"Curl"

My curly-headed boy
Walker "Curl" Summers

I don't think he's very excited about his new nickname...
...so he tried to attack my camera.

A certain family member's middle name is "Curl." I've really wanted to name one of my boys after this certain individual, but I just couldn't bring myself to put "Curl" on their birth certificates. Well, I think Walker has now earned the nickname "Curl." :)

Busted Lips and Boo Boos

I don't know which I'm worse at- blogging or playing nurse to my boys. We had an awesome weekend which would have made for some great posts, but I didn't take my camera. :( Boo! So I decided to document a few of our boo-boos from the weekend.

Somehow, we all ended up with quite a few boo boos from the weekend. Friday night, we went to one of Jake's friends, Sara's house for a dinner date. I'm not quite sure what happened, but Jake got a cut on his elbow. And then Saturday, we went to Jake's friend, Hannah Kate's birthday party at Pump it Up, and I managed to get the worst carpet burn on my elbow from one of the slides. Oh, and I almost forgot...I was at work last night and a medication bin came tumbling out of the medication fridge and sliced my hand open! I'm sure the blood on my scrubs was really comforting to my patients. ;)

Even poor Walker got a boo boo this weekend! While at church this morning, an older kid accidentally ran a remote control car over my sweet Walker's face. :( But that wasn't the worst thing that happened today....

Jake was playing in the garage while Tyson and I were loading up for a walk to the park; next thing I know, I hear him screaming and I run over and see blood gushing from his mouth. He was playing with a hula hoop and was spinning around, and lost his footing. His poor little lip looked awful...the top tooth had almost completely cut through. :( You would think being a nurse would prepare me for this kind of stuff, but I'll tell you what, I can't handle seeing my kids bleed!! Is that crazy or what?

And to add insult to injury, Jake took quite a spill at the park and busted up his elbow pretty good. Poor kid...he had a rough day!

Anways, sorry I don't have better content for this post other than talking about all of our boo boos...yes, I'm digging pretty hard here. I'll try harder this week, Grandparents (and Casey Rae) to get some better photos of the boys.

Our Weekend

Mom, Walker, and Granddaddy
Granddaddy couldn't stay long because he keeps the clock for basketball at Middle Georgia College and they had a tournament. Jake's eyes lit up when Granddaddy walked out in his referee shirt! He kept saying, "hey, Coach!"

Mom and the boys checking out the creek.

Jake went fishing...for leaves...with a stick. Ha!

I don't know about you, but I just love a baby in nothing but a onesie!

MaMa joins the photo op.

Walker LOVES his MaMa!

And so does Jake! He thought it was sooo cool that MaMa knew how to sail a boat in the creek.

Watching the boat float down the creek.

Thanks for the boat, MaMa!

Ryleigh Kate and Chase playing in the creek.

Even though Granddad's eyes are closed, I love this picture. These two wrestled so much that Granddad said his shoulders were sore! Ha!

It sure is hard to get a decent picture of these 3!

Like I said in the last post, the boys and I made a last minute trip this past weekend to visit my parents and grandparents. Walker had been sick all last week, and I was exhausted. Plus, Jake has been giving me a hard time lately, and honestly, I just needed a break. So, we loaded up and went to Thomaston to see my parents. It was one of the best decisions I've made in a long time; we all had so much fun!

On Saturday, we drove to Cochran to see my grandparents since they are getting "old"...right Granddaddy? ;) It was such a beautiful day and sooo warm, so we enjoyed most of our time down by the creek. MaMa had a little toy boat that we put in the creek over and over again and followed downstream. Then, our cousins, Chase and Ryleigh Kate, came over and insisted on playing in the creek. Jake, my ever so cautious child, wouldn't get in at first, but he eventually came around and stuck his feet in. I wish I had more pictures of that, but he was clutching me so tightly, I couldn't break free long enough to snap many pictures. We had so much fun...it makes me sad that we don't get to see our families more often.

Thanks, Mom and Dad, for putting up with us! Y'all were a big help! Love y'all!

Hello Sunshine, Goodbye Curls!

Speaking of curls, this little boy's hair is sooooo curly!

Bricen showing off his guns.

Too bad Bricen is moving this summer...he and Walker could really be BFF. :(

Walker putting the moves on Kaitlyn.

What a beautiful weekend it was! The boys and I actually travelled to Georgia to visit my family for the the weekend, but I will post more on that later...I have about 100 pictures to go through first.

We got back early enough today to be able to spend some time with Tyson, who was busy with football all weekend. We walked to the park, played some soccer, and got back home and played with our neighbors. And Jake also got a little hair cut from his Daddy; his hair has just gotten so long and curly, I just can't do anything with it these days. I'll post some after pictures later...we have a little touching up to do first. ;) I'll be honest, though, it's pretty drastic. Like I said, more on that later.

I hope everyone got to enjoy this beautiful weekend!

10 Months

Last Thursday, my sweet Walker turned 10 months old. I can't believe we are less than 2 months away from his first birthday! Time seriously needs to slow down!



I totally forgot to write on his 9 month post that he claps and gives kisses...the big open mouth ones. :) And another thing he's done a few times that is soooo precious is the "Itsy bitsy spider."



He really hasn't spoken any new words this month despite his big brother's attempts. Jake is so funny how he'll look at Walker and say, "Baby Walker, can you say paper towel?...Baby Walker, can you say sippy cup?" Walker just stares back and smiles. Ha!




I am very impressed that Walker has already made the connection that I'm "mama." Many kids this age just say "mama" but don't understand the relationship. Walker, on the other hand, will scream "Mama!" from his crib when he's awake or whenever he is trying to get my attention....like when his brother is harassing him and he's trying to get away from him. :) He does the same thing with "dada," but he says "mama" a little bit more right now.



Walker is still eating and sleeping about the same; I have tried for the life of me to get him to stretch his bottles to every 4 hours, but he just can't make it. And Walker is doing great with table foods; he eats most anything that I cook. He is also doing great drinking water out of his sippy cup, and he loves to make the "ahhhhh" sound after he gets done drinking. He is starting to refuse baby foods, so looks like we are done with that chapter in our life. We went to the doctor today and he weighs 22 lb 11 oz. Dr. D said again today, "he's going to be a big boy!"


He has 6 teeth- his bottom 2 and top 4.



Walker loves to dance, as you can see from the picture above. He puts his hands out in front of him and just starts bouncing; it doesn't take much anything to getting him moving...all he needs is a beat. Even his waves somehow turn into his little dance. He is such a mess.



Walker is still super super sweet; he loves to crawl into my lap and just hug and kiss on me. It's funny how different I am this time around...with Jake, I pushed him to be independent and wanted him to start walking as early as he could. Now, with Walker, I just want to hold onto to the fact that he is a baby and just love on him as much as I can.

I am "Super" Sorry...

Dear Mom, Dad, Mary Ann, MaMa, and Granddaddy,

I am "super" sorry that I didn't send y'all anything for Valentine's Day. I thought cute pictures of the kids on the blog would suffice...I was wrong. We love you very much, and we hope you had a "Super" Valentine's Day!

Love, Beth, Tyson, and the boys

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone is having a Happy Valentine's Day! We sure are! Jake and Walker got lots of goodies this morning from Mama and Daddy, and well, they just kept getting goodies all day! Jake's class had a Valentine's party, so I went to that and we had a lot of fun. This year is the first year Jake's class has handed out Valentine's, and Jake really got into handing his out and saying "Happy Valentine's Day" to each of his friends. Too cute.

Speaking of cute, I started asking Jake a few weeks ago who his Valentine was going to be...first, it was Macy and Sara, and then it was Addy and Allie (his school friends), and then this weekend, he said Miss Brittany (his teacher). My feelings were a little hurt, but I still approved of his choices. Anyways, he woke up this morning, and before I had a chance to say anything, he said, "Happy Valentine's Day, Mama!" And then he said that "Mama, Daddy, Pa Pa, Granddad, G Mama, and Ellie and Sandy (my sister's dogs)" were all his Valentine's. :) I left it at that and didn't ask him again who was going to be his Valentine.

My littlest Valentine.

And my next-to-biggest Valentine.

This is what too much sugar will make you do!

Little Miss Sara.

A little too much estrogen for my sweet boy. One girl is snatching his glue while another steals his hearts. Ha!