Slumber party, hair disaster, and posse' riding

Good friends are like rare jewels.  As a young person (much younger than I am now) I thought I had dozens of really good friends. As the years have passed it has become clearer that in life there are only a few truly genuine friendships you'll have.  Trey has one. His best friend was born two weeks before him, and they've been like brothers for almost 35 years now. They keep in touch even though distance separates them and always pick right up where they left off. 

Seth, Trey's bff, his wife, and three kids stayed with us this weekend.  You've never seen a group of kiddos have such a big time.  It's like they're family.

John Everete, John Brantley, James, Anne Allen and Ford.  Too bad Annie can't sit in a tree yet. 

Then we threw the BFF's in their with their offspring.  (We built our house around this good climbing tree).

Bedtime was like fruit basket turn over.  We had kids up, down, changing locations, slamming doors, wandering, giggling and much more. 

It was such a fun weekend of fellowship and playing that they might come back this coming weekend too!

I've said it before, my boys are obsessed with their sister.  Apparently they like her accessories too!!!

I'm pretty sure she's just as fond of them. 

Gran and Boom came for a visit on Thursday.  I needed to capture the moment.

Wild hair. Colorful glasses.  Drool. Chubby cheeks. Ole Miss dress.  Annie is the complete package.

Ahhhhh this child.

Everyone has that "special" child.  Strong willed. Stubborn.  Hardheaded. That's our Bitty.

When you tell him NOT to put the toy fan next to his hair, and he does it anyway.  Bless him. Twenty five hairs later he yanked it out!

He keeps me on my toes. 

Her head is growing.  The headband bows leave a mark now.

Play dates are essential for my summer survival. Ford and Leland are super heroes.

Middle child syndrome.  I honestly can't remember why he was crying.  Something silly I'm sure.

Just about every week day afternoon my posse'and I take a spin around the hood in the golf cart.  Something about being outside is so calming to my crew.

Sister and me before church

We were ready a few minutes early (not Fancy of course) so I needed to document the occasion.

Happy end of the weekend... on to swimming lessons tomorrow!

Bandits

Good things come to those who wait.  And boy oh boy did I wait 11 weeks for Comcast to come service my internet.  With that being said, I have a glob of pictures from my camera that I never imported to the computer because I couldn't get on the internet to blog.  And it KILLS my soul because my OCD is so bad that I will have pictures that are weeks old just now coming up.  This too shall pass.  I'll get over this bump in the road!

We all know that Ford played baseball this season and I can finally put up some pictures from his last game.

 He's so cute!!!  And just as sweet as he is cute!

 The Bit wasn't much into people or pictures on this night.  Can you tell?

 Waiting on his trophy....

 He's proud....

 Warming up...

 Batter up....

Way to go Bandits!!!  I sure do love my #4.

Annie's 3 month blog below...

Made it a quarter of a year

You know this time last year I wasn't even pregnant with Annie, and now she's 3 months old. I never anticipated having three children, but God makes the arrangements, not me.  I can't imagine not having this little doodle bug either.  Our family needed her, we just didn't know it. 

These big "bubbas" sure are fond of Annie.  There's no jealousy, and for that I'm grateful.  I try to equally spread out time and attention for each child which proves to be exhausting. John Brantley demands it more than the other two. 

She really is a great sleeper. We aren't on a schedule yet, and who knows if we ever will be.  Annie can't decide if she wants to sleep through the night or not.  Sometimes she does and sometimes she doesn't. 

She's a good sleeper though.  I made a mistake twice before and shall not a third time.  There is no rocking to sleep.  Sure I would love to on occasion, but I can't start that. I feed her and it's straight to bed.  If it's nap time and she doesn't need to eat I put her in her rock n play.  Of course she might cry for 5-10 minutes, but she gets over it.

She prefers a long morning and afternoon nap.  They usually range from 1.5-3 hours and a short late afternoon nap for about 30 minutes. 

Pacifiers really aren't her thing, but sometimes I try one to calm her if she's tired and fussy.  She's more of a thumb sucker.  If she can get that left thumb in her mouth she's ohhhh so happy.

Speaking of left, Trey and I think she's going to be left handed.  She grabs for things with her left hand, sucks her left thumb, and generally uses that hand more than her right. 

She likes to be held.  She's nosey and wants to face outward so she can see what's going on.

The boys feel the need to get their holding time in every single day!

Girls loves to eat.  Look at those legs!!!!  Enough said.

Annie is very vocal, and it looks like she's going to be a big talker like her brothers. There's lots of jabbering and squealing that goes on.

She's eyeing that elephant on her bouncy seat. She will swat him with her left hand. 

Annie's bff is Maggie.  They help each other cry. 

Weight: 12.9 lbs - 25th percentile

Diapers: Luvs size 1

Clothes size: 3-6 months 

Nickname: Annie Wannie (I made it up)

Annie's personality type is overall happy.  She loves watching people and follows them with her eyes or by moving her head.  She loves to smile and coo if you talk to her. She enjoys being outside, riding the golf cart, eating, sleeping, watching her brothers play, being held, riding in the car, watching the bright colors on cartoons, taking a bath, lying on her changing pad, kicking her legs and sucking her thumb. 

And I found this to be interesting....