Bradley's First Day of Kindergarten

Bradley started Kindergarten today! He was so excited. He asked me all morning if it was time to go. He ate lunch around 10:30 (I had told him that after lunch I would take him to school- so he thought if he ate earlier we could go faster...it was such a let down when he found out it doesn't work that way)! He did tell me in a very serious voice that he was very nervous that girls would want to sit next to him (he has a very healthy self esteem)! Once we got there he saw a few of his friends....
Bradley- getting ready to leave!

Bradley and Carter

Cole was SO CUTE! He was out for recess and saw Bradley- he ran right over and hugged him and told him to have a great first day at Kindergarten. It made Bradley's whole day! It touched my heart how cute they are together!

Bradley and Rhett Bradley's teacher (who is so wonderful with these kids Bradley already loves her)!

Beckham 4 Months

Beckham had a Dr appointment this past Tuesday. Here is how he ranks! :)
80% Height
97% Weight (seriously) 17.4
and 80% head

What a blessing.
What a joy.
I am a lucky mom of three great boys!

(I just had to put this picture of him- I love his little expression on his face....he makes me laugh)

Two Cool Dudes.....

Beckham's Room

This is Beckham's retro monkey room! Thanks to my friends Andrea and Amber and my sweet husband for painting his room!

Beckham 15 Weeks

Photo by Andrea K. Carter (Andrea K. Photography at http://andreakphotos.blogspot.com/)

Another one falls out.....

Cole's 4th tooth fell out last night. He was playing with his top front tooth for days- it was driving him crazy and finally Dennis helped it out a little bit and got it out! Cole was so excited. He put his tooth out for the tooth fairy (and this time the tooth fairy remembered)- so Cole is now officially missing his two front teeth!
As I was taking a picture of Cole to get his special moment- Bradley said "now mom- take a picture of both of us- this is a BIG DAY!" So here it is!

Yahoo! It happened....

Sweet Beckham has made my week! He started off Monday sleeping from 10:30-5:00. He went back to bed at 6:00 and slept until 8:00. I couldn't believe it. In fact I didn't sleep that well because I kept checking on him. But sure enough- he really did sleep through the night. Of course I thought it was too good to happen the second night. I WAS WRONG! On Tuesday night he ended up sleeping from 11:00-5:30 and then back in bed by 6:00 and slept until 8:10 a.m. Wow. I was feeling great! Last night he slept from 10:30-6:00. He ate and went back to bed by 7:00 and just woke up at 9:00 a.m. I am already showered, the laundry is done, and my house is actually picked up a little bit. That hasn't happend ONCE in the last 15 weeks.

So I feel pretty blessed. Cole slept through the night at 10 weeks. Bradley slept through the night at 2 years (seriously)! So to have the 3rd child sleep through the night at 15 weeks- is pretty amazing. I know it will not last but I am THRILLED that for at least 3 nights I have slept more than 3 hours at a time!

I can't believe he is 15 weeks old. He is the happiest little baby. He makes us all smile so much. He has added such an excitement to our home. His older brothers adore him and of course Dennis and I are just having so much fun! He has had to endure MANY hot days at the pool, shopping for school clothes, dinners with the extended family, summer gatherings with cousins, noisy sleepovers, and so much more and he has been fantastic. He sleeps when he can and for the rare days we have been home he has gone to bed and enjoyed a long nap! What a great summer!

Time-Out

Cole and Bradley rarely get put in time-out. They are generally good kids, except for when they "fight" with each other. The other day they were fighting and I couldn't take it anymore- so they got sent to time-out. Cole (of course) was very upset and sad that he was put in time out, he was crying and trying to say sorry- he felt so badly! Bradley simply sat in his corner..quiet. After his five minutes were up and I went to get him I noticed he was slumped over asleep (very unaffected by the time out I tried to give him- to him it was just a nice nap). He eventually made himself comfortable and stayed there for an entire hour- I guess time out to Bradley = nap time!