Workin' & Playin'

Brycen is Papaw Rick's right hand man :)

They have spent many hours in the back hoe together already.
I don't know why these were blurry- except he is just a blur of motion :)

Thumbs up in front of his favorite dirt pile :)

(and yes, he has a favorite) lol

"man talk" lol... B always has to be in on whatever they are doing!

just a swingin'

on tree vines :)

one of his new favorite past-times!

As you can see, baby boy has been keeping busy with workin' and playin' at the new house!

I'm surprised my washer still works with all the dirt/mud that has been going through it :)

Reverse

Seriously, look at that sweet little face!
Corbin now crawls... but he just goes in reverse :)
It's so cute!

He was happy outside watching his Daddy work at the new house!

Doing the splits?! lol

I'd say another week or so before C figures out how to go forward... I'm not ready for this!

Septic, Electrical, and Porch

Ryan and Brycen filling the septic tank w/ water so it wouldn't float away!
Corbin wanted to see what was going on too!


The septic is now completely finished- buried and done! Whoo hoo!

B and my dad in the back hoe digging so we could bury the electrical cable from the road to our house.

The cable is now buried and ready to be run in the house. My dad is starting on the electrical in the house this week!

Saturday they poured my porch floor. I have been waiting for that step for awhile! :)

It was really important to me to put the boys' handprints in the concrete.

Ryan helping B.

Ryan helping Corbin...

Corbin tried to grab the conrete and then tried to eat it! lol
His looks more like a paw print :)

John rolling the design into the conrete :)

It dried a little darker than this and is sooo pretty!

I really really love it!

Things are coming along!
I love to imagine us living there, but it seems so far away!!

Program, Bday Parties, & Soccer

A couple weeks ago Brycen had his first school program. It was his grandparents day program.

Middle on the left side of the mic.

The kindergarteners were so funny... too cute!
B at his desk after the program.

B and his teacher- Mrs. Bennett.

He LOVES her (and so do I!).

Last weekend was the last Saturday of soccer.

B was more than done and ready for the season to be over as you can see from the picture.

Not last weekend, but the weekend before we had two birthday parties for two special little girls to attend.
This is Brycen and his friend Nolan at Jessa Marie's 2nd birthday party. Somehow it is the only picture I managed to take.

Kaydee Mae and her momma opening her presents.

We also went to Kaydee's 1st birthday party. She was so cute and sweet.

We love this little miracle girl.

Joey and Brycen in art class at school- his teacher sent this to my mom and she sent it to me- It was too cute not to share.

We have been busy with mostly house stuff. We are out there every night pretty much until late. I usually have to bring the boys home and get them ready for bed before Ryan gets home from out there. We have our porch floor poured now (thanks to my brother in law, John!). It looks great... I'll post those pictures in a little bit. They are working on dirt work and electrical right now. We have to go get our siding this week sometime... Ryan and I are both sick right now :( We both started feeling like poo yesterday (Corbin has had a cold and we think we caught it from him). Today I feel like I have been hit by a truck. Brycen is on fall break Friday and Monday and I'm taking off to hang out w/ him so today I am at work... not being productive, but I'm here. Corbin did get his 3rd tooth (1st one on top) on Sunday. I'm hoping for a restful evening, but I am doubting I will get it. I'm so thankful I am off tomorrow. They started a new reading series at school and Brycen is on his 2nd book. He is doing so well! I'm so proud of him. We get report cards this week I believe. They are on a behavior "card system" for their daily behavior. If you get a purple mark that means you have excellent behavior and the teacher notices how good you are and never has to get onto you during the day. Then a sticker means that you were good, but maybe the whole class got in trouble for being too loud in the hall or something. Red means you had to pull one card for whatever offense (i.e. talking too much, not raising your hand, etc). You get one warning then you pull the card. She marks this in the bring home folder each day so you can follow your child's behavior. I love this b/c I don't have to count on B telling me how he did (b/c he never wants to talk about his day!). I'm so proud to say that he has 3 stickers and all the rest purple marks. That really makes me so proud! Now, don't get me wrong- if we were on the same system at home he would NOT be getting purple marks! I think he tries so hard to be good all day at school that he comes home and goes a little wild! I can't believe he is going to be 6 soon... just sounds so grown up!

8 Months

Saturday our baby boy turned eight months old... I don't know where the past eight months have gone (yes, I realize I say that every month when he turns another month older!). I weighed and tried to measure him, but he's so wiggly anymore it was hard to measure. He weighed 20.5 lbs (gained 1 lb since last month) and was 28 1/2 inches long (half in longer). We go next month for his 9 month check up so we'll see how accurate I was this month.


This week he has started flipping himself to his tummy to sleep :( totally freaks me out. He has always hated being on his tummy (and still does when he is awake), but for some reason he wants to sleep on his belly. I flipped him 5 times last night, but obviously that's unreasonable and I'm exhausted today and he just turned himself back over every time... think I could tie him down? lol I'm totally kidding... but it does make me nervous!


He still loves to sit and play and is trying really hard to pull himself up on things, but isn't quite there yet. He has no desire to crawl (I think he could- he just hates being on his belly so he doesn't try). He is still a great sleeper. He has slowed down on formula in about the last 2-3 weeks... Still haven't found any baby food that he dislikes. He loves mashed potatoes and gravy now too :) lol.


He's so wiggly that it's now a challenge to change his diaper or his clothes. He LOVES the bath and sitting up in the bath to play. We're all soaked after his bath time b/c he splashes so big!


He changed to a big boy car seat last month. It sits him up higher and I think he likes that.


He still loves to be outside... everything goes straight to his mouth though (i.e. dirt, leaves, rocks, etc). Yikes!


When he gets super excited his whole body just stiffens and shakes at the same time. It's adorable.


He throws his toys across the room now (the boy has an arm already) and waits to see your reaction. He has a temper so he often does this when he is mad! Yikes-we might be in for it later on...


He kisses and waves a lot and the past couple days will give high 5 pretty much every time I say it.



We are so blessed to have our little man, Corbin Fisher. I can't imagine our lives with out him. We waited so long for him and now it's just going too fast! I can't believe in 4 short months he will be one...

Camping

My Grandparents that live in Martinsville have a permanent camper spot at Prides Creek and B has been BEGGING to go camping out there all summer. We had never gotten around to it so we figured this past weekend would be our last chance and we better take advantage of it.

Corbin in his stroller- he just loves being outside so he was a very happy boy!

B riding his bike :)

waiting to take a hay ride

Daisy and Brycen (a family friend and of course another girlfriend of B's, lol).
B on the hayride

Corbin on his first hayride :)

He slept the entire time.

But he sure woke up happy (as always) on Saturday morning!

Friday we went to the camper after we got off work and we unpacked and took B to play and ride his bike and then we roasted hot dogs and hung out. We went on the hayride and then came back and sat by the fire and made smores. YUM (my favorite part of camping)! We went to bed pretty early b/c we had to get up for B's soccer game on Saturday morning and Ryan had to get up to go work on getting the metal roof put on our house. We were going to camp Saturday night too, but then it rained a bunch and we decided not to. I always end up sick after camping and sure enough Sat. night my head was SO stuffy and I couldn't quit sneezy. BOO! I hate allergies, but it's worth it to make memories w/ my sweet little family!

(Ninja) Turtles

I had a really (or so I thought) cute idea for my boys to be a football player (B) and a football (C) for Halloween... well it was really cute until Brycen shot me down and said, "NO way!" . I don't know why he didn't want to b/c he loves football and football players... probably just to spite me and all... I think my mom would probably say I'm getting paid back :) haha!

Anyway, I decided I would just re-use B's first Halloween costume for Corbin instead of spending money on something he won't even remember... and I thought my little turtle was so cute when B dressed up in it... fit perfect too!

My friend/co-worker Whitney then told me she could make Brycen a ninja turtle costume! This made me excited, b/c he loves ninja turtles PLUS they would still kind of/sort of match... and well all know how I feel about them being matchy matchy ;)

Yesterday they had trick-or-treat and a bunch of other stuff at Prides Creek so I took my (ninja) turtles and went.

~Corbin Fisher~

~ Brycen Hunter~

his shell

so cute!!



Everyone loved B's costume and no one could tell what C was b/c his shell was up against the stroller lol, but I knew and thought they were both adorable :)
Brycen got too much candy (which Ryan and I helped him eat!) and had a lot of fun.
We hardly go anywhere (just my parents and a few family friends) on Halloween so this made the getting dressed up a little more worth it for him!