Sweet Boys!

Today Lane came to visit while his Daddy studys for finals! Lane and Clay both have missed each other and have crawled each other all around the house! Right now they are both sleeping away.. I think they wore each other out! Here are some cute pictures I snapped this morning! I know these 2 Mamas will cherish these pictures forever!

DECEMBER..REALLY???

Wow how the month of November flew by! Clay's first Thanksgiving was great and we had so much to be thankful for this year as we do every year! We have a WALKER in the house I don't know where the time has gone but I can't believe I am planning his 1st birthday party in less then a month! We are super excited that Christmas is in 18 days and can't wait to see one little boys face Christmas morning! This weekend we are heading to Valley, AL to have our family Christmas with my grandmother's sister Aunt Sue and her family. Its a tradition we do it the 2nd weekend in December every year so I am excited  that this is Clay's first year! Valley always has a Merry-Go-Round that they have had for years I grew up going so I am happy we are getting to start the same thing with Clay! After alot of talking Jason finally gave in and let me put my Christmas tree up the weekend before Thanksgiving after he realized we wouldn't have a chance to do it before Christmas! Clay loves it and he has torn it apart! I am almost done with Christmas shopping still have a few more things to buy for other people...NOT Clay he has so much stuff he's getting plus having a birthday less then 2 weeks after Christmas! I am freaking out because where are we going to put all the presents we are going to need a bigger house!
Here are a few pictures from November and December:)

Goodbye Summer and Hello Fall!!

I have slacked on the blog in the past few months no excuses but we have been busy! Clay has started pulling up on everything and can crawl through the house in a matter of seconds! We are waiting for the day he starts walking he's barely holding on to anything now but still hasn't let go all the way! I am in shock still that the holidays are here!  Every place in Birmingham already has Christmas things out so of course that puts me in the mood to put my tree up and shop! I guess I will wait till Thanksgiving! October has been crazy busy and has flown by! I had a weekend in ATL with sister, cousins and aunt for the Taylor Swift concert and I must say it was a very good concert, Jason was on vacation , Family pictures, Alabama's Homecoming, Shrimp Fest in Gulf Shores, Jason had a business trip, Jason's Birthday and now Halloween! I wish there were more hours in the day!!! I have gone back to work 3 days a week from 9-3 it is so hard but knowing that Clay is in great hands and not with someone I don't know helps! He stays with Gammy and Paw-Paw so of course he play's hard the whole time! He's changing so much everyday! On his 9 month check-up he was 17.6 pounds and 29 1/2 inches long he's eating table foods and we are working on the sippy cup let's just say he will take it from his DaDa but not Mama:) Oh did I mention he now says DaDa all the time of course I come back with MaMa but it doesn't work! Aunt Summer is having a Halloween party today for the babies so we are resting up for it today! Then next week Clay will be with Papa Ray and MiMi while Me, Jason and one of Jason's friends head to ATL for a little late 25th birthday trip:)

Looking Foward To Football Saturdays!!

I don't know if it was just me or was Saturday the kind of weather (before it got hot) that made you want to open the windows, make lots of yummy dips and watch Alabama football??!! The weather was amazing early Saturday morning! This weekend we enjoyed a trip home to Selma it was a quick but busy trip! Friday night we enjoyed dinner with Gammy, PaPa, Aunt Jessie and Uncle Scuba at Buffalo Wild Wings! Saturday I was going as soon as my feet hit the floor between sewing and getting ready to head to Selma! Saturday we celebrated Granny Ellison's birthday with a family dinner and then I headed off to see Katy in JR. Miss while Clay and Daddy had some fun time! Junior Miss was amazing Katy did wonderful! She's turned into such a Beautiful girl and lives for the Lord she's truly amazing...Oh did I mention she got accepted to Alabama this week and we are so proud of her!!! Back to Junior Miss.. She placed FIRST..she got 2,000 cash scholarship for 1st she also won talent, grades, fitness and self expression which were 300.00 scholarships a piece!! Congrats Katy Bug!! Sunday was a wonderful day little Cole Benj. got baptized at Elkdale and we are so proud of him! I was really worried how Clay would do in the nursery since he's gotten attached to mommy and the people he sees on a regular basis but he had no problem leaving me (they said he was good while we were gone I hope so) and he was perfect when we picked him up! Sundays are just not the same without Othermama's Sunday lunch but this time we had KFC since we had so many people there to celebrate Cole's baptism. It was delish but Othermama's would have been alot better! This week I have lots of orders on my sewing to get out and then we are headed to Andalusia for a long relaxing weekend at my Nana's which will included laying around the pool and of course some shopping!!
A friend brought over some banana pudding when we cooked out with her the last time and I fell in love with it!! So I made for me and Jason last week then I made it for Granny's Birthday dinner! It's wonderful and EASY!! So I thought I would share it with y'all..

Banana Pudding:
1 Pack Banana Cream Pudding Mix
3 or 4 Bananas
Box of Nilla Waffers
2 1/2 Cups of Milk

Mix Milk and Pudding mix.. beat for 2 mins. on medium
Let Stand for about 5 mins.
Layer Bananas and waffers on bottom then a layer of pudding do this till all pudding mix is gone!
ENJOY!

What we have been up to!

Let's just start off by saying little man is EVERYWHERE and into EVERYTHING!! He loves things he can't have! Sunday he got a visit from his Poppy and GIGI then went to MiMi and PaPa Ray's to spend the night. I never thought I would miss him SO much! I was miserable the whole time he was gone but it did give me and Jason time together. This week we have been looking for Clay a big boy carseat because he screams every time we would put him in his infant carseat he likes to be able to see out. So finally after looking and reading reviews we have a carseat!!! It's so much easy to get in the car unlike that gosh awful base! Clay loves it! I have been busy who knew opening a facebook group for my sewing would get busy within a week but boy have I been busy and I am loving it! This weekend we are heading to Selma for Junior Miss and Cole is getting baptised Sunday. We are looking forward to some fall weather and football season...ROLL TIDE!!!!!

What we have been up!

We had a busy week! On August 11th Jason and I have been together for 7 years (Dated for 2 1/2 years, Engaged for 2 years and married for 2 1/2 years)! It doesn't seem like it! We have lived in 4 different towns(Selma, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Finally Calera) and moved ummm lets see about 6 times between moving apartments in Tuscaloosa! I don't see a move in our lives anytime soon! Everytime we mention selling our house to get in a better school district for Clay we get sick because we know how much JUNK is in our attic plus we never knew how much stuff we had till we moved now with Clay and all his stuff!! This weekend we had a baby shower in Selma for Kate and Baby Hudson then MiMi, PaPa Ray and Aunt Kelly spent the night! Sunday we had our usually family dinner at Mom and Dad Ellison's house we ate so much I don't think we will be hungry till tomorrow! We had a huge milestone last night Clay slept in his bed all night!!!! Usually for the past few weeks he has been going to bed in there waking up at 2 or 3 to eat then I'll put him in his pack and play next to me in our room. Jason has been all over me to let him sleep in his own room since he was two months old and I just couldn't do it. His room is all the way across the house and of course as a mom EVERY bad thought crossed my mind such as what if the house caught on fire. I was thinking of everything to tell Jason so he wouldn't make him sleep in there! I even told Jason that we need to put a stick in the flower bed by his window to break his window if we need to get to him..HAHA I know I am crazy I never thought about his room being across the house till after he was born! We will never have a house with split floor plan again! This week hopefully will be a relaxing one for Clay and I lots of Mickey Mouse and just playing now that he is crawling..not really but he can get across the room in matter of seconds! Monday's are always hard for us since Jason has to go back to work we love having him on the weekends even thought most of the time he's cutting grass on the side but just a few more months and we will have him all to ourself!!! This weekend my 2 BESTFRIENDS from highschool are coming and I am so excited! Le-Ah(Lisa) has seen Clay several times but Amber hasn't seen him at all and I am so stinking excited for her to  get to see him! It has been atleast 2 years since we were all three together we always have so much fun together!

Lazy Sunday

I LOVE Sundays we spend most of them just being lazy MOST of the time! Today was a great day to be lazy since we had such a busy weekend. Saturday we spent the day in Tuscaloosa for Aunt Jessie's graduation from Alabama and Clay's 1st trip to T-Town! This was our 1st trip to Tuscaloosa since April 27th and I NEVER thought it would be as bad as it really is. Tuscaloosa will always hold a special place in our hearts since it was our home away from home for almost 3 years and the 1st place we lived as a married couple. Clay did great through the first twenty minutes of graduation and then we had to watch the rest from the walkway:) but we got to see Aunt Jessie walk across the stage! Today Jason had 3 yards to cut so it was just me and Clay plus the mess of our house! Clay took a 3 1/2 hour nap today and I cleaned the whole house followed by a wonderful supper of meatloaf, potatoes and mac cheese.

HOT Summer Days!!

These summer months have flown by but the cooler days can't get here fast enough! The month of July was crazy busy with birthdays! So we spent alot of time on the road. This past weekend we went to Jason's aunt and uncle's place on the river for his cousin's little girl's 1st birthday. We hd a great time it's been along time since we were all together so it was nice to spend time with them! Hopefully with everyone's crazy schedule's we can do it again soon! Adalyn and Clay were precious together!  We are looking foward to a nice relaxing month of August because before we know it the HOLIDAYS will be here! I have been saying that I was going to start my Christmas shopping early since we have Clay this year so we wouldn't be hit all at one time but I haven't bought a thing! There's so much I want to get the little growing man I don't know where to start! Clay is growing like a weed last time he was weighed about a week ago he was 15 pounds and 3 Ounces he has almost tripled his birth weight! We have started giving him a sippy cup and little finger snacks which he loves! I think if we let him eat what we eat he would because he stares you down when we are eating. Clay is his daddy's child in so many way's being hyper for one thing we joke he will not walk he's going to run and he hates to miss anything so I have my work cut out for me! Today Clay is 7 months old and I am in shock it seems like he was just born! I am working on planning his 1st birthday party since it's right after Christmas and it will sneak up on us so I am working on things! Thanks to Aunt Jess and Angie King they have given me wonderful ideas! I have a date and theme that's about it for now but it will come together!

Beach Bums

The month of June flew by with 2 beach trip's almost back to back we turned into complete beach bums! I am so glad that Clay didn't scream at the thought of sand on him because I hated it when I was little and still isn't my favorite thing but I am getting better. We went to Gulf Shores for the first beach trip with Jason's family while we were there we ate wonderful food finished off by a family dinner at the Crab Trap which was also a little celebration for Aunt Jessie's graduation from Alabama! Ever since me and Jason started dating we have always loved to drive down along the beach in Gulf Shores and see all the new condo's so of course we did that Clay took his nap during this but we look foward to sharing this fun time with him when he get's older! The Second beach trip was to Destin, FL with my family as most of you know my famiy is HUGE and yes we were all under one roof except for the Anderson's and we all had a blast! Clay did a little better on the beach this time the first beach trip he was just getting over a ear infection so we didn't keep him out there for long periods of time. In Destin we enjoyed good food..of course we were with my favorite cook my grandmother:) Everyone enjoyed the time with Clay and I loved having so many sets of hands! We are finally done with beach trips for right now and have gotten settled back down at home. Now we are just enjoying being home. The Month of July is busy with birthdays for my family so we will have a few trips to Selma I look foward to going "home" for those weekend visit's. July 4th was a hot but great holiday Sunday we celebrated with Jason's family and went to Selma Monday for Andaddy's famous meat and BBQ sauce. I must saw it was hard to keep our eye's open all the way home after that delicious meal!

So Much...

WOW!! So much has been going on since March we started off with Clay's first beach trip, wedding showers then April we had Easter, Jess and Scuba's wedding it's been a busy Spring!!! May we had a few relaxing weekends but not many. In May we started a new chapter in our lives we have been blessed beyond words so that I could quit my job and stay at home with Clay let me tell it's the most rewarding thing I have done in my life. I have been home with him for almost a month and it has flown by but also given me a chance to see every little thing he does during the day. On Monday's I babysit Lane he lives next door to us and is 2 months younger then Clay PRECIOUS might I add it makes me miss Clay's little days he can do so much now. We have been blessed to have such wonderful next door neighbors we love them so much and can't wait for our two little one's to be running around together. We have a busy summer coming up between beach trips with both our families, brithdays and camping trips I feel like Christmas is going to be here before long! We are headed South tomorrow and we can't wait to have our feet in the sand!

Family Weekend!

This weekend has gone by so fast seeing as it is our last weekend with nothing planned till April!! Friday night we ate with Jason's parents and didn't get home till around midnight it was nice spending time with them since we hadn't seen them in a few days! Saturday Jason cut grass most of the day while Clay and I just hung out around the house! We had Jason's parents, Aunt Jessie and Uncle Scuba over for dinner Saturday night then called it a night early!! Clay I think has made it to sleeping all night..I may be speaking to soon but Friday night he slept from midnight to 8:15 then Saturday night he slept from 11:45 to 6:15!!! Sunday we spent the day hanging out around the house just being lazy with nothing to do I must admit it was so nice not to have anywhere to go and just be lazy:) Tomorrow is our 2 year anniversary I can't believe it not only that but this year in August we will have been dating/married for 7 years!!! It's been the best 2 years of my life we have done so many things in these past 2 years I can't wait to see what the next years have in store for us! Happy 2 year anniversary Jason!! I love you!! We leave Friday to head to Gulf Shores for the weekend to stay with Cynthia for Clay's first beach trip we are so excited!

Catch Up!

I started this blog in October when I was on bedrest as most of you know I had some complications with my pregnancy. Now that the long hospital stay is over when I mean long I mean 28 days! I was admitted on November 22, 2010 and was released on December 19, 2010 I begged my doctor to let me come home for Christmas and I got to just a couple of days before on STRICT bedrest! Thanks to my mom she finished getting my house ready for Christmas it was ready when we got home! The hardest part about Christmas was not being able to go to Selma to celebrate with my family but thankful my Mom, Ray and Kelly were here Christmas Day then we did Christmas with Jason's family later on Christmas morning. Christmas Eve my daddy and Gina came to see us and thanks to my mom, Othermama and  Jason's mom they fixed a Christmas Eve lunch for us to eat! The rest of my family came the day after Christmas they were so excited because it was snowing here! Cole bless his heart and oh Ray had fun sliding down our hill in our back yard. This Christmas was just a hard one between not doing what we did every year Jason was sick as could be bless his heart he stuck it out and tried to make the best of it....One doctor visit later, 3 different types of meds, a shot and 125.00 later he finally started feeling better!  FAST FOWARD to January 3, 2011 Jason was off since the 1st fell on a Saturday he was off so the day before he was busy doing everything I ask him just in case Clay decided to come! January 3....  I had a weekly doctor's appt she sent me to labor and delivery around lunch on the 3rd to monitor me. She keep me overnight and came in the next morning at 630 and told us that Clay would be making his debut sometime that day! So it all started I was calling everyone and Jason I think was in shock that Clay would be here in a couple of hours! Clay was born at 10:35 AM and weighed 5 Pounds 8 Ounces he was 18 1/2 inches long...JUST PERFECT!!! Clay was born at 36 weeks so we weren't sure if he would be going to the NICU or not all we can say is that God certainly answered our prayers because Clay never had to go to the NICU!!!!! Clay had janudice so we were sent home on a photolight it was the hardest thing because we couldn't hold him only when we had to change him or feed him. He dropped his weight to 4 pounds 15 Ounces but has gained it all back now he is starting to get meat on his bones now at 9 pounds 1 ounces!!! OH! Did I mention that we had a ton of newborn clothes and diapers but we didn't have a single thing preemie so thankful for our moms they had to go out and buy preemie diapers and clothes!! I really dont know what I would do with out both of them!! I thank God for them everyday!! Clay will be ten weeks old Tuesday and I started back to work last Tuesday it was awful last week I had the worse time leaving him even though he's only 2 doors down from me and I can check on him anytime it's still different! So now my nights are spent washing and making bottles and getting ready for the next work day! It has been a shock seeing as Ive been off work since September!! I think I have everyone caught up now!