29 and doing fine

My oh my how time flies... Today is 29 months since Athen blessed our lives. He is so smart and into all kinds of things...

Some of his new things are - If you say "Thank You" he says "Ur lecom" If you sneeze he will say "Bless You" You ask him "What are you doing?" He will say "Nuff'n"

Tonight at dinner he said the prayer.... "God, food, AMEN!" Sometimes he calls Jett "Jettie-Man" There are lots more things, I just can't think of them at the moment... Here are some pictures of Athen at 29 months....

April 2007

April 2008

April 2009

Count Your Blessings...

29 months ago - RIGHT NOW - my whole world changed.... Athen really and truly is a blessing to not just our lives, but I believe that he will touch many lives.... I like to think he already has in his short 29 months of life.... I will post more about Athen and some pictures tonight... Just wanted to post at 12:35 - when he was born!!

Love you BooBoo! ox ~momma

Chatty Kathy

Athen most defiantly gets his talkativeness from his Daddy. Athen's newest thing to do in the car is talk on the phone... If you are on the phone he says "Who's dat?" you answer, then he says "I wanna talk to _______" He can carry on a pretty good conversation, then again - I know what he's saying. Most of the time whom ever is on the other end of the line does not. And if you are not on the phone and he sees it he will ask to call random people.... Jett, Ninnie, Sherry, Daddy, so on and so forth.... When he can really talk, he's going to give Jett a run for his money, and if you know Jett- that's a WHOLE lot of talk'n there!

Hang'n with the Boys

Finally, we have some nice warm weather we can enjoy... Last night Mom, Nikki and I with the boys in tow got supper and took it to the park and ate and let the boys play... It was the park by the college - Drexel I think? I liked it cause the playground has a ramp instead of steps - if you know my two left footed child....you will know why I am not a fan of steps.

Then today Mom cooked breakfast for all of us and then we got the "water slide" out and the boys ( Kevin included, and don't you know - I didn't have my camera!!) tried it out. They had a blast! You will note, Jett is in none of the pictures - he said "Playing in the water reminds me of Bobby Tucker and it makes me nervous" Haha, I have to meet this man! Really, he can't be THAT scary, right?

Then tonight mom and Nikki cooked dinner at mom's house and Aunt Sherry came over... Here's Athen coloring with "Sherrrreeeee"

My little man got him some sun today...

Again, I love him so good...

N-E-V-E-R a dull moment!

If you know Kevin, you know that he is the "life of the party" With that said.... Thursday Nights the Young Professionals from Church gets together and have fun, food, and fellowship. This past Thursday night we went to play Putt-Putt. I had been told that is wasn't worth the money and was so boring.... little did they know, I was with the next Tiger Woods =)

Everything was going well.... Kevin was doing pretty good!

Until we came to the hole in front of the water fall...

And his ball went in.....


...and so did Kevin....

Yes, he's for hire - need some entertainment???

Pictures

Here are a couple of pictures that I "borrowed" from Leiland's mom... They will be back down in just a couple of weeks! YAY!!!!! Kevin taking the candy from Athen that were in the eggs...

Here LeeLee, I will put my eggs in your basket

Silly Boys - when these two get together, you can FEEL all the energy!

Trust me, Leiland doesn't weigh much more than Athen does...

Athen and Batman Lavender =)

Another story...

...this morning on the way to day care, Athen was yet again looking at his coloring books and he finds a picture with something to count and this is what he says:

"One... Two... Three... GOOD JOB Athen!"
I heart him!

YAY! Finally!!

Ok, if you don't have a "large" monitor or a "newer" one you probably won't be able to see my background that I FINALLY got in a three column... Its so stink'n cute!!!! Its a MUST see... go to http://www.scrappinblogs.blogspot.com/ on the left hand side there are links - go to "Categories" then "*Go Digital Scrapbooking (14)" mine is the 2nd one "I love my Boy's" one... cute, right?!?!?! LOVE IT!!!

Good Job Momma!

Yesterday on the way home from daycare Athen was looking at his coloring book. He finds where I have written his name and says "A-T-H-E-N, uh huh. Good Job Momma!" He was very proud that I knew how to spell his name... =) so smart my child... LOVE him!

Kevin's Back

**please note that Kevin's Back has been moved from the "Prayer Request" side to the "Thank You Prayers" side - Praise the Lord!!!!!**

from blog to book...

((No, his name is not spelled with an "S" - Just the possessive form of Athen))

I, sad to say, never done a baby book for Athen. HOWEVER, I have found a way to be able to print the blog without loosing or cutting off any pictures {thus has been my problem till now} Therefore, I am going to start from the beginning and print the blog. With that said, please feel free to go back and post as many comments as you would like, or you can just start from this point forward - I will be printing those as well and compiling a baby book (hey, 2 1/2 years later, that's pretty good!) I think this will be even BETTER than a "regular" baby good (cause lets face it, when I have I ever done anything "regular") cause Athen will also have comments and encouragement from family and friends to go along with it. I just think its a splendid idea... so get to commenting - GRAMMIE THIS MEANS YOU!!! If you wish to comment but do not wish for the "world" to see it, feel free to email it to me - tiffanywalker@yahoo.com

Pray for Me

Please take a moment and just say a little prayer for me and my patience and tolerance. Thank You!

Happy Birthday "Maw"

Today is Grandma aka "Maw's" 72 Birthday, Also marks 4 years of NOT smoking!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAW, WE LOVE YOU

Good Luck Jett!!!

This week Jett is taking swimming lessons again with BOBBY TUCKER!

Family & Friends Day...

Also, wanted to ask for "Thank You Prayers" for a close family member who attended church with us today. Is also planning on attending services on our Family and Friends day. God does good work!

**I have added a link {to your left under "Prayer Requests"} for a bible study that you can print out... Its very good and great for beginners**

Athen's BFF...

Well, after two nights at the vet, one Rx and stool testing kit (that's all you babe), and $275.25 vet bill later.... Diezel is back home.... The Vet is pretty sure its something he ate... you think it could have been from Easter...? {see picture below} Glad you are home Diezel, more important - glad you are feeling better.

As close as brothers...

Last night was the first night that Jett has ever spent the night with us - Nikki & Eric had a date night. So we took the boys to Chick-Fil-A to eat and play. After Kevin told a little girl to hit another little girl back cause she hit her first (in the face mind you) and the little girl DID IT! We had to go! The plan WAS to take the boys to the park after dinner, but after a quick trip to Target oh and one to Wendy's to get Jett a frosty - day light was about gone... Thus my hubby came up with the idea to take the boys to Geren Rides {don't judge - there isn't anything to do in this town} The boys, all three, of them had a GREAT time...See that SMALL speck at the the very top that looks like a little boy - yep, that would be my child... can you say heart attack?

Here they come.... Can you see Athen's hands in the air...?

WHEW! made it!

Athen picked this ride ( its was one of the few he could ride)

This just note the irony in this - This ride is one Jett picked for them to ride (so Athen could ride, so sweet of you Jett to think of your little "brother") - Airplane. And then Athen picks a Boat.... um, I guess Eric really is Jett's Daddy and Kevin really is Athen's....

This would be the "Big Boy" ride... that they rode, twice! I don't know how had more fun, Kevin (who REALLY shouldn't be on it due to his back) or Jett....

So after the "Best Day Ever" as Jett said... We got up and I took the boys to play at a local school play ground - cause you get all this cool play ground equipment ALL TO YOURSELF... well that is until the police come and tell you that you have to leave - that's a bit of a downer.

Yep, he's about to fall, again.

This is typical Jett and Athen - Athen doing something "animated" and Jett climbing on something...

We had a great time with you Jettie-Man!

I hope that the two of you stay as close as brothers - cause y'all sure fight like them =)

Update On Diezel

Poor ol Diezel has to stay at the doggie doctor another night... He is doing better the vet said but there is still blood. Therefore he wants to keep him and watch again today and thru the night. Vet said that there wasn't as much blood as there was before which is a GOOD sign....

Diezel

Diezel has to spend night at the doctor's tonight (and possibly tomorrow night) cause he' is "ick" ((sick)) He's been throwing up over the past week and is now passing a lot of blood. It could just be that he ate a frog or something, it happens we when have had a lot of rain.... Or it could be something worse, just don't know let... Say a special little prayer?? Thanks!

Have To vs. Get To

Just some encouraging thoughts... mostly for me, but feel free to use them as well =)

Instead of saying " I have to go to church" say "I get to go to church" instead of saying "I have to get up and go to work" say "I get to get up and go to work" - meaning not only do you have the physical ability to do so, but you also have a job to go to. With the times as they are, it is very important to be thankful and grateful for the jobs that we have. Although it may be trying at times ((but what isn't?)) we really must stop. take a breath. and be thankful. We could be implement this in many aspects of life... Just something I have been thinking about a lot lately....

Colors, Letters, and a Shout Out to Aunt Ninnie

Let me narrate for you... Athen answers the questions "Uh, _____" that's what he is saying before the correct answer, "Uh" as in the has to think about it =)

{you will note in the video below what he's using to name his colors - see post below}

In this one below at the Athen is saying "N" for "Ninnie" "Find 'N' "

{It took me literally an hour to upload these, am I doing something wrong???}