Barrett-isms

A few things Bear lately...

1) We were in Winchester to celebrate Adam's grandparents 60th wedding anniversary Easter weekend and Barrett was going to camp on a pallet with Ghee and Grandaddy. They were putting the sheets on and Barrett says, "Are those pink sheets?" Ghee or Grandaddy excitedly replied that they were, excited to see that he knew the color...only to have Barrett say he couldn't sleep on those because pink was for girls.

2)Another funny that happened while we were there was regarding Aunt Nellie's chocolate cake (the absolute greatest chocolate cake known to man). Last time we were there, Andrea (sis-in-law) and I finished it off before Aunt Holly got any. Holly brought down the cake and playfully said Andrea and I could not have any. I then took it from Holly. Andrea and I playfully fought over the cake. Then Barrett said he wanted some and Andrea ("Yeh-Yeh") facetiously told him no. He didn't understand that all this was in jest, and busted out in HUGE alligator tears. So sad, but really quite funny at the same time. We quickly gave him some cake and the tears dried up fairly quickly. Mean 'ole Yeh-Yeh!

3) Barrett has his first toy crush...He received a Woody and Bullseye (Woody's horse), from toy story 2, for his birthday and then we bought him Toy Story and the sequel when it came out on video. He is obsessed! I think Adam and I have Toy Story 2 memorized already! He used his b-day money to purchase Jessie, the cowgirl from the movie. Then, the Easter Bunny gave him a Buzz Lightyear figure and some Buzz PJ's. He wants to wear the PJ's every night and he sleeps with his "buddies" every night. He kisses them and hugs them goodnight and tucks them in their "sleeping bag" on the pillow next to him. So cute. They ride in the car with us and he plays with them each and every day. He shouts "yee-haw, Giddy-up, Cowboy" and "Ride like the wind, bozo (bullseye)" frequently. He also yells "to immimmimee (infinity) and beyond!" I wish you could hear the last one. Not sure if I captured it correctly, but it'll make you smile and laugh out loud.

4) The other day I picked up Bear from Mother's Day Out and one of his best little buddies, Maegan, gave him not only a hug, but a great big kiss goodbye. Wow! We ran into her at a restaurant the other night and she gave him a kiss and a hug then too. So I guess he already had his first kiss. That happened much sooner than I expected! They are too cute. They call Bear "Casanova" at MDO. Uh-oh!

5) We are venturing to the beach soon. To say Barrett is excited would be an understatement! He can't wait to "play in the sandbox with my shubbel (shovel)" and "swim like a fish." "Jace is gonna swim like a whale." I can't wait to see his little face light up. Hopefully his porcelain skin will not light up too much as well. I found some Buzz Lightyear swimming trunks on sale for $3 today and got them for him. He wanted to try them on as soon as he got home and it was an ordeal getting him to take them off.

I know there was one more funny thing lately, but I can't for the life of me remember it right now. I'll blog it when I do .

Jace's 9 month photo shoot

My friend and co-worker, Angela Bearden (Grace Owen Photography), shot some pics of Jace at 9 months. Here are a few of my favorites:

Angela purchased this monkey hat for baby pics.

Jace is NOT fond of hats, but we still managed to get a few good shots.

This one is my favorite. It just makes me smile; love this kid! I call this his bulldog face, but it looks like a monkey in this pic with the hat on.

We had to confine him to keep him from crawling off. He is pretty close to the spitting image of my dad's baby pics in this one.

Playing with the flowers/weeds. Discovered he is allergic to these and dandelions :) red, puffy eyes and runny nose soon followed.

my angel!