Congratulations!!!

Last week my brother graduated from the Mississippi State Fire Academy! Unfortunately the batteries in the camera died at the ceremony so we don't have any pictures. I'm hoping we are able to get some.

Jarrod, Bo, and I just wanted to let my brother know how proud we are of him! Hearing the things that these young men had to complete in order to graduate is just amazing. In his class they had people drop out and on two occassions ambulances had to be called for other guys who had complications while training. Firemen are such heros in this country and I'm proud to know my brother is one of them. Bo also thinks it's the coolest thing ever to have an uncle who is a fireman!! He's ready to go see the firetruck and blast the sirens! Congratulations Barney, we love you!

BeBe and BoBo

My mom came to town last week and it was such a fabulous time! Unfortunately my dad wasn't able to make this trip due to work and he was missed so much. Here's the thing with my mom...she wants to do it all and not in a pushy, taking over kind of way...in a wonderful way!! Diapers, breakfast, lunch, dinner, bottles, putting to bed, bathtime, playing down on the floor, taking him for walks, pushing him on the swing outside, if it's part of his day she wants to do it and I LOVE that!! Not only do I get a huge break, but she is developing such a wonderful bond with Bo and you could truly see that her entire visit!

We did so many fun things while she was here. First thing we did was shopping. Some of the children's stores were having huge sales and she loves to buy him clothes. I think we got his entire fall/winter wardrobe! She loves to do it and we are so, so grateful! Not knowing Jarrod's job situation with the sale of his company we are trying to be conservative with money so THANK YOU mom, you don't know just how much we appreciate it! She also bought him a few new books and then while we were at Target...I look up and those two were checking out the toy aisle! That's what grandparents are for!

Some of my new clothes

I LOVE my new puppy!

Saturday morning we got up and headed to Sweetberry Farms. It is the cutest place I've ever seen. It's a great pumpkin patch! It had all types of pumpkins, I didn't even know there were so many different kinds. They had a "stuff your own scare crow", face painting, goats and chickens for the kids to feed, paint your own pumpkin (yes we did this), homemade jams to buy...it was so much fun! So back to the paint your own pumpkin...I was going to "paint" while Bo held on to the brush with me...I know you're all laughing right now. So, the brush quickly went all over his face so that ended that activity real fast. Mom had an idea to paint his foot and make a footprint...turned out adorable!

His "painted" pumpkin!

The rest of her time we just hung out around the house, watched football, she kept Bo so Jarrod and I could go to dinner one night, and we also had a playdate with RJ. Also, on Sunday we went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant and Bo had a tortilla, some mexican rice, refried beans, and chicken...he loved it!

Mmm I love Mexican food!

At Jungle Java for our playdate with RJ.

Giving Kisses!!!

We had a wonderful time with her here. I can definitely say I got spoiled having someone here to help and take care of Bo. I just wanted her to relax and have fun and I think it was a success! We miss you tons!

MOM

I just HAVE to post this! Today at MOPS they were telling us about a Christian music group for kids, the group is called Go Fish. As many moms out there know, kids music can drive you crazy after about the 50th time of listening to it. This music is loved by kids and it won't make the parents nuts. I'm excited because Bo loves music, especially if it has a great beat! This is something when he gets older I don't have to worry about him listening to. I came across this video of the Mom song and just had to share it with you!! I love the words to this song because oh how true they are...and yes I know who Elmo's fish is! Make sure you go to the bottom of my page and stop the music on my player.

I just had to post this because I KNOW it's true!! I constantly keep my mother laughing when I call to tell her new things that Bo has done...the good, the bad, and the ugly! She sees so much of my personality in him so she is always getting a good chuckle!

We are getting ready for her visit this week. Unfortunatley my dad has to stay back home for work. We will definitely miss him. Mom is so excited she started packing this weekend (she doesn't get here until Thursday)! It'll be so good to see her, but her visits are even better now because it's so wonderful to watch her with Bo!

Our Musical Prodigy

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Bath Time Fun!

I've yet to see a baby that didn't like bath time and Bo is no exception. Here's a little clip from last night.

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He did it!

For months now I have been working with Bo on feeding himself finger foods. Everyday I put food on his tray for him to "play" with hopes that one day he would decide to put it in his mouth. What I couldn't understand is how everything...leaves, papers, toys, remotes, shoes, etc...all made their way into his little mouth, but you give him something to eat and he had no desire to eat it. He would pick it up, squeeze it, drop it on the floor, put it on his head, anything but in the mouth. Yesterday during his lunch I put some cheese on his tray. I was actually sitting in front of him reading something when out of the corner of my eye I saw his arm move and when I looked up I noticed he was chewing. It took me a minute, but I realized he had put the food in his mouth. So what do I do...run get the camera of course. This was HUGE!!!! It just goes to show that little ones are all on their own time! A lot of it fell out of his mouth or got stuck on his hand but he's getting it!

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