Britt Family

6 months

2012-01-28T19:30:00.001-06:00

Baby girl is now 6 months old! She is the sweetest thing ever! At her 6 month check up she weighed 15 lbs and was 26" in height. She now scoots, rolls, sits up on her own, pulls up and is starting to crawl. She has the biggest smile with the cutest dimples!! Sleeping is still a challenge since she usually wakes 2 or 3 times a night, but she makes up for it with her good natured personality and great napping schedule during the day. The boys have given her many nicknames, but the one that has seemed to stick is LuLu. One of Carter's favorite phrases to say to her is " That's my pretty girl, LuLu!" Her brothers adore her and entertain her constantly.

Lazy days and kiddos

2012-01-23T08:28:00.001-06:00

I love taking pics of the kids, but have yet to get a really good one of all three together. I tend to get one kid smiling with Lucy or the boys smiling with Lucy eating her hands or something. Oh well at least I can crop and get a cute one of each boy with Lucy! Lucy is so much fun lately she can scoot and roll around and has these fabulous laughs and smiles that just make my day brighter! She now has good balance and can sit up by herself, which is her favorite position to be in so she can watch the boys running around.

As for what we have been up too, honestly not much of anything. We have been taking it pretty easy around here, just trying to enjoy our last few weeks before the madness of selling the house/moving hits. Most days after dropping cooper off at school we just lay around the house watching movies and enjoying the downtime. My laziness won't be able to continue much longer though, because baseball and gymnastics for the kids and prepping the house for selling/moving all begin in a few weeks. Wish me luck!!

Laughing at Carter!

I Make Milk, What's Your Superpower?

2012-01-15T22:55:00.001-06:00

Love this sign!!

It definitely describes how I feel lately with Miss Lucy attached 24/7. She is my little leach that refuses a bottle and only wants the real deal. I wouldn't have it any other way!!!! :)

I'm back!!!

2012-01-07T12:46:00.001-06:00

For Christmas and our Anniversary Blaine got me an iPad so now I can return to the world of blogging. Yea!! After a fabulous Christmas, our lovely 10 year anniversary and a wonderful New Years things have finally settled down and real life has returned. Christmas decorations are down and we are spending a lazy Saturday at home. We spent 2 weeks traveling back and forth from Blaine's parents house and my parents house during the Holidays so it's super nice to be back home. Since I have way too many pics from the Holidays I am going to start fresh and begin with the New Year. The New Year brings our family one step closer to Blaine finishing Residency and us moving to a more permenant and stable lifestyle. Only 5 more months!! Woo-hoo!!
To start the New Year off Lucy decided to master several new tricks which brings her one step closer to crawling. I am so not ready for her to crawl, but she is showing she wants to keep up with her brothers and doesn't want to be left behind. She has also mastered the skill of shreaking and squealing when she wants to get our attention and has perfected the art of keeping mom up all hours of the night. As for Cooper and Carter they keep growing little by little, changing into big boys faster then I would like. Carter's latest accomplishment is learning to ride his bike without training wheels. He was bound and determined to do it after seeing his cousins ride their bikes without training wheels.
I am so excited for this New Year and the blessings, changes, trials and whatever else it may bring. Welcome 2012!! It's going to be a good year!

Big girl sitting up all by herself

Lucy tripod sitting and attempting to crawl

Fun photoshoot for the new year.

Merry Christmas!!

2011-12-20T17:25:00.001-06:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011!!

Cooper- 7 years old

Carter- 4 years old

Lucy- 4 months old

Funny story about the Christmas pictures. I really wanted to get Christmas pictures of the kids at the beach this year since this is our last Christmas in Mobile, but I waited to the last minute and ended up going to the beach on one of the two cold days we have had in Mobile. Everyone was FREEZING!!!!! But my boys are such good sports with pictures that they would seriously be shivering and teeth chattering and I would say smile and they would flash a smile let me take the picture and then in the next breath be whining and shivering again. Needless to say it was a super short photo shoot. :) Love my kiddos!!!

FYI: I may not be updating the blog again for awhile. My computer that I do all my picture editing, blogging and embroidery on crashed so I am out a computer for awhile. I downloaded a few pics to Blaines mini laptop for Christmas pics, but it takes forever and I am limited to what I can do.

4 months

2011-11-26T22:08:00.000-06:00

I love this age with Lucy. She has started sleeping 7-8 hour stretchs with only one feeding at night. She also coos and smiles whenever she sees my face (seriously love this)! She is starting to scoot forward by pushing her legs and starting to reach for things with her hands, but dosen't have full control yet. She definitely loves me to hold her and snuggle her but seriously dislikes being left in the carseat. Her fingers have become her best friend and chews/slobers on them all the time. She is our sweet love bug and is adored by her family!

cooing

2011-11-23T11:18:00.000-06:00

These are some action shots of Lucy having an entertaining conversation with her stuffed giraffe at bedtime!! Lucy was cooing like crazy and having a good time telling him all her secrets!! :)

Itty Bitty Fingers & Teeny Tiny Toes

2011-11-19T12:16:00.000-06:00

Since birth Lucy has tried to get her hands in her mouth to suck on them. But within the past few days she has been consistently getting her two middle fingers in her mouth and sucking on them. As a baby I sucked my fingers in the exact same way. I have been giving her the pacifer to discourage finger sucking but she definitely loves her hands and fingers more then the pacifer.

How cute are these toes?!

I have been wanting to paint them since she was born, but they were just too tiny.

Finally they are big enough to paint! When I put her in the bumbo she will stare at her toes fascinated by their pretty color.

Happy Fall Y'all

2011-11-16T21:32:00.002-06:00

I love the fall leaves and all the beautiful colors they make! But since we don't really have many trees around us, I tried to make do with a few handful of beautiful leaves that blew into our yard from our neighbors bush. Carter had a blast collecting the leaves and then throwing them around Lucy on the carpet. Lucy was wide eyed as she watched the leaves flutter down.

Carter showing off his favorite leaf!

This is also one of my favorite times of the year in Mobile because the cotton fields are in full bloom. They look so crisp and white! "Southern Snow" they call it around here!

Homeschool Preschool

2011-10-24T10:45:00.000-05:00

I always laugh when people ask Carter where he goes to preschool and he says "I don't go to preschool I go to homeschool"! :) When Cooper was little I decided not to put him in preschool and to do preschool at home instead. So we would take 30 minutes out of our day each day to do preschool. I did it with Cooper until he went to Kindergarten. I have now been doing it with Carter since he was 3. Carter has really enjoyed "preschool" and it is fun to come up with new things to teach him. It is my one on one time with him and he really enjoys having moms full attention all to himself!

Carter LOVES this dry erase board. I highly recommend it for preschool age children. I think it is from Wal-Mart. It has other pages for learning numbers, letters, shapes, and simple addition. The only thing is the Dry-Erase markers stain clothes or furniture so we have switched to the washable Dry-Erase crayons from Crayola. Love them! They are a bit harder to wipe off, but don't stain and don't dry out like the markers.

My Boys!

2011-10-12T15:45:00.002-05:00

I feel I have neglected Cooper and Carter since Lucy has been born with very few posts about what they have been up to.
I will start with Cooper. He has been playing soccer for the past month and has gotten better with each game. I love watching him play! He is a good team player and loves to just play and have fun!

Cooper is still my kind/loving kid and loves to make new friends even though he can't hardly ever remember anybodies name! LOL! He is doing really well in 2nd grade beside those hard spelling words that drive him crazy (like I said he has a hard time memorizing things)! :) He recently learned to tie his own shoes(YEA!) and loves drawing/creating things to hang on his wall! We recently cut his hair short again and he looks so grown up now. Love my Coop!

Some of his creations.

Oh my,where to begin with Carter? He is too smart for his own good! :) The stuff that comes out of that kids mouth keeps Blaine and I laughing constantly! He can't sit still to save his life which results in way to many injuries. I finally enrolled him in gymnastics to help control his overwhelming urge to jump/flip on everything and he is doing REALLY well. He had a meltdown the second week of gymnastics, but now seems to love it and gets really excited when its gymnastics day. He is still my high strung,stubborn, loud, and overly sensitive Carter but he is learning to control his emotions little by little!

Latest injury. He somehow fell while peeing and busted his chin on the toilet. Blaine stitched him up at home and he thought it was the coolest thing that his dad could fix him!

Hanging out at gymnastics.

Untitled from Amber Britt on Vimeo.

Cartwheels

Love my silly Carter!

Halloween decorations

2011-10-09T18:35:00.001-05:00

I love Halloween and so do the kids! We have a blast decorating the house and making fun Halloween treats. I finally finished my mantle decorations thanks to a friend who helped me make the spooky blocks. I found the idea for the Halloween banner off another blog and then created my own version of it.

Love the spooky blocks! Thanks Stacey!

I made tombstone rice krispies for our Bunco group. I though they turned out super cute. I made a whole bunch of them but forgot to take pics so I only got a pic of one that was leftover.

And I had to include a pic of Lucy wearing her skeleton pj's that Carter picked out for her. Carter has a pair of skeleton pj's also that he LOVES and wears non-stop. I will have to get a pic of them wearing them together.

2 months

2011-09-25T16:25:00.001-05:00

My sweet baby Lucy is now 2 months old! At 2 months she weighs 12lbs, has pretty good head control, is spacing her feeding to every 4 hours at night and has started smiling when awake. She is a bit spoiled and LOVES to snuggle on my chest! Love you baby girl!!!

Thirty!?!?

2011-09-25T16:17:00.000-05:00

Turning thirty was a hard brithday for me. Blah.... I moped around for days feeling like an old woman. LOL :) But then I realized I can't reverse time and so I should just make the most of aging! I have learned a lot as I have grown older and realize I will only gain more wisdom as life continues on. In the last 10 years I have gained confidence that I never knew I had, learned that even though the road is tough I am tougher, became a mom and realized how important my job as a mom is, seen my testimony and love for the Savior grow, and so much more! So here's to turning THIRTY! 30! WOW! Let's hope the next 10 years are just as great!!!

Nostalgia

2011-09-16T20:14:00.002-05:00

I really hope my dad is checking my blog,because this post is for him. Let me tell a little back story so you will understand the pic. My dad owns a grocery store and as I was growing up everytime my siblings would visit with a new baby they had this tradition of going to my dad's grocery store and weighing the baby on the old timey produce scale. I always loved seeing how much the babies weighed and would think I can't wait to have a baby so I can do this also. But, before I had kids they changed over to electronic scales at dad's grocery store and the baby weighing tradition ceased. So, when I was at a local fabric store with some friends a few days ago and saw an old scale just like dad used to have at his store, I HAD to take a pic of Lucy on the scale! I only had my cell phone, so the pic is not the best, but it certaintly brings back memories. According to the scale, Lucy now weighs a whopping 12 pounds! :)

End of August

2011-09-02T13:45:00.001-05:00

The month of August has flown by with many firsts for Lucy. She had her first Sunday at church where I tried(with little success) to ward off all the many hands trying to love on her. Oh well! She has to get exposed to the germy world at some point. She also had her first trip to the beach with her brothers! She slept the whole time, but nonetheless she was at the beach. :) And to top it all off she turned 1 month old! She weighed 9lb 9oz at her 1 month check up. I had to pack up the newborn clothes and switch her to a size 1 diaper. She is growing so fast!

Carter has rule of the house now with Cooper in school and he is loving having Lucy and me all to himself. He loves on Lucy, talks to her and tries to play with her. He is being an awesome big brother!!

Lucy's first Sunday at church.

Carter trying to shuss Lucy while I was changing her diaper.

1 month old. SO CUTE! I love her smiles!!!

Relaxing in her swing.

First time at the beach!

All dressed up!

Cool bug Carter found!

Awesome big brother!

Carter rubbing Lucy's head and talking to her. He loves Lucy very much!

3 week photo shoot

2011-08-20T16:45:00.000-05:00

Photos that I took of sweet Lucy at 3 weeks old! I wish she would stay this small forever!

Love her pouty lips!

Smiles :)

2011-08-20T16:18:00.000-05:00

Lucy has been a wonderful baby! She is so content and seems to be extremely mellow. I have never had a baby smile so early on as much as she does. Here are some of her smiley pictures I have caught with the camera. Don't you just LOVE the dimples?!

Growing Up

2011-08-20T15:58:00.000-05:00

Lucy has officially been home for three and a half weeks now! WOW, who knew three weeks could fly by so fast? I really enjoyed Blaine's mom and my mom staying with us and was super sad to see them go. During the last three weeks I have been trying to enjoy each moment with Lucy and have taken about a thousand pictures. I LOVE holding her on my chest, rubbing her head and listening to her little grunts. She will only be this little once and it is flying by way too fast.

Blaine went back to work last week and real life has set in. I took all 3 kids out for the first time to Cooper's school registration. Lucy did great and stayed very snugly in my baby sling. Seriously love it! We've gone out a few more times since shopping for school shoes, school supplies, groceries and to visit Blaine's family. School started on Monday for Cooper and we are trying to adjust to our early morning rountine. BLAH!! :( I am not an early morning person especially with a nursing baby all night.

Cooper and Carter both had birthdays within the past few weeks and seemed to grow overnight into big kids! :( Cooper turned 7 and Carter turned 4. Birthdays are always hard for me because I hate to see my babies grow up. The night before Carter's 4th birthday Blaine told him "you know Carter this will be the last night I will put you to bed as a 3 year old"! Seriously, Blaine do we need to make it any harder?! Let's just say their were lots of tears and hugs that night! Now whenever Carter sees me tearing up he says "It's ok mom, no matter how big I get I will always give you hugs and kisses". I really hope he remembers that!!!

Well, enough of the silly emotional stuff. Life is really good, and our family is truly blessed! I couldn't ask for a better life! And as you probally already guessed I have about a million pictures to go with the post! ;)

Cooper's monster truck cake that Blaine made for Cooper's 7th birthday! Way to go Blaine!!!

Cooper was WAY excited to get a Nintendo DS for his birthday!

He loves video games just like dad.

My mom and Lucy.

Seriously, mom come back and stay! It was so nice to have her here with us.

The boys loving on their new sister.

Carter got to upgrade to a booster! He was so excited to be "BIG" like Cooper! We now have Lucy's carseat in the middle with the boys boosters on the sides in the backseat. It's a tight squeeze, but it works for now! :)

We visited my family in Hattiesburg and the "BOYS" had a blast hanging out!

Carter,Benjamin and Adam (cousins)

Carter's rocket birthday cake!

I had a lot of fun making this one!

Blowing out the candles!

Big 4 year old!!!

Sweet Lucy.

I was going to do a fun photoshoot for Lucy's two week birthday, but just seconds after taking this pic she puked milk everywhere! LOL :)

2 weeks old

Carter begged me to put Lucy in his baby doll stroller! :)

Lucy making cookies with the boys. ;)

Big Brothers!!

We visited Blaine's family last weekend and got to love on sweet Ellenie.

Ellenie 3 months, Lucy 2 weeks

The boys with their cousin Emily at Grandma and Papa's house.

First day of Second Grade! Crazy,chaotic morning!!

I had to get all three kids and myself dressed and out the door before 8:00a.m. just so I could walk him to his classroom and make sure he was settled in before I left him to begin the new school year. :'( Tears were from me not Cooper.

Friday of his first week of school.

They get to wear spirit shirts on Fridays and he was excited to wear his tie-dye shirt!

Lucy's first real bath after her belly button fell off.

She loved it and kept trying to eat the droplets of water on her face.

Playing dress-up for a photoshoot.

Sweet sleepy baby

3 weeks old

WELCOME Baby Lucy!

2011-07-31T22:14:00.000-05:00

Baby Lucy is here and adjusting very well to the chaotic Britt household. The boys love her and are being SUPER big brothers. I am having a blast dressing her up (bring on the bows) and just plain enjoying having a precious new baby to love on. She has been the most mellow baby and it is easy for me to forget she is there at moments because she is so quite. She is nursing super well (came here ready to latch on) and really only cries if hungry or getting her diaper changed. Maybe she really is going to be my calm third child. :) She has darker hair then the boys did so maybe I will finally get a brown headed child to match my own hair color. She has slight dimples and has been showing them off with her random smiles. She truely is a joy in our home and we are thanking Heavenly Father every day for bringing her into our family!

Now for the pics! :)

Just seconds after being born!

Happy Birthday Lucy!

She weighed 7lb 4oz

A sweet moment with mom!

They let us keep her for quite awhile before they took her away to clean and check her.

First Prints!

First Pic after she came back from getting a bath.

Grandma and Big Brothers!

Carter was so sweet to Lucy! He tried singing her songs and kept looking at her tiny nose and ears.

Sweet moment with dad! She already is a daddy's girl!

Sucking her fingers while getting her dolled up for visitors. She had her hand in her mouth in every ultrasound pic and when she was born she had a blister on her hand from sucking it in the womb. She now gets her fingers/thumb in her mouth quite often.

Ready to go home!

All dressed up to go home!

Finally home! Snuggling in her boppy.

Playing dress up with mom! :)

Sucking her thumb!

Random Smiles!

Grinning while the boys rubbed her head! She seems to LOVE having her head rubbed!

Sleeping with dad.

Big Brother Carter!

Hanging out in her bouncy seat!

We love you Baby Lucy and are so glad you came to our family!!!

Waiting Game

2011-07-21T08:50:00.005-05:00

I am NOT a patient person! Waiting on something drives me crazy!!! Well, it's down to the last week and a half of pregnancy and I am impatiently waiting on Baby Lucy to make her appearance. I have all baby items ready and set to go, bags packed, clothes washed and put away, house clean, yard cut, floors mopped, carpets vacuumed, big brother shirts made, freezer stocked, I could go on for days. I think I keep inventing tasks to do to keep myself busy every day when I wake up. LOL :) The funny thing about babies is that they make you have patience whether you want it or not. It is always on their schedule not yours. So wait we shall and hope that Baby Lucy makes her appearance soon! :)

Lucy's corner as we have deemed it. :) Since Blaine still needs to have an office and we don't have any other rooms I took one small section of Blaine's office for Lucys clothes, diapers and changing area. Then in our bedroom we put a small bassinett by our bed with her blankets and such. We are making it work till Blaine is finished with Residency next year.

Wonderful Friends

2011-07-21T08:40:00.001-05:00

My Wonderful friend Jen gave me a shower for Lucy last week and spoiled me rotten! I totally didn't expect a shower since it is my third child, but it was SUPER nice of her to take time out of her busy life to throw a celebration for the birth of Lucy! Jen decorated her home so cute in my favorite colors and all my friends pitched in to make food that was YUMMO! I recieved so many fabulous gifts from friends and had such a fun time chatting and laughing with everyone. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to Jen and everyone who helped! It was a wonderful night!

A friend from church who is due a day behind me.

It has been fun comparing our pregnancies and watching our bellies grow!

Sweet Summertime

2011-07-12T16:24:00.001-05:00

Our summer is flying by way too fast and with Baby Lucy due soon I feel I must cram every bit of fun into the last few weeks of summer we have left baby free. The boys have spent endless hours swimming with friends, cousins, and in our kiddie pool till they are about to turn into little brown fish! lol :) We visited Aunt Autumn, Aunt Nor-Nor, and Aunt Shari in Hattiesburg for a few days and then we spent the Fourth of July at my parents house visiting with cousins, and friends we don't get to see often. We also have taken a few beach trips inbetween the traveling. Oh how I LOVE sweet summertime!!! I still have a few more summer plans before the baby arrives, so BRING ON THE FUN!!!

Hanging out in our kiddie pool

Enjoying pool time with friends. THANKS Jenn for letting us swim with y'all!

Cooper and Carter love hanging with your boys!

Swimming at Aunt Nor-Nor's pool.

Hanging out at Aunt Autumn's house.

Happy Fourth of July!

We spent the morning at the Blalock reunion eating way too much and visiting with old friends.

Some of the grandkids with Papa!

The afternoon of the Fourth we hung out at Gigi and Papa's pool grilling hamburgers and swimming with family and friends.

Later that evening we finished off the day with sparklers and fireworks!

Carter LOVED the fireworks and couldn't get enough of them.

Don't you just LOVE their faces watching the fireworks explode?

Carter was so sad when all the fireworks were finished, the only thing that finally got him to stop crying was Uncle Neal giving him an empty firework canister. He carried it around like he had won the best trophy ever!

While at Papa's and Gigi's the boys enjoyed gathering Papa's chicken eggs and visiting Papa at work.

Papa let them pick out any treat they wanted in the whole grocery store!

Now do you understand why they LOVE going to Papa's and Gigi's house?!!!

Blueberry picking for the hundredth time. Seriously, I am blue berried out! :)

Enjoying Dauphin Island!

It is so nice being close enough to the beach to take a day trip on the spur of the moment.

My boys are total beach bums! LOVE IT!

Hope you are enjoying your summer as much as we are!!!!!!!

5 week count down

2011-06-27T07:46:00.000-05:00

Only 5 more weeks to go! I am starting to get nervous and excited all at the same time. Nesting has finally kicked in and I have spent the last two days sewing and monogramming, organizing baby clothes, ordering the bassinet, and cleaning like crazy. I still feel really good and love feeling my little gymnast kicking around in there.

35 weeks.

June Randoms

2011-06-26T18:13:00.000-05:00

Visiting Papa and Gigi's house with cousins.

Cannon ball into the pool at Gigi's house or as Cooper says it Canyon ball. :)

Carter man at the pool!

It was hot, hot, hot so we spent most of our days at Gigi and Papa's lounging around the pool.

Happy Papa's Day!!

Since Blaine was working Father's Day we gave him an early Father's Day celebration and then celebrated actual Father's Day with Papa. So the boys called their second Father's Day celebration with papa "Papa's Day"!!

Happy Father's Day Blaine!! We love you!

Best DADDY ever as Carter puts it! :)

Cooper enjoying snow cones with a friend from down the street.

Handsome boys before church!

It amazes me how much they grow each time I look at their pictures.

Conquering his fear

2011-06-26T16:21:00.001-05:00

For the past few years Cooper has been scared to death of swimming. Don't get me wrong he loved going to the pool, but he would never really go under water, jump in the pool from the side or go near the deep end without freaking out. So after much consideration, I decided to fork out the money and put him in private swim lessons and hope for the best. Well they turned out to be worth every cent. I saw a HUGE difference in his fear level for the water and he did indeed learn to swim. He now enjoys the pool like a little fish! I am very PROUD of you Cooper!!

Untitled from Amber Britt on Vimeo.

I also put Carter in swim lessons not thinking he would really learn to swim, but not to be outdone by his brother he learned to swim also. He now swims pretty well on his own, but still needs mom to watch after him when swimming.

Untitled from Amber Britt on Vimeo.
Much THANKS to Alex Howard for doing such a great job with the boys. Here is her link if any Mobile locals are interested in swim lessons for their kids.
http://alexhowardswimlessons.synthasite.com/

Make Your Own Foaming Soap

2011-06-11T08:08:00.002-05:00

Ever wonder what to do with those foaming soap bottles after the foaming soap has run out?

I have had several people ask me about how to make your own foaming liquid soap to put back in the pump bottles, so I decided to post it on here. Plus, it will save you a buck or two refilling it on your own! :) You can do this with any regular liquid hand soap or dish soap (not concentrated). For hand soap I use softsoap in the big refill container. One of those will last me a year(or longer) refilling it this way(for two bathrooms). For dish soap I use any I get on sale or cheap. I can't tell you enough how much I LOVE foaming soap, because the kids use WAY less, don't make a mess with it and they scrub their hands way better with it. Thanks to my sis-in-law who told me about this a couple of years ago!!! :)

First you have to have the special foaming soap pump top bottles and regular liquid soap. I bought these bottles a year or so ago on sale and when they ran out I have been refilling them ever since.

Next fill a measuring cup with 1/3 cup liquid soap.

Then add 2/3 cup water.

Stir well!

Lastly pour into your foam pump bottles, give it a few pump to get it started and you are done! Now enjoy your cheap foam soap!!! :)

Beach Day!

2011-06-08T12:20:00.001-05:00

My brother and sister-in-law vacation in Orange Beach every year and since it is only about 1 hour and 45 minutes away we always go down and spend the day with them at their condo. I didn't take many pics since my camera battery was dying, but as we were leaving to go home in the evening I decided to stop real quick and take some pics of the boys. Luckly my camera battery held out just long enough to get a few shots.

And yes, Boomer(Carter's stuffed dog) came to the beach for pictures! :) Carter was upset that Boomer had been left in the car all day and wanted him to be able to see the beach also!

"Please don't let me STINK!"

2011-06-03T08:48:00.000-05:00

The boys are taking swim lessons this week and are doing really good. But Carter has kept the swim instructor in hysterics from all of the funny things he tells her. One of my favorite phrases he tells her quite often when he is a bit afraid to try swimming is "please don't let me STINK". He means to say sink, but it always comes out as stink. LOL! It is most funny and she will keep asking him what did you say just to get him to repeat it!! Finally after repeating himself one too many times he told her "I know I am saying stink wrong but I can't help it!!!! Gotta love the kid. :)

Getting Bigger!

2011-06-01T13:55:00.000-05:00

Here is my latest picture at 31 weeks. I had to take it myself so not the greatest but you get the idea. Lucy is growing bigger everyday! I feel huge now, but know I will only get bigger!

Bring on the FUN!!!

2011-06-01T13:00:00.001-05:00

School's out and summer for the Britts has officially begun! No more early mornings or hectic schedules, only full days of fun and sunshine! We have plans for lots of pool/beach time and many trips to visit family. Since Cooper got out of school we have celebrated two birthdays (Cooper's friend Tallas shares the same birthday with Blaine), visited my family in Hattiesburg where I got to love on my sweet, new niece Ellenie, got in some pool time, and celebrated Memorial Day with great friends! I LOVE SUMMERTIME!!!

Cooper's last day of school!

I am super sad for him to finish First grade, but Cooper is super excited to move up to Second grade.

We will miss his wonderful teacher! She did a fabulous job with Cooper's class this year.

Cooper's friend Tallas turned 7! Happy Birthday Tallas we had a blast at your party!

Blaine turned 31! Happy Birthday to my favorite man!

My new niece, baby Ellenie! She is just precious! Congrats Katie and Darren!

Pool time with cousins!

While in Hattiesburg we helped my sister-in-law finish moving out of their old house! We have so many memories of the kids playing there, it was kinda sad to leave it for the last time.

Snowcone party!

Hanging with friends for Memorial Day!

A Love of Reading

2011-05-20T12:20:00.002-05:00

As I was growing up I LOVED to read. I spent most afternoons after school at the library until my mom got off of work. Blaine also has a love of reading and can be found most often with his kindle in hand reading a new book. We have always wanted to instill the love of reading into our children. When Cooper started reading in Kindergarten and developed a love for books we encourged the habit and tried to always have books on hand and read with him often. Now Cooper is an excellent reader and loves to read. When Carter showed an interest (more of an obsession) in letters at a very young age. I started working with him everyday in the mornings for a bit. He had a set of flash cards with his letters that he would carry around everywhere. They were his favorite thing to carry around. Cooper also read to Carter frequently after school. Soon Carter started picking up on letters and the sounds each one made. That then led to him reconizing and sounding out familiar words and phrases. It snowballed from there and now he reads on a Kindergarten level and is truely developing a love for books! Here is a video I did of him recently reading. It is a bit long, but it has a cute ending if you make it to the end! :)

Untitled from Amber Britt on Vimeo.

We are Family!

2011-05-14T07:24:00.001-05:00

Here is a picture Carter made for me on his Magna Doodle. He included his whole family with Henry dog and baby Lucy. I am the large one on the end with the round circle for a tummy. Blaine is the skinny one in the front. Carter said "You have a tummy bigger than daddy's mom"! LOL!!

He told me the picture in order was of daddy, Carter, Cooper, mommy and Henry. He said it was his

family! By the way, is my head really that big? hehehe!!! :)

28 weeks-3rd trimester

2011-05-09T17:37:00.000-05:00

Can you tell a difference from my last pregnant pic at 21 weeks? I feel like I am finally really showing and have started to feel like the belly is in the way and uncomfortable. One fun new thing that happened this week was the boys and I have started feeling Lucy hiccup. Within the last week I have felt her have the hiccups at least a dozen times. The boys think it is so cool because they can feel the ryhthmic pattern of the hiccups bumping on my belly. Besides the MAJOR heartburn all the time lately (I am popping tums like an addict), I am feeling really good and am enjoying this pregnancy!

What does your daddy do?

2011-05-07T09:27:00.000-05:00

In Cooper's class at school they are talking about parents and their jobs. When I asked the boys what does daddy do they both just said "WORK"! :) Cooper did know that he was a Doctor and that he took care of sick people, but Carter had no clue. So we decided to visit daddy at work and let them see first hand where daddy works and what he does! They loved it, especially since daddy had cookies and candy at work! :)

Can you believe this is the first picture ever that I have of Blaine at work?

Since the hospital is an hour away and his schedule is so crazy we have only visited him once or twice before while living in Mobile.

Easter Pics

2011-05-06T18:23:00.001-05:00

Here are some of my trial runs with photoshop on the boy's Easter pics. I think the pics turned out really cute and I may just have to print these out and frame them. The funny thing is that I was just a fussing to get these pics and the boys were not in a picture taking mood! :) Much THANKS to their dad who did something really silly to get them to smile! :)

Don't you just LOVE those squinty Britt eyes!

Britt Family Crawfish Boil!!

2011-05-03T11:27:00.001-05:00

Once a year we get most of the Britts together for an annual crawfish boil. We had a great turn out this year thanks to Blaine's Parents hosting it at their house and due to LOTS of grandbabies. We had a blast, overate and throughly enjoyed visiting with everyone. It was a lot of fun for the kids who got to play with all their cousins they hadn't seen in quite awhile. I took way too many pics as usual, so excuse the 30 something pics. I just couldn't narrow them down! :)

First task of the day was to dye the eggs.

Cooper's favorite multi-tone egg.

The twins Tyler and Taylor got in on the action.

Emily's favorite egg.

A smiley face egg for a smiley boy!

Emily and Cooper checking out the crawfish getting a soak.

The only two brave souls that picked up a live crawfish.

Darren, Nathan and Blaine cooking the crawfish.

Live Entertainment from Carter and Emily!

Pregnant ladies!

Katie is 10 weeks ahead of me and is due in a few weeks. We are both having girls, which is a big change from so many Britt boys.

Baby Turner and Papa Jerry.

Auntie Jane and Cooper. She is so sweet to Cooper and he just adores her.

Drew man taking a break. Crawfish eating is hard work! :)

Nathan, Blaine and Darren, the "SERIOUS" eaters!

The "NOT SO SERIOUS" eaters.

I think they had one crawfish between them!

My hubby chowing down!

Ben's (Blaine's brother) first year to join the festivities!

My sweetie and me!

Egg Hunt Time!

Cooper and Emily were the pro egg hunters.

Ava and Drew just wanted to eat the candy!

Emily found the "Golden Egg"! Woo-hoo!

I tried all day to get a pic of these three brothers together. This was the best I could get.

Granny (Blaine's grandma), Tyler, Turner, Taylor (Blaine's brother's kids)

and Grandma (Blaine's mom).

Twins Tyler and Taylor.

My boys with their Great Grandma!

We LOVE you Granny!

Just what the Dr. ordered

2011-04-26T09:57:00.001-05:00

I rarely do a post about Blaine, but this pic was way too funny not to post. Last week when we were all out of milk, Blaine in desperation (he LOVES milk) found some of Cooper's milk boxes that I put in his luchbox. When I walked into the kitchen I found Blaine with a huge smile on his face sucking on the little milk box straw! I laughed till my belly ached! I love you Blaine!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2011-04-22T10:42:00.001-05:00

BEWARE: This post is LONG with way too many pictures!! ;)

This week is Cooper's spring break and Blaines vacation week. I am SO SUPER EXCITED they ended up being the same week. For spring break I planned a camping trip in Destin, FL. Honestly the idea of camping pregnant was not appealling, but campsites are cheap compared to hotels. Plus, I found a really fun campsite with beach access to Destin beach, a pool, a playground for the kids, really nice bath houses, tons of paved biking paths and super nice campsites with water and electricity(THE GOOD). Once at the campsite the boys had so much fun helping Blaine set up the tent and exploring our camp area. It was honestly super nice, for a campsite that is. I am sure the near perfect weather and comfy air mattress really had the most to do with how nice it was! LOL :) We spent most of our first day there setting up camp, exploring the area, and just enjoying the calm of the outdoors. That night we cooked hotdogs and S'mores over the campfire and fell asleep to the sound of crickets with tons of stars overhead. As Carter was falling asleep he kept saying "This is the best trip ever, dad!" The boys really had alot of fun! On day two we spent the morning at the beach (The water in Destin is crystal blue and gorgeous.) and the afternoon at the pool. It was a fabulous day until that evening. Cooper and I were tending the campfire to make some tinfoil dinners while Blaine went to the nearby grocery store for some hamburger patties, when the "accident" happened (THE BAD). Cooper was climbing a small tree and when he slid down there was a sharp, broken branch sticking out that he didn't see. It caught him right in the groin area (THE UGLY). To spare you the details and to save Cooper some dignity, lets just say we ended up taking him to the nearest ER where he got stiches in a very sensitive area and we cut our camping trip short to take him home to recover. Now three days later he is up and about playing with his brother like nothing ever happened (well except if he gets bumped there or when we have to apply medicine to the wound). I think everyone was sad to have to come home early, but we are just glad Cooper is recovering well and that there wasn't any permanent damage done. Needless to say I don't think Cooper will ever climb a tree again. Hopefully we will be able to go camping again without any accidents.

Helping dad set up the tent

Enjoying the camp fire

Hot dogs and S'mores, YUMMO!

Cooper taking pics of everybody

Enjoying the playground near our camp site

Finding treasures on our nature hike

Having fun riding bikes around camp

My favorite men riding the tram to the beach trying to look cool.

This was a favorite for Carter.

Beach Time

The beach was GORGEOUS!!

We will definitely go back to Destin Beach.

The water was so crystal blue/green and beautiful.

Daddy and Carter walking back from the beach.

Carter having a blast at the pool

The kids fell asleep in the car when we went to go get ice cream, so Blaine and I ate ice cream in peace for a bit.

Blaine teaching Cooper how to build a fire.

Carter zonked out from too much fun!

The "accident" shorts. Cooper wanted to keep them for memories. UH-NO!! I don't need any extra keepsakes from the event. I am already tramatized enough.

Cooper waking up to a sign that one of Blaine's co-workers made for Cooper.

A big bag of Candy for Cooper to help ease the pain.

Making the tinfoil dinners at home that we never had a chance to make when camping.

Craft Time

2011-04-10T21:21:00.000-05:00

The boys have been begging to make some Easter crafts, so when I saw these cute, edible bird nests on a crafting blog I knew we had to make some. Here is the link http://thecraftingchicks.com/2011/03/tweet-tweet-you-are-sweet-easter-treat-ideas-free-tags.html.

My crafts never come out as cute as the original ones, but the boys don't care as long as they taste good!

Yummo!!

When my sister gave me a box of girl clothes to go through for Lucy I almost tossed them back into the Goodwill pile, but then I realized I might be able to refurbish some of them into something cute. So after a little seam ripping, cutting and monogramming I now have brand new outfits.

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AFTER

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AFTER

Outdoor decorations

2011-04-10T20:54:00.002-05:00

With the wonderful spring weather, I have been spending most of my afternoons outside working in the yard. Last week, I decided to make some new outdoor decorations to brighten things up. I made a new wreath for the door from an old wreath I had picked up at a garage sale awhile back and a matching flag for the yard. Total cost was around $5.00 for both since I already had most of the supplies on hand. I love how they turned out!!

I love this time of year with the the flowers blooming and everything so green!

Papa and Grandma's house

2011-04-10T20:04:00.002-05:00

Last weekend we visited Blaines parents house and got to spend a relaxing Saturday and Sunday with his family! The boys love going to RedStar to visit Papa and Grandma, but I think they love getting to play with their cousins Emily and Ava more!

One of my favorite pics of Papa and Cooper eating breakfast together.

Cooper and Emily having a picnic on the trampoline.

Carter riding Papa's lawn mower.

Miss Sassy Ava! She is such a cutie!

Emily and Cooper finding bugs.

April Fools!!!

2011-04-01T22:55:00.002-05:00

For April Fools I planned a switcheroo dinner for the boys. We had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and cupcakes for dessert. ;) Or did we?

Topped off with blue milk!

I told the boys they could eat their dessert first!

Woo-hoo! They were so excited to be able to eat their cupcakes first!

Wait a sec, mom!!! These are NOT cupcakes!

APRIL FOOLS!!

They were meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato frosting and the spaghetti was a cake decorated to look like spaghetti and meatballs!

The boys gave them a thumbs up and thought it was a super fun April Fools dinner!

The funniest part was that Carter didn't catch on at first. He was licking the mashed potatoes off his meatloaf cupcake like it really was icing saying, YUM until Cooper started shouting Carter it is MASHED POTATOES!!!! LOL :)

FYI: I just went back and looked at the pics on this post and yes my spaghetti cake does look more like a bloody Halloween cake with eyeballs or something instead spaghetti. LOL! Oh well, the boys thought it was fantastic!

Bellingrath Gardens

2011-04-01T20:40:00.000-05:00

On Tuesday I went with a group of friends to Bellingrath Gardens. The Azaleas are in bloom right now and are beautiful! It was such a nice breezy day.

Carter with (Carolyn) a friend from church who became Carter's best buddy for the day! Did I mention she is from England and has the sweetest accent ever!

The kiddos that went with us.

Can you see the bee that flew right by his face?

It was so crazy that I caught a pic of it.

Spring Time

2011-03-28T15:32:00.001-05:00

The weather has been gorgeous lately and spring has definitely sprung in Mobile! Spring means beautiful weather, plenty of outside time and lots of yard work. We had our first blooms on our roses and the grass got its first cut of the season.

Carter was just too cute following Blaine around with his little lawn mower trying to help cut the grass.

Did I mention pregnancy has its perks? I am milking the I can't cut grass while pregnant!! hehe :)

In Cooper's class at school they are talking about plants and seeds so Cooper wanted to plant some flowers at home from seed. This is our attempt to plant Zinnias from seed. I was just happy to see that they sprouted. We will keep you updated if they actually turn into flowers.

A CUTE pic of Carter right after a hair cut. For some reason it made him look a lot more grown up.

21 Weeks

2011-03-21T10:27:00.000-05:00

Half-way there. I can't believe how fast it has flown by. Little Lucy will be here before I know it!

Cooper took this pic for me! LOL :)

Baseball Season

2011-03-21T10:04:00.000-05:00

Cooper had his first baseball game last Saturday and had a lot of fun!

He really is the tiniest player on his team, but oh so cute!

Up at bat.

He got a hit on his first try without the tee! Go Cooper!

Run Cooper, Run!!!

Visitors

2011-03-21T09:32:00.001-05:00

The last couple of weeks we have had a blast with our many visitors!

Nathan, Jill and Drew came down for a few days to enjoy our Mardi Gras break . Blaine had to work, but the boys and I had fun taking them around Mobile despite the horriable parking due to the Mardi Gras parades.

Drew and Carter enjoying the cars at Dirt Cheap!

Eating at Mama's in downtown Mobile . YUMMO!! I can't wait to go back!

Big Bugs at the Exploreum!

All the boys watching the big bug move around.

Drew was a bit afraid/curious watching the big bugs!

Drew playing in the kid zone!

Cooper and Carter exploring the many exhibits.

Blaine finally joined us for dinner at San Miguels.

I was one happy pregnant lady with two fabulous meals in the same day!!

The next week my, mom, sister and sister-in-law came down with their kids for spring break and we spent the day at the beach. The weather was fabulous, warm and sunny! We had a picnik at the beach and then spent the afternoon relaxing in the wonderful weather with 12 kids running around! Yes, 12 kids!

Carter trying to look cool with his sunglasses!

Cousins Kate, Cooper and Anna Claire.

They were born within 6 months of each other and are best buds!

Chanie and Jordan

Cutie Patootie Julia!

Benjamin trying to fly his kite.

Adam trying to get one of the girls with his water gun.

We had so much fun with everybody visiting!

I can't wait till summer and we can do it more often!

After much debate..

2011-03-17T13:04:00.000-05:00

We have a baby name.

Lucy Caroline Britt

Lucy is a name both Blaine and I really like. Cooper is very excited because Caroline is his pick.

I mean who dosen't love Lucy? Just watch a few "I Love Lucy" re-runs and you will be in love with the name Lucy also! :)

It's a ....

2011-02-28T15:05:00.011-06:00

GIRL!!!!

For those of you who have had girls, reassure me that is a girl. LOL :) The ultrasound tech said 99% it was a girl. It definitely dosen't look anything like my boys ultrasound.

We couldn't get any really good pics of her because she was moving so much, but you can see her face profile with one hand close to her mouth and the other arm close to her head. The ultrasound tech was really sweet and kept including Carter in the ultrasound hence the words Hi Carter on the pic.

My first pregnant pic at 18 weeks right before my appointment.

Squirmy Wormy

2011-02-18T14:32:00.001-06:00

Carter came in the house one afternoon covered in mud and crying with huge, sad eyes. When I asked what was wrong he said "I just loved my Squirmy Wormy so much and now he is lost". He continued to say "He was my favorite worm". Poor Carter he lost his favorite worm and he literally dug a hole to china in the backyard trying to find him again! LOL :) Thank goodness all worms look exactly the same because within minutes Cooper had found "Squirmy Wormy" for Carter!!! :) So with a warm bath, some Valentine candy, and a promise to return Squirmy Wormy to his home to be with his mother the little world of Carter was all good again!!

Happy LOVE Day!

2011-02-18T14:12:00.002-06:00

I love Valentines's Day! Even though it is way too over commercialized, I am a sucker for any Holiday that involves chocolate, flowers and LOTS of hugs and kisses!! :)

Cooper decided to handmake all of his Valentine's for his class this year. He did a GREAT job, even though I did have to finish the last 5 or so. Hey, 19 cards is A LOT of cards for a 6 year to make!! :)

For dinner Blaine surprised me with roses and my FAVORITE chocolates and I surprised him with a yummo dinner of Bang Bang Chicken and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert! I got the chicken recipe from a lady at church after many rave reviews and it was FABULOUS!!!!! Thanks Lisa for the recipe! I will seriously make this a staple in my dinner plans.

YUMMMMMMMM.........

The boys also got a Valentine surprise when they came to dinner!

They were so excited, until I told them that they had to finish dinner first before they could dive into the sweets. LOL :)

I hope everyone had a fabulous Valentine's Day and told that someone special that you loved them!!!!

Love! Love! Love!

2011-02-09T17:03:00.000-06:00

It's the month of LOVE!!!

I came across these cool heart decorations on another blog and thought the boys and I could make some to decorate our windows. Easier said then done! ;) We totally messed up the whole first batch because I did not read the directions correctly. After starting over we managed to get 6 hearts finished. So we don't have the beautiful hanging mobile like Martha Stewart does, but the boys had fun and that is all that matters! By the way you are going to need A TON of crayon shavings so get ready to sharpen some old crayons. FYI: Where I went wrong was when I finished melting the crayons between two sheets of wax paper I thought you peeled the wax paper apart, you leave both pieces of wax together. Heres the link:

http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/crayon-hearts

My sweet Carter wearing his Valentines shirt. I had a really hard time finding a design that was boyish and that he could wear past Valentine's Day. I think the love robot works perfectly.

Quote of the day by Carter

2011-02-05T07:56:00.000-06:00

"I am not in first grade like Cooper, I am in HOUSE grade!" :)

Seriously this kid keeps me laughing non-stop!!!

The secrets out...

2011-01-29T09:11:00.000-06:00

We have only told family up until now, but it is getting harder to hide the fat roll around my middle. :) Plus the boys know now so I don't know how long they will keep it quite. We are expecting baby #3 due August 1st!!! The boys are super excited and keep hoping for a girl. But I am not getting my hopes up and would be super happy with another healthy little boy!

Our little alien at my 10 week visit.

January randoms

2011-01-27T11:53:00.001-06:00

These are just some random pics from January.

Most of them are of Carter since Cooper is now back in school.

Carter is now a big SUNBEAM at church! The first week he did so well. He sat still the whole time and listened and sang songs like a perfect angel. The second week he screamed on the floor the whole time, made me have a melt down in the middle of Primary and sent me home limping with carpet burns on both my knees! LOL :) I can laugh now, but I seriously wasn't laughing that Sunday afternoon. Oh well, if you know Carter that is his personality. I love the kid despite his constant mood changes!!! :)

Reading his new favorite Biscuit book. He has gotten into reading these preschool series of books that revolves around a dog named Biscuit. They are really cute and I highly recommend them for pre-school age kids. Everytime we go to Wal-mart he wants to get a new one and makes me read it to him until he memorizes it. Then he will read it over and over by himself.

This pic if for Grandma! Carter brought the camera to me and told me to take a pic of him and Boomer for Grandma. Boomer is his new stuffed dog toy that Grandma got for him at Christmas. He sleeps with Boomer every night. Thanks Grandma!

We have had some sunny warm days in between the cold days, so one sunny Saturday the boys and I packed a picnic lunch and spent the day at the beach playing in the sand.

You know me always looking for the perfect picture opportunity!!

Lastly, my favorite picture of Carter.

A couple of weeks ago while I was battling a horriable cold, Carter wouldn't stop whining about everything. Being too sick to deal with him I went and laid down in bed and tried to convince him to lay down with me for a nap since I knew he was tired. After a few minutes the whining stopped and all was quiet. When I got up I found him in the laundry basket sleeping on the warm sheets from the dryer. Love that boy!!

A bit behind....

2011-01-27T10:53:00.000-06:00

Gosh, where have the months gone? December turned into January before I even blinked my eyes. As not to bore everyone too much I am going to post a quick synopsis of our holidays and celebrations in December and January! The Britts are still here, having fun and doing well!!! :)

The week of Christmas we made chocolate candy pretzels and packaged them for our neighbors. The boys delivered them and sang Christmas songs. They had a blast and the neighbors loved it!

On Christmas Eve we had a fabulous dinner with wonderful friends! Thank you to the Mills family for inviting us. We had a really good time. It's so nice to have good friends close by!

Cookies and a note for Santa from Cooper and Carter on Christmas Eve!

Presents wrapped and waiting for two little boys to wake up.

Carter peeking around the corner Christmas morning. He was the first one up.

The boys got tons of toys and candy but their favorite gifts were a big boy bike for Carter and a big bucket of legos for Cooper.

We also visited Blaine's family and mine for Christmas but I didn't get any pics.

On Dec. 29th Blaine and I celebrated our 9 year anniversay. We celebrated with a candle light dinner, home made ice cream, fabulous cake dessert, and live entertainment from the kids. :) It was a fun night!

We rang in the New Year at my moms house with lots of family!

Cooper and Anna Claire. Best Cousins since birth!

Baby Ayson. If you remember I posted when he was born.

He is almost 6 months old now. He is getting so big.

My mom and Carter. He wouldn't stop long enough to go to sleep.

But once my mom got him in her lap he passed out!

We really had a fabulous Christmas and New Year!!!

Can't Sleep

2010-12-22T04:08:00.001-06:00

Have you ever woke in the middle of the night to an elbow in your back or a foot in your face to realize there is something in your bed and it's wet and stinky? :0 Maybe three juice boxes at Blaine's work Christmas party for the little one was a bad idea! :( So here I lay wide awake (after taking an unresponsive Carter potty and changing his clothes and our sheets) waiting for Blaine's alarm clock to go off so the day can begin. I already feel a mid-day nap coming on!!! :)

Big Boy Carter!

2010-12-16T10:20:00.001-06:00

Carter loves learning all about letters, numbers, shapes, colors, etc .We have a box with all of his school stuff in it and everyday he asks to do his "homeschool". It's pretty funny when peole ask me where does he go to pre-school at or is he in pre-school yet and Carter will pipe up and say "I don't go to pre-school I go to home-school!" :) Last week he asked me to help him write his name. We have never worked on writing letters before since I figured he didn't have the fine motor skills to do that yet, but he surprised me and was able to write his name after me showing him how a few times. After a few days of practicing he was able to remember the order of the letters in his name and write it completly by himself! He is growing up way to fast! He is such a big boy!

Sorry the video is so grainy and hard to see. I haven't been able to figure out how to compress my video files so they are small enough to post on blogger without losing their quality. If anyone is more computer savvy then me and knows how to compress them without losing the quality let me know.

Life is Good!

2010-12-06T09:18:00.000-06:00

Life is Good!!
Reason #1- Blaine finally got a Saturday and Sunday off (He also has Christmas off)!
Reason #2- My camera finally came back from the shop(It's been there since September and oh, how I have missed it)!
Reason #3- It's Christmas time!!!!! :) Christmas decorations, Christmas parades, Christmas carols, Christmas cookies, Christmas lights and of course the celebration of the birth of our Saviour!
Reason #4- It's cold enough in Mobile to use the fireplace! I LOVE a blazing fire, even if it is only a gas log fire! LOL:)
Reason #5- Our family is truely blessed and I am very grateful for all our blessings!

The first pic I took on my camera when is came back from the shop!

I was so excited my hands were shaking because I was hoping it was really fixed.

Waiting for the Christmas parade to begin.

On Saturday we went to a Christmas parade on Dauphin Island. The boys got lots of candy and beads!

Waving their flags that they passed out to the kids!

Carter waving at the southern belles! He said "They are so pretty, I like the blue best"!

Grabbing candy and beads as fast as they can!

You can't have a parade in Mobile without MoonPies! YUM!

LOOT!

After the parade we let the boys explore the pier off of Mobile bay and Fort Gaines.

I will neve stop loving this view!

Walking the boardwalk!

Captian Cooper!

Exploring Fort Gaines.

They didn't make it 10 minutes in the car before both were passed out! I think they had a fun day!

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

2010-12-06T08:19:00.003-06:00

The tree is lit, the stockings are hung, and the Christmas decorations are in place. I LOVE Christmas time and so do the boys! They were bursting with excitement when Blaine pulled the big boxes down from the attic that were full of wonderful Christmas decorations. The Christmas season has officially begun! :)

When we pulled out the trusty pre-lit tree (We've had it since Cooper's first Christmas) the middle section of lights were out. After 2 hours of jiggling, changing bulbs, checking fuses and frustration I gave up and just wrapped 2 seperate strands of lights around the burned out bulbs. Hey, whatever works right?!

This year I let the boys hang most of the decoration by themselves, with a few adjustments made by mom after they went to bed. :) Carter liked to hang the ornaments low and all in the same spot. He took the task of hanging the ornaments seriously and made sure each ornament was hung carefully.

Cooper liked to hang the ornaments high, because he got to climb the ladder!

Cooper hanging his "Baby's First Christmas" ornament. Each year we let the boys pick out ornaments to signify what they were into that year. It is a lot of fun for them to find their ornaments and remember when and why they picked those ornaments.

This is Carter's favorite ornament. He picked it when he was 18 months old and still LOVES trains. It is well worn. The smoke stack is missing from him carrying it around so much previous years past.

Cooper setting up the nativity.

After all the decoratons were finished, Cooper sat down to read a book by the glow of the Christmas lights!

The next day I surprised Cooper when he came home from school with a little Christmas tree and wood nativity (Thanks mom and dad for helping me make the nativity!) that they could play with for their room! They were so excited!

Did you know The Farmer Went to Jail?

2010-11-23T10:27:00.000-06:00

I couldn't stop myself from laughing when I heard Carter singing The Farmer in the Dell. It went something like this. The farmer went to jail, the farmer went to jail , hi-ho a cherry-o, the farmer went to jail!!!!! :)

November Randomness

2010-11-23T09:30:00.002-06:00

Just a bunch of random pictures of November fun with the Britt boys!

(Coopers smiley face food art)

(Carter's I'm just having fun with my food art)

When the boys finished dinner one night (pizza and fruit) I found they had left me some food masterpieces!

We headed to the mall one Saturday for their big Christmas shopping kick off to have a little fun. It was crazy crowded but the boys got to see Santa Clause, paint pictures, make Christmas cards and other fun stuff for free.

While eating at the mall the Chick-fil-A cow made his rounds and Carter was super excited to give him a hug. After he gave him a hug Carter said "cool mom, cows are so soft!" :)

We couldn't leave the mall without getting a pic of Cooper's car! He couldn't believe that a car had his name on it!

Mmmm, bite size smores.

While Carter was taking a nap one Saturday Cooper and I took all the tiny Hershey bars out of their trick or treat bags and invented these tiny smores with vanilla wafers instead of graham crackers!

DELICIOUS!!!!!

Cooper before school wearing his new school vest with our thankful leaves we made for FHE! I just thought he was cute in his vest!

Lastly a pic I found that Cooper had drawn of Thanksgiving with our family! I love how he has Carter saying I am hungry! I hope everyone has a wonderful, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Spending the day with Cooper!

2010-11-20T10:32:00.003-06:00

Last week I was able to go on Cooper's field trip to the Estuarium on Dauphin Island with him. My friend Jennifer kept Carter so Cooper and I could enjoy our time together. Thanks Jen! I got to ride the bus with him and loved watching him interact with his clasmates. They were so silly and loud! :) It was alot of fun getting to know his friends from school that he talks about all the time. At the end of the day when it was time to go home Cooper said to me "mom, I am sure glad you came on my field trip with me. I had alot of fun!". That just made me day! I really need to make more one on one time for him.

Cooper is not one for dead disgusting creatures,so one of the girls thought she would scare Cooper a bit with the petrified octupus. YUCK!!!

Silly faces at lunch!

This shark could eat my whole head!

Cooper and friends at the fish tanks.

Cooper and mom! I had such a blast hanging out with you Cooper!

Playing dress up!

2010-11-04T21:28:00.000-05:00

I really wish I had a little girl to dress up with ribbons and bows and all things pink, but since that is a no go in my house, this is the next best thing. I finally took a break from sewing for everyone else and made Carter a few outfits. Then I had him try them on for a fun photo session. Amazingly Carter likes doing this as long as there is a bribe to follow. Since we have PLENTY of Halloween candy that he can't wait to get his hands on, he was game for enduldging mom with a few moments of smiles and cuteness for a treat or two or three!! I seriously love this kid!

He really likes this outfit since he thinks dinosaurs are really cool right now!

While wearing this outfit he kept telling me "C is for Carter, right? NOT Cooper!?".I think after getting so many of Cooper's hand me downs he likes having special outfits made just for him.

He loves pointing to the letters on his shirt and spelling his name.

Trick or Treat Fun

2010-11-01T18:50:00.001-05:00

On Friday night we had our Ward Halloween party at church. We ate yummy chili and had a fun night out with church friends. The boys got to trick or treat around the church and loved running around with their classmates from church. Then on Saturday we went to Hattiesburg, MS for Halloween, because my nephew came home from his mission and they were having his homecoming party on Sunday. So we stayed with my sister for the weekend and went trick or treating with my sister-in-law and her kids. It was alot of fun getting to see my nephew again and for the kids to get to spend time with Aunt Shari, Aunt Autumn and all their cousins.

The boys kept asking me what I was going to be for Halloween,so for the ward Halloween I humored them and dressed up like cat woman. Seriously, don't laugh it was for the kids! :)

This is the only pic I got of Carter spreading his costume out so you could see all of it.

This is a funny pic from the Ward Halloween party. When Carter realized you could bob for apples from a string, he gave Blaine his candy bag and raced over to the apples. He was determined to get him an apple. He finally did with a little help from mom! :)

Trick or Treating in Hattiesburg with all their cousins!

We were a motley group!

We had a dracula, a ghost,a spiderman, a super woman, a cowboy, a Pirate, a bigfoot, a trashcan and a baby frankenstein!

Count Dracula and the friendly ghost!

Carter wouldn't put his treat bag down so I could get a good pic of his costume all spread out. I think he was afraid he would lose his candy! LOL :)

Count Dracula in his finest!

Riding the hay ride!

Riding the hayride was Carter's favorite part.

He would go get his candy and then hurry fast back to the trailer, worried it would leave him!

After trick or treating we headed back to Aunt Sharis house where we were greeted by Aunt Shari and cousin Ryan dressed up in their Korean wear that Ryan had brought home from his mission.

This was Cooper's favorite part! He sorted and went through each candy picking out his favorites!

School Fun!

2010-10-29T11:43:00.001-05:00

This week was spirit week for Cooper at school. They are still pretty strict about wearing uniforms (most of the spirit days were simple like crazy sock day or sunglasses day while they had to still wear their uniforms), but on a few days they let them ditch the uniforms and dress up. They also had pajama day but I forgot to get a pic.

Camo day.

Book character dress up parade.

He choose The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone. He dressed up to look like the bear detectives with their hound dog, Snuff. He had a detective hat, a detective kit, a magnifying glass to spot all the clues and a trusty hound dog to sniff for clues like in the book. The toy dog pulled behind him was his idea. I thought it turned out so cute!

Random pic of Carter after the parade at Cooper's school. He wanted the puppy and him to get in on the pics also!

Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-29T11:19:00.000-05:00

Monday for FHE we carved a pumpkin. Blaine always draws the face and carves it while the boys get to scoop out the "guts". This year Cooper was totally disgusted by the pumpkin guts, but Carter loved it. Carter would reach his hands in and scoop it out all ooey and gooey but Cooper preferred the cleaner method of using a spoon and would have rathered not to get his hands icky! Blaine's mom came down for a few days so we had a special visitor to help out with the pumpkin. It was alot of fun to have her around to chat with and the boys loved spending time with their Grandma! Thanks, Sue for coming for a wonderful visit. I just hope we didn't wear you out to much! :)

Daddy concentrating on drawing the pumpkin face.

Can you see how totally disgusted Cooper is by the slimy seeds.

What are you going to find Carter?

Pumpkin "Guts"!

Finished Product!! Carter was trying to make the same face as the pumpkin.

It's been awhile.....

2010-10-12T17:27:00.002-05:00

I know, I know. I have been neglecting my blogger duties! :) I have just been super busy lately, with embroidery orders and Halloween things for my boys(their costumes are almost finished and I think they turned out fabulous!). Plus my camera is still not back from the repair shop (within the next week hopefully) so I have been using a cheapo camera that dosen't take the best pics. Anyway with Halloween approaching I just had to post some pics of the boys even if they aren't the greatest quality. I serioulsy love this time of the year and we have been blessed with fabulous weather to make it just perfect.

They were excited to finally get to wear their Halloween shirts I made them! I hand appliqued Carter's shirt on a regular sewing machine because I couldn't find a machine embroidery applique like Carter wanted, never again, it was so much work. I think I am spoiled with my embroidery machine to do most of the work for me! :)

To decorate the front porch for Halloween the boys dressed up in their super hero cape and bateman cape. They were so cute and were having a blast hanging fake spider web from the porch.

Carter is so excited for Halloween this year! He keeps telling me over and over he wants to be a ghost for Halloween ,so of course I had to make him a ghost shirt to wear! He wore it to story time at the library and kept showing all the kids his cool ghost shirt.

Soccer STUD!

2010-09-06T07:38:00.004-05:00

Cooper is playing soccer for the first time this fall. The first few practices were hard for him because he really didn't understand the rules and he is a lot smaller then the rest of his team mates (we're hoping he hits a growth spurt soon). So, in the afternoon we have been practicing and he has gotten a lot better. They had their first game last Saturday and he woke up telling me he was sick and that he didn't want to go to the game. He finally confessed he was scared he wouldn't play well. After a mighty pep talk and a promise of a pancake breakfast after the game he decided to get ready and go. Needless to say the little stud did awesome! He scored one goal while playing offense and blocked two while playing defense. The smile on his face was priceless. He hustled hard and even though he is not the best kicker, he can run fast and steal the ball. I was so proud of him. I think his confidence grew ten fold after the game!

Isn't he a little STUD in his uniform?! The next David Beckham if you ask me. But hey I am a bit partial.:)

My Buddy!

2010-09-05T16:23:00.003-05:00

Now that school is back is session for Cooper, Carter has once again became my little buddy! He loves having mommy all to himself and I don't mind one bit. We have lots of snuggle time/play time and I love having alone time with him to read and talk. I also love the hour and a half of quiet time I get while he takes a nap. :) Just one of the many perks of a stay at home mommy! LOL!! Most days we don't really go anywhere, we just play outside in the sprinkler and kiddie pool, eat popsicles on the front porch and watch the cars go by, read books and color together or just snuggle and watch cartoons. I remember when Cooper was this age and we use to do the same thing. He was my little buddy then too! I still try to find one on one time with Cooper, but now that he is in school our time together seems limited. I am just thankful I had so much time to spend with Cooper before he started school and now have the same time with Carter. I truely love this age with my kids. It is so fun to watch their personalities develop and to be able to help them learn and grow! My babies are growing up too fast. I am trying to cherish every moment with them!

He's three now and is so excited to show you his fingers to prove his age!

Carter told me for months prior to his birthday that he wanted to have a blue race car party, so mom couldn't disapoint!

His favorite gift from his birthday! He loads it up with toys and books everytime we go anywhere. When he saw that HIS name was on it he was super excited, since he usually gets Coopers hand me downs with Coopers name on it.

His outfit of choice lately! He loves "cool" underwear and rain boots!

Everyday he asks me to fill the little pool so we can play in the water! He truely loves the water! He dosen't care if it be bath water, pool water, beach water, rain water or just playing in the water hose. He loves it all!

Look out 1st grade here comes Cooper!!

2010-08-12T09:36:00.026-05:00

Monday was Cooper's first day of First Grade! He was super excited when he realized that he had two friends from last year and a friend from church in his class. He absolutely loves his teacher and his classroom. It looks like it is going to be a fun year!

Look who's 6!

2010-08-04T11:17:00.005-05:00

For Cooper's 6th Birthday this year we planned a surprise vacation/birthday. Cooper knew we were going on a trip for his birthday but he didn't know where or what we were doing. We traveled 11 hours to Branson, MO to a resort/waterpark. When we got there Blaine occupied the kids while I set up a birthday party in the hotel room and we had a hotel birthday party! The resort had an outdoor and indoor waterpark along with outside pools, a fun zone where you could play games and mini golf and eat pizza, a music hall where they held their entertainment shows, a candyshop/fudge and frozen custard factory, and a main hall where they had the restaurants and gift shops. It was so nice just being able to park and check into our hotel and then be within walking distance to everything without getting back in the car. Cooper couldn't believe his eyes when he saw all the things to do. At one point he asked "Is all of this for MY birthday?". The boys had so much fun and we crammed evey minute of our three days there with something to do. Even when Blaine would give out and would need a nap the boys and me would head back to the waterpark by ourselves and stay till dark. Carter was so exausted when night time would come. He would fall asleep instantly without any fussing. On the last day we were going to the "Amazing Pets" show before we headed out and all Carter could say was "I ready to get in my carseat and go to sleep". I think he slept most of the 8 hour ride home to Blaine's moms house. When we got to Blaine's moms house Cooper couldn't stop talking non-stop about all the fun he had had. I think he had a FABULOUS 6th birthday! Happy Birthday Cooper!CAUTION there is going to be ALOT of pics, I just couldn't narrow them down.

Spider man birthday party in the hotel! The kids thought it was the best thing ever.

Ready and excited to go to the waterpark.

Hot tub with dad,

and mom!

Cooper was scared to death to do the BIG tube slide but I finally convinced him to try it and then he wouldn't stop going down it.

Carter was cautious going down the slides, Cooper on the other hand tried to figure out every way possible to go down the slides.

Cooper made some friends in the pool and was throwing the football with them.

I though this was a cool action shot of him throwing the ball.

Love O Meter. I was deemed lousy, sorry Blaine!

Carter found this little dog in the gift shop and wouldn't quit loving on it.

Like a kid in a candy store, literally!!!!

They had these motorcycle shows everyday and the kids loved going to them.

I don't know if you can tell but there is a guy in there on a motorcycle.

Random hotel pic

Outside the hotel

Arcade game

Black light mini golf. Carter LOVED this.

He really kept trying to hit the balls in and would get really mad if he missed.

Seriously exausted!!!

More hotel pics

Waiting for the "Amazing Pets" show.

Dosen't Blaine looke excited to see a bunch of cats and dogs perform? The boys loved it though!!

Car ride home pics. Look at Cooper in the background.

Carters favorite souvenior of the trip a water balloon yo-yo.

Welcome Baby Ayson!!

2010-07-20T19:50:00.002-05:00

Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law had their 5th child! A little boy! He is so precious! I love having baby nieces and nephews. It is so nice to get to love and hold a sweet baby and then give it back when it start screaming! LOL :) I only got to visit for a short while, before heading back to Mobile, but I was so excited to get hold baby Ayson as was Carter! Congratulations Aaron and Autumn! He's a Cutie!
(I stole the pics from Aaron since my camera is broken at the moment)

Sweet Carter

2010-07-12T08:39:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to write down some things that Carter says that I don't want to forget. He has become such a sweet and silly boy talking with a vocabulary that is well beyond his age. Slowly we have watched him start to pronounce certain words correctly much to our sadness, because it means he is growing up. But he still has plenty of cute phrases and words that I cherish everytime I hear him say them!
First just let me say, this kid dosen't know how to whisper to save his life. Everything he says comes out extra loud for all to hear. I have tried to teach him to talk quietly, but honestly I don't think his brain knows anything but LOUD!

"Wes" (his word for yes, sadly he has started saying it correctly now)
"Can we bring my munch box?" (lunch box)
"Have a GREAT day" (talking to his papa or daddy when they leave for work)
"Did you lose your balance?" (asking his cousin why he fell off his tricycle)
"Best friends" (his favorite phrase to say to Blaine and I)
"Best water friends" (The other day in the pool he changed the phrase up a bit)
"Big hugs and kisses, little hugs and kisses" ( his night time rountine before he goes to bed)
"No, thank you" ( his reply to anything he dosen't want)
"What did you dream about?" (Every morning we go through this rountine of what we dreamed about that night)
"Is that Drew? or "Is that baby Bryson?" He is obsessed with babies Drew(cousins Nathan and Jill's baby) and Bryson(friends from church baby). Every picture we see of a baby he asks if it is Drew or Bryson. Every baby we see in the store he is sure it is Drew or Bryson. He LOVES to look at pictures of Drew and Bryson on facebook/blog and gets really mad when I click off off the pictures. The funny thing is he calls Drew just "Drew" and Bryson is "baby Bryson" even though they are similiar in age.

"pinger" (finger) "pone" (phone) All "f" sounds come out as "p" sounds
"Sis. Allen give me goldfish and fruit snacks?" (He asks all the time about Sis. Allen, his nursery leader. He really loves her and it is because of her that he now LOVES nursery)
"Enough talking already" (he screamed this out at church during one of the speakers, LOL)

And lastly he has the HUGEST/LOUDEST laugh of all time. (just see pic below)

Embrace the Camera

2010-07-10T06:50:00.000-05:00

I saw on another blog were they were having an "Embrace the Camera" picture blog. It is where all of us mothers who hide behind the camera on most occasions should take pictures with the kids and enjoy the wonderful memories captured in time! As I was looking through some pictures from the Fourth of July I found this picture someone had snapped. Neither boys are really looking and I have my oh so fake smile, but it really captured the moment and I just love this picture. We were having a program at my moms to celebrate the Fourth and the boys had dressed up as indians to do a little skit. They were super excited to dress up! But this is where the picture comes in. By the time we had gotten everyone dressed and over to the pavilion, Carter was on the verge of falling asleep and had his extreme grumpy face on, Cooper had gotten over the excitement of dressing up like an indian and was daydreaming in his own world and me I was still trying to get them excited so we could perform the skit. End result, Carter fell asleep, Cooper was too embarssed to do the skit and I smiled my fake smile and got up and performed the indian chant as fast as possible! Like I said memories captured in time!!! :)

Red, White and Blue

2010-07-09T16:01:00.000-05:00

We had a fabulous Fourth! We enjoyed fun times with our family and friends and ate some wonderful food with much thanks and rememberence to the soldiers and Founding Fathers who fought for our rights and freedoms!

Oh, what do you do in the summertime.....

2010-06-29T09:46:00.000-05:00

When Alabama is HOT!!

Do you go to the beach and lazily reach for shells that pass your way ?

Do you look on the land to lend turtles a hand and set them free so they can be?

Do you go to Chuck E Cheese and do as you please?

Do you eat yummy doughnuts and cake that you make?

Do you swim in the pool to keep yourself cool?

Do you chat with old friends till the day finally ends?

Do you eat watermelon and spit out the seeds into the weeds?

Do you make regular slides into awesome water rides?

Do you play pretend with your best friend?

Is that what you do? SO DO I!!!!

A Real Love Story...

2010-06-26T10:12:00.000-05:00

I saw this on another blog and thought it was so cute! It almost made me cry at the end. You know this is your life when a text to go out to dinner from your husband without the kids almost makes you cry! LOL :)

Halfway There....

2010-06-24T10:05:00.000-05:00

Come July 1st Blaine will officially be halfway through his residency! He has completed two long years and now has two more to go. Blaine is registered to take the Step 3 at the end of July and has applied for his medical license (pending on passing the Step 3). Blaine has aslo found a fellow Dr. that has agreed to go into practice with him in Brookhaven,MS and he will be starting up their practice next year after he finishes his residency (he finishes his residency a year earlier than Blaine, so he will go first and start up the practice and then Blaine will come in a year later). I feel a brief wave of relief as it feels like we are moving forward toward our goal and not at a standstill. Looking back if I would have known how much work it would have been for Blaine and our family I don't know if I would have been so willing to do it. But seeing Blaine's progress now makes me so proud of him and all of his hard work!! :)

A long couple of days...

2010-06-22T09:27:00.000-05:00

We have been throughly enjoying our summer, but now our water plans will have to be put on hold for a few weeks. On Saturday Carter decided to somehow fly/jump off of a bunkbed and hurt his arm(we were in Hattiesburg,MS). After he got hurt I really didn't think it was anything serious, but he continued to not use his arm and complain of pain. So we gave him Motrin and we headed home from Hattiesburg getting home very late. Then when we woke Sunday morning his elbow was really swolen/stiff and he wouldn't move it at all. So we spent the early morning at the Pediatric ER to have his arm splinted and x-rayed and then a refferal on Monday to the Pediatric Orthopedic clinic.
After the ER visit we hurried back home, quickly changed and headed to church to teach my class. By the time church was over I was exausted. I felt so bad because it was Father's Day and Blaine was getting off a night shift and I didn't have anything planned for him. On our way home from church I got a call from Blaine telling me not to worry about dinner he would cook for me and the boys! Awwww... Seriously, that was the sweetest thing ever. He was just as tired as I was and it was Father's Day but he was trying to make me feel better. At least I did have a gift for Blaine that I had picked up the night before! :) I love you Blaine, you are a wonderful father and husband.
On Monday we headed to the Ortho clinic to wait 3 hours for the Dr. to get out of surgery while Carter and Cooper about drove everybody in the clinic crazy, including myself!! :) After another x-ray we were told it was a fracture to the radial head(elbow) and needed to be casted for 2 weeks. So no swimming or water activities for Carter for two weeks! BOO!! :( I honestly don't know how I am going to keep the kid occupied. He loves the outdoors and as hot as it is anytime we go outside it involves some sort of water activity. Carter has been a little trooper though! He hasn't complained except when it hurts and has been so loving to all the nurses and doctors. When we left the clinic, Carter made sure to give everyone a big thank you! In his own words "Thank you for fixing me all better"! He is such a sweet kid! We are just grateful it was only a fracture and will heal quickly! :)

When Carter was asked what color he wanted for his cast he said "green" then when it was all finished he looked at the guy and said "I think blue is my favorite". We all just laughed, too late! :)