Top 5 Photos- Quarter 3

I am participating in the Top 5 Photos contest again and crossing my fingers I win one of the cool prizes! Here are my favorites from July, August and September.

This was taken on the 4th of July and B was so happy to have all of his cousins here to visit. And the tree in the background is my favorite in the neighborhood.

Love the smiles captured in this picture- First day of "school" for Little B

This picture is a favorite for several reasons- 1. Aubie in his hand- Aubie eats, sleeps and breathes Bradford- Aubie is his best friend. 2- Fall is here which means we wear orange and blue every weekend! 3- All of the fun I have had with making his Fall outfits

Love this memory- B becoming a big brother and the adoration he already has for his baby brother

And the new little guy who has stolen my heart. Lots of sweet cuddle time.

Hampton Dodd Boney

Hampton Dodd Boney

September 26th, 2011

10:29 am

8 lbs

20 3/4 inches long

We are in love and so excited that he is here!

Last week as a family of three!

This weekend both sets of grandparents get into town as I am scheduled to have Hampton on Monday. Knowing last weekend was our last as a family of three, we spent every waking minute together and did some fun things that we won't be able to do for a while! Little B is so much fun right now and I can't wait for him to be a big brother. He is quite the social butterfly- I anticipate him adjusting well to having a new friend in the house. Who knows how these next few months will go (well, some of you know but don't tell me!) but I am giddy thinking about him meeting Hampton! We have had a great week together and I have some sweet memories from this last week to remember before we become a family of four. A few highlights from this week- we got a picket fence for our front yard and the Camp's came through Tampa and visited us!

Lots of pictures to put up as the next blog post I do will be introducing our Hambone :)

Little B waiting to go to school on Tuesday

He is still LOVING school and doesn't look back when we drop him off

He loves wearing his backpack!

We have started a new tradition at our house this last month- Wednesday night is "Guy night" as I host a small group bible study of middle school girls with two high school seniors leading it at our house. It has been such a treat for our whole family. The Bradfords always have a blast as it is always and adventure with Daddy- this week they went and ate chips and salsa at ChiHuaHua's or as Little B says, "Chip and hua hua's" Big B said they went through two baskets and bowls of chips and salsa. It has been a HUGE blessing to me as well as I love checking out of my reality and into the girls' reality. The way all of the doors opened for this opportunity were amazing and I am looking forward to continuing hosting and leading this year. I also have seen a huge BOND happen between B and Daddy with this consistent tradition.

We also went to the MOSI Museum- Museum of Science and Industry by using our Zoo Swaptember pass

Lots of fun things for his age!

Thank you Daddy for carrying him all over the museum!

Then we had a fun filled afternoon when the Camps came and visited this week!

Jenny was my sorority sister at Auburn and we both lived in the same apartment when we were first married in Atlanta. We are so thankful that yall travel and always visit us!

Bradford and Emalyn are 9 days apart! They were too cute together! Yay for the new fence too! We have to wait a few months before we can paint it white...something about the wood needing to settle?!

Bailey girl is SO happy to be out and about in the front yard now

This is when the Camp's came and visited us in Atlanta when Bradford and Maddie were 3 months old

We had so much fun playing with yall- come back and visit us again soon!

I took this video a few weeks ago when we were under the weather- we def. have a singer on our hands- his favorite song to sing is "Twankle Twankle lil star"

Next up- HAMPTON!

Preparing for Hampton

We are officially two weeks away now from meeting Hampton. We had a little scare on Friday as I started having contractions in the middle of the night- but they ended up being false and we are back to feeling like it will be a while until he makes his arrival. I am kind of glad we had the scare as it made us start to prepare for Hampton. We put the carseat cover back on all washed and new looking, we packed our bags, charged cameras, packed a snack bag and made a list of things to pack in case I go into labor before my scheduled C-section. Though I cannot wait to meet him and become a family of four- I have found myself enjoying this time with how simple one child is and how much freedom and flexibility I have. I told the doctors not to check me as I don't want to mess with him-- he can take his sweet time- there is no rush! Plus I want the guy to bake as long as he can. Here are some things we have done to prepare for Hampton.

Things are packed and ready to go!

Bradford's crib is now Hampton's though Bradford is still using the bumpers....

Hampton's room! I will switch the glider from Bradford's once Hampton starts sleeping in his own room

The "H" pillow that I splurged on! Of course I had to order a "B" one too- how cute will they be when they share a room!

Bradford's new crib- a generous neighbor let us borrow it! It has a white antique finish and I love it!

He loves it too! Thankfully we had just switched the cribs last week before the stomach bug hit- the silk bedskirt was spared from ever getting thrown up on it! Whew!

This is where Hampton will sleep for the first few weeks while our help stays in his room- he will have sweet dreams of the country

The past few months we have practiced putting things "to bed" before nap- Aubie and Duckie probably think it is their bed

B loves to pull out Hampton's clothes

Thanks Soos and Pops for Hampton's baby book! I loved this little book for Bradford and was excited to get another one

Check out Hampton's closet of clothes compared to B's closet when he was born

I think I counted 11 outfits compared to the 30 something hanging up now--lots of Ma C's hard work over the last 20 months!

Also, I have been working on doing activities in my bedroom or on my bed to help prepare B for being content with staying still for a while. I have a feeling we will be in my room alot as I nurse and pump. Coloring has been his highlight. I ask him who he wants to color a picture for and he always says- "Daddy"

Hampton boy we will see you in two weeks or less! What will you look like and what kind of baby will you be?! I know you are being made perfectly for our family!

POST BELOW FROM WEEKEND

Saturday morning at the aquarium

We invested in a zoo pass back in January. We have definitely gotten our moneys worth as we have been to the zoo many times. One cool perk with the pass is that in September you can "swap" your pass and go to the aquarium for free! We headed to the Florida Aquarium with the Johnson's on Saturday morning. We were very clear that we had to leave the aquarium by 11:30 to make it home in time for the Auburn game. Of course, the Bradfords had to wear their orange and blue. We had a great time and think that next year we will get an aquarium pass instead of a zoo pass and do the same thing where we will "swap" and visit the other one in September.

37 weeks!

The boys

Noah and B in their own little world

Shark tank

It is impossible to get these two boys looking at the same time much less be able to hold them!

Sweet baby Elijah and his pretty momma!!

Check out the water park in the background!

The fog area

Crocodiles

B playing on the playground- great things for their age!

We had a great Saturday- especially since Auburn pulled out another win! We'll take it! I was glad to watch the game this Saturday instead of being sick!