Catch Up

I've not been great at keeping up the blog since we moved back. Even though it was originally to keep family in touch and informed, I still want to continue it for the boys to look back on.

Warning: This post will be long.

Logan: Logan is growing like a weed. He is really, really excited about Santa coming. He got a video message and phone call from him, which he thought was so cool. He is a really good big brother when he wants to be. He especially takes care and protects Graham and is very sweet to him. He's a good helper to me too now. He is good about helping me with diaper changes and cleaning up. He especially likes to fold clothes, haha.

Nate: Nate is starting to enter the terrible two's. He's a little stinker a lot now. Like refusing to get in his carseat and climbing to a part of the car where I can't reach him. Taking the pictures over his bed off the wall while he's suppose to be asleep. Torturing the dog. I think he learned all that from his big brother though. His speech is great. He talks in full sentences and I can understand most everything he says, most other people can too it seems. He seems to understand Santa this year. He loves the Elf on the Shelf and know all about not touching it (he'll lose his magic!), even though we tend to keep it up high just in case.

Graham: Grahamalama is my little buddy. He LOVES his mommy. He is taking formula pretty well now. He takes bottles during the day and nurses at night. Right now it's kind of the best of both worlds. He still gets the antibodies and such from nursing but I get the convenience of formula during the day. He is still army crawling but keeps getting up on his knees and rocking so it wont be too long before he takes off. He is pulling up now and has learned how to get down from standing. He's starting to get a little mohawk like Nate had. I hope he get the full blown all hair stick straight up phase that Nate had. He says mama and dada. He gets so excited every night when Brent gets home. He leaves the Christmas tree alone mostly.

Brent: Brent has been working a TON since Thanksgiving. He leaves anywhere between 5 and 6 and gets home between 8 and 9. The next 2 days need to hurry up so he can get back to his normal schedule. He gets 3 days off after Saturday, works 4 and then is off 10 days!!! I'm so excited to have him home after this very long Holiday season.

Beth: I've been super busy trying to get the photography biz up and going....getting official pricing for 2013, 2013 goals, designing the website (www.bethpricephotography.net), keeping up the photog blog (www.bethpricephotography.blogspot.com), marketing material, etc. Along with several Bizzy B orders, keeping up the house, taking care of the kids mostly by myself (not complaining, it's just reality with the holiday season at Brent's work),....whew. It's been one heck of a month! I didn't get to make as many Christmas presents as I wished, but that's ok.


They boys are going to have a fantastic Christmas. They are getting a dune racer powerwheels, an art desk with supplies, kid proof tablets (maybe they will give me my phone and computer back!), basketball goal (Nate loves basketball), walkie talkies, a remote control racetrack, remote control Thomas for Nate and Lightning McQueen for Logan, rain boots, house shoes, movies, garbage truck for Logan (weird request, right?), little wagon for Nate. Graham is getting a walker, a walk behind walker/activity center, a disney train toy and a little jukebox. I'm so excited for Santa to come!!

Well, That Was Fun

We had our first ER trip last night. The door to the (wood) steps to the basement got left open and Grahamalama decided to tumble about half way down them. He was acting completely normal, cried instantly, easily soothed, no bad bumps or knots, but his pupils were uneven. I called my ER nurse friend and she said we should go ahead to Children's. Everything is fine, he checked out completely normal and we were in and out. Apparently, 20% of the population has uneven pupils and he is part of that 20%. Who knew?! He slept fine last night, like normal. I didn't sleep well, but that's what Momma's do, right?

Brent stayed with the big boys and I drove by myself, that was probably the hardest part. Mom met me at the ER. Logan stayed up as late as he could because he was worried about Graham. Brent convinced him to go to sleep once we were told he was fine and we could go home.

Grahamalama

That's Graham's new nickname. Occasionally it's Grahamalama ding dong.

He is just about a week shy of 8 months old. He is sitting up very well now and has been for weeks, maybe longer....I don't recall exactly. Oops.

He is army crawling like CRAZY! He's found the dog food and manages to find every tiny sliver of anything he's not suppose to have in the floor and attempt to eat it.

I finally got him to take a bottle with formula in it today. I desperately want to wean, or at least have an option so I can get out of the house without him every now and then. I'm hoping to incorporate a bottle or two a day at least from here on out.

He's growing out of all his 6-9 mos clothes and starting to wear 12 months. I guess he's going to be my big boy!

Graham, as well as his brothers, are going to be dinosaurs for Halloween. I am in the process of making all 3 of them. Graham is going to be orange with light orange dots and stripes. Logan is red with yellow dots and stripes and Nate is green with lime green dots and stripes. We are meeting Brent in Cleveland after work for a big Trunk or Treat event that the city puts on. I'm glad we get to meet and Brent gets to be a part of the trick or treating!

Logan is 4!

Logan turned 4 this month! He is so very excited to be 4 because he's decided that means he's a big boy now. He got his very first bike with training wheels and a a helmet that looks like an alligator (although he insists that it's a dinosaur).

We had him a camping themed party with lots of outdoor themed goodies, including smore's cupcakes, trail mix, pudding dirt cups, chips and hot dogs cooked over a campfire.

Here's some photos from his big day!

 

 

 

Beth Price Photography

Might as well dive in head first, huh?

Here's my new blog featuring my photography.

Go check out my sweet friend's sister and her precious 2 year old!

Or you can go here to check it out on Facebook.

Enjoy!

And just in case you're wondering....Here's my current Fall special.

New Passion

So, I've found something else that I've completely fallen in love with.

Photography....

Here's some of my faves!

Grahamalama

Kisses from brother

They love loving on their brother

Throwing leaves at the lake.

"Driving" the choo choo train

My friend Mindy's little boy, Levi.

Logan and Levi running down the walking trail at Imagination Station.

My friend Kristin's stepdaughter, Kaylen, at the TN Aquarium.

Kaylen posing by the river during our picnic.

Kaylen, Nate, Logan and Noah watching the otters at the Aquarium. 

Fun times!!

Date Night

We happened to be at the beach on the anniversary of Brent proposing 8 years earlier. So we celebrated by eating at the same restaurant and taking pictures on the same bench where he proposed. 

Appetizer was so good!! It was fried green tomato caprese. Basically a stack of fried green tomatoes with real melted mozarella between them.

 The bench where Brent proposed.

 Jekyll Warf, where Latitude 31 is located. He took me there before he proposed.

View from our table at the restaurant. 

Vacation Day 4-5

On days 4 and 5...

 We chased and fed seagulls

 while the babies napped on the beach.

 We found tons of sand dollars.

Us girls had a girls day. I went for an early morning massage and then we went to the Jekyll Club Hotel (above) for lunch. 

 Then we walked around and took pictures of pretty stuff, like this ancient oak tree whose branches touched the ground. 

 Then we went to the beach. 

 Logan found a dead horseshoe crab.

 G Baby enjoyed the water.

Vacation Days 3

Day 3 of vacation we did lots of things! 

 We visited the Sea Turtle Rehab Center 

 The boys loved seeing the turtles swim around!

 Then we had some beach side ice cream!

 Little chubs

 Then we went swimming! Graham LOVED the water!

 Logan is a little daredevil in the water.

 And Nate decided he would let go and swim on his own!

 Then we did a little evening fishing on the back side of the island.

Then came a monsoon, we all got completely drenched and then out came this beautiful rainbow.

Vacation Days 1-2

The first couple of days were spent exclusively at the beach.

 

 

Graham napped all day on the beach

 

 



 Logan loved making "roads" in the sand for his trucks to drive on.

 

 

 The boys did an excellent job sleeping in the same bed every night.

 

 

 

Logan LOVED his tiger float.

Nate loved his airplane float.

Nate loved on baby Elsie

 

Graham and Georgia preferred the shade.