Bath Time and Fishing Fun!

Again, my pictures have loaded in reverse order......I really must learn how to fix that problem!! Gramps recently got Blaine his first fishing pole and a new life jacket for the boat! Blaine was thrilled.........Today he got to go fishing with Daddy and Gramps in Nana's pond, and he 'caught' his first fish.

Here he is with Gramps and the fish

Daddy, Blaine, and the fish

Here is Blaine working on his casting skills (or lack there of)


And Blaine and Bryce recently took their first bath together! Blaine enjoyed it greatly and Bryce, well, he may have gotten a little more water in his face than he was accustom to!

Life with Bryce

Blaine is very into baseball right now. He LOVES to hit the ball!

Bryce's first trip to church

Ready for a baseball game!

This is the outfit and blanket we wanted to bring him home from the hospital in, but it was WAY to big. I had to send my mom out to get a premie outfit, and he really wasn't that tiny!

Trying to get a picture of these two together is impossible. Bryce always looks like he's trying to get away or begging for help!

Just after his first bath at home

First bath at home......I have a picture of Blaine that looks EXACTLY like this. I mean I'm not sure I could even tell them apart!

Bryce turned 1 month old yesterday. Unfortunately none of these pictures were taken yesterday because my camera battery died!!! I did get a couple with Grammy's camera, but I don't have those with me right now.............I will try to post them later.

Bryce is growing like a weed and getting cuter every day! He is a good baby and usually sleeps for about 6 hours during his first stretch each night. Our only problem is what seem to be regular tummy aches each evening. Some would probably call it collic, but it's really not true collic because I can get him to calm down by walking and bouncing. It really seems to be excessive gas that he just can't get rid of......other than that he is a good baby!! He's already been shopping alot, and he's been to at least 4 or 5 baseball games and church!!

Week before last the boys and I made our first solo trip to Wal-Mart! It was a smashing success. (I certainly don't expect future trips to be that easy!) Blain enjoyed the bus-like cart with the extra child attachment, and Bryce just slept.

So far Blaine seems to have adjusted well to being a big brother! He loves Bryce and likes to 'hold' him. He will try to give him his passy when he's crying, and he's always wanting to know if 'Baby Bryce' can play baseball with him. I think my favorite is when we are getting ready to leave, Blaine will walk over to Bryce's swing or bouncy seat and say, "Come on Baby Bryce, let's go"! He says it as if Bryce can just get up and walk out the door.

They are both wonderfully sweet boys, and we are so blessed to have such happy healthy children!

Bryce is Here!

Baby Bryce is here!
He weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was 21 1/2 in. long
He is doing great and has a big brother who is VERY proud of him!

Christmas Pictures and Getting Ready for Bryce!

So I guess I'm still WAY behind, since it is February and I am just now posting Christmas pics! I really do want to do better, but it's hard when you don't have internet at your own house.






We are all doing well. Blaine is growing like crazy and will be 2 next weekend......it's hard to believe two years have already gone by.
We have been trying to get ready for baby Bryce, and mom and I have been busy painting and sewing to get both of the boys rooms ready. Since all of Blaine's furniture needed to be moved to Bryce's room, we upgraded him to a "Big Boy" bed a couple of weeks ago! He took to it like a pro!! He loves his new bed! Bryce's room is almost complete too........just curtains and his name left to hang. I can hardly believe he'll be here in 6-7 more weeks.

Todd is staying busy too.......completing all of my 'honey-dos'! He's been a real sport about it though!

WAY Behind!!!

I know I have been a HORRIBLE blogger!! But, alot has happened in our lives since the last time I blogged.

At the end of May we bought a house in Roy, Arkansas...............It is just outside of Murfreesboro. We had to do a little repair work and moved in at the beginning of June. We are all settled in and loving our new home.

In July/August we took a vacation with Todd's family to Gatlinburg, Tn. We had a lovely time (except for some unwanted rain), and a close encounter with a bear!!!

Shortly after that trip we found out we were expecting our second child, and have since learned that it is another BOY!! Bryce Wilson Kimery (We think that will be his name, but we reserve the right to change our minds!) is due to join us mid-April.

The fall has been lots of fun with trips to the pumpkin patch and halloween with our cute little Elmo.

Now we're getting all geared up for Christmas, which is always a little crazy with all the places we get to go to visit with family!!!

Hopefully that catches us up! I will try to get some Holiday pictures up soon, and I promise to try to do better!!

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Blaine at the Pumpkin Patch

Again

Just being CUTE!

And CUTER!

And Cheesy CUTE!

Elmo playing golf

And Elmo ready for Trick or Treating!

Entertainment and Leftover Easter Pics......

As Blaine gets older, he is increasingly becoming more and more entertaining. He is into EVERYTHING!!! By the time I get him out of one thing he is already into something else. I love his curiosity.........Well, most of the time anyway!!

I also love how much he is able to understand and how well he is able to follow directions (When he wants to!). It is amazing to me that I can tell him to go get something and what to do with that something, and he is able to do it.

He makes several animal sounds.........the cow is still his all time favorite sound, and dog is his favorite animal word. Pretty much everything with four legs is called a dog! He loves to sing "if your happy and you know it" and will clap and stomp at the appropriate times. Balls are his favorite toys. He loves to throw them and then clap and yell 'YA' for himself........It's really cute. He's also started clapping and shouting 'Ya' anytime he does what he's been asked to do. The other day Todd's mom told him to close a door to a cabinet he was not supposed to be in, and he did. Then, he began clapping and saying 'ya'! He's quite the entertainer!

He also loves his bath time with his Daddy.......sometimes around bath time he will run to the bathroom saying 'bath, bath, bath'.

He has a new found love for 4-wheelers. My dad has been taking him on rides on his 4-wheeler, and now he often runs to the door and saying 'bu, bu, bu, bu, bu' (his version of buddin' buddin' or the sound a 4-wheeler makes). When he gets outside he runs straight to the shop saying the same thing.

He is such a joy, and we are so very blessed to have him!

This picture is simply for your entertainment. We were trying to take a picture before we left for church on Easter morning, and this is what we got. I don't even remember what Blaine and I thought was so funny, and I certainly don't know why Todd was picking his nose!

We did get a few good ones too! Here we are with my 'not so' little brother, Matt.

Blaine and Daddy

Mommy and Blaine

Family pics are hard to come by!

Blaine

Blaine

Us with Todd's Mom, Dad, and Brother (Greg)

First Easter Egg Hunt!

Blaine was very excited to participate in his first Easter egg hunt! We got all of the younger children together before church on Wednesday night, and they had a blast. I was quite impressed that Blaine knew exactly what to do. He wanted to play with the eggs before we got started, and we wouldn't let him. So when we finally let him go after them, he was very excited. He went straight to the eggs and started picking them up and putting them in his little bucket! It was so cute!

The Group before the hunt

This is Blaine with his friend, Kinleigh, after the hunt. They are only three week apart in age, and are almost exactly the same size.