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Ty {aka cookie monster} LOVES his Oreo's.....

(Ty @ 19 months}

5 years old? Are you sure?

We were going to do a small little bowling party with the family for Zach's 5th birthday, but the morning of his birthday, he was leaning over the toilet bowl. Nice way to start out the 5th year of his life :( But as kids do, he bounced back FAST and by that evening he was opening presents from Mommy and Daddy and brothers. The next night we had the family come over for dinner, cake and presents. Here is Zach blowing out his candles. He had such a good time. I love that he thinks just having a birthday cake is the best thing EVER!!!!

He LOVED all his gifts from everyone. He's been playing non stop with them all, but this one is the most special because it's something only he and daddy get to play with together. {really daddy bought it so HE could play with it, but we won't tell Zach that!}
His new Air Hogs Remote Control Hellicoptor!

{Sweet Drew}

We had a bit of a scare last night that seriously took 10 years off my life. It was like 12:15am and I was headed to bed. I went downstairs to turn off lights and locked the door that leads to the garage and went back upstairs. I don't usually check on the boys because their doors squeak, but for some reason, I did. I checked on Ty and he was sleeping soundly. I went into Zach and Drew's room and Drew wasn't in the bottom bunk. I thought, ok, he crawled up to Zach's bunk (I even thought how cute, I'll have to get the camera) but he wasn't there. I checked the closet, under the bed....went in the playroom, no Drew. Then I went and got Carl and told him Drew wasn't in his bed. He was like sure he is. When he saw that he wasn't, he ran from room to room upstairs while I flew downstairs...no Drew. All I could think about was the unlocked door and that little girl Madeline that was taken out of the hotel room on vacation...

I ran back upstairs and when I saw the look on Carl's face, it freaked me out. I seriously couldn't breathe. We started flipping on every light and looking in the washer and dryer, etc. Horrible. Zach was awake now and so was Ty because we were literally yelling Drew's name. I ran downstairs again to look for him and I heard Carl yell "I got him". I almost collapsed. I felt like I was gonna throw up. I ran upstairs and saw Carl had Drew so I went and got Ty who was screaming by this time. Then Carl and I switched. He put Ty back to bed while I just held onto Drew. Apparently he had crawled under his bed to find Zach's blue matchbox car and had climbed all the way in the corner and fell asleep. FREAKED ME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sat up in bed awhile and prayed. I didn't know how else to calm down. I thanked God that Drew was alright and I prayed that I wouldn't have nightmares!!!!

Everyone is safe and sound....but seriously a traumatizing 15 minutes!!!!

Ty Ty @ the end of 9 months!

I just had to share this picture. I had just gotten my brand spanking new Canon 50D dslr with my new 50 prime lens. I was so excited about this and wanted to try it out right away. Here's one of the images I caught. I have since ordered this in an 8x10 for our family room. He's so stinking cute! And guess what he started doing RIGHT AFTER THIS? Pulling up to a standing position and then holding on with one hand and cruising around on the furniture. Walking is just around the corner, I think!

Bye Bye Passie

So, we have exciting news from the Jeffcoat front. If you received our Christmas card this past year, you'll see Drew and his passie. It was hard enough to get all 3 to look in the same direction, but when I tried to get that thing out of Drew's mouth, it was a definite "no go", so I left it in and decided to document what my boys REALLY look like--passie and all. Here it is:

So we decided a couple weeks ago to just not give the passie to him at bed time and you know what? He didn't seem to care. I prepared myself for nap time the next day, but he never even mentioned it. I didn't want to jinx it, but by day 3, Carl and I were pretty darned proud of ourselves--and Drew! Well, then last week, I called the boys in from playing outside and what do I see but Drew walking in with a passie stuck in his mouth (Carl and I thought we had found them all). I gasped and he looked startled and yanked it out of his mouth and put it behind his back--precious, yes. But I knew we had to take it one step further. So I talked to him about being a big two year old now and big boys don't have passie's. Only babies have passies. I told him we needed to throw away his passie. He said "ok"! Here's a couple pictures.

I can't tell this story without talking about Zach, though. I have to say, that he was awesome during this whole thing. After Drew threw away his passie and turned around, Zach was RIGHT THERE clapping and yelling "Drew Drew's a big boy now!!!" Then Drew says "I a big boy now!" with all the enthusiasm that Zach had. It was the sweetest thing ever! I do love my boys!

Easter Egg Hunt!

Zach and Drew had so much fun at our church's Easter Egg Hunt. They were even lucky little hunters! Zach found the $20.00 egg, the $5.00 egg and one of the $1.00 eggs. Drew found the $10.00 egg. Now they can't wait for the ice cream man to come down our street. {Mommy and Daddy are thinking, that's a WHOLE LOT of ice cream!!!}

Ty was watching intently--learning the ropes of the Egg Hunt. He can't wait for next year when he can do it, too!

Easter Morning!

Four--Two--Nine Months

So here they are. Ty's 9 month pic, Drew's 2 year pic and Zach's 4 year pic. Zach rocks that spiky hair, if I do say so myself. :) And Drew, well, is there much more to say than that face? And Ty is very proud of those chompers--he'll be eating steak in NO time!!! I'm so proud of my boys!!!

SCORE!

A follow up from the previous post. I just found some pictures from when Drew was 6 months old. Far from professional, but taken with a professional camera. Ok, I'm feeling MUCH better now :) Here are a few...

Ty's 6 month pictures

Ok. So I'm a horrible photographer mommy. I take other people's kids pictures, but do you think I remember to do my own children? NOOOOO.... I need to actually schedule an appt. for them I think. Funny, I need to schedule an appt. for my kiddos in their own home to have their pictures taken.
Anyway, I've been heartsick that I never got Ty's 6 month pictures (and for that matter, I don't think I ever got Drew's either--but one at a time) Well, as I looked back through some pictures I took in January, there was a great pic of Ty. Here it is and now I can say, "Look, honey, here you are at 6 months old..." Hooray!

Winter Wonderland--Southern Style

So, we had a little snowfall yesterday morning. The weather reports were calling for snow, but we all doubted it. Zach didn't want to go to bed the night before, so I told him that if he went to bed, when he woke up there would be snow outside. He went right to bed and I started praying for snow. :) Carl said "what if it doesn't snow?" I said "I'll deal with that in the morning". Thank goodness when we opened our eyes, we were met with the most beautiful snowfall.

Zach woke up and was so excited! When Drew woke up Zach was squeeling and telling Drew about the snow. They were both just standing there staring out the window. It was precious! So we got dressed and went outside. Here are some pictures.

Zach making snowballs to throw at daddy

Carl throwing snowballs at innocent helpless children.

Catching snowflakes on his tongue

Our little garden knome. We call him Drew.

Happy Birthday Kiersten!

So my sister's oldest, Kiersten, turned 15 this past Weds. I still can't believe it! 3 more years and she'll be getting ready for college! Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself...

Kiersten is also our number 1 babysitter for the boys! She has grown up to be such a responsible, smart, beautiful young lady.

I did a photoshoot for Amy of the kids a couple months ago and Kiersten really liked how her picture turned out, so I thought I'd post it.

Happy Birthday Kierst!

Can it be happening?

Can Zach really be turning 4? It's funny because he's so tall for his age, that sometimes I forget that he's only 3 1/2. I tend to expect more from him, probably because he's the oldest. I know this is all part of the birth order, but I'm really trying to not do that to him. I don't want him to feel like he has too much responsibility and can't have fun, but I also don't want him to be irresponsible and create bad habits. I suppose this is all the balance of parenting...I just can't believe I've been doing this for almost FOUR years!!!! It's incredible to me!

Here's his 4th Birthday Party Invitations...

Another Zach-ism {brought to you by mommy}

So the other day, I was watching Dr. Phil and he had a bunch of singers on and he was talking about how many Grammy's this person had won.
Zach comes flying out of the kitchen and yells, "Mommy! I have a Grammie!" It took me a sec, and then I busted up laughing.
I love that boy!

{Grammie}

{Grammy}

Trick or Treat!

{turtle turtle turtle}
{Handy Manny}

{not such a happy pumpkin}

{Zach and Drew before the candy madness}

Oh the fun we had. We ate hot dogs {Drew's first hot dog in a bun--very exciting}, then we headed out to trick or treat around or neighborhood, which we've never done--always at someone else's house. Then we headed to Amy & Steve's house and went trick or treating around their neighborhood, which is also my mom and dad's neighborhood, so we ended our evening over there for hot chocolate and s'mores. It was a really nice night. Zach can almost keep up with his cousin Kyle and Drew loved his candy {which was all over his face by the end of night}. Ty just loved being snuggled in his daddy's arms and blanket all night {although I'm sure Carl's back was killing him by the end of the night}. Good Times!

Oh The Places I'll Go...

So I just got back from my cross country adventure! I traveled to Southern California for my friend, Michelle's, wedding. Other than missing my boys terribly, it was such a great trip.
First, I got to stay with my best friend, Bri. I got to finally meet her baby girl, Megan, who was born 2 weeks before Ty. That was helpful because I got my baby fix. :) Thanks Megan for letting me love on you.

Second, I got to see some {I was going to say old, but seeing as how we're all around 30ish, I won't say that} dear friends. Bri, Megan and I had dinner with Jess Ochoa, Jason Flanagen, his fiance Corina and their son Jonah. When I was out there the end of February, Jonah was just a few weeks old and now he's 8 months. He's sp precious. It was good to catch up and the mexican food was awesome {not to mention the margarittas}

We also had lunch with some friends whom I've known forever it seems like. Andrea and 2 of her 4 kids, Kasey (4) & Kobi (2). She sells Cookie Lee jewlery and even rememebered my birthday and brought me some jewlery. Now that's a friend! Thanks girl! I love it. {Our parents have known each other since before we were born, so we've been friends for 30 years--good grief that's a long time} Shannon and her daughter Sophia were able to join us which was great since we seem to always miss each other when I'm out there! Sophia is a precious 1 1/2 year old. So much energy and wanting to learn all about her surroundings. I wish we lives closer so Drew and Sophia could play together. He'd give her a run for her money. {Shannon and I have been friends since the 6th grade...let's see that's....19 years?!?!} And what would a lunch be without my friend Ashley and her daughter Hannah? I love this girl. And her daughter Hannah is her mini me--for real. It was so good to catch up with her. She's one of those people who you could not see for years and then when you do see them again, you pick up right where you left off. I love that. She's also coming to NC next month, so we're planning to meet half way. {Ash and I met freshman year of high school and once talked about traveling cross country on Harley's....remember that, Ash? I also smoked my first cigarette at her house after school. Thank goodness that trend didn't stick...Memories...haha!}

Unfortunatly my friend Alicia couldn't join us because of her sweet teething baby boy, Jack. So we just went to her house after lunch to say hello. It was great to catch up with her and see her new home. It's beautiful, girl. I now you're going to have some great memories there. {Alicia and I met sometime in high school during choir class. She's one of those people that I don't remember ever NOT knowing. She's just always been there....}

Here're some pictures from my time with my friends...

September 11th

I'm a little bhind in posting these, but better late than never, right? Well, as some of you know, I'm Vice President of a mom's group, MAC {Mother's Association of Chapin}. For the past few years we've been doing a little outreach activity on 9-11, but this is the first time I've been able to participate. The moms and kids all went to the local fire station and we all brought baked goods to show our appreciation. We also brought a card we made witht he kids handprints that said "Thanks for making the world a safer place". We wanted them to know how much we appreciate what they do for us. We also invited the local police to stop by.
The kids had such a good time getting to climb all over the firetruck, and seeing the firemen dress in their firesuits.
Here're some pictures from our time there.

First Day of School

Last Wednesday was Zach & Drew's first day of school. Zach is now in the 3 year old class {he goes 3 days a week for 3 hrs.} and Drew just started Mother's Morning Out {he goes 2 days a week for 3 hrs.}.

They both did fabulous. Drew has always been the one who just gets right out there while Zach tends to stay back for a little bit and check things out. Well, this day, Zach walked right in, went straight to the toys, checked out his new cubby, gave us all hugs bye and that was that.

Drew was the one who when he walked into his new room, came back and hugged my leg for a minute or two before wandering over to the toys. Granted, this was his first true first day of school ever, so he's allowed. :)

They both LOVE it and I think it'll be so good for both of them. Zach loves the idea that his little brother goes to his school and they even play together on the playground.

Thank you Nana for the matching shirts...even Ty matches. Precious!

I've given up getting a good picture of all three of them together. It's just not going to happen, I don't think.

Look. They even wear their backpacks the same way--off the shoulder!

Ms. Sarah showing Zach his new cubby

Hugging brother goodbye

Drew striking up a conversation with the girls. I think he said "come here often?" Smooth!

Drew says "you can go now Mom. I like this place"

Ty hanging out with mommy and her friends at the coffee shop waiting for brothers to get out of school.