Laughing So Hard

Jacoby has been laughing a lot lately and it's been so much fun. Here are a few videos of him laughing his head off. I had to share!

I Dare You Not to Smile

So...did you smile when you saw it? I knew it.

We just got these pictures back that we had taken of him. I was really worried about not getting any good pictures, but it was really hard to chose the pose, because there were so many good ones. We didn't even have to put his hands like this for the picture, he's a pretty cute guy. I just can't help smiling when I look at this picture.

Valentine's Day

I decided to do some fun LOs of our wedding and list the reasons why we married each other. I was pretty dang excited when Tyler told me he would make a list...woo hoo! So I thought it would be appropriate to post these pages since Valentine's Day is next week. Love ya Ty, you're the best!

I have discovered a secret recipe that you'll definitely want to check out...

Finding out this recipe was probably the highlight of my month. I hope you are all as excited as I was! Everyone that I have told already have been just thrilled. Don't you hate the suspense? Check out my recipe blog to find out the tasty recipe! Thanks for the recipe Debie!

Pictures of....you guessed it, Jacoby!

Right after Jacoby was born my sister, Steph, took some adorable naked pictures of him, but I've been wanting to do some for awhile, so I finally got around to it. It's definitely harder now that he's older, I had to turn the heat up really high so I could take off his outfit and get him to sleep. However, there was no way I was gonna be able to take his little diaper off, he definitely would've woken up. Well it was sure fun. Can't wait to scrap them, I have all sorts of ideas for these pages already.The middle picture is from my shoot and the last one is just a cute one of him holding onto my finger. I just threw this first one it, because I just love it. I can never get enough of taking pictures of my little man. :)

Jacoby's First Winter

I just finished this page of Jacoby for his first winter. It was a fun page to do, I loved all the photos of him in his snow clothes, I couldn't decide which one to use.

He's Goin' to Brazil

My brother, Thomas, received his mission call to the Campinas, Brazil mission! We all put in guesses of where he would go and the date he would enter the M.T.C. Well I actually guessed Brazil, ha ha. There were three of us who guessed Brazil, but my brother-in-law, Devan, guessed both Brazil and the date April 28, so he was definitely the closest. It was a pretty awesome experience to watch Thomas open his call and read it out loud. After he opened it we started looking up all sorts of things about his mission and found out lots of awesome things. Just a few things we found out, there's a temple in his mission, which is awesome, and it's a really warm climate, that lucky duck. He will leave April 29, and go straight to the M.T.C. in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Thomas is my only brother, so this is defnitely a new experience for our family. I'm really trying not to think about him leaving and being gone for two years, but I really do want him to go, I would be more sad if he didn't. We're so proud of Thomas and the great kid that he is, we know he will be a wonderful missionary. We love ya Tom!

Little Man is 5 months

We can hardly believe that Jacoby is 5 months today!! He's a growing boy and weighs almost 17 pounds and is 28 inches, he's a big kid. He's wearing 6-9 month clothes now. I feel like I always need to try outfits on him to make sure he hasn't grown out of something and will actually be able to wear to wear stuff more than a few times, but he's not a fan of dress up. We love Jacoby so much, he brings so much joy to our lives. He's finally starting to sleep a little better, wakes up once or twice at night and probably once a week will sleep all night long! I love those mornings, I feel so good! :) Jacoby loves toys now and will shake his rattles and suck on just about anything he can get to his mouth. He is a big time drooler and slobbers all over the place. He is in love with baths now and kicks like crazy to make splashes. About two weeks ago we started feeding him rice cereal at nights and he's doing really well with that, but is SO messy, I've gotta post some pictures of him, he's crazy! He's also discovering his little feet and loves to grab hold of them and play with them. He's becoming an expert roller, but gets frustrated when he's stuck and can't roll back over. He's still in love with his binkie, and we are a fan too. Whatever makes him happy, makes us VERY happy. He's sleeping in his crib in his bedroom now and it still makes me sad at nights to not have him in our room with us, but I sleep so much better and so does he. (Not Tyler, he could sleep through anything, doesn't matter.) Most recently he's finally acting interested when we're eating and he starts smackin' his gums. We love you Jacoby, you're the BEST!

Back to School

Well last Wednesday was my first day back to school! I have been dreading this for five months. It's just one class I'm taking, so not too bad, but I know it's going to be a little difficult to juggle school and taking care of my boys. I know that I need to finish school, and I really want to so I'm trying to have a good attitude, but well that's not working very well. :) I came home from class Wednesday morning and pretty much had a breakdown, it was rough. My sister, Steph has really inspired me to finish since she just graduated from school in December and she had a one-year-old. I will always regret it if I don't finish so here we go... I realize I'm not going to have as much time to do some of the other things I love like digital scrapbook, read, and blog. I guess I'll still continue to take lots of pictures to scrap later. Here are a few pages I've done lately. This is probably my favorite outfit of Jacoby's. I love these car pajamas!

Tyler loves watching his Braves or North Carolina Basketball play any chance he gets...he's even got Jacoby interested. When my sister, Becca, saw this page she said, I'm pretty sure I've seen this same picture, but with different characters: Lonnie, Trey, and Johnny. I thought that was funny. Anyway...I loved this picture of my boys.

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Merry Christmas Darling

This is a scrapbook page I've been working on of Jacoby's first Christmas. I just love the picture in the ornament on the left, isn't his new hat so cute?

Christmas Fun!

We had a wonderful Christmas! We had lots of parties with family and had lots of good times. I just love Christmastime. We received many great gifts from our families. A few of the things we got were a camcorder, a trunk for a coffee table, clothes, books for Jacoby, lots of toys, a SEWING MACHINE, and Tyler got a nice coat. I love everything about the Christmas season: the music, the snow, the lights, Christmas trees, decorations, yummy food, parties, shopping, and best of all remembering the birth of our Savior. I'm so grateful for the birth of Jesus Christ and for all of the sacrifices He has made for all of us. I feel so blessed. I'm always a little grumpy after Christmas because it just goes by too fast. I didn't want to go to bed Christmas night because I just didn't want to wake up and realize it was all over. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I hope you all had a very merry Christmas!

Jacoby & Johnny Our little family on Christmas. I can't believe I'm posting a picture considering how I look, but hey it's Christmas and when it comes to getting ready, I take the day off.

We have started to do this huge party with my family about a week before Christmas where we have fondue, play Bunko and have great prizes, watch movies, eat a fantastic dinner, and all sleepover. It was so fun to have everyone together and spend the whole night together. I just love my family! This is a scrapbook page that my mom did of the big party! And another great thing about the party was that it was Steph's birthday! I love ya Steph! My mom made cupcakes for her birthday and Devan got more cake from Johnny Carinos, by the end of the night, we were sick! Here are some pictures from the big night!

Good Times with Eden

I just love this "handsome" outfit of Jacoby's and have been wanting to do a page with him in it. It was a really fun page to do. I think he is more than handsome though. :)


I have had a lot of fun watching Eden the last couple days. Steph had her graduation tonight, I'm so excited for her! This last semester she did her student teaching and it wasn't easy, but she is finally done. She's such a hard worker and I know she did such a good job as a student teacher. I heard from so many of her students that she just loved having her in the class, probably because she's very talented and fun to be around. Love ya Steph.

Anyway the last few days that I have watched Eden I have been having a blast doing her cute hair. It's naturally curly and so I just get it wet and put some gel in it and her head springs into curls. She's so adorable, I hope someday I have a little girl like her with hair like Eden's and we can be twins. She's so fun to watch with Jacoby, she just points at him and says, "Baby, baby!"

Bath Time

Jacoby just loves taking baths, he always smiles and kicks around in the water. I love the hooded bath towels that he has, they're the cutest, this is a photo taken fresh outta the tub. Tyler is trying desperately to get Jacoby to stand up, it isn't really working, Ha ha. Just look at that huge smile on his face.

Well our families really enjoyed the last video we put on here of Jacoby cooing, so we have been trying to get another one to post. Jacoby is laughing pretty hard in this video, he's pretty cute, try not to smile, I dare ya. :)

Christmas Tag!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper of course. I really love to wrap presents too, and it’s so much more fun to unwrap a present rather than take it out of a bag. However, I’m not wrapping too many of Jacoby’s gifts because he isn’t old enough to understand. Ha ha. I have some cute Christmas boxes that I’m putting his presents in.
2. Real tree or Artificial? I love love real trees because of the way they smell, but they’re messy, you have to water them, and my least favorite thing is that you have to put lights on them every year. I really love pre-lit trees, so much less work.
3. When do you put up the tree? Soon after Thanksgiving!
4. When do you take the tree down? Just a few days after Christmas, and the taking down is never fun.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes I do! I also love eggnog milkshakes!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably my American Girl doll, Samantha, or else my water baby.
7. Hardest person to buy for? My dad, Tyler, Tyler’s dad. Oh geez, boys are tricky that’s for sure.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My sisters, my mom, and especially Jacoby.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No, but I love the Willow Tree nativity. That’s definitely in my wish list.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mailed! E-mailing Christmas cards is lame, I have never been a fan of e-mailed cards of any kind, it just doesn’t mean as much. Everyone loves to get a letter or card in the mail, it’s like a little present.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A Razor Scooter. I cannot remember how old I was, I think middle school, but I wasn’t into them at all, so I had no idea why “Santa” brought me a dumb scooter. Ha ha. I probably rode it twice. I’m sorry, I sound very ungrateful, but honestly!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Oh I have a bunch that I love: The Santa Claus, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Home Alone.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Black Friday
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No, I don’t think so.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Soup, fudge, homemade chocolates, lifesaver book, but my favorite are peppermint Tootsie Pops.
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, that makes such a difference.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Breath of Heaven, by Amy Grant and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer are good ones!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I have never traveled for Christmas, luckily Tyler and my family live so close so we don’t have to travel too far.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixon, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph. Singing while I named them.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I don’t like very many of the angels out there, so I would definitely go with a star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Open a couple Christmas Eve and the rest Christmas Day.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? I hate going to town when it’s really busy, I don’t like to drive when it takes forever to get somewhere.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? RED! We have big red bells, Wrapped Presents, and red ball ornaments. RED is the color.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? I don’t really care, soup is yummy or ham and baked potatoes.
25. Favorite family Christmas tradition? Well growing up we always picked out a Hallmark ornament, and I always got ornaments that did things, my favorite one you pull on a string and the bear does a snow angel. I’m excited to get Jacoby’s first ornament. For the past four years or so we’ve started doing a big party with my immediate family and we have fondue, play Bunko, watch a movie, and have a really yummy steak dinner. We don’t eat until after the movie so it’s usually really late, it’s been a really fun tradition. I love Christmas and being with family.

Merry Christmas Everyone! I tag Steph, my mom, Lyndsi, Angie, and Jenn!

You Amaze Me

Jacoby has started to do some fun things this month so I decided to do a fun scrapbook page about them. I got the idea from a page my mom did of my sister, Olivia, it was really fun to do. Click here to see my mom's page.