This and That

Playing in the rain -  It was a beautiful sunny day and the kids were jumping on the trampoline and then all of the sudden the bottom dropped and a downpour came! They all started yelling and running to the house but they were already soaked by the time they got to me so I told them it was ok to go ahead and play in the rain for a bit. I wish you could have seen their face - WHAT! REALLY? WOO HOO!!!

Getting ready for football season! Roll Tide!!

 
My mom made the boys UAB football jersies too! GO BLAZERS!!!

Playing Dress Up - Buzz and Spider Man

Then Minnie Mouse had to join in :)

 
James has become quiet the little Picasso lately :) He loves to color and then display all his artwork over his bed.


Does this look familiar? John-Mark is the one above and Ben is below - they are SOOO much alike - not only in how they look but how they act - Just like big brother one of Ben's favorite places is looking out this window :)

This baby boy is all over the place - and fast too!! His other favorite places to be are looking out the door, pulling up on the dishwasher, trying to climb in the fridge (you have to get in and out fast or he will be there in an instant!), and the bathroom!  He LOVES the bathroom - if he sees the door open he gets so excited and crawls as fast as he can to get in there - why, I don't know!

Ben continues to be a mostly super happy baby. At least once a day he will loose his balance and fall back like this - but what is so funny is that he'll just lay there - like a little bug stuck on his back for at least 5 minutes. He doesn't cry or whine - just lays there and looks around - kind of like "Is someone going to come get me?" Often one of the "big" kids will come pick him up or eventually he'll get up on his own. Here he fell amongst a pile of shoes by the door - happy as can be :)

He is also "talking" quite a bit. He loves to growl and grunt and if you growl at him he will mimick you. He also love to click his tongue in his mouth (he is SOOO much like John-Mark - we joke that you can hear John-Mark coming before you see him because he's always making some kind of noise with his mouth!). He also is saying "dada" I guess that is officially his first word. Gracie and I are working hard on getting "mama" but so far it's just "dada" :) This Sunday he will be 9 months!!! Crazy!