Ice Cream Truck

Everyone has an ice cream truck memory. Whether it's that your parents wouldn't let you go near an ice cream truck {mine}, or you were always saving your nickels and dimes for the next time you heard the music coming down the street and have very fond memories of summers with ice cream from the ice cream man {Carl}, or since you hated fish, your parents called it the fish truck instead of the ice cream truck so you'd run away from the music coming down the street {my best friend, Bri}. Everyone has memories...
Well, we've heard that sweet music a few times this summer, but just as we run out of the house, it's already rounded the cul de sac and is heading back down the street. Now if I was 8 or 9, I'd probablly chase it down, but seeing as I'll be 30 in a month and a half {oh geez...that soon?}, I thought, I'd just wait it out.
We heard it today and so we rounded up the boys and ran outside, Carl and I very excited about Zach & Drew's first ice cream truck experience and Zach & Drew wondering what the heck was up with their parents....yes, we're dorks.

Our Newest Addition...

The boys just got this new swingset from their Grammie & Papa! They love it and we love having it. Drew, of course, climbed right up the ladder, turned around, and slid down feet frist on his belly. Zach took a little more time to scope things out and has fallen in love with the seahorse. We actually ordered a wooden one instead of the plastic, but it's on back order, so it'll be coming soon. Now we just have to get the ground cover, and we're set! We're so excited!!!!

Prayer Request!

Carl & I are asking for your prayers concerning Carl's mom, Myrna. She has Ovarian Cancer and has made the extremely hard decision not to continue with chemotherapy. It has reached the "quality of life vs. quantity of life" point. This is probablly the hardest thing any of us has ever gone through, so I ask for your prayers not only for Myrna, but for our whole family, including Carl's dad, Guy.
Myrna is such a strong woman and I learn so much from her. I know that this time we have with her is a gift and I treasure every moment. She loves her grandbabies more than anything and I look forward to capturing those precious moments she has with them in my photography so they will always have those pictures to look back on. They will always know their Grammie.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

Tyler's Baptism

On Sunday, August 17, 2008 Tyler Anthony was baptized at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. Deacon Charles La Rosa performed the baptism and it was his very first baptism which made it that much more special! He did a great job! Steve and Amy Rule are Tyler's godparents.

Here are some pictures from the day He's all set for his baptism.

Look! It looks like he's talking to Deacon Charles. He was like this the whole time. It was like he knew what was going on. Sweetness!

Pouring the holy water. He didn't cry, just whimpered a little.

Look at that face!

Deacon Charles, the Parents and Godparents with the boys

Deacon Charles and Tyler

The whole family

This is as good as it gets

Because then this happens

And then it's just over...

under the table

Drew now thinks he's big enough to sit at the table to eat. In fact, he won't eat if we're all sitting at the table and he's in his highchair. It just doesn't cut it for him anymore. He can even climb up on the chair on his very own now. He's such a big boy. Nothing makes him happier right now then to sit next to his big brother and eat.

Zach-isms

So Zach says some of the funniest things and I told myself I need to start writing them down for posterity. So here I go trying to recall them:
* One day he took out his play piano and says "1-2-3 Hit It!" {I thought, "huh?" Where'd he learn that from? I later learned he got it from cartoons}
* The other day, while cleaning the house before Ty's baptism, he says "Mommy you're a cool mommy because you know how to clean" {Wierd...}
* He has Carolina Gamecock Crocs he got from Grammie & Papa. He calls them his "Game-Crocs" {Man, I think he's on to something}
* When he talks about renting movies from the movie store, he says he wants to go home and watch them on his "movie feeder" {Ok, so he's obviously getting the movie theater and DVD player confused, but he stinkin cute is that?}
There are more, so I'll be updating this often...

night night

So after we got home from my friend Kelly's house yesterday, I put Zach down for a nap and got Drew settled with a snack and some juice. Then I looked over at Ty who was in his carrier still. He was fast asleep. I decided to leave him be until he woke up...3 hours later Carl got home and he was STILL in the seat.

Hey, why move a sleeping baby, right?

Zach

Zach got to meet his teachers at preschool yesterday. We killed some time before we went and played outside. Of course he had dirt and grass all up and down his legs. Picture me loading everyone in the van and taking baby wipes and cleaning the boys before we went into the school. Classic Jeffcoat moments...

Here's some pictures of Zach playing outside

hanging out on the John Deere

look at those dirty legs

being silly

he loves to play ball

he's such a sweet kid

Drew Drew

Some new pictures of our "Drew Drew". have no idea why we started calling him Drew Drew, but we do and now he calls himself that. Zach however doesn't to abbreviations and always calls him Andrew. It's pretty funny because we hardly ever call him Andrew, but Zach does. We also call Tyler, Ty. Not Zach. He calls him Tyler. Funny how that happens.

I love this picture of Drew

He was so tired

I love the concrete as the background in this picture

Love this one too. He loves it when I take pictures of him!

zach-a-doodle-doo

Here're some random shots I got of Zach tonight. He's getting to be such a good sport about this picture taking thing. Isn't it funny how sometimes you think, "I can't believe he's 3 1/2 already" and other times you think "He's only 3 1/2?!?!?"... ahhhh....my little man

Pieces of Ty

So far there isn't much that Ty needs or that makes him different from other 2 month olds, but there are a few things that make up the pieces of Ty and that make him the special, precious baby boy we adore. And they are...
His paccie--never leave home without it

His bottle--no steak and potatoes just yet, but he's working on it

His mobile--he's just starting to notice things and he loves staring at those bears hanging upside down over his head

His adorable little hands--he's just learning they're attached and that he can grab at things, although at this point, they do have a mind of their own...he also needs a good nail trim

His angelic little face and that scrumptious little chin--couldn't you just kiss that face all day long?

Sleep--of course, as his mom, this is my favorite time of day--quiet time

I'm enjoying watching him grow but it's suddenly hit me that he's our last baby and all these things take on a whole new meaning. How absolutly precious this time is!!!!

Kids are so resilient...thank goodness!

Well, it happened. It was inevitable and I'm sure there will be many more to come. Drew got his first big owie today. My friend Kelly's daughter, Ellie Grace, had her first birthday party today. We had such a great time and there will be pictures to come from that event soon.

Anyway, we got home and it was so nice outside that I let the boys play for a little bit. Drew wanted to ride Zach's razor scooter...you can see where this is going, right? Well, he got frustrated because he couldn't really hold onto it very well. Here's the frustrated Drew pictures...

So something happened right after I took these pictures and somehow he fell over...onto his face! I saw him hit the ground and his hands were the last thing to hit. His face took a beating. Here's the aftermath...

Not sure if you can tell but the cut is pretty close to his eye and there's a good chunk that was missing. I was praying we wouldn't need stitches because could you imagine that? A 1 1/2 yr. old getting stitches on his face?!?! Ugh! Anyone who has gone through that, I feel for you. Carl was awesome with him. He took him, cleaned the cut with a little peroxide and he was as good as new...well, except for the big huge red mark running down his face. It seems to be alright now and he's sleeping peacefully. Kids are so resilient...thank goodness!

Our friend, Mr. Lizard

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Originally uploaded by {Hope J Photography}

So, this should really go on my photography blog, but I thought I'd post it here since this lizard has been living on our front porch for a couple years now. He hides away in the winter and then comes out to play in the summer. Zach gets so excited when he sees him and now Drew is catching on. He's my favorite kind of reptile pet...the kind that lives OUTSIDE! He and I get along just fine that way. Now if he decides to venture IN, well, we may have problems, Mr. Lizard and I.

just another day at the Jeffcoat house

having a very good day! hooray!

Zach's a natural big brother. Drew's taking notes...
Precious...

"We love our baby brother!"
My smiley boy
Future Engineer...or aquarium cleaner...we haven't figured it out yet...
Caught them playing on the stairs...

It's official...he thinks I'm weird.

I'm so in love with these precious little creatures. Just had to share a few pictures from the last couple days. I finally got some good pictures of all 3 of them. Yay!