The Shirt Says it All!

"Big trouble in a little shirt"
Refusing to smile for the camera...

...but at least he poses!

If you can't tell, this is Jake trying to "hide."

Happy Veteran's Day! The boys had today off from school, so I tested my patience and took them with me to get my oil changed, to do a little shopping at Toys R Us, and to go out to eat with Tyson for lunch. They actually did very well...until the waitresses at the Diner totally jinxed us. You see, this Diner is right down the street from Tyson's office and we frequent it A LOT, and the waitresses just love when we bring Jake in. As soon as we got there today, at least 4 waitresses swarmed our table to love on the boys. Low and behold, one of them looks right at Jake's shirt and says, "Big trouble in a little shirt, huh?" Thanks lady. Lunch was a nightmare after that. I won't go into details because I could write a novel just on lunch (like Ryan sneaking 2 packs of butter and almost eating it all before we realized it), but let's just say Tyson's quote from lunch sums it up...."I can handle 105 18-19 year old boys, but I don't know if I can handle two 2 year olds!" Ha! If only Ryan would have had on a matching shirt we would have been set!

Holy Hot Air Balloon!

Yesterday was like a scene out of a movie! Jake and I were playing in the backyard, and he wandered off for a few minutes around the side of the house. He was suspiciously quiet, so I went to check on him, and this is what I saw:

A hot air balloon! In my neighborhood! About to crash into my neighbor's house across the street! Jake was just standing there staring at it like it was a UFO or something...we both just stood there in shock! My first thought was, "is there a missing boy in there?" Ha! I immediately ran inside, grabbed my camera, and ran out front to catch it on camera. About that time, my neighbors were all running outside to watch this thing crash (or so we thought.)

Long story short, after barely missing my neighbor's house, the hot air balloon landed safely down the street. We're still not sure if it meant to land on our street, but I can't imagine why it would. It was so crazy, but definitely really cool to watch. I'm not sure how many more times in my life I'll witness a hot air balloon land 6 houses down from me! Jake just loved it, though, and kept saying "big balloon!"

Crazy huh? Just had to post this so my husband would believe me!

UAB Homecoming

Mom and Dad with Daddy's biggest fan!

Daddy during Pre-Game

"Da" tickling Jake

Go Blazers!

We're so proud of you, Daddy!

UAB just won Homecoming by defeating Florida Atlantic 56-29! Woo hoo! Way to go Blazers!

We had a great time at the game; Jake is really getting into the whole UAB thing, Blaze, and just football overall. It's just so exciting to watch him get so excited about it all! He sure does love his Daddy and the Blazers!

16 Weeks!

Jake the Fireman

Parents, watch your little girls...this little boy is on FIRE!

Intelligender Results

Y'all wouldn't believe all the texts, phone calls, emails, etc that I have received asking me about the Intelligender results from Tuesday! Some of y'all are almost as impatient as I am....well, not even close obviously!

Yep, the results say that we're having a girl! (We are not basing anything on this, though. We are definitely gonna wait for the ultrasound until we make our official announcement.)

After having a gun pointed at my head by my neighbor (is this better Ashley?), I finally caved and took this test. I had heard about this test before, but I honestly think it's ridiculous. Apparently, it determines the gender based on your urine's pH...acidic=girl and alkaline=boy. How in the world does my baby affect my urine pH? It's crazy test, but it sure was fun! We'll see just how accurate it really is in a week and a half! By the way, the website states that the test is 82% accurate in "real world studies." I've heard of 4 people taking this test and all having accurate results, so we'll see!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I promise to post some pictures of my precious child really soon. Go Blazers!

Girl or Boy?

Not much longer til my Nov. 18 ultrasound to find out the sex of Baby Summers #2! Yay! I can't wait! I wanted to go ahead and post these hints now so that y'all can start guessing the sex. These are all based off Old Wives' Tales as well as a couple of other people's input, so have fun!

1) Chinese Calender: this is supposed to be over 90% accurate and it says GIRL!

2) Belly shape: watermelon= girl and basketball; boy- my belly is so wide this time...GIRL!

3) Cravings: sweets=girl and salty=boy; I haven't had many cravings, but for the first 13 weeks I craved cherries in my coke, so...GIRL!

4) Carrying the baby: high=girl and low=boy; no one has really said except for one person and she said low, so...BOY!

5) Heartbeat: >140=girl and <=boy; so far, all the heartbeats have been in the 150's, so...GIRL!

6) Husband's weight gain: gains weight=girl and stays same=boy; no sympathy weight for Tyson...BOY!

7) Acne: increase=girl and same=boy; hmmm....BOY!

8) Morning sickness: yes=girl and no=boy; no puke here (thank goodness!), so....BOY!

9) Jake's opinion: When we ask "does Mama's baby have a pee pee?," Jake always responds "no." And when asked if he thinks it's a boy, Jake ignores the question, but when asked if he thinks it's a girl, he says "uh huh." So according to Jake...GIRL!

10) Beth's opinion: At first, I was convinced it's a boy, but lately here I've been thinking pink, so...GIRL!

11) Tyson's opinion: He really won't say, so I'm gonna speak for him (since that's what wives do)....BOY!

Here are some other things I found on www.intelligender.com website that are true for me (some are deleted anyways because it was too much information):

It's a boy if:

You didn't experience morning sickness in early pregnancy
You are carrying low
Your feet are colder than they were before pregnancy
The hair on your legs has grown faster during pregnancy
Your hands are very dry
You are having headaches
You add your age at the time of conception and the number for the month you conceived and the sum is an even number

It's a girl if:

Your baby's heart rate is at least 140 beats per minute
You are carrying the weight in your hips and rear
Your belly looks like a watermelon
You are craving sweets
You don't look quite as good as normal during pregnancy
You are moodier than usual during pregnancy

And speaking of the above mentioned website, I took that urine gender determination test this morning (after having my arm twisted by a certain neighbor who is also pregnant), but I'm not gonna tell y'all the results just yet. Have fun guessing!

Happy Halloween!

UAB's mascot, "Blaze" the dragon

Jake and Ryan mapping out their trick or treating route!

Trick or treating all by himself!

Almost there...

"Trick or treat!"

Jake's 2nd Halloween was so much fun! We spent the day watching football and eating lots of cookies and candy! The only thing that could have made the day any more perfect was to have Daddy here, but he was in El Paso, Texas coaching the Blazers on to a victory! Woo Hoo!

Jake was an angel and put on his costume without any problems; I was so proud of my big boy. He of course didn't put on the hood, but he was adorable without it! We joined the Maddens and went to a neighborhood party and then went trick or treating. Jake started getting the hang of trick or treating towards the end and actually went up to a house all by himself!

I have to say, though, Jake's favorite part of the day (other than watching his Daddy and the Blazers) was helping me hand out the candy after we returned from trick or treating. As soon as the doorbell would ring, Jake would run up to the door and start opening it up. He handed out candy a couple times by himself, but he would give the trick or treater only one piece of candy and keep one for himself! Needless to say, we had some unhappy trick or treaters, so I had to take back over. He was definitely my big helper, though!

I'm so proud of my little Blaze! I just wish Tyson could be here to see it all, but there will be plenty more years of trick or treating still to come! Happy Halloween!

Jake's School Halloween Party

"UPS Guy" Jake and Macy the Duck

Jake is literally checking out Macy's tail!

Sliding down the slide to deliver a package!

Ryan the Pumpkin

Macy and Ryan had been holding hands!

Daddy came to the party and Jake was so proud!

The girls are singing "Jesus Loves Me" and rocking their babies...notice the boys are MIA! Ha!

Jake's Mother's Day Out Program had a Harvest Festival today at school, and I got to join in on the fun! Yes, Casey Rae, you can just go ahead and call me the "Room Mom." Ha! I had lots of fun, and Jake was so proud to have his Mama and Daddy there. Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Daddy, "So this is what you do, Jake..."
"Like this, Daddy?"
Like father, like son!

Two posts in one day! It's amazing how much time I have on my hands now that I'm not napping in the afternoons (thank you 2nd trimester)! Anyways, Tyson got to come home a little early today, so we finally decided to carve the pumpkins we got at the pumpkin patch at the beginning of October. You see, last year, we carved our pumpkins mid-October and they rotted a few days later. Not this year!

Jake wasn't really into the whole pumpkin carving thing; instead, he and Ryan preferred to ride their 4-wheelers around. Jake did come around at the end to check out Mama's carving-job...I think he approved. ;) I was proud of both boys, though, they actually stuck their hands into the pumpkin guts and squished it around!

Lots of posts to be had in the next couple of days! Happy Halloween!

Boo at the Zoo

Jake begging to ride the carousel!

Ryan dancing to "Monster Mash!"

The Carousel worker trying to keep Jake and Ryan in place!

Jake picked out the Giraffe...that's one of his favorite animals at the Zoo!

Ryan in a zone as he rides the monkey

Petting the hog

Blurry pic but Jake loved the goat!

I took Jake and Ryan to the Zoo this morning for Boo at the Zoo. To be honest, I really can't even tell you what Boo at the Zoo was really about; all that was different is that they had some Halloween decorations up that aren't normally there. I don't think the boys even noticed the difference, but it was fun anyways.

It was a kinda rainy day at the Zoo, so we made this trip a short one. Plus, there were thousands of elementary kids there on a field trip, and it was just mass chaos! We spent a lot of time at the Petting Zoo; I think this is only the second time Jake has been to the Petting Zoo and he and Ryan loved it! Jake loved the sheep and the goats and Ryan loved the hog!

We also took a ride on the carousel. I was hesitant about taking both boys on the carousel by myself, but the carousel worker made me feel like the worst mom for not even trying, so of course, I had to do it after that! They were fine for most of the ride, but they both started getting antsy at the end. Of course, though, I had to get a picture of them, so the carousel worker agreed to help me take the picture (we were the only ones on the carousel at the time). So anyways, the lady stood there as I snapped the pics and she almost had a heart attack trying to watch both boys and keep them on the animals for the picture! After we got off and got in the stroller, she said, "you sure do have your hands full! Next time, I'm gonna listen to you...you know what you're talking about!" Ha!