Our First Play date

 

Today Payton and myself hosted the very first play date at our house.  We hope there will be many more to come.  Stacey, Cameron, Diana, and Brody joined up for the play date.  All 3 of our boys had a great time playing together and eating!  I cooked lunch and made sure all of us Mama’s got our bellies full!  In the picture above, Stacey and Diana were trying to eat but as you can see the little ones always come first.

Payton and Brody in their highchairs eating their lunch!

Here is Stacey holding Brody and Cameron

Above and below are us moms trying to get our boys to look at the camera for the picture…..wishful thinking huh!

In the next few pictures is a little photo shoot that we put together on the couch.  We gave the boys some fall scenery and look at what we got…..

Of course my child is the one NOT looking in the picture above!

Payton thinks the pumpkin top is a hat and Brody is trying to eat the gourd!

Aren’t they so cute???!!!

Payton was trying to grab Cameron’s leg!

Brody was the only one who would cooperate!

Here is my wild child and dog Jaida

I thought this was the sweetest picture of Brody

Cameron just couldn’t hang with the big boys!  Give him a break he is only 4 months old!

Brody and Payton playing with all of the toys

Brody says, “Hey man do you think I could ride that fire truck a time or two since you are sleepy?”

Payton says, “Man you can’t have my pacifier, get your own!”

Two sweet boys

Baby Cameron taking a nap on mommy! That is the sweetest thing ever!

Overall we had a great time and the boys played so well together.  Diana, Stacey and myself have been best friends for quite a while now.  When we were teenagers we all thought that I would get married first, then Diana, and then Stacey.  Well life didn’t happen that way.  Diana was married first in May of 2006, I was married in June 2007, and Stacey was married in April 2008.  Isn’t it amazing how God works in our lives?  I was the first one to give birth to Payton in July 2008 followed by Diana having Brody in December 2008 and followed by Stacey having Cameron in May 2009.  It is crazy how we all had boys and we wouldn’t trade them for any sweet little frilly dressed girl!  Although we were all talking today how cool it would be for us all to have girls the next time around.  God is so good to us and even though we don’t get to see each other a lot with our busy lives, I am blessed to know that if I need Stacey or Diana that they would be here in a split second and I am proud to say that they are my best friends.  They both are good people and are good role models for Payton.  I say that they are Payton’s “Aunt Diana and Aunt Stacey”.  I hope the start of today’s first play date is just one of the many to come in the near future.  Stacey has already spoke up to host next months play date at her house for October.  Diana will have November and it will be my turn again for December…..yay!!!  Hope you enjoyed the sweet pictures of our little pumpkins!

Tobacco

So did you get enough pictures of Payton and his golden leaf?  Just wanted to post some cute pictures of him.  I entered him into the Ag Carolina Photo contest for the 2010 calendar with these 3 pictures below.

This one is MY favorite!

So I am hoping that he will make one of the twelve calendar pictures. I know that is wishful thinking but he is my child and I think he is adorable!  I would be so excited if he won!

The signs of Fall

One day last week we went out to eat with my family.  That night it was really cool and I wanted Payton to be warm.  I have already bought him several cute long sleeve shirts from Old Navy and he has all of his jeans left from last year with the tags still on them because his little butt hasn’t grown any!  Check out the little boy with his fall/winter attire on.  I just love dressing him up.  Imagine what I would do if I had a girl!

Eating like a BIG BOY

 

Well it seems like in the flash of my eye my baby is not much of a baby anymore.  Since he is getting to be sooo independent I have allowed him to start using his own little fork and spoon at meals.  He is the cutest thing raking his food in his plate and bringing it to his mouth.  Somehow he manages to spill half of it in his lap and on the floor but he gets sooo excited when he gets it to his mouth.  Here are some sweet pictures of my big little man!

Trying to scoop some food up

Hey Mommy I finally got a bite!

Yum Yum!

Ain’t I BIG???

Taking out Tobacco

Well first thing this morning I put Payton in his overalls and we headed out to the tobacco barns for a photo shoot. I have been meaning to take him all summer long on a Saturday morning and today it finally worked out.  I figured Payton would have a great time and obviously from the pictures below you can see that he did.  He was just amazed at the tobacco baler and watching everyone work.  For those of you that don’t know tobacco is our number one money making crop so it is very important to our family.  I figured Payton needed to have a first time experience with a leaf of golden tobacco!  He picked up a leaf and waved it in the air.  I am so glad that Payton will have the opportunity like Jamie and myself to grow up on the farm and enjoy the fun of work and play.  Here are some really cute pictures of farmer Payton in his overalls.

Once again Payton goes straight to the dirt pile!

In this picture he was really taking it all in

I love this picture.  He truly looks like the old picture that is at my Grandma Shirley’s house that says, “You been farming long?”

Shaking his golden leaf

Sitting on a bale of $$$$

I just simply love him!

~~Mindy~~

Payton’s First ride on the COMBINE!

 

Well Payton was able to ride the combine with daddy for the first time in his life on the day he turned 14 months old.  Wow how time flies!  Believe it or not we also brought Jaida to ride too!  He really liked it a lot and he made his traditional  tractor noises with his mouth which is too cute.  Here are some pictures from his fun filled Friday.

Payton driving the combine

Hey mommy look at me!

Jaida enjoys riding anywhere!

Climbing boy

2 Handsome boys

After we got back from riding the combine I let Payton play around the shop.  He just absolutely loves to be outside.  He squeals when we go down the steps to go outside to play. His most favorite thing to do right now is play in the dirt.  He picks up clumps of dirt and throws them up in the air.  He had dirt in his hair, ears, diaper, and anywhere else you could think of.  I think all children love dirt but especially boys!

I love this picture of him!  He is really thinking

Payton was picking mommy a flower

Playing in his big dirt mound 

 

After we played I came in and cooked supper.  We had started eating when I looked over at Payton and there it was….a macaroni noodle perfectly sitting on the top of his head.  I just died laughing so I had to break out the camera.  Of course he had no clue why I was laughing! 

Well that pretty much sums up Payton’s busy day.  I still can not believe my baby is 14 months old today……where does the time go?  I was driving home from work today on the way to pick Payton up from daycare and I passed by Spring Creek Elementary school and had a crying meltdown because before I know it my baby will be in kindergarten.  But I am just truly lucky to have such a healthy, sweet, and precious son that GOD has given to Jamie and myself to raise and I am so honored to call him OUR SON!  Thank you Lord…..for all your blessings that you bestow upon us everyday.

 

Mindy