Really, we're alive, just busy and when not busy, just plain tired. I last posted on Halloween, wow. Since Halloween Wade has basically moved to South Carolina to work at his new job. We are so blessed that he was able to get a job so quickly after being laid off. That pretty much makes the fact it's 4 1/2 - 5 hours away seem like such a small detail. Our house is on the market. Anyone want to buy our house? We're hoping it sells quick so we can quit paying a mortgage and rent soon and so we can all be under one roof again. I need help. I miss him.
That takes us to Thanksgiving. We spent Thanksgiving in Lexington, South Carolina with our friends Clay and Amy and their 2 kiddos. Their family is here in Alabama too. They were such gracious hosts to have all 6 of us invade their home; although I'm sure had no idea the impact 4 extra little one's would have had beforehand. I'm happy to say we escaped without breaking anything, although we did leave behind lots of fingerprints, smudges, and milk spills. It was sad to be away from our family on Thanksgiving but so nice to have such great friends to spend it with. We went to Clay and Amy's Church for a very delicious Thanksgiving dinner. I got my camera out to take a picture of all 10 of us at the table, but I was distracted and missed the moment. I do have some pictures from the past month that I'll post soon.
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Monday, November 30, 2009
Categories:
November,
Thanksgiving
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Sunday, November 01, 2009
The boys had fun trick or treating despite the weather. It rained a good heavy mist all night. We walked our street together, got LOTS of candy, and came back to get out of the rain. Taylor and Wade walked around the whole block. Here are some pictures in reverse order..
Carter looking out the glass door waiting on ""Bubba" to come back.
The first house:
"Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" "3 Little monkeys jumping on the bed...."
Waiting on the rain to stop...
Tuck did not like the monkey costume at first... he came around once we got outside.
Carter looking out the glass door waiting on ""Bubba" to come back.
The first house:
"Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" "3 Little monkeys jumping on the bed...."
Waiting on the rain to stop...
Tuck did not like the monkey costume at first... he came around once we got outside.
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I have tons of pictures piling up, so before we go trick or treating tonight and add to the collection, I thought I should post some.
We've been carving pumpkins and eating lots of candy (lol) to prepare for Halloween. I've gobbled up a whole bag of Indian Corn with just a little help from the boys. They love it as much as I do!
Wade is officially unemployed. I've been a little stressed out about that... I think that's what led to the demise of the Value Size bag of Indian Corn. We have a lot of decisions to make regarding our family's future and it's all very daunting. But, as always, we will survive. So, enough of all that and on to the happy stuff - PICTURES of SWEET BOYS!
Here are a few of my favorite picture mess-ups:
This boy SERIOUSLY needs a haircut! That's one of the first things on our "to do" list now that Wade will be home to help for a little while. {{Hopefully only a little while... we're hoping he gets a job SOOOOON!}}
At the doctors office... The silver lining was, we had our own waiting room. The disaster part was that we had an appointment for 4:30 - they called and asked us to move it up to 3:50 - so we did - and we didn't leave until after 6:15. I had all 4 kiddos by.my.self. Wade got off work at 6 and drove up there to meet me and arrived just in time to hear the dr say the bumps coming up all over Taylor would go away on their own in about 18 months. He has Mulluscum Contagiosum.
I love these shirts... I made each of them one, but I can't seem to be able to get a picture of all 3 - so here's Tuck.
We're all ready for Halloween... Even our candy bowl has a costume:
Last Friday we carved pumpkins at Taylor's school, then over at the Smith's that evening. My arm was sore that night!
This pumpkin has 396 seeds. It was 41" around and it floats - as all pumpkins do.. ;)
Did you know that?
The Smiths Annual Pumpkin Carving Party:
The masterpieces:
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Friday, October 16, 2009
The boys will be 18 months old in about 2 weeks. They are getting so big and so very fast. They climb, and tumble, and destroy and bite, and fight, and love, and play, and figure out ways to get into more trouble. They are so much fun. Here are some pictures from the last week or so:
This stunt never ends well.
Even the wild child gets tired.
They now push this box everywhere to use it to climb on things, they even climb up on their highchair table! yikes.
They play together.
Not even the pictures hung high on the wall are safe... he's working on getting up there.
A picture of deep concentration.
Tucker Monster!
Jumping off the couch onto the pillows.
All my boys.
Running wild at the neighbors!
Carter noticed Tucker running wild and then we all went over.
Whew! Long day.
Trying to figure out that lock.
the light.
This can't end good. Notice Brayden's leg!
Modeling the Halloween shirts I made them. The boys are in size 24 months. They need it for the waist in pants, but they are too long, so unless they have shoes on, I have to roll up their pants.
This stunt never ends well.
Even the wild child gets tired.
They now push this box everywhere to use it to climb on things, they even climb up on their highchair table! yikes.
They play together.
Not even the pictures hung high on the wall are safe... he's working on getting up there.
A picture of deep concentration.
Tucker Monster!
Jumping off the couch onto the pillows.
All my boys.
Running wild at the neighbors!
Carter noticed Tucker running wild and then we all went over.
Whew! Long day.
Trying to figure out that lock.
the light.
This can't end good. Notice Brayden's leg!
Modeling the Halloween shirts I made them. The boys are in size 24 months. They need it for the waist in pants, but they are too long, so unless they have shoes on, I have to roll up their pants.
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Categories:
Fall,
pumpkin patch,
Pumpkins
I can't believe I'm getting these pictures out the same day I took them! Especially considering how busy and incredibly fun today has been. We haven't had this much fun in a long time. It was so refreshing to spend the day outside. We had a picnic, went on a hay ride, played in huge barrels of corn kernels, we got dirty, we ran in the open fields, played with pumpkins, went through a hay bale maze, we pet goats and wampums, watched a sheep herding demonstration, we quacked at ducks and gobbled at chickens and turkeys. We had SO much fun. The babies had so much fun and even though we skipped their naps, they were little Angels. Tonight, they were exhausted. We went all summer without sunburn, but that streaked ended today. They've got little red foreheads, cheeks, and noses. It was a little chilly when we got there, but the last hour the sun came out (you can see we took their long sleeve shirts off when it got hot), but I never dreamed of needing sunscreen. It's not bad, just a little rosier than normal.
Here's much of our day in pictures:
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Categories:
football,
Halloween,
playground
Only have time for pictures today - I'm headed to Taylor's game.
Carter wanted to play with this BIG spider. Can you see him? Luckily I did before he got him in his hand!
The boys are going to be the last 3 little monkeys jumping on the bed for Halloween. Taylor's going to be the doctor that momma calls and the dr says, "No more monkey's jumping on the bed!"
Brayden got to be our model, and he loved it! He paraded around the house not wanting to take it off.
Carter wanted to play with this BIG spider. Can you see him? Luckily I did before he got him in his hand!
The boys are going to be the last 3 little monkeys jumping on the bed for Halloween. Taylor's going to be the doctor that momma calls and the dr says, "No more monkey's jumping on the bed!"
Brayden got to be our model, and he loved it! He paraded around the house not wanting to take it off.
Written by Jessica, Queen of
The Lloyd Family
on
Monday, September 28, 2009
Categories:
football,
pictures,
plates and spoons
We had a busy, busy weekend. Since Taylor started football about a month ago we haven't slowed down. Wade's the head coach and I'm the team mom; between that and trying to keep up with school and the boys, it's pretty crazy around here. And as crazy as it seems, we've figured out that we can swing a season of basketball (per Taylor's request) in between football and spring baseball so the craziness continues...
The boys got new shoes...again. Man their feet grow fast! Each time they walk like they're wearing moon boots and they struggle with them at first. Carter usually does pretty good and Tuck always melts down. I took the boys out to the front yard to break in their shoes and get their minds off of them BY MYSELF because I am CERTIFIABLY INSANE and they all instantly ran down the hill towards the road. It was awful. It was literally like herding cats. AWFUL! From now on, we're sticking with the fenced in back yard. I took them to the front because we have an equally wild Jack Russell in the back yard. But I'll take a crazy dog and three wild men fenced in over no fence and no dog any day!
The boys got new shoes...again. Man their feet grow fast! Each time they walk like they're wearing moon boots and they struggle with them at first. Carter usually does pretty good and Tuck always melts down. I took the boys out to the front yard to break in their shoes and get their minds off of them BY MYSELF because I am CERTIFIABLY INSANE and they all instantly ran down the hill towards the road. It was awful. It was literally like herding cats. AWFUL! From now on, we're sticking with the fenced in back yard. I took them to the front because we have an equally wild Jack Russell in the back yard. But I'll take a crazy dog and three wild men fenced in over no fence and no dog any day!
Ready to go!
Mamaw got the boys some Baby Einstein plates and spoons. Before last night they've always only eaten off the table. Since we had them I decided to try them out. I was pleasantly surprised that we only had 1 plate dumped and thrown, although he did it several times. Not to name any names, Brayden Michael.
All the boys have been playing with the football a lot since we've been footballin' it up so much lately. Last night, Taylor was practicing snapping the ball and Carter got down beside him, balanced on his head looking between his legs. ..so dang cute, but no camera!
My 2 favorite teams stats:
Smiths Station BUCS: 1-1
ALABAMA: 4-0
GOOOOOOOO BUCS!
ROOLLLLLLL TIDE!
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