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We're finally down to the last week - 6 days and counting. Yey!!! For those of you who haven't received an announcement yet, Jeremy will be Graduating Tuesday, May 4th at 7pm from University of South Carolina - Upstate.

I can't wait for our post-graduation-celebration-vacation. Jeremy and I will be dropping off both boys at his parent's house, then flying to San Diego for 4 days alone (no kids!!). We'll go back to his parents to pick up the boys and head on down to my parent's house where we'll drop Ryan off. Then, Jeremy, Justin, and myself will head to Port Canaveral for a 4 day Disney Cruise. I can't wait!!

I also can't wait for the night when I don't have to take care of both kids bed times at the same time by myself. Jeremy's really busy here lately with school trying to crank out 3 papers, take 4 quizes, study for 1 test and 2 finals. So, I had to handle bed time alone again. Here's how my nights have typically gone this week...I tuck Justin in bed either with Ryan in my arms or listening to him screaming down stairs. Then come down stairs to breastfeed Ryan, not but two minutes later Justin comes downstairs with some sort of excuse as to why he cannot go to bed yet. I tuck him back in bed with a possible spanking. Then of course a few minutes later something else. This goes on for 30 minutes to 1 hour, trying to take care of both whiny boys at the same time. No fun!

For those of you who's kids are grown now....consider yourself lucky :)

So, it's been a while since I've added pictures of Justin besides our first camping trip with him. I added some recent pictures of him under Justin, and some pictures under Family. Take a look.

Justin changes so much every day! He is so smart; you've really got to be creative to outsmart him. He remembers things that you told him days ago or even weeks ago. For example, Justin and I went to Walmart one day grocery shopping. Justin saw a cool little box of tattoos that you rub-on to Pumpkins. Well, I thought it was cute but wasn't sure what Jeremy would think about it, or if he even wanted to decorate for Halloween. So, I told him that we'd tell Daddy and maybe Daddy would buy it for him. Well, one week later we were back at Walmart for something else. Justin saw that same box, picked it up, looked at me and said "Daddy buy??". Crazy. Another instance, I told Justin that we'd show Daddy something when he got home. Four or five hours later....Justin goes running to the door telling Daddy to come look at what it was I told him earlier we'd show Jeremy.

Well, for those of you wondering. We did end up buying those rub-on things for Justin. Jeremy and Justin decorated the little pumpkin I bought and had lots of fun. It's a much better activity for a 2 year old then carving a pumpkin, certainly funner for him.

On a different note, Jeremy, Justin and I went camping with Jay, Crystal, Joseph, Kayla and 3 dogs went camping 2 or 3 weeks ago at Table Rock (same place we did last time, just the three of us). It was a blast. I know we all had a great time visiting with the Billers/Sanders. I don't have time to blog about it now, but take a look at the pictures.

I'll also explain the pictures of Justin with a turtle at a later date.

Hope you all are having a great week! I will be blogging again soon, keep checking out website for new updates.

Last weekend Jeremy, Justin and I went camping for the first time since Justin was born. We went with Geoff, a friend of Jeremy's from work and Geoff's Mom, who was visiting. We got two sites side by side in Table Rock State Park.

We were short a few things necessary for camping. So, we went to the store and loaded up on all the necessities not already in our possession. For Justin, we bought him his very own kids size Camoflauge sleeping bag and kids size camping chair. I think he liked both.

We weren't sure if Justin would like it or if he'd be bored to death. There were times where I think he got a little bored and started getting into a bit of trouble, but for the most part he really enjoyed being outdoors. 




We brought a bike, ball and a couple little toys for him to play with. The bike was good, but the campground was a bit hilly, so he didn't get to ride it much. At one point we had to run down the hill to stop him before he got going to fast. Same with the ball :) He enjoyed playing with the dirt and leaves, the tent, the fire, and of course Geoff's Mom's dog. We did go to the playground for a little while when Justin was getting a bit restless. I think we all enjoyed it. He also liked to play in the tent and sweep it up, but he did not however enjoy sleeping in the tent. The first night I had a hard time getting him to go to sleep and stay asleep through the night. The second night was much easier...I drove around in the car until he fell asleep then picked him up and layed him in the tent. He stayed asleep through the night and actually slept in a bit.

Jeremy and I still had to watch Justin all the time, but it was nice to relax outdoors for a few days. The bugs didn't bother us at all and it was hot but not too hot. We mainly sat around the fire and talked, cooked, ate and threw anything and everything into the fire to see how quickly it would melt.

The food was my favorite part :) We had hot dogs with chili, pancakes, bacon, BBQ sandwiches, eggs, bagels, and carne asada burritos. Jeremy had lots of fun cooking.

We had a great time and hope to do it again soon.

Here's the pictures from our camping trip.

Well, Thanksgiving came and went this year, but we had a blast while it lasted. The Billers and Pettys came to our house again for Thanksgiving. This year Jay and Jeremy fried a turkey instead of baking it, and the women prepared the side dishes. We had tons of good food and I think it's safe to say we all ate until we were stuffed.

We just bought a WII game console and had tons of fun trying it out with the family. Everyone had fun with it and it was hilarious to watch them swinging the remotes around. It was appropriate for the young and old(er) people :)

We also had fun playing spoons except this year it was with a twist, courtesy of Jeremy. Whoever lost that round had to eat a piece of cheese. One in particular was not so tasty, the blue cheese. So, of course we all really wanted to grab a spoon so we didn't have to eat it. We only had 2 catastrophies on the carpet (two pieces of smushed cheese). Jeremy got an outdoor fireplace for his birthday, so we had fun hanging around the fire one night. Mostly, we just hung out and enjoyed each others company.

GOOD times!
Here's the pictures from our Thanksgiving as well as updated pics of Justin.

We got to eat at Tanya's work, Papa's Pizza on the boardwalk, and watch her in action. She did a great job. We also got to go swimming in Monica's new pool. The water was very cold, and as you can see, some of us were not quite as thrilled as the rest of us - notice said person on the green floaty barely in the water or other person taking picture that never even got in. :) Despite the extreme temperature of the water, Justin absolutely loved the water and the floaty! We loved to watch his feet kicking in the water.


We got to spend lots of time with my family, which of course was the greatest part! :) The flight back didn't go quite as well since Justin had gotten his first tooth while in Florida. We had lots of fun, but were glad to come home to Jeremy (and Ms Kitty). Here's our pics from the trip. There may be a few more stragler pictures in the next few days.

This year we spent Easter in Charleston with the Billers, Mike, Nita and the boys. We had lots of fun going to the beach looking for seashells. We also enjoyed cooking on the grill and roasting by the fire. The weather was perfect! A little chilly but not to cold, perfect temp for a fire. Most importantly, we spent lots of quality time hanging out with the family:)

We'll have pics up shortly from our trip.

Just two weeks ago, Justin could barely hold his head up when laying on his stomach.  Now, he won't stay on his back!  He rolls right over and pops his head up and looks all around.

We were surprised to hear him crying one morning and found he had had rolled himself over and was stuck lying face down in the crib.  From then on, he's been rollin like crazy!