Uncle Buddy

If you ask Caden who his favorite person is (other than daddy, of course) he will no doubt say "CAY, CAY!" Who he means is my brother, Clay. I am the oldest of four and buddy (his actual real name, we have called him buddy since my mom found out he was a boy--sometimes I forget he is actually named Clay:) is the youngest--there are 11 years between us. You would think that with that much time in between us we would not be very close; but somehow we manage to have an awesome relationship. Caden LOOOOVEEES Clay...as soon as we turn down my parents street he starts screaming and from the time we get out of the car until the time we wrestle him back in his carseat Caden is Clay's shadow. Buddy just turned (gulp) thirteen this week (although me and my sisters still see him as 5;) and I am so glad that Caden has someone like him to look up to.

Rub a dub-dub CUTE boys in the tub:)

6 weeks!

I had my post-partum check up today--everything was great! Sitting in the waiting room at the doctors office I couldnt help but think about how different I feel with Charlie at 6 weeks than I did with Caden. As I have posted about previously I had a HUGE battle with post-partum depression with Caden and honestly do not really remember the first 8 weeks of his life. With Charlie it has been SO different...with a lot of help, a lot of prayer (and a little "just in case" medication) I have not had the same struggles this time:0 (of course there have been some "bad days" but nothing to the extent of last time). Enough about me, let me tell you about my sweet little Charlie.

People say that each kid is so different and even at such a young age my boys are proving te validity to that statement. Here are some things that make Charlie completely unique:

-he loves to be swaddled up nice and tight (caden hated to be swaddled from day 1)

-Charlie does not like is paci...yet

-he hardly ever cries. seriously.

-Charlie is nursing like a champ (caden was on formula only from the time he was 2 weeks old)

-he is sleeping great (about 4-41/2 hours at night...woohoo!)

it still amazes me how fast they grow! here is a sweet picture I snapped of my baby Charlie tonight...

YoBaby!

almost 19 months and we are still working on the art of feeding ourselves:)

Busy, Busy!

Caden and his cousin Brady, (they are about 6 months apart) wearing their matching shirts from nanny and papaw

Robert and Susan's wedding:)

Charlie trying to get some rest

Caden getting all sugared up:)

Showing Emily the ropes

ready to roll

This past weekend was SO busy that it has taken me until today to recover from it:) We were going nonstop from Thursday morning until Sunday night! We had a great time but I think we were all pretty worn out by bedtime on Sunday. Above are some pictures from the weekend!

Where's Charlie?

Happy 4th!

brotherly love

We were on the go all weekend, but had SO much fun:) We had dinner with the Stovers Friday night and the rest of the weekend included being outside all the time, swimming, golfing, church and a wedding reception! Here are a few of my fav pictures from the weekend...