Picture Update

Some pictures to catch you up:

Me and the boys at Chick-fil-A on a Friday night that Stephen was out of town. It was quite the event. Dinner, an appearance by the Chick-Fil-A cow, himself, playground, then ice cream. All for $13. Thanks Chick-fil-A! Note Adler insisted on wearing my sunglasses.

Beckett liked the polynesian sauce.
Sweet ba ba

After church, on a Sunday Stephen was out of town, I took the boys to Piedmont Park for a walk, playground, then lunch at Willy's Mexican. They were tuckered out!
Adler at swim lessons at the Y
Shelley's bday gift I made. Not sure if you can tell, but it's a travel kit for make-up brushes. It rolls and ties on the end. Happy 24th Aunt Sha Sha!!
Another victory
Thought this was funny - Adler must have taken this picture of me and Stephen still in bed. This is probably what we look like every morning to him..."Adler, it's 6am!!" Also, you can see the head board I made!
At the zoo with the baby panda
Boys on the train
Thumbs up! Adler wearing his "Rock the Creek" fundraiser shirt sent from Neanie
Sweet Beckett sharing his cookie with Cookie Monster Adler
Alder and the ladies at the zoo
My sad canopy, I couldn't get it straight. It looked like we were on the Oregon Trail
Swim lessons again
Still in the beginning stages, but a skirt I'm making in my sewing class
At the Sweetwater Festival...cupcakes saved the day and bought me about 10 minutes of sitting down!
Aunt Sha Sha came to visit! Couldn't get both boys to look at the camera at the same time! :(
The make-over
Girls trip to Amelia Island for the weekend
We drove through Savannah on the way back and stopped at Paula Dean's restaurant for some deee-lish!



Adler's Kid Rocks class at the Y - here they are doing the yoga pose..sorta
Easter egg hunt at school
Beckett and Grammi
All geared up
Stephen re-did our deck!
Adler and Aunt Rylie at the zoo (we go to the zoo a lot)

Would have been considered a victory if wasn't at the optical store....I carried him in from the car and just laid him down on the chairs while I dealt with the glasses.
Beckett thought it was funny too
T-ball, yes, this is when I realized it was time for a hair cut

Buds

The boys were having too much fun on the way to church on Sunday. We heard them both saying "weeeeee!". I turned around to find them holding hands and having quite a blast with their sun glasses. What sweet brothers and friends!

Weekend Makeover

Two weekends ago, we had a spring cleaning at the Hunton home. We collected items for Goodwill, a large pile of things to sell on ebay, and lots of things to just throw away. It was great to get organized. We also finally got matching bedside tables and lamps. We feel like such grown ups! :)


I also got to spend the morning at Scott's Antique market and I cam across these super cute benches. I got 2 of them to recover at put at the foot of our bed.
Then we got new curtains in the living room from Ikea to lighten things up for the spring and summer season.
Stephen also organized the garage! We got a lot done, but there are more projects on the list!

Picture update

Well, it finally happened. I turned 30! We had a great party at the house last weekend, but celebrated the actual day yesterday. We went to the Children's Museum and Adler fell in love with the mega train table. I think he would have been happy if we would have just spent the whole day there. His brain was on over load soaking in all the trains, tunnels, etc. Stephen and I were cracking up. He was literally shaking. There was definitely a melt down when we tried to get him to do something else. It was a great day and I was so thankful to spend it with my boys!

We started the morning with Blueberry Crunch Cakes from J. Christopher's. It was super yummy and it was fun to have just Beckett at the table.


He liked blowing bubbles in his milk.
There were a lot of random pictures to upload on my phone this time around. Came across this one...guess Adler had gone on a picture taking spree... Here are a few other belated pictures>>
Boys at the grocery store
At Piedmont Park...

Adler trying out a bike w/ training wheels for the first time...Daddy had to fix the chain a few times
Bath time for Beckett boy
Adler's Valentine party - shoveling food in his mouth during prayer
"Sharing"
Celebrating a great report from Adler's eye doctor w/ Aunt Rylie at Chick-fil-a. Vision in his right eye has gone from 20/200 to 20/30 in just 12 weeks! This was from patching 3 hours a day. The doctors were thrilled and so were we!

See, Stephen, it was worth the money!!

Look, Stephen! Now this outfit only cost $40 since we got two wears out of it! :)

Ok, so I got this adorable Easter outfit for Adler a month before Easter. This was his second Easter, so he was about 18 months old. I thought a 2T would be perfect. However, by the time Easter came around, we couldn't even button the snaps on the bottom. We made him wear it anyways since I had spent so much on it. I had to even come up with a different shirt to wear underneath because there was no way in heck his little tummy was going to fit into that peter-pan shirt! However, I went shopping in the attic today and found this little outfit. Beckett gave it a try and it fits perfectly! Maybe a little big, but I've learned my lesson on always going bigger. We'll see how he's doing before Easter - I can probably adjust the straps. Anyways, wanted to share-it may have taken a few years, but that I have finally made this outfit cost effective! :) Stephen, aren't you proud?

Thankful

Remembering how thankful I was for this moment one year ago!

Our Beckett Boy is One!

Our Elijah Beckett is One! It's hard to believe we were at the hospital with our little man a year ago! He has been such a joy and delight to our family. Always a sunshiney happy boy.

At one year old, Beckett has four teeth, and two more on the bottom that have just peeked through. He said "ball" for the first time on two days ago! His other words are Mama, Dada, Adler (Aaaa-da), and Sadie (Dadie), Glasses, "Uh-oh", Bye-Bye, Night-Night, to name a few. He's great at copying words to it's hard to say which ones he really knows and which ones he just repeats. He's a really great little communicator - avid pointer, it's like he speaks his little language and I know exactly what he's saying.

Some of his tricks include: waving Bye-Bye, touch-down, can answer "1" and give a number 1 when asked how old he is, blowing kisses, hugs, wet kisses, bonking his head on something-making a noise and thinking it's funny and repeating it, pointing at people in pictures on our refrigerator (so far, he can identify mama, dada, Adler, and papa)

He is a wonderful little eater! The ladies at his Mother's Morning Out program agreed on his first day. We often wonder where he puts it all! His favorite foods are sweet potatoes, blue berries, waffles, bananas, avacado, fruit cups, grits, and he LOVED the mashed calliflower Grammi and Tom Tom made for him!

He has a funny sense of humor, loves to be silly - especially when it comes to music & dance parties. He's loves wearing hats and sunglasses. (maybe because big brother wears the glasses too) His favorite book is our pop-up Bunny's Nursery Rhymes book. His favorite bedtime lovey is "Blue Beary" - a blue bear with a blanket attached.

He's really easy going, a breeze to put down for naps and bedtime - I always know he will do great for my friends or sitters when they keep him for me.

He loves playing with Adler, following him using his walker, then getting frustrated he's not able to keep up, will go back to his speed crawling.

Adler and Beckett are great friends. They love to play hide-n-seek and peek-a-boo underneath Beckett's crib. I don't think Beckett has ever played with baby toys - he just wants to play with the cars and trains Adler plays with.

Adler has his own names of affection for Beckett. "Beckett Boy", "Honey Beckett" "Beckett Sweetie" and "Beckett Stinker"

He's really fun and easy to take out and about - smiles at everyone - and they all always comment on what a great and sweet smile he has. Some would say he is the ideal baby - other's would say "if I knew I was going to have a baby like Beckett..." I'd have 5 more!

Beckett Boy, we love you so much! Your fun, loving spirit fill our home with so much joy. Our lives were definitely empty without you! We are so blessed God chose us to be your parents, to love, care for you, pray for you, and encourage you in life. It is an honor to be your mommy!

Zephaniah 3:17 says "He will rejoice over you with singing". With both Adler and Beckett, we have chosen a special song to sing to them. From the day we bring them home, we sing this song at every nap time and every bedtime. Our song for Beckett is "Come Thou Fount". Only our Heavenly Father could be the Fount of such a precious gift of Elijah Beckett. He created him fearfully and wonderfully! Beckett, we can't wait to see all God has for you!

Honored to be prayerfully shepherding your heart,

Love Mommy and Daddy

1, Come, thou Fount of every blessing,   tune my heart to sing thy grace;   streams of mercy, never ceasing,   call for songs of loudest praise.   Teach me some melodious sonnet,   sung by flaming tongues above.   Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,   mount of thy redeeming love.   2. Here I raise mine Ebenezer;   hither by thy help I'm come;   and I hope, by thy good pleasure,   safely to arrive at home.   Jesus sought me when a stranger,   wandering from the fold of God;   he, to rescue me from danger,   interposed his precious blood.   3. O to grace how great a debtor   daily I'm constrained to be!   Let thy goodness, like a fetter,   bind my wandering heart to thee.   Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,   prone to leave the God I love;   here's my heart, O take and seal it,   seal it for thy courts above.