Jay and a long beach...

We took a weekend trip to Charleston and the beach this weekend and Jay finally understood how much fun a beach can be! This sand was much easier to crawl on than the gulf beaches so he decided there was no need to stop. Here is a video of him crawling away. Sorry the quality is not great...I only had my digital camera to take videos with. We also went to the children's museum there which had an area for infants/toddlers and Jay had a good time playing. Wes and I had fun in the other rooms while Jay just watched us play like we were ten year olds. ;) When he is a little older, we will have to go back and actually be the parents instead of the grown up kids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRWaZM0lLBk

Trip to Charleston/Isle of Palms

Playing at the beach...

And he crawled and crawled and crawled...

at the Tea Plantation

Posing by the tea plants at the Tea Plantation in Charleston. Jay exploring at the children's museum.

Isn't the sky beautiful!

A fun week with family!

We are home from a week long adventure to Georgia and Florida. Jay is better at car rides- his tolerance lasts about 5 hours now instead of 3. Unfortunately, both Tifton and Valdosta are 6 hours away, meaning the last hour of the trip consists of a very angry baby and an even more exhausted mother! At least when we go home for Christmas Wes will be with us. If nothing else, we can share the misery. Otherwise, the trip was wonderful! We had a great time with tons of family and Jay was in a good mood all week (of course, who wouldn't be with constant attention and new playmates every half hour). We spent half the week with the Ross' and the other half in Destin with my family. Since Jay is crawling now, he loved the change of scenery and was determined to climb over everything...no matter the danger! We had many eyes watching him though so no big injuries. Here are a few pics of the week.

Aunt Charlene and Jay

Jay and Mimi

Havin' some fun in the sun

Mama Ross and I found a cotton field and couldn't pass up a photo shoot...

The frog on Halloween!

The duck was a cute one too! This was his costume when we went to the zoo on Halloween.

The emotional roller coaster

Ok, so here are the links to the videos we made last night. Let me preface by saying that we are usually not the type of parents who find great pleasure in the distress of our child but we just couldn't help ourselves. The first two clips are perfect examples of the downward spiral I mentioned in the last post. We discovered this by accident when Wes was just playing around at the table. Once we saw the reaction it received we had to get it on camera. The last one is to show you that Jay forgave his daddy and all was well just a few moments later. Mimi and Mama Ross, we are very sorry to hurt your baby's feelings but you will have all week to make sure we didn't scar him for life. And, it was ALL Wes' idea. ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np8Cmc99800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8YjhMXzF0k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4zn0n9zsg

A father and his son

We have been very lazy this week so I have no "fun" pictures to show. I do have some precious ones of Wes and Jay from yesterday. Jay loves it when Wes comes home and is totally entertained to just sit beside him and stare. He is a wild man all day with me and then turns into a sweetheart when his daddy comes home...go figure. Well, he is a sweetheart until about 6:30, at which time the "downward spiral of emotions" begin. Just to give you a glimpse into this daily activity, I will post a few videos from last night. Even so, I love when Wes comes home and I get to watch the two clones play and love on each other. It is an amazing thing...how even as a tiny 8 month old, Jay already idolizes his father....a perfect gift from God.

Not to leave out the other giant sweetheart in the house....

Precious moments....

These next few are just to show you how well Jay is pulling up and standing with support. He immediately looks for something to pull up on every time we put him on the floor.

What a Weekend!!

Jay and I are still recovering from all of the activity the last few days. Jay got a visit from Papa Rich this weekend and had a ball with playing with someone who was willing to stoop to his level. ;) Also, Rachel was in town and added to the fun! The big event of the weekend was going to the fair. Jay was mesmerized by all of the sounds, people, lights, and rides. We were there for several hours and way past his bedtime (and dinner time) but he didn't notice. We laughed at his expressions the whole time, especially when he was glued to the group of women dancing on stage! We made it home around 10pm but Jay was no where ready for bed. He stayed up until 11 playing until I finally forced him to admit he was tired! He took a long nap on Saturday and then stayed up until after 11 again watching football. This morning he slept until 830 (he usually wakes around 630) and I bet will take some more long naps today. He was a good sport though, even with the huge interruption of his schedule he took it all in stride. Here are pictures from the weekend... Cheezin' with Papa Rich after the fun Friday night! The genius banker spent 18 dollars to win a 75 cents inflatable bat for his grandson!

Singing along with Montgomery Gentry....

Bank at BB&T!!! We should get paid for this great advertising.

Some of Jay's favorite people... So serious....

My 3 favorite men....

Lunch fun

We have a new game during lunch now.....Jay thinks it is sooo much fun. :) Again, sorry for the link, blogger is not my friend right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah5JiNm_w90

Random fun

We are just out and about in these. Jay is becoming an event every time we go out to eat. He yells, hits things, throws things, and climbs over everything. We are now limited only to the zoo, the circus, a dance club would probably work, or any other place that total chaos is completely

normal.....

Enjoying the fall

Here are some pictures of us out the other day. I tried to take advantage of the fall decor and had mini photo shoots everywhere we went. Jay didn't really get it.....still, I thought he was a cutie. :)

Our little bulldog...

Jay was learning how to eat peach puffs the other day. He hated them at first, then he realized they were pretty tasty when he held them in his mouth. It just took a few tries before he understood the idea of chewing.

(Sorry I had to post just the link again, this video thing is very tempermental!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxHeM9gAl9g

Jay meets a lemon...

A few weeks ago we decided to see what would happen when Jay ate a lemon....Baron caught it on his camera.

This was actually the second time he tried one, the first was with Lyz and Fran but we didn't have our cameras then. This was almost as funny though. :)

Look who's crawling!