since I do not see Elem a lot I didn't know he was going to be good with Wyatt but I was just amazed and excited that they did so well together. Elem also has such a great imagination and plays so well by himself and with Mindy and Seth. He is not one that needs constant audience attention so we were all able to talk and enjoy ourselves.

This was Wyatt's favorite thing to do as you will see in upcoming pics!

Our new baby boy, Cash. He is definately all we could have ever wanted in another dog. He definately is not Thorn but he is wonderful. He is so happy go lucky and up for anything. So far he is wonderful with strangers but would rather not be near other dogs. We are in love with this already 28lb boy. We got him about 2 months ago and he weighed 16lbs. He now out weighs Wyatt.

My sweet mom attempting to walk Cash.

My beautiful baby.

Docked on a beach swimming.

Look how opposite they are:)

Wyatt's favorite thing except I could not throw him high enough.

But daddy can! Look at Wyatt cheerleader pose.

Model man.

We had just finished tubing. Wyatt loves tubing!!! He always says he want to ride in the tire.

Memaw and Wyatt.

The Zoo

2010-06-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

Keller and Wyatt looking for the jaguar.

Wyatt sitting in front of the jaguar.

Wyatt's favorite animal at the zoo-his pet stick and rocks. Amazing that he loves the rocks most out of all the beautiful animals there. Oh well I think it is pretty cute and funny.
We went to the Zoo the other day with Keller, Gavin, and Luke (plus the moms:)) and I only got one shot of the boys. They all like something different at the Zoo so it is so hard to get a shot of all of them at once.

Small Group at our house

2010-05-31T11:33:00.000-07:00

Brigg and his beautiful son Tucker.

Vincent and Nick.

Leslie, Leah, Kelly, Laura, and baby Eliza.

I love this picture because Eliza is not even Leslie's baby but Leslie is just a natural with kids. She and her husband Nick do not have children but have always been so welcoming to all of us that do. They are just a wonderful couple and I can't wait until they have kids.

We had small group the other night at our house. Now that we 7 kids in our group things can be very exciting and loud but we love it.

Mini Vacation to North Carolina

2010-05-30T12:02:00.000-07:00

Wyatt playing peek a boo.

Mr Bobby taught Wyatt how to hit the tennis ball with the tennis racket!!!

The beautiful North Carolina Mountains and the super clear Hiwasee Lake.

Me and my smiley husband.

Viincent and I got to take a wonderful vacation to North Carolina about a week ago. We pulled our boat and spent most of our 2 days on the lake. We also took our bikes ( we are both training for the Waterfront Triathlon) so we biked and ran on morning. We had a wonderful relaxing time. Thanks to Vincents parents for watching Wyatt, especially Mr Bobby. Mrs Lynette came down with an illness so Mr Bobby took Wyatt. He even took him to his work for a meeting! Oh and thanks to the girls in his office for watching Wyatt during the meeting:)

Lookout Valley playground

2010-05-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

The boys checking out the train. Arie, Stephanie, and I always talk about how cute it is that out boys all have a different color hair.

Arie, Keller, and Wyatt.

Wyatt swinging, and if you look close his hands are over his eyes and he is saying "no" because he hates having his picture taken. When will this phase end. I am thinking never because Vincent still hates having his picture taken.

Family

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My sweet cousin Jeff. I love when Jeff comes to town. He always stops by to hang out for a bit. His job requires him to travel and fortunately he has to travel around East Tennessee. I love you Jeff and thanks for everything you do to help me and my family. We appreciate it more than you will ever know.

Vincent, Grandma Beasley, and Wyatt. Grandma Beasley is 91 and she is definately one of the greatest women I know. Although she is of the female gender, she never complains about anything (which I know is in my nature and I also know it is in most women's nature) :). She is always happy and upbeat in every situation. I love being around her and I am truly trying to adopt some of her characteristics. Such an amazing woman.

Wyatt playing Grandma Beasley's piano. He loves music.

Oh and I added in the train at the mall. The blue car is holding Wyatt and Vincent. I love this train!!!! Such a cute idea to have at the mall.

Wyatt's first fair

2010-05-25T11:29:00.000-07:00

Vincent and I took Wyatt to his first fair a couple of weekends ago. He loves riding rides so we spent the majority of the time waiting in line and riding the rides. He even rode the ferris wheel!!! I guess that is exciting to me because I hate the ferris wheel because of how high it goes. I have never enjoyed rides so I was glad that Vincent was there to take Wyatt on the rides. I love experiencing every new thing with Wyatt!!!

Wyatt's monthly haircut

2010-05-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

Can you tell how much Wyatt loves having his hair cut????

Memphis visit and Elem's 3rd birthday

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Last Thursday Vincent, Wyatt, and I drove to Memphis to visit my parents. We got to Memphis about 530 and went to dinner. The next morning Vincent left to go fishing in Arkansas so my mom, me and Wyatt spent the day together. On Saturday my mom, dad, Wyatt and I drove to Arkansas for Elem's bday party. Vincent had spent the night in Arkansas so we met him at the party. My sister is such a great planner, so of course the party was great!!!!! She rented a big bouncy toy, had a dirt pile with worms, etc!!!! Wyatt had such a great time. After the party Vincent, my dad and Wyatt drove back to Memphis so that Mindy, my mom, and I could go out to lunch for an early mother's day. We are rarely all 3 together so it was wonderful to be able to spend mother's day with 2 people that I love so much. Thanks Seth for watching Elem!!!! We had a great lunch (KIDS FREE). That night mom and I drove back to Memphis. When we got there mom watched Wyatt for Vincent and I to go out. The next day we went to church and lunch for mother's day and then headed back to Chattanooga. We had a wonderful time!!!

playdate-Gavin's bday

2010-05-10T10:55:00.000-07:00

Our newest addition to the playgroup and youngest, Luke. He is the cutest!!!! Although he is the youngest he is bigger than all the other boys, which is crazy because his mom and dad are so small.

Keller and Gavin mowing the lawn

Gavin loving his cupcake!!!

Last Wednesday I had Wyatt's friends (really my mommy friends) over. I made cupcakes and got balloons to celebrate Gavin's 2nd birthday. Wyatt and i were so sad that we were going to have to miss Gavin's party to go to my nephew Elem's birthday party so we decided to throw him an early bday!!!!

1st Wyatt boat trip of the summer

2010-05-10T10:44:00.000-07:00

Last week Vincent and I took Wyatt out on the boat for the first time of the season. He did way better than last year. Last year he had to wear an infant life jacket that he hated so this year he has upgraded to a toddler life jacket. He seemed to have a great time on the boat. We stayed out about 3 hours!!! The water was way too cold to get in so we ate lunch and played on a beach. He loved throwing rocks into the water. He will really enjoy being on the lake when he can get in water.

Wyatt's first movie and much more!!!

2010-05-02T18:02:00.000-07:00

Wyatt enjoying his first movie-How to tame a dragon.

My in laws watched Wyatt the other night and Vincent and I took the boat out and met our great friends Nick and Leslie. It was too cold to get in the water but the temperature outside was perfect, so we just rode around the lake and went to eat at a restaurant on the water. We had a blast!!! Thanks Granette and Bobby.

The other night Vincent and I hired a babysitter and went out to eat and then to a bluegrass festival. Such a great night!!!! I still love going on dates with my boyfriend of 6 years.

Wyatt rarely ever falls asleep in the car but in the last few months he is very off and on with his naps so he is extremely tired-as you can tell. I love watching him sleep!! He is just a gorgeous baby!!!!

A picture of my handsome husband and I at the festival!!!

Wyatt at his first movie. The movie lasted 1hr and 36 minutes. Wyatt did not complain one bit. He loved every minute. He definately takes after his daddy. Vincent has always been a huge movie fan. I have never really liked going to movies or even renting movies. Vincent had a smile pasted on his face the entire movie because of how much Wyatt enjoyed watching the movie. So cute!!!

Every Wednesday about 5 moms and there boys come over for a playdate. This picture is of Wyatt, Keller (Arie's boy), and Sydney(Arie's dog) playing with the pots and pans. What could be any more fun????

We spend most of our time in the backyard. This picture is of Arie, Stephanie, Lacey, Keller, Wyatt, Maddox, and Sydney. I love having Sydney. I am such an animal lover. I soooo miss our dog so any excuse to have any dog over is great!!! Sydney loves the boys and especially loves to play fetch.

Vincent has never seen the butterfly exhibit at the Aquarium so he got to see them with bubby on one of his weeks off.

Another girls night at the melting pot!!! Love these nights!!!

Wyatt's friend Blayne celebrated his first b-day last Saturday. I had decided to not give Wyatt a nap b/c Blayne's b-day was at 3 and Wyatt goes down about 230. Oh did I pay for that!!!! I thought he would be fine since he was so off and on with his naps but obviously I need to offer him a nap every day whether he takes it or not. He just kept laying on the floor and out of no where crying during the party. He then fell asleep on the car ride home (so unlike himself). Stupid mommy!!! vincent had told me to lay him down even if he did not fall asleep but I thought that it wouldn't be a big deal:)

Right before Blayne's party one of my sweetest friends, Amanda, had a surprise baby shower. She will having a baby boy on July 27. This is a picture of her beautiful family!!

The other night we took a walk on the walking bridge. The bridge has been closed since Dec and has just now parially reopened. I love this bridge and am so glad it is open again!!!

Wyatt did not want his picture taken so this is him saying "No"

This is one of my favorite pictures of Wyatt. Vincent got this picture of him. He is such a happy child but we can never capture his smiles in pictures because he is a bit shy.

Wyatt, Gavin, and Maddox

2010-04-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

Wyatt saying "where did maddox go?" In Wyatt language "d go"

Maddox and Wyatt going crazy!!!

The other night Vincent, Wyatt and I took dinner over to Vincent's grandma Beasley's house. Wyatt had a blast.

Vincent's mom and Wyatt

Yesterday we went to the Creative Discovery Museum with Gavin and Stephanie. They have an outdoors theme right now so there was a kayak there. This picture will make Vincent very happy. Vincent has been kayaking for about 15 years and he can't wait to teach Wyatt.

Wyatt and Gavin shooting hoops.

Wyatt is so attracted to everything musical. Vincent is very gifted musically and so far it seems Wyatt is headed that way. I am musically ungifted and was cut from Chorus at a young age (8th grade). You can see it is still affecting my self esteem because I always bring it up:)

Wyatt's entertainment

2010-04-19T12:16:00.000-07:00

Little man in his fire hat.

The park on Lookout mt. This park has a sand station and a rock climbing wall.

Vincent can't wait to take Wyatt climbing. He is already trying to teach him. Fortunately for Vincent, Wyatt really loves to try to climb the wall and everything else.

Wyatt's new favorite thing to do is swim. He could swim for hours. He is getting so brave in the water and enjoys every minute we are in the pool. This is the swim outfit my mom got for him. Wyatt calls his outfit "pool." We are in the dressing room here, caging him in while we get dressed to swim. You can see how much he wants to open that door and get out to the pool.

I really have a cute kid:)!!!!!

The YMCA had a Kids Day on Saturday. Vincent had to work so Wyatt and I went together. There was a fire truck, police bicycles, face painting, free kids eye exam to check for 6 different diseases, free balloons,balls, and fireman's hats (Of course Wyatt's favorite), etc. Unfortunately since I went on my own I could not take pictures while I was there. I do not have a sit still child that will allow picture taking. He is always on the move therefore I did not get any in the fire truck:(

Oh well!!!!!

Wyatt hosted Aubree and her parents at our house on Friday. These 2 are so cute!!! Aubree loves the lawnmower. She even mowed the yard in straight lines. Very impressive for a 3 year old.

Aubree giving Wyatt some pushes to make him go faster on his bike.

Aubree loves feeding Wyatt!!!! She still considers him a baby. She is feeding him a cookie in this picture!!!

2 birthday's and a wedding shower

2010-04-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

My great friend Amanda turned 25 (too young) on Saturday. Arie and I took her to dinner at, where else but the Melting Pot:)!!!! We had a great 4 HOUR dinner. Amanda is such a wonderful friend and great mom. I am so blessed to know her.

My friend Micah had a wedding shower on Sunday. We met through Red Bank Church of Christ and remained friends when Vincent and I decided to switch churches. I am so excited for her and Trent who are getting married next month!

From right to left, Amy, Leah, Laura, Julie, Leslie, me, and Lindsay at PF Changs on Friday to celebrate Leslie's 27th birthday. I try to hang out with younger people so I will appear younger:) .

The last couple of weeks

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Wyatt had his friends over for a playdate:).

Laura and Vincent at small group get together.

Eliza- She is so beautiful!!!

Leah and her sweet son Tucker.

Aubree and Wyatt at Amanda's house!!

Hiking at Racoon Mountain.

At Coolige Park.

The last couple of weeks have been wonderful. The weather has been great (minus all the pollen) which seems to make all the kids so happy. We have spent a ton of time outside and enjoying this wonderful weather before it turns sooooo hot.

More Birthday Pictures

2010-04-03T12:43:00.000-07:00

Memaw bought Wyatt a Tee Ball set for his bday and he loves it.

The gym when everyone was arriving.

Wyatt and Aubree.

Leah and her super cute son Tucker.

Aunt Vanessa made the trip for Wyatt's birthday.

Aubree and Gavin

My nephew Radnor.

My new nephew Ace.

Radnor and Wyatt. Radnor assisted with every part of the unwrapping of gifts.

Wyatt reading his new Curious George book given to him by Leslie and Nick. He loves this book. I was so impressed they came and do not even have children. I was also super impressed they picked out a gift that Wyatt loved.

Training for the upcoming Easter Egg hunt

2010-04-03T11:58:00.000-07:00

Memaw helping Wyatt learn to hunt eggs. It is great that he doesn't have to hunt for his food after watching his Easter Egg hunting skills.

Wyatt and all his eggs:)

Look at that little pot belly!!!

Finding and Egg!!!! I had to pretty much stand over the Egg and point to it for him to stay interested. He would find on and immediately eat the m&m's. I was wanting him to collect as many as possible and then eat so that at his real Easter Egg hunt he would get lots of eggs.

Wyatt with his game Easter Egg game face on:)

Mom and Wyatt in the tennis courts.

Wyatt at Rivermont park,of course with a ball in hand. This day was a great day for him at the park because he found not only a tennis ball but also a golf ball.

Mom and Wyatt at Good Dog.

This was what we did on our visit to the Zoo. The Chattanooga Zoo consist of only big cats and monkeys so you can go through it in about an hour or so and then go play on the playground.

The Aquarium!!!

Mom's visit and beginning of birthday pictures

2010-04-03T11:27:00.000-07:00

We have had an eventful past week. Wyatt turned 2 and we celebrated a week late so my mom could make the trip. We had his birthday party at the gym where we attend church. Everything went so smoothly and all the kids seemed to have a great time. Wyatt loved everything about the party until it came to singing happy birthday. He has, not yet, been a child that wants to be center of attention so when it came time to sing the song and all eyes were on him he had his only meltdown of the party. He likes for a small group to pay attention to him but when 30 people were looking right at him he was a bit intimidated. Oh well!!! Vincent made the cake, which was gorgeous. My mom stayed for almost a week so we did many things. She gave Wyatt a membership to the aquarium for his bday so we went there on 2 different days. We checked out the unfortunately very pitiful Chattanooga Zoo. My mom also got Wyatt a swimsuit that slides on and has a float around his tummy, so we took him swimming. He loved it and was so sad I took him out. The water was pretty cold and after about 45 minutes Wyatt was shivering and his lips were actually blue. The coldness did not bother him but I could not bear to look at him shivering so after 45 minutes I called it a swimming day. We also hit up a couple of different parks. The weather was beautiful this week!!!! I think I probably ran mom's legs off but when she is only here for such a short time I want her to experience Wyatt's world so sometimes I guess I might over do it. We had such a great time together and I so wish she was closer. The birthday and the entire week was perfect except that my sister was unable to come due to Elem and Seth running a very high fever. We really missed them so much and can't wait to see them soon.

Hiking in Alabama

2010-03-23T10:55:00.000-07:00

The other day Vincent, Wyatt, and I went on a hike in Alabama. We took our dinner and grilled out after the hike. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. Wyatt is in love with tennis balls and golf balls and must have one everywhere he goes. We have told him that he is not allowed to throw the golf balls but to just hold them and so far he has obeyed. He is just so scared that he is going to loose his precious ball.

Date night

2010-03-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

Vincent's parents watched Wyatt the other night for us to go on a date. We went on a hike to a waterfall in Cloudland Canyon and then we met a couple of great friends at the Canyon Grill for dinner. We had a great time and really appreciate Vincent's parents for watching Wyatt. Wyatt has finally come to the age where he loves seeing his grandparents. When he saw them through the window he said grandma and bobby and he even gave them one of his treasured balloons when they came in the door.

Girl's lunch

2010-03-23T10:43:00.000-07:00

Last week Vincent watched Wyatt so that I could go eat with some girlfriends. We had a great time as we always do. You don't realize how much you look forward to talking with other girls (especially grown up girls) until you talk to a 2 year old all day.

Vincent and Wyatt

2010-03-18T12:29:00.000-07:00

At the park. Wyatt loves to swing!!

Vincent has starting rocking Wyatt for a few minutes before he puts him to bed each night. The entire time Wyatt wiggles around, fake coughs so that Vincent will cough back, pulls Vincent's eyelashes, and honks his nose. He has never been a child that has to be rocked before bed but recently he has enjoyed being held although this picture does not prove that. He has always been a baby that needs to play in bed a while before he goes to sleep.

We occasionally eat at Red Robin, mainly for Wyatt. He loves getting a balloon (bayoon-as Wyatt calls it)
I just wanted to post some cute pictures of Wyatt and Vincent. Wyatt and Vincent are similar in so many ways except, of course, looks. Wyatt does not look like either Vincent or me. He is definately our child but bares absolutely no resemblance. Oh well he is beautiful:)

Um by

2010-03-18T12:16:00.000-07:00

Last week Wyatt and I met our friends Stephanie, Arie, Gavin and Keller at the Aquarium. Most of our time was spent in the butterfly exhibit. Wyatt calls butterflies um by. He had been calling them um -ba-gume-by but he has now shortened the word to um by. He is in love with bugs and butterflies. I think he is going to be like Vincent in that way. He already is fascinated with things that most people are not such as bugs, spiders, snakes, lizards, etc. I love that aspect about Wyatt and Vincent. I am just a regular lover all animals that are furry so sometimes I have a hard time when Vincent gets excited and brings me a snake or Wyatt picks up some bug and comes to show me, but I am very in love with both of these boys so I let it slide.

Aubree's Bday

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If you look close Wyatt sucks his pacifier upside down and always has:) Crazy red head!!!

Wyatt's girlfriend turned 3 last weekend and celebrated her big day at the Spirit Barn. This place was amazing and a great place for a little one's bday party. We had to wake Wyatt up to go to the party (which was difficult because he was on Benedryl due to one of his many colds) but it was definately worth it. He had a blast!!! I did not let him get too close to any of the kids since he was a bit snotty so I did not get any pictures of him and other children. Oh well I am sure the other mother's were happy I kept him away.

Grandma Rice

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Excitement!!!

Leaving Grandma's (Wyatt says Elmo for Grandma)
Vincent took Wyatt over to Grandma Rice's (Wyatt's great grandmother) house while we were in Memphis. This was Wyatt's 2nd time to see her and he obviously loved her!!!

Plumber Wyatt

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We have taken Wyatt's shirt off to eat meals since he starting eating table food. He is an extremely messy eater and I just do not want to have stains on every outfit. When he is done eating he is rinsed off and then put down to run around and play. We usually leave his shirt off,unless we plan on going somewhere. That is until he starting taking his clothes off. For some reason if he does not have a shirt on he will take the rest of his clothes off. I said I would never put a picture of my child's naked bootie up but I can't help myself. Vincent and I were eating dinner and not paying attention to what Wyatt was doing, and then we walked in to (the top picture) of a naked child. Wyatt acted as if he had no idea why we were laughing. It is amazing how children are not one bit self conscious when they are naked. He does everything naked that he would do clothed. So funny!!!

Visit from Baby Ace

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Vincent, Radnor, and Oscar the snake. We have had Oscar for about 4 years. He is definately the easiest pet. Especially because I do not touch snakes, therefore he is super easy for me to take care of. He was so small when Vincent found him in our backyard and now he is about 4 feet long. How long will he be in the next 4 years????? Yikes!!!!

Radnor also loved the kitty:)!!!

Vincent's parents and Grandma Beasley came over for dinner as well.

Wyatt getting into his toy box. This has been one of my best purchases. A coffee table/ toy box. It is so wonderful. Even better we got it for more than half off because it was broken. I am lucky to have an extremely handy husband that can fix just about anything. He fixed it and it is just like new!!!

Pretty mommy and baby Ace. He is such a tiny little one. He weighed about 5 pounds at birth and in this picture he probably weighed about 7. He is a great baby!!

Memaw and Papaw

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Vincent getting Wyatt dressed to go outside and play.

Memaw and her FAVORITE grandson (just kidding Elem- you were the first so I know that you are the favorite).

Wyatt and his Choo Choo (he calls all trains Choo Choo's)
Vincent was off this week so the three of us headed to Memphis to see my parents. We spent the majority of Saturday driving but got to Memphis in time to lay Wyatt down for a nap and then eat dinner. On Sunday we went to church and that night my mom watched Wyatt for Vincent and I to go to out. On Monday, mom, Wyatt, and I headed over to the bookstore to let Wyatt play with the trains and look at books. The weather was not pretty that day so we were looking for things to do indoors. Vincent picked Wyatt up from the bookstore and took him to see Grandma Rice. She is Wyatt's great grandmother. While Vincent was away mom and I went and ate a wonderful lunch and then went and looked around at Kohls. Later on that evening my mom and I went to the Melting Pot (I know the people that read my blog are thinking that I go there too much). When we got home Vincent and my dad went to see a movie. The following day we had to make the drive home. Wyatt did so wonderful throughout the entire weekend. He is really starting to talk a lot and one of his favorite words was Memaw. I know my mom loved that. He loves my parents and I really hate that we have to go so long without seeing eachother and them getting to see Wyatt. It had been 9 weeks since the last time we had been together and we are going to have to wait 8 weeks until I see them again. Just having a Becky pity party-I apologize.

What happens when I am getting ready????

2010-02-16T17:12:00.001-08:00

Standing by his work

Caught in the act

Looking sooooo sweet and cute with is favorite stuffed animal squirrel

It is amazing how fast Wyatt can get into things when I am not paying attention. I was getting ready to go out with Vincent and Wyatt for a birthday dinner when I found Wyatt and most of my toilet paper down the hall. Wyatt really thought it was so funny. I heard him squealing with excitement,but I just thought how I loved that sweet and cute squeal until I found him wrapped up in toilet paper. I was only not looking directly at him for at the most 5 minutes. He really enjoyed tearing the toilet paper up into tiny pieces and throwing it into the air. Although he did make a mess that I had to clean, I had been thinking, about 6 hours earlier as I was holding him and he had his head on my shoulder, how blessed I was to have such a beautiful, healthy, and sweet baby boy on my 29th birthday. Although Vincent had to work all day and we ended up not getting to go out to eat (I did pout about that for a few seconds) I am so extremely blessed and God has truly given me a gift in my husband, son, family, and friends.

Birthday dinner

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Lindsay, Leah, Haylee and I at the Melting Pot.

Haylee and Leah

Monday night a few friends took me to dinner for my 29th birthday at the Melting Pot. I could not have been more excited or impressed with the restaurant. Everything was amazing and the company was even better. One other girl, Leslie, was also there but the service can be rather slow so after 2hours she had to go on and go home and unfortunately I had not brought out my camera yet. What a great night!!!!

Girl's Weekend in Hot Springs

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Paige, 8 weeks from having her new son, getting her nails done.

Eating dinner!!1

Courtney, my best friend since pre school!!!

Stacey, 18-19 weeks pregnant. Courney R, and Paige at dinner all looking beautiful.

The scarey bath house.

Dinner on our first night.

Courtney looking great as usual!!! How I love that girl:)

Over the weekend,thanks to Paige and Courtney, I was able to meet some of my great friends from highschool/college. We had a great time in Hot Springs. We did extremely girly things such as lots of talking, getting massages, getting our toenails and fingernails painted, going to see When in Rome, dinner, sitting in the hot tub, going to look at an old bath house, shopping, etc. The weekend was wonderful and so relaxing. Thanks again for planning the trip Court and Paige!!!

Family and friends

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Blythe and Jeff (Jeff is Vincent's best friend)

Vincent took this great picture of Blythe

Daddy and Wyatt with my oven mitt

Mommy and her sweet red head in front of Wyatt's favorite tree

Wyatt with crazy hair

Stephanie and Gavin at storytime on Wednesday's

Wyatt is starting to hold our hands when he is walking (which I love). This is at Coolidge park.

Wyatt picking berries

Such a happy baby!!

Last Friday we got about 4-5 inches of snow. So this is our house in the snow!!!!

Vincent and Wyatt built a beautiful snowman

A pine tree in our back yard split in half and fell super close to my car. Had I have parked my car a few inches over it most likely would have been extremely damaged. This taught me to park my car under the carport.

Wyatt at storytime!!!

My cousin Amy. She and Jeff (her hubby) come to Chattanooga often on business so we are always so happy to see them. They came to our house for dinner on Wed night and Thurs we went out to Mellow Mushroom.

My sweet hubby, who is extremely unphotogenic.

Our friends Leslie and Nick. I went to highschool and elementary school with Nick! It is amazing how long we have known eachother.

This has been a great couple of weeks. Wyatt is getting big so fast. He will be 2 in a little less than 2 months. I hope everyone is safe after the snowy weather!!

Friends

2010-01-23T11:10:00.000-08:00

Wyatt and Gavin

Arie and her son Keller

The beloved soccer goal

His favorite teacher at the Y!!!

At the YMCA

Amanda and Aubree

Mommy and her beautiful red head!!!

Wyatt and his girl Aubree. When she leaves he always cries:)

Wyatt flirting with his g-friend. I told him this is not the way to pick up girls:)

Over the last few days I have done a great job taking pictures!!! The weather has been so beautiful so we have been able to meet friends at the park. One of Wyatt's friends, Gavin, brought a soccer goal to the park and Wyatt loved it. It has been a great week!!

Day after Christmas

2010-01-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

My mom came to Chattanooga the day after Christmas. She wanted to drive from Arkansas all the way here on Christmas day so she could celebrate with both of her grandsons but I talked her out of making the 8 hour drive (and that is if you drive straight and don't stop). It was like Santa came all again when she pulled up. She was loaded with toys. Wyatt had just woken up from a nap and he usually does not like visitors but he is in love with my mom. She went in his room and he just smiled at her. When she walked out for only a second he started crying-so I took himout of his crib and he chased her into the guest bedroom. Soooo cute!! Mom not only came with gifts but she also brought Katie the cat. Wyatt also is in love with Katie. He is a cat lover!! Mom bought Wyatt the extremely cute children's table. He probably wants to be at that table about half the day. He is a shorty so he sometimes needs help to get in the chairs but he will point to the table and say coyor (or in English color). He loves his table. My sister sent gifts with my mom. Mindy is such a giver and loves getting things for Wyatt. She is also great at it and knows exactly what he likes. She got him the retro rocket and bath toys. The first day he got the rocket he chased mom around the house on it. He really also loves it. I hope everyone has as wonderful of Christmas as we did!!!!!!

Christmas

2010-01-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

It has been quite a while since I posted but here are recent pictures from the holidays. We are trying to remeber to take more pictures when we are out. We always forget our camera unless we are at home. We have really slacked on taking pictures at functions we have been to and I really regret that so that is my New Year's resolution-Take my camera everywhere. Well a week before X-mas we went to Cleveland to eat with Vincent's parents. On Christmas we celebrated just the 3 of us at our house. My parents went to Arkansas this year to visit my sister, brother in law and elem. These are our pictures of christmas day-minus the last picture with the Beasley's. The holidays are definately the time that I miss my family the most. I remeber growing up and thinking that especially on Christmas my children would open there gift at our house and then we would either go over to the grandparents or they would come here. It is amazing how you picture your future as a child. I never thought I would live quite the distance I do from my family, especially my brother and sister. I love Chattanooga so much but it is really lacking in the Madewell department:) If you live near your family be thankful (that is my lesson for the day)

Snow!!

2009-12-09T12:17:00.001-08:00

On Saturday Chattanooga got at least an inch of snow. This was very exciting for the Beasley family because this was Wyatt's first snow. I had gone running with a friend that morning at around 7 but that did not stop Vincent from getting Wyatt up and immediately taking him out to play in the snow. I was a little sad when I got home and they had already played in the snow. Oh well!! Wyatt loved the snow!!!! He has his own way of saying things so he pronounced snow "no." He always leaves the s off of everything that starts with an s. Oh yes, Vincent took Wyatt to Lula lake that day also so that is the picture of the waterfall. I did not want anyone thinking we had that waterfall in our backyard although that would be awesome:)

Thanksgiving in Memphis

2009-12-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

For our family Thanksgiving Vincent, Wyatt and I headed to Memphis. I was so excited for many reasons but mainly because I got to see Elem and also meet my new sister in law. My brother got married a few months ago at a court house in Colorado so this was the first time any of the family had met his wife. His wife, Ximena, is from Argentina. She is just perfect in every way. She is beautiful, sweet, and smart therefore I definately had to give her a hard time about marrying my brother. Just kidding aboutall that Andy. You know I love you more than anything and think you are amazing-I just love actually getting to give you a hard time instead of me being on the recieving end. I could go on and on about Ximena because she is just wonderful. We had a great Thanksgiving dinner with mom, dad, Andy, Ximena, Mindy, Elem, Seth, and my cousins Amy, Amandy, and Jeff. On Sunday we all went to church and when we got home we had a little wedding shower for the newlyweds!! Everything was so great and so much fun. I really wish we all lived close together because we always have so much fun when we are together. Oh yes and thanks mom for watching the red head on Sat and Sun night so Vincent and I could spend time with Mindy, Andy, and Ximena. Also I must thank my mom for cooking the entire Thanksgiving dinner on her own. She is amazing and so was the food! I will tell just one sweet story about my super handsome nephew-Wyatt was crying for some reason and Elem said "He needs me mom" and went over to Wyatt and talked to him which made Wyatt stop crying and then Elem said "See he just needed me." So sweet!!! Elem is so great with Wyatt. The entire time he was sharing toys with Wyatt and talking to him so sweet. I could not have been any more impressed with how he was with Wyatt. Most kids these days Elem age are bullys but there are still a handful out there that are tender hearted and it is always great to see:) Thanks Elem!

Thanksgiving night!

2009-11-27T12:19:00.001-08:00

After Wyatt's nap we took him downtown to play. It was great because there were so few people making it super stress free. Wyatt is still not that interested in playing on the playground but he does love to run down the hills. I am still a little overly cautious so I don't let him run down by himself. Sometimes I can tell he gets annoyed with me but, oh well, better safe than sorry. After we ran down the hills we went over to the aquarium to walk around and he played in the dried up riverbeds. Overall we had such a great day!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

2009-11-26T10:46:00.001-08:00

Vincent, Wyatt, and I celebrated our first Thanksgiving with just the 3 of us. Vincent works the day before and the day after a holiday so traveling is quite difficult on holidays. I decided not to cook so we ate a a restaurant called The Choo Choo. The food was so great!! It was definately a very relaxed day. No cooking, no dishes. Just the 3 of us. It was great! We are however headed to Memphis on Sat to see my sister, nephew, brother in law, my brother, parents, cousins, but most importantly to meet my brother's new wife!! I am so excited to meet her and see who she is. I have heard great things about her through my brother so I am extremely happy to finally meet her.

Hiking with a sick baby

2009-11-25T10:24:00.000-08:00

Wyatt has been sick recently (and given his illness to both of his parents) and unable to go anywhere with other kids therefore we are all becoming extremely bored with the house. We were so annoyed with staying home that we have taken him on a few hikes and had to listen to an increased amount of crying due to the sickness and the fact that we think he is starting to not like riding in the backpack. Unfortunately for our little bubby, mommy and daddy enjoy hiking and will listen to the whining. I become a bit tougher with Wyatt when I have been stuck at home and just want to get out. He thinks the crying will help him achieve his goal of getting out of the backpack but he will learn:). The picture of him with his head over the rock is when Vincent was making him rock climb. He is going to try and make him and outdoors man even if he doesn't like it. The last picture is of a happy Wyatt eating his cheerios and grapes for breakfast. The boy has 2 sides:)!

Another date!!

2009-11-14T04:37:00.000-08:00

Vincent and I got Lauren to babysit last night so we could go on a date. I do not have any pictures of our date but I do have pictures of our beautiful son. Vincent took Wyatt outside while I was getting ready and got some great pictures of Wyatt doing his daily activites. He loves kicking balls and putting everything possible in his mouth (which explains the dirt on his chin). He loves being outside and we are fortunate to have a big yard for him to explore. He may be a pro soccor player or a guard on a basketball team. He is great at shooting,from a distance, and swishing the basketball and he also will kick a ball for 30 minutes or more. When he really gets into kicking he grunts with each kick and when he makes a basket he holds his hands up or looks at you and expects applause!!

Possum Creek

2009-11-08T13:30:00.000-08:00

Vincent and I have recently been trying to go out every other week without the baby and so far it has been a success. We have found a babysitter that Wyatt is familiar with because she works at the YMCA( in the childcare-where he goes everyday). We both like her and so far she has done great with him. I feel really lucky to have found her because after about 2 weeks, or less, Vincent and I just want to go out together without the baby boy:). He is great but I just love being alone with Vincent and doing the things we use to do such as hiking peacefully without the worry that Wyatt might get upset and going out to a relaxing dinner. Wyatt is just perfect in every way but he is after all 19 months old and he does not like to sit and talk at dinner or be stuck in a backpack for an hour while we hike. He wants to walk around and touch things. I don't blame him!! This was our hike yesterday to Possum Creek. It was of course just gorgeous! After the hike we went to supper and had sushi which was also great. When we came home lauren had already bathed him and put away his toys. All we had to do was put him to bed. We had so much fun!

Navy Seal Extreme Race

2009-11-04T11:30:00.000-08:00

Vincent was in a race with a team from his work last Saturday in Cosby Tn. He and his team did great, coming in 2nd overall! I hate to admit it but I was a tad bit jealous because Vincent has never been a runner (and I have been for so many years) and running just came so easily to him. He could eat an entire bowl of cereal (or an entire meal of KFC for that matter:)) and go out and run 5 miles. Crazy!!! He is one of the few naturally athletic people where anything he sets out to do he is excellent at. He is a very impressive and smart man and so wonderful at everything he does. Not to mention he is super handsome, sweet, and such a great dad. I could go on and on but I am sure his sisters might read this and want to throw up so I will stop with the Vincent compliments. This is a picture of him and his team. This was a trail race with obstacles. The first hill was a climb of 700ft and then he had to rope climb things, get over boulders, and wade through muddy waters. Sounds just great huh!! Oh and don't be jealous of Vincent's tan legs:)

Happy Halloween

2009-11-02T09:07:00.000-08:00

My little 19 month old adorable son was turned into a child murderer by his father. From the day Wyatt came into the world Vincent thought Wyatt looked just like Chucky and could not wait until he could paint his face and hairspray his hair turning him into Chucky. Vincent did such a great job that everyone at trunk or treat knew that Wyatt was Chucky and even the next day at church people were calling him Chucky. He really did look sooooo cute and he was so good for Vincent while he was getting his makeup on. He really looked so funny:)

Wyatt and his kitty

2009-10-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

Wyatt has a fake kitty that he is in love with. He will hug it and carry it around the house. Sometimes you can even catch him on the floor with his arms around the cat's neck and he will be patting her on the back. He just is so cute with this cat. He loves animals and I am so glad because we are definately an animal family. Our dog recently died so we have had a time period without any pets (except the fake cat and Oscar the snake). We are really looking forward to getting a couple of dogs and possibly a cat in the near future. Oh and Wyatt has recently been touching the snake. He will walk over to the snake's cage and say in his Wyatt words "nake" as he wrinkles his nose, and Vincent will get Oscar out and let Wyatt touch him. He loves the snake so much that he will bring you his play-doh and say "nake" so you will make him a snake. Sooooo Cute!

Rainbow Falls

2009-10-19T10:20:00.001-07:00

Vincent, Wyatt, and I went on a beautiful hike at Rainbow falls on Signal Mountain yesterday! Chattanooga has been getting so much rain that all of the falls and creeks are full of water. Wyatt loves his daddy's hat and took it off Vincent's head the entire hike and put it on his own. He was showing his Memphis roots by liking to wear his hats backwards. He really is just a brother from the hood! The 2nd picture Wyatt was just a bit sad about the picture taking so he was letting us know about his frustration. He is definately a red head:)

Cohutta Triathlon

2009-10-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

I did my first triahlon a week ago Sunday. I loved every minute of it. I have done many running only races but this was way better in my opinion. My race was considered an international distance race which means it included 1/2 mile swim, 18 mile bike, 4 mile run. The pictures of the swim I am wearing a wetsuit because the water temp was extremely cold and boy was I glad I had that suit. The water was so cold people that chose to not wear one were being pulled out of the water by the safety people. I placed 2nd in my age group and 16th out of all the women, which was about 70. My goal is to get into the top 15 for the next race with a few minor adjustments including not having extremely long transistion times. Since this was my first face it took me longer than most to take my wetsuit off and get everything on for the bike and then also to get everything switched out for the run. I recieved a trophy for my 2nd place finish making me feel as if I was back in highschool:). I completed the race in 1:51.10 (the clock in the picture says 1:57, because we started our swim in waves and my age was the 3rd wave)I would recommend doing one of these races to everyone! Sorry the first picture is out of order.

Thorn

2009-09-28T12:10:00.000-07:00

I am actually just now posting about the death of our dog Thorn although she did die about 2 months ago. I am still to this day, as I know Vincent is, grieving her death. She was known to most as a mean dog but we knew her other sides. She was a true friend and to us almost human. She never threatened us, only protected us and made us feel safe. She was the best hiker, guard dog, best friend, laziest, sweetest, happiest, funniest, toughest and most beautiful dog that we had ever known. She died at around 630 in the morning in Vincent's arms. She had been having heart problems and was on around 6 or so pills a day. We knew she was dying but we just dreaded it. Her final day she ran up the stairs on the porch into her daddy's arms where she definitely felt safest and had another "episode" (we called each heart attack that) and just did not ever wake back up. It sounds stupid to many people to be so sad about her death but Vincent and I have never been sadder. She was our family and we truly feel like we still have a missing piece without her. She is just so missed.

2009-09-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

Every Friday and Saturday night in Chattanooga free music is played downtown. Chattanooga is a super kid friendly city and has so much to offer for children and adults. Kids are always welcome at all the free music and festivities downtown. Wyatt loves music and and also loves the free balls and frisbees. He spend his time walking up and down a grassy hill, along with about 15 other kids, kicking a ball. This has been great for Vincent and I because we can still get out and do things that we like and also have Wyatt enjoy being there too. We sometimes take out boat and dock it downtown (also free slips for I think 2 hours) and spend some time on the boat or in the river and then sometime on the grass. You can hear and see the music from the boat so it is the best of both worlds (that is if Wyatt is in a good mood:)). Here are a couple of pictures. The first is the baby pool full of lake water we have on the boat so that Wyatt does not have to put on the awful life jacket to get in the water and the 2nd picture Wyatt is kicking his ball down the hill.

Just Pictures

2009-08-24T12:57:00.001-07:00

It has been sooooo long!! Here are just a few pictures of my little monkey being extremely active as usual. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!!

More Memphis Visit

2009-06-18T10:02:00.001-07:00

I am so glad that my mom caught these shots of Wyatt with a hat on and his pacifier upside down and sticking out of his mouth. Wyatt does not normally like wearing anything on his head, so catching him looking extremely cute in his hate is very difficult. Also I think that my son is the only baby who likes to turn his pacifier upside down and stick it under his bottom lip. He never takes a pacifier the correct way. If you put the paci in his mouth the right way he will take it out and flip it around and stick it under his bottom lip. Oh well-whatever makes the cutie happy!!

Memphis trip

2009-06-17T09:56:00.000-07:00

Wyatt and I went to Memphis last week for almost 8 days and had a wonderful time. We got to do so many things and see so many people. Every trip we have made to Memphis has been so short that we have not gotten to take the time to see everyone, so it was great to spend time with people that had really never seen him. This first post will be of a couple of friends and their kids. I have known both of these girls for sooo long. It is always nice to see people who know your history. With these girls I can be myself. We had such a great time!! They are both wonderful parents and I wish we lived in the same city so we could see eachother often. Thanks for having us over Lindy!!!

2009-03-19T09:48:00.000-07:00

My little one turned 1 today and I can't believe it. Crazy to think a year ago I was about to deliver my sweet baby boy. He has changed so much in just 1 year. He is really developing such a personality. I just can't believe my little baby is one. I love this phase of his life. I was not a brand new baby person at all. I just could not wait until those days were over, but now I truly enjoy everyday. We have our moments, but overall he is such a great boy. I have not blogged in a while for many reasons but the main one being I let Wyatt push the on and off button on the computer over and over and it ended up shutting the computer down. These pictures are just thrown together but they are of mostly the last week. My mom has been here for part of the week and we did many things. Wyatt got his first haircut and he really handled it like a champ. One period of screaming but overall easy. We also went to the Creative Discovery Museum which wa s a ton of fun. Vincent and I got Wyatt a year membership there for his bday and he loves it. I had a great time with my mom and so did Wyatt. He truly loves her. She really cracks him up and he also loves to try and feed her. Wyatt is such a great eater but when he is done he wants to feed whoever is there his food ( which our dog loves). Wyatt's bday party is on Saturday so I am feeling a bit anxious but very excited. I will post those pictures soon. Thanks Morgan for getting me to blog again. I can count on you to let me know when it has been too long (and it really had even my mom was commenting.).

Oh yes and the last pictures was of him in his Sunday school class at church. One of his teacher's made him his first bday cake. SOOO Sweet.

Bath time and runny nose

2009-02-17T12:16:00.000-08:00

Wyatt has recently been moved up to the big bathtub. I should have done this a long time ago but it is so much easier on my back to wash him in the sink. He is also a small child so I have been able to keep him in the baby tub for a lot longer. He does like his big boy baths but he is a little nervous about leaning back to get his hair rinsed. Oh well he will get use to it. The other pictures are of Wyatt's 2nd runny nose. I thought he was sick, or was getting sick on Sunday but I think it ended up just being a new tooth coming in. I have read on the computer that some children get runny noses with new teeth and on Sunday I looked in his mouth when I was brushing his teeth and there was the 5th tooth. I love new teeth. They are so cute even though they come with a ton of drool and sometimes runny noses.

The park

2009-02-10T07:35:00.000-08:00

The weather has been just perfect in Chattanooga recently so Vincent, Wyatt, and I have been able to do many activities outside. Wyatt takes after his daddy and loves being outside. This is his first time to the park and he had a great time. Wyatt also loved that he was the only child there. He is a bit scared of other children at this stage in his life. If a bigger kid or a loud kid talks to him he gets really nervous and begins sobbing. I will be glad when this phase is over, however my mom said I was an extremely nervous child just like Wyatt so I do not know when this will pass. Oh well I love him so much anyway.

Finally a new post!!

2009-02-03T07:57:00.000-08:00

I have been having trouble with blogger so finally here is a new post. These pictures all show what Wyatt loves most and that is walking and running. He is almost strong enough to walk on his own and he does take many steps by himself but he is definately not able to keep his balance. I got these things called walking wings so that I would not spend all me days bent over holding his waist or hands. He loves them. He also loves to be taken outside in his walker to chase after Thorn. She is not too happy about this but at least she can get away from him.

Beautiful Chattanooga

2008-12-29T07:38:00.001-08:00

Vincent and I took Wyatt and Thorn on a walk to a waterfall on Lookout Mountain yesterday. The weather was perfect and the creek was full of water. This is an unusual site in Chattanooga because we have not had rain in so long. Recently we have been getting a ton of rain so all the waterfalls are so pretty. Wyatt loved his backpack ride and looked so cute riding on daddy's back.

Wyatt's first Christmas

2008-12-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

Wyatt had a great first Christmas. My parents came to Chattanooga for Wyatt's first christmas. On X-mas day we decided not to cook, so my parents, Vincent's parents, Vincent's grandmother, and Vincent's uncle all went to the Bluff View restaurant to eat. Dinner was great and it was also wonderful to have both sets of grandparents there. Wyatt racked up on the gifts thanks to my mom and my sister. Vincent and I really did not buy the baby anything because he does not even know what Christmas is but next year he will definately get presents from his parents. He really loved the toys my sister got him. Everything was just great for Wyatt's first Christmas and as an added perk he was so wonderful at the restaurant.

1st Santa pictures

2008-12-20T06:26:00.000-08:00

Last night Vincent and I went to get Wyatt's picture taken with Santa. Wyatt is a bit shy and nervous around all new people so I did not know how sitting on Santa's lap would go over. He did great!! There were no tears. He did not smile but at least he looked at the camera. I think the picture turned out great.

Wyatt on the move

2008-12-18T11:56:00.000-08:00

Wyatt is almost 9 months old and he is really wanting to walk. He has not shown much interest in crawling but he does want me to spend most of my day holding his hands while he walks around the house, restaurant, climbing gym, etc. I really enjoy walking him except it is hurting my back, therefore I got him a walker.We have all hard wood floors so we just roll the rugs back and let him go. He does love the walker but he really prefers me or anyone to walk him around the house. He wants to go up to everything with knobs and play with them. He just smiles and talks the entire time he is walking. Thorn is not use to seeing him in the walking position without an excersaucer holding him in so she is having a hard time with this. I wonder if she thinks he is a little animal b/c he is small and he sounds like an animal (deep thoughts from Becky). Wyatt has not learned to pull himself up yet but he does have pretty good balance. I know he will be so excited when he can get around. Without mommy and daddy he just rolls to get to where he wants to go. I keep trying to teach him to crawl (not really I just put him on his belly) but he just either flips to his back or raises his chest high off the ground and flails his legs around. Oh well as my mom always says he will crawl and walk when he gets ready. As for now I will be his balancer. Oh yeah I also put some pictures of him looking at himself in the mirror. Just like a man he already thinks he is pretty good looking. Everytime he sees himself he just smiles so big.

I was tagged

2008-12-07T17:24:00.000-08:00

I was tagged by Amy to put up my 4th picture in my 4th folder. This is the picture that I got. Vincent, me, Wyatt, and Thorn were going on one of our first hikes as a new family. I am sure that Wyatt was probably about 4 months old. He was so chunky back then. Here is the photo. I tag

Lindy Carr

Paige Varner

Morgan Holt

Mindy Madewell

1st Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T11:08:00.001-08:00

This was Wyatt's first Thanksgiving. My mom and dad came from Memphis to celebrate with us. We had a great time. Not only was this Wyatt's first Thanksgiving but it was also our first Thanksgiving to cook at our house. Vincent cooked the turkey and my mom and I made sweet potato casserole,dressing, green beans, green bean casserole, rolls, and chocolate pie. Everything turned out pretty good but all of us agreed that when you have Thanksgiving at someone else's house. It is just great when you don't have to do so much of the cooking. Oh well if my parents would not have come we would have had Thanksgiving with just Vincent,me, Wyatt, and Thorn so we were so happy, for more than one reason, that my parents came. Since Vincent works in the medical field all of our holidays will be here because he only has the holiday off. You really can't travel when you just have one day. That is just fine with me because Wyatt is pretty difficult in the car and I really would like most of his 1st's to be here. Oh yeah Wyatt did get sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving (baby food). Besides Thanksgiving activities Vincent and my dad kept Wyatt so mom and I could go shopping on black friday which was so fun. We also went out to lunch. Mom and dad kept Wyatt on Friday night so that Vincent and I could go out. We had a great time. Any how I do not have that much to say about the baby because he pretty much did the same old Wyatt things on Thanksgiving. However he got overly excited my parents were here and he almost refused to take a morning nap. Oh well.

Sunset Rock

2008-11-23T14:23:00.001-08:00

Today Vincent and I got to go hiking with a couple of friends. We went to Sunset Rock which has a beautiful view of downtown Chattanooga. Wyatt went with us, so the hike was a quick one. He was a bit fussy today. We found out the reason for the fussiness once he had, what I like to call, an explosion in his diaper. Overall the hike was fun. It is always so much better to go on and go outside. Even with all the effort it takes, we always seem to love it once we are there.

Date night

2008-11-22T07:20:00.000-08:00

Vincent's parents were kind enough to watch Wyatt for us to go on a date the other night. First we took Thorn and we went on a hike. Thorn did great but we did not push her to go too far. We were just excited to have her with us. This was a peaceful hike because we did not have the little prince in the backpack fussying everytime we stopped. I really enjoyed being with just Vincent and Thorn. We love taking the baby but at this time he only likes hiking for short periods. After our hike we went to dinner, which was also very peaceful. We had a great time together and once we got home the baby was already asleep so we got to spend a quiet evening together. The other pictures in this blog are of Wyatt petting his favorite sister Thorn. He loves when she will let him touch her. He even speaks to her in his own language. I am not kidding, he can be super mad and then she walks in the room and he begins talking in this really sweet voice to her and smiling at her. Crazy boy!!!

Trip to see Courtney

2008-11-19T14:18:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I got to go to Dallas to visit my best friend Courtney. One of the major perks was that I got to go child free. Initially I was nervous and a bit sad to leave Wyatt but I had a great time once I got to Dallas. Vincent kept Wyatt while I was gone. I really do not know of many husbands that will volunteer to keep their 8 month old (who still wakes up in the middle of the night) so their wife can go and have fun with her friend. He really is always trying to trade off with me so that we can both still have a life outside of Wyatt. He really is just so great. I don't think I can say it enough. I really do not say it enough to him so Vincent if you are reading this you are great, thanks for keeping the little one over the weekend, and I love you so much. Well back to Dallas- as I was saying I got to see my BFF Courtney. We have been best friends since elementary school. She is now pregnant with her first baby girl. Little ? is due in March. Stephen, her husband, and Courtney are both small like Vincent and I so I bet they will have a little bitty baby like Wyatt. I would love if Wyatt would marry their little girl:). Anyhow Courtney and I had a great time. She looked absolutely beautiful and even though we live far apart whenever we get back together it is like no time has passed. We never have trouble making conversation. She really is so great in everyway. I wish we lived closer to eachother. She is like my second sister and I really miss her like I miss family members. Any way enough lovey stuff. While in Dallas I also got to see my friend Paige. We went to college together and I was in her wedding. She is great. She has the best little girl. She is 2 and she is just great. She was so quiet throughout church and at the restaurant afterwards even though she had gotten 3 hours less sleep than normal the night before. Paige you are blessed. I was so glad to see her and I hope to see her again very soon. I did not take many pictures and the majority of pictures are of Courtney and Stephen's sweet princess Layla. She is a 6 pound mixed dog. She is the sweetest. Here are the pictures. Oh yeah and thanks
Stephen for giving up Courtney for the weekend and also cooking us dinner.

Thorn

2008-11-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

Over the past month Vincent and I have been worried about our sweet dog. There were a few things that concerned us that she was doing. First she could not seem to even walk a couple of miles without becoming extremely winded, 2nd her appetite had majorly decreased, and 3rd she was not wanting to be pet as much. At first we thought maybe it was because of old age. She is 10 and dobermans have a life span of 10-12 years but when she was not as interested in us petting her and her appetite decreased so much we took her to the vet. The doctor found that she had a huge uterus filled with pus. She had never been fixed because Vincent had thought he was going to breed her. The doctor told us that she needed to have surgery that day or there was a risk her uterus could rupture and kill her. Before the test the doctor did an EKG and Thorn was having some issues with her heart. The doctor thought maybe that was due to her majorly increased white blood cell count (I think it was supposed to be around 10,000 and Thorn's was 33,000). She had to stay overnight so the doctor could monitor her and then we got her home the next day. She initially seemed OK, for just just having surgery. However, 2 days post surgery she started panting and becoming extremely anxious. I thought the pain meds were not enough so I called and got them to up the dose. She had a hysterectomy (most women after this surgery get a huge amount of pain meds) and all our little baby got was 1 pill everyday and it was only like taking an advil. Crazy!!! Anyhow the pain was not the problem. In the middle of the night Thorn woke Vincent up and he she was very nervous. She was panting and not able to sit down. He felt her chest and he said her heartbeat was so fast you could not even count it. The next day she went back to the doctor and Vincent asked them to do another EKG. They did and amazingly the doctor did not even know how to read it. Luckily I have a super smart husband who read the EKG and told the doctor he was wrong. Of course not in a mean way but he was just protecting his dog and he does have to look at a lot of heart rythms for a living. The doctor told Vincent Thorn was in a certain type of rythm and he wanted to take her back and give her Atropine (which increased your heart rate). Vincent looked at the strip and noticed her heart beat was going super fast and thought to himself if he gives her that it will increase her heart so much it will kill her so he said no and that he wanted to put her on meds to slow her heart. He asked the doctor to put her on 2 different meds and the doctor agreed (which I am sure that he hated being wrong) and now our beautiful dog is doing much better. Her heart is still not normal but at least the meds are controlling her rythm and she is comfortable. She is even going on small walks with Vincent, Wyatt, and I. I have not cryed or felt as sad about anything since my mom got diagnosed with cancer. Of course I was much more worried and sad for my mom but Thorn, in our family, is almost human. She makes us so happy and she makes Wyatt happy. That entire month has made us appreciate every day we have with her. She is just so special and such a great animal. For those of you who have seen her but not met her I know you would think differently and for those who do not like animals (which is super crazy to me) I know you do not understand. For those of us who love our pets and have had an extremely sick pet I know you probably know exactly what I am talking about. I will apologize about the first picture. I put that picture on there without being able to see it very well and it is super blurry. In fact it looks as if Thorn does not have a head but she still does. This was one of her first hikes about 3 weeks after surgery.

Mom's visit

2008-11-09T17:05:00.000-08:00

My mom drove down to see Wyatt, Vincent, Thorn and I this weekend. We had a great time! She did not get here untill Saturday morning so we just pretty much hung out with Wyatt once he woke up from his morning nap. Vincent grilled out hamburgers and we all ate lunch together. After lunch we just played around with the baby until Vincent got home from rock climbing and then he watched Wyatt while mom and I went shopping and out to dinner. We had a great time together. This is one of the first times that we have really spent an extended period of time together without the baby. On Sunday after church and Wyatt's nap we all went downtown to Coolidge Park to eat and take pictures. The trees are beautiful here right now so we wanted to catch the beauty in pictures. After lunch we came back home and played with
Wyatt untill nap time. Mom left after that. Only about a day and a half of mom time is not enough. Thanks for coming that far for such a short time. I really had a great time mom. For some reason my pictures will not come up on the post so I will try again tomorrow.

Sitting up like a big boy

2008-11-06T03:56:00.001-08:00

Wyatt is doing really well with sitting up. He still can't sit himself up but if put in the sitting position he can stay that way. However, the other day I was not watching close enough and he did fall backwards and bump is head fairly hard. There was loud crying and many tears for about 2 minutes and then I showed him his sister Thorn and he started giggling and squealing at her. I think it is crazy how much he likes her. I wish the feeling was mutual from her. When Wyatt reaches out his hand to touch her she walks away. When he was newborn she would always lick him when he cried and try to ( I think) comfort him. Now that he is louder and more mobile she would rather not have anything to do with him. Sometimes when he is screaming I would rather not have anything to do with him either so I understand. The picture of him smiling so big was when he was looking at Thorn. I could not get both of them in the picture. He never smiles that big at humans.

2008-11-04T17:27:00.000-08:00

The other day Vincent and I went hiking with some friends on the trails at Racoon Mountain. Wyatt is really starting to like riding in his backpack (but of course only for a few miles). He looks so cute riding on his daddy's back and I think Vincent likes it too.:) Also the other day Vincent took some pictures of Wyatt in front of a lantern. I think they turned out great (but every picture of my red headed baby is beautiful)!!

Sleeping and teeth

2008-11-03T17:31:00.000-08:00

About 1 month ago Wyatt got his first 2 teeth. They are just now at the point where you can really see them in pictures (that is why I did not post his teeth earlier). They are just the cutest teeth ever. They really change his appearance. The only other updates on my baby are he says dadadada, mamama, and bababa. I absolutely love when he says dadada because he is always happy when saying this. As if now he only says mamama when he is getting really mad. I know that he must have the two confused or he would only say mama when he is happy. I am sure all moms agree. Also I am throwing in a couple of sleeping pictures. It is crazy that once he learned to roll to his stomach he always sleeps in that position. He loves his stomach but only for sleeping. He still hates to be put on his stomach when he is awake. He does not yet know how to flip himself back to his back from his belly so he gets frustrated. It is looking like he may flip himself back soon-I sure hope because in the middle of the night Vincent and I take turns flipping him back over.

My little Bumble Bee

2008-10-31T17:17:00.000-07:00

For Halloween Wyatt was a bumble bee. I chose this outfit because on baby einstien his favorite character is the bee. Everytime he sees the bee he gets a huge smile on his face and he does some sort of baby talking to the bee. I love when he does this. He is just so facinated with this insect. I hate bugs so he must already be taking after his daddy who will pick up any bug with his bare hands. This sounds so so manly until he forgets to wash his buggy hands and tries to touch you. The pictures in this blog are at Wyatt's playgym halloween party and at dinner on halloween night at Sugar's Ribs. Vincent and I love this restaurant because we can sit out on the patio and have a great view of the entire city. Enjoy looking at my handsome bumble bee. Oh yeah the woman and the guy in the picture are employees at Sugar's.

4 year anniversary

2008-10-16T14:05:00.000-07:00

On Oct 9 Vincent and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. Vincent planned an overnight trip (without Wyatt) to Fontana Lake in North Carolina. On the first afternoon we went to the lake. Fontana Lake is absolutely gorgeous. The lake is crystal clear and is surrounded by beautiful mountains. The water was a bit chilly for a swim but we had fun just hanging out on the boat. We stayed at the lodge and had a great dinner and breakfast there. The next day we slept late (until 730) and then went hiking on the forny trail in the smokey mountains. There is a bald, or field of grass, at the top of the forny trail. From there you can see many beautiful mountains. Also while at the top we got to see a rescue. A man had gotten lost on the trail and the search and rescue teams found him. They were carrying him back up to the top of the mountain (where we just happened to be) for a helicopter to take him to the hospital. The grassy top (otherwise known as the bald) is one of the only places for a helicopter to land in those mountains. We also hiked up to clingman's dome to see the beautiful views. On the way back to our car an old lady had fallen down a hill (we think). She was being taken care of by rangers but they did have her in a neck brace waiting for an ambulance. Although there were many casualties of the mountain Vincent and I made it out safe. We had a wonderful relaxed couple of days that we really needed. I love him sooo much. I added in the picture of Wyatt in the backpack with daddy because I think it is so cute. I really needed a small break from Wyatt so Vincent took Thorn and Wyatt on a walk. We are slowly exposing Wyatt to the hiking backpack. He really likes it so far.

Memphis visit

2008-10-13T08:14:00.000-07:00

It is always so great to go home especially now that I have Wyatt. When you live so far away from your family, you just can't wait for them to dote on your baby. I love taking him there, because I know that my parents are excited about seeing him, and that is what you want when you have a child. That is the main reason that I have a hard time living in a different state. Friends are great, but unless they have children around the same age then they just listen but don't really care. My parents on the other hand love to listen and to see what he is doing. My mom has so far seen Wyatt at least every month for about 3-5 days at a time. She really shows me that she cares by driving so far about every other month to come and see him. I have flown to Memphis 2 times and driven once but every other time she has come here to see him (and she still works full time). So thanks mom for making the effort and I can't wait to see you this month. On this trip I also got to see my extremely beautiful sister and her extremely cute son. I dont know of many children that are as cute as he is. Everything about him is attractive. He has beautiful silky hair, tan skin, and the most amazing eyes. I guess he takes after his mom. I was so glad to see her. Although she lives so so far we have still managed to see Wyatt many times since he has been born (and she also works full time and lives about 8-9 hours away). I really appreciate her effort as well. She did not complain when I needed to put Wyatt to sleep for naps or bedtime. She did not try to push her ideas of no need for schedules off on me. She just took Elem outside where he could be loud and let Wyatt rest. Thanks Mindy. Well here are some pictures of our great weekend together. Our kids are the extreme opposites as you will see. Oh yeah and thanks sis for buying all the toys for the kids to leave at moms. Wyatt loved his excersaucer!

Chattanooga Race for the Cure

2008-10-12T08:18:00.000-07:00

The last weekend of Sept was the Race For The Cure in Chattanooga. I asked a few of my friends to go with me but had no takers so I did it by myself. A little over a year ago my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Although I have participated in this race so many times, it now is so much more important to me. I always love seeing all the runner and walkers out because you know the more people there the more money being raised to support the cause. I drove to the race alone, but after Wyatt woke up from his nap daddy and baby came to support me. This was my first race (only a 5K) back after having Wyatt and it was great! I love the picture of Wyatt in his stroller being a true home boy. He is showing his Memphis roots.

Racoon Mountain walk

2008-10-10T06:34:00.001-07:00

Vincent, Thorn, Wyatt, and I went for a walk on Racoon Mountain the other day. Racoon Mountain is a great place to walk because it is about 5 miles of pavement, therefore we can use the stroller. Wyatt is OK with the stroller but after a couple of miles he would rather be carried. I enjoy walking on any paved area as compared to hiking because my risk of falling down a hill is majorly decreased. Vincent on the other hand would much rather go on a hiking trail. Racoon Mountain is a bit of both. On top of the mountain there is a lake (TVA pumps the water to the top of the mountain). Surrounding the lake are beautiful woods filled with deer and other animals. There are also many hiking trails through these woods that we have been on,and Vincent has biked on, but on this day Vincent gave in to me and we went pavement hiking:). Thorn had a wonderful time but everytime we walk her now we notice that she is not able to go as far as she use to. The walks and hikes are really showing her age but we still take her because she loves going. She is the best! Oh and for those of you who are checking my spelling and use of comma's or any other errors don't worry my mom wants to start proof reading my blogs before I post them (such a teacher).

Hiking with friends

2008-10-09T05:44:00.000-07:00

Vincent and I finally got to use the hiking backpack that he gave me for my baby shower gift a long time ago. We decided to go to lookout mountain with some friends for what we thought may be a couple of miles but Vincent got a little lost and it ended up being about 4 miles. The baby did great until about mile 3 and then he decided he was ready to get out of the backpack. Vincent had to carry him the last mile to the car but it was such a fun day with our friends Nick and Leslie. They just recently moved to this area and are very interested in hiking. I hope they had an Ok time with a sad baby for the last mile. Vincent and I love hiking and it is always nice to go with other people especially people that are so intersted in expoloring as they are.

Finally a new blog

2008-10-08T18:14:00.000-07:00

Many things have happened since I did my last blog. I feel like now that Wyatt is getting older (almost 7 months) that I do not have as much time. He is now sitting up but does fall over a lot and he is rolling from back to front but then gets stuck on his belly and has to be flipped back over which is not that bad except in the middle of the night. I am hoping that soon he figures out how to flip himself back over. I will just do a few blogs every few days since it has been so long. These pictures are of Wyatt when he was starting to roll- I think it was about a month and a half ago. Oh and the first picture is of Wyatt in his excersaucer (thanks Karina for letting us borrow this great toy):).

Hiking

2008-08-22T06:19:00.000-07:00

Wyatt,Vincent, Thorn and I went hiking the other day. We have started taking Wyatt out in the evenings because he gets so fussy from about 530 until bedtime and he is much worse if he is at home. We went on a short hike with Wyatt in the carrier. Thorn had so much fun because she got to get in the creek water which she loves to do. She always acts like a puppy whenever she is around water. She jumps around and slides all over the rocks and the next day she pays for it when she is limping around like an old person and we have to give her an anti inflammatory drug to calm her arthritis. oh well she loves it so we always let her do whatever because she is such a great dog. Since we have had her we are most likely always going to have doberman's. I would recommend this breed of dog to everyone. They are protective and so loyal and also extremely beautiful, sweet, and funny.

Radnor's Birthday

2008-08-22T06:12:00.000-07:00

My nephew Radnor turned 2 years old a few weeks ago and we went to Nashville to celebrate his birthday. Wyatt did OK on the trip but with each trip we take it makes me realize how difficult it is to travel with a baby. You just have to bring so much stuff and you just can never relax but I am glad that we went and I am glad that I have an extremely helpful husband which makes everything 10 times easier.

Rice cereal and squash

2008-08-22T06:06:00.000-07:00

For the past couple of weeks I have been introducing Wyatt to rice cereal and just last week I introduced him to squash. He is not the biggest fan of the cereal but he is doing pretty good with the squash. I have started mixing his cereal with the sqaush but I think he will catch on soon. He has really started to notice everything that we put in our mouths and acts extremely interested in eating but when he takes a few bites he makes that hilarious face and by about the 7th or 8th bite he starts grunting and pursing his lips like i better not put anymore food in his mouth. He has gotten some better since he is getting the squash but he does get a bit of a stubborn attitude and tries to refuse things already (and he is only 5 months) but I just think it is because he is part Beasley and takes after that side of the family-hehe.

Stroller ride

2008-08-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

I got Wyatt an umbrella stroller because I am sick of trying to get the huge stroller that goes with the carseat out of the back of my car. He hates riding in the carseat and he also really hates riding in the carseat in the stroller so I decided to try an umbrella stroller. I usually carry him places in a carrier on my chest and he loves that but he is just getting too heavy and my back and neck are hurting so I am trying to get him to like the stroller. I did get lucky with the umbrella stroller. He loves it and he actually will fall asleep occasionally in it. I think that he likes it because he does not have anything in front of his legs so if he wants he can kick his legs (which he loves to do). He does not like to feel restrained at all so having a cup holder (such as on the other stroller) makes him feel strapped in. He just loves his freedom with the umbrella stroller. He is a bit too small in my opinion but oh well whatever Wyatt likes he gets (only child).

Wyatt Einstein

2008-08-22T05:39:00.000-07:00

I am sorry that I have not posted in soooo long. I have a few posts that I will do over the next few days to catch up. The first post will go back to when Wyatt was watching Baby Einstein. He love TV so much that we have to sometimes turn off the TV or mute it to get him to eat or do anything but pay attention it. I got him a couple of Baby Einstein dvd's to of course make him smarter because after all they are called Baby Einstein so my little Wyatt will be the next Einstein. Here are a couple of pictures of him watching the dvd. There is one part where a little girl is telling jokes and the crowd laughs and everytime at this point in the video Wyatt always starts smiling really big as if he understands what she is saying. It is so funny. He also likes to hold toys and when he gets super excited he shakes them extremely hard and squeals like a little piggy.

Sunday before church

2008-08-04T05:56:00.000-07:00

Before church on Sunday Vincent took some really cute pictures of Wyatt. I was really wanting Vincent to be trying to get the baby to take a nap before church but instead he was taking pictures which now I am happy about but yesterday I was not so happy about it. The wierd looking objects holding Wyatt up are Vincent's feet. They look so odd in these pictures.

Wyatt's first lake experience

2008-08-04T05:38:00.001-07:00

On Sunday evening about 600 Vincent and I took Wyatt to the lake at Booker T Washington park. We did not put him on a boat just in case you were wondering mom we just carried him around in the jeep on my chest and he loved it. He liked looking at the boats and the water and he loved watching sister Thorn go after the stick in the water. His worst time of the day is from 500 until bedtime but we really do not like for him to take a nap then because we want him to go to bed so we keep him up from 500 untill about 745ish. He is great if you take him out in the front pack and walk-he loves being outside just like his daddy. If he is at home he is extremely fussy at that time so we decided the best thing to do would be to go on and go to the lake and we are glad that we did. The pictures of Wyatt with his hat are so cute except that his hat his too small for his big head. It fit him perfectly until I washed it so forgive me for putting a small hat on my child.

Time away from Wyatt

2008-08-03T09:56:00.001-07:00

Yesterday Vincent's parents kept Wyatt so that we could go out on the boat. We went out on the Parksville lake which is to me known as the Ocoee Lake. It is so beautiful. The water is so clear because some group owns all the land around the lake so there are no houses backing up to the water. The lake is also surrounded by mountains which makes it even more beautiful. We were going to go just the two of us and our princess Thorn but on the way a couple of people called so it ended up being 6 of us-which was very fun. As a new mom when I leave Wyatt I am always nervous because I feel he will not get his naps and he will be in a bad mood for the in laws so it is always hard for me to leave him. It ended up that he was not in a terrible mood but he only took one 40 minute nap (which is terrible because they kept him for 5 hours) but I had to brush it off my shoulders and appreciate the time I had away with grown ups. The time was not good for Thorn either because she ended up having to stay in Granette and Bobby's garage which she absolutley hates but Mr Bobby did take Wyatt and Thorn on a walk so that made up for us leaving her a little bit. Oh the picture of the guy climbing the tree like a freaking monkey is Vincent( he of course is just so cool).

Vincent's family

2008-08-02T17:05:00.000-07:00

Some of Vincent's family was in Cleveland on Friday so the baby got to meet some family members that he had never seen. I realized that taking the baby out at night is a bad idea. We left about 515 from Chattanooga and got to Cleveland about 600. The baby fell asleep for the last 12 minutes of the car trip, which is a terrible thing because then he is in a terrible mood. He did Ok through dinner but then right after I rushed to get him home and we made it home about 830. Wyatt's bedtime is anywhere from 745 to 830.. This is the only time of day he actually sleeps decently so I am extremely protective of this time for him. I got him home and did not give him a bath (which was a huge mistake) b/c I figured it was already past bedtime. I put him in his pj's and sleep sac and gave him his bottle. He fell completely asleep as normal but when I laid him down he immediately started jerking around and woke himself up. He could just not relax and go to sleep which is definately my fault. I should not have taken him out and then expected him to fall asleep immediately when I got home. Anyhow he did not fall asleep until almost 1000 which is extremely late for him. Luckily both of us were here to deal with his crying and finally Vincent got him to bed. He is such a great dad:) and husband. I learned my lesson. Here are some family pictures. The men in the pictures are Vincents Uncle's. Also Wyatt has just noticed his feet and he is now constantly grabbing his toes. He is already so athletic.

Milestone

2008-08-01T18:39:00.000-07:00

Wyatt has recently been picking up objects and holding them. He then of course tries to put them in his mouth. He really recognizes his bottle and when you hold it in front of him he puts his hands out and opens his mouth (it is so cutes). Here are a few pictures of him holding things.

Bye Bye pumping

2008-08-01T18:22:00.000-07:00

Over the last 4 1/2 months this machine has been glued to my breast. My last day of producing breast milk was Aug 1. My goal for breastfeeding was 5 months but during that time I had a few clogged duct and other problems with my breast so I decided to quit early. Little did I know that quitting would take a month and a half. I talked with many people and everyone had different opinions on how to quit but I finally decided on dropping one feeding every 4-5 days. This really worked best for me because I was having so many problems with clogged ducts. I really did enjoy giving Wyatt breast milk. When I first thought of quitting I was extremely sad. Unless you have had the gift of giving your child all the food they need you will not know what I am talking about. Anyhow I am so glad that I did get the chance to do this and I would definately reommend it to everyone but for now I am saying good bye to the pump that has been my best friend for almost 5 months. These pictures are a tribute to Medela( I can call it by that name since I paid a lot of money for it). Also good bye to lansinoh nipple cream which is great.

I do not have a good header for this post

2008-08-01T08:34:00.000-07:00

This post will be back tracking a couple of weeks. Some of the pictures are when my mom and dad came to visit. They stayed for a couple of days and we of course had a great time. There is also a pictures of Wyatt being held by 2 girls. This was Wyatt's first and most likely last lingeria (dont know how to spell and cant find a dictionary or spell check) shower. I had to take him because Vincent was working until 1000. He did well and he was the only man there. Also there is a picture of Wyatt and Thorn in the bathroom when I was getting ready to go to the shower. Thorn (our protective doberman) is extremely scared of storms. She will follow us around the house until the storm is over. I had to take a shower so she stayed with Wyatt and I in the bathroom and at one point I looked over when I was shaving my legs and she had her head poked through the shower curtain getting ready to get into the shower with me because she was so scared. For those of you who know Thorn this should be funny because she is so intimidating to most people but they have never seen this side of her.

At home in Memphis

2008-07-27T11:50:00.000-07:00

Wyatt and I flew home to Memphis this weekend ( this was Wyatt's first flight). He did OK on the plane but he was a bit fussy. He is such a wiggle worm that it was very hard to make him stay in my lap for the 1 1/2 hour flight but I guess overall he did well. The visit so far has been great. I have to leave on Tuesday and I am very sad. I love coming home and being with my family. Living 6 hours away is very hard but I guess for right now that is what I am going to have to do. Wyatt has done very well so far (except he is on an antibiotic for an ear infection and he has had and increase in the amount of poop in his diapers). That would be Ok except that he poops at 1:30 in the morning so I have to get up and change him and then try to get him back to sleep-oh well my mom has been great to help me with him in the early mornings so that I can get some sleep. Also on this trip I bought him an excersaucer that hangs from the door frame. He does like it but he wants someone around because he is bit intimidated by the way it bounces when he moves his legs. Well here are just a few pictures from the trip. Oh yeah and I missed seeing my sister-Elem got sick so she had to stay home. Missed you Mindy.

New Computer

2008-07-18T08:14:00.000-07:00

Well I have been waiting to post until we could download more new pictures but our computer supposedly can hold no more so we are most likely getting a new computer today. I am writing this while Wyatt is taking his 2nd 30-40 minute nap today. I think I mentioned he is a terrible nap taker-oh well I have fought enough with him and now I am giving in. If he wants to take longer naps that is up to him. I have started putting him to bed at about 730 and he is still sleeping until about 630-645. He is really tired at that time so instead of trying to keep him up until 830-900 I decided that since he does not take good naps that he could go to sleep at 730ish. That at least gives me some me time during the day. Well my parents are coming this weekend so I will take pictures and post them when we get the new computer. As for now I will go back through the thousand older pictures of Wyatt-sorry. Oh yeah I forgot to tell everyone that Wyatt is getting his first tooth. He is a bit more fussy and he is drooling terribly-he also can not stop biting on everything especially his hands.
Once again since I do not know how to type over each picture I will tell you about them here. The first one of course is of our beautiful princess Thorn when we went hiking the other day. That is the one thing Vincent and I have in common we both love to hike. Our hikes have gotten so much shorter now that we hike with the baby. We now only hike at the most 3 miles because that is about all the baby can take plus we are carrying around a 15 pound baby on our chest. There are a few pictures of my sister, brother, Wyatt and I on the beach at my sister's wedding. There is also a picture of Vincent and I on the beach. There is a pictures of my sister-in-law Vanessa when she came to see Wyatt. There is also a picture of Wyatt in his bumbo seat looking at the orchid Vincent got me when I was not having a good day. Vincent is a great husband and he really tries to make me happy-I really love him. I think I have commented on them all except for the one where Wyatt was being a big boy and sitting on the couch all by himself. Hope you enjoy.

More Random pictures

2008-07-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

Today I went to a women's get together at my church. I was a bit sad about going because my favorite time with Wyatt is in the morning but I went anyway and daddy took care of the baby. I am so glad that I went. The group meets once every month at church and they just talk about whatever is on there mind. They are reading a book but they will get off the topic to talk about whatever. The group is very laid back and easy to talk to and they seem to be very accepting. It is a group of all Church of Christ women but everyone is not from the same congregation. I really enjoyed this time and I am already looking forward to next months visit. Anyway Vincent did upload many new pictures on the computer so I will just post some more random pictures of my baby boy. Hope you enjoy.
I will explain a bit about the pictures. I do not know how to write above the pictures that I posted so I will just write it here. The first picture is the b-day cake that I ordered for Vincent from Marble Slab- I told the girl to write Happy Birthday Vincent and I spelled it out and everything and when I picked up the cake it said Happy Birthday Zinzent. I mean who has that name but i just thought Oh well and I did not say anything. The next pictures is of my beautiful sister and her beautiful son Elem. I mean just look at how beautiful they are. This is at her wedding on the beach. I truly think that I have the most beautiful sister. Seth is so lucky to have married her. The rest of the pictures are of the handsome Wyatt. There are a few of my best friend Courtney when she came to see the baby. She stayed for about 5 days and it was so much fun. I do not know if she will agree but I loved having her here and offered to pay her 10 dollars an hour to be my nanny but she turned my down. She lives in Dallas and is a speech therapist. She has been my best friend since about pre-school. She is so wonderful and beautiful. Every time we see each other it is like we have never been apart. I love her just like a sister in fact many people think we are sisters because we have many similar looks and expressions in other words i am saying that i am beautiful because i think she is beautiful (just kidding). Well lastly I will explain about the shirtless pictures of Wyatt in the bathtub. Bath time use to be a dreaded time in our household. Wyatt would scream and cry the entire time. Now bath time is such a fun time. He loves his baths and kicks a pool of water out of his little bathtub onto the kitchen floor everytime he gets a bath. I now take off all my clothes to bathe him because if not I will be soaking wet. He of course thinks it is so fun and I am so glad. It is so hard to do anything to your baby that they do not like so I am glad he has started to like bathtime. Well sorry so long. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.