Tracey Is Trying Again...Good News, We Did It!

We've definitely raised a Southern boy...R.J.'s first time hunting and shooting a rifle (.223) was this past weekend. 

It’s hard to believe that the month of December is almost through, Christmas Day has come and gone, and we’ll be ringing in a New Year this Saturday night.It always seems that after Thanksgiving, the December days seem to fly by even quicker since they are filled with so many activities and the flur

Colton's 18 month check-up Appointment on: 12/6/2011[He was also very sick this day...viral bronchitis - YUCK!]Age: 18 months and 2 weeks old (on date of blog entry)Weight: 26 lbs. (50th percentile) - - He’s lost weight since his 15 month check-upLength: 32 inches (50th percentile)Head Circumference

R.J., today you turn nine years old!It's hard to believe that many years have already gone by.From the moment I knew you existed, you captured my heart.As you grew in my womb, that special bond between a mother and a son was formed and has never, ever changed.Although you arrived earlier than we tho

Evidently, my child was chosen as the "head" model for the Turkey hats they were going to be making at daycare this week.The teacher, Ms. Nancy, said that all she was trying to do was get a size estimate as far as how big/or small to make the paper headbands on the hats, but once she put it on Colto

When I was pregnant with my second child, I cannot tell you how many times friends and family told me, "Be prepared Tracey, no two children are ever alike."And every time I heard that I thought, "Eh, how different can two kids (same sex siblings for that matter) really be?"Well, let me tellya' folks

Can I be honest? (like when am I not...LOL!)I am just THAAAA-RILLLLED that October is O-V-E-R!And, no, it's not because it means were inching closer to Thanksgiving and Christmas.It's because October held yucky, yucky sickness for my sweet boys.Our youngest, Colton, came down with strep (for the baz

Today, October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberance Day.Prior to 2008 I ashamedly admit that October 15th was, well, just another day in the month. Ironically, my wedding anniversary is in October (the 7th), but other than that, October only represented the celebration of my marriage and t

We took Colton to the pediatric opthalmologist yesterday to get his eyes checked for amblyopia a.k.a. "lazy eye" that his baby doctor and I thought he possibly might have. Knowing how squiggly wiggly this 16 month old can be when simply changing his diaper, I was wondering how he was going to do whe