Payne's First Week

Your first visitors...

Happy Birthday to Payne & Grammy!

brotherly love...

Your first bath...

Sweet Cousins

My sweet boy

Born 6 days apart...

Charlie Payne and Beckham James loved snuggling at their very first play date 12/19/10


Payne 9.5 lbs, Becks 4.15 lbs

Charlie Payne Nicholson

Born Monday December 6, 2010

8.7 pounds

19.5 inches

1:12 PM

Fall is in the Air!

We've been enjoying the cooler weather lately. The boys had Logan over for a play date, and the weather was perfect for playing in the backyard!

Grant and Logan

Reid really wanted me to watch how he swings all by himself, but of course I haven't masterd my action photography yet so these pics will have to do.




First hot cocoa of the season....


We were getting ready for Daddy's volleyball game, and snapped this pic of Reid and his 'signature look'. I get this look every day when I drop him off for school...it's the final step to our morning 'goodbye' after about 20 "I love you's", kisses, eskimo's, and "Have a nice day's".

...and Daddy won the game yay!!

Jason won the Regional Championship his first year as head coach at JJ Pearce! Not a bad start!

Happy Halloween!!

We had so much fun Trick or Treating with Blakey again this year! Transfomers and Darth Vader were the costumes of choice. The boys collected tons of candy, and had so much fun taking inventory in their spooky Halloween jammies! And this blog would not be complete if I failed to post the picture of Uncle Jay in his bumble bee costume, nothing like coordinating tutus for Daddy and daughter!

Adventures with Grammy & Pops

The boys got a very special treat this year...a trip to the State Fair with Grammy and Pops! This has been on my list of things to do since I was the boys age, and one of these days I'll actually make it out to the fair! Anyhow, I think the pictures speak for themselves, but let's just say there was no shortage of excitement from the train ride to Fair Park, to seeing Big Tex, all the fun rides (they even rode the big scary ferris wheel!! Yikes!) to the cotton candy and corny dogs, and even a the sleep over with Grammy & Pops to top it all off! While the boys were enjoying themselves with G&P Jason and I had his 20 year High School reunion! lol I can't believe we're ( I mean Jason) is getting so old!! :)

Thank you for such a fun day Grammy & Pops!

Daddy Date at the Pumpkin Patch

Jason and the boys had last Monday off for Columbus Day so they decided to brave the pumpkin patch...

Hard to believe these are my cubs!! Time flies!

Learning and Exploring at the Museum

Jason was in Houston a few weeks ago so the boys and I decided to take a field trip to the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History. The boys are all about dinasaurs these days, so it was so much fun to get up close and personal with this T-Rex...or least Reid thought so, Grant was not quite as sure about it, but after a little convincing from Reidy he allowed me to take these photos.

They also loved the kids play area! There was so much fun to be had at the museum, we will have to make another trip back to visit the planetarium!

New School

Getting ready for a new school means new lunchboxes, new backpacks, and new clothes! What could be better?! The boys loved picking out their lunchboxes and had to play "go to school" as soon as they arrived. The boys were so excited to start their new big boy school, although mommy was a little nervous about the change....why I'm not sure, they had the best first week at school and go to do so many fun things! They love their new teacher Miss Lin, and have already made a new friend- Isabella :)

To My Sweet Cubs

To my sweet cubs,

As we prepare to welcome your baby brother to the family in the next few weeks I think back on the past 3.5 years and how it has been just the 3 of us for a while now. You have grown into such sweet boys, and I'm so proud of the considerate, fun loving big boys you have become. I still remember how naive I was the day you came into the world. You were so tiny, just little pumpkin seeds at 3.12oz and 4.6oz; as small as you were you managed to change my world immensley and I still remember how unprepared I was. Unprepared for your 2 month early arrival, for how much my world would change, for the overwhelming amount of love I had to share with you, for the perspective you would give me, and for the fun adventures we were about to experience together! It has been so fun watching you grow and explore this world while I attempted to figure out this mommy thing without causing you any permanent damage.

Grant- You are my sweet lovey, and there is no one I would rather "snuggle tight" with than you! You are such a curious one, always looking for the next thing to "fix", and always so considerate of others, especially your mommy! You are so much like your daddy, and have a very happy, friendly, easy going nature that makes you such a joy to be around, and your laugh is so incredibly contagious it would make anyone smile!

Reid- My little perfectionist. You are such a talent in every sport, and that I'm certain you got from me! :) I love how you always want to help me in the kitchen...you're reportoire is quite extensive now, and pretty soon you won't need me to make your eggs anymore. This could be a good thing since you told me you like the way daddy's makes them. You are so complimentary and always telling me how pretty and most recently "beautiful" I look, and that you like my dress, or whatever I'm wearing....please don't ever stop these sweet compliments!

There are countless things I love about being Grant and Reid's mommy. I love our pretend play, how at only 3 you already want to play "pretend to go to college", but also "pretend to go to the beach" and many other places! I love your super hero, and robot voices, our picnics, the way you like to play scuba diver in the bath tub, our Friday trips to the donut shop before school to get donuts with "prinkles", your love for "Ruff" and "Kitty". I love your sweet shyness (although you're quickly outgrowing this), how much you adore your daddy, our trips to the park, our "special days", and the way you hold complete conversations just the two of you...and will tell me "No mommy I'm talking to bubba". The way we sing Taylor Swift's "Best Day" as loud as we can on the way to school every day, and the way you know almost every word by heart.

You have been so lucky to have each other from day 1, and truly seem to be the best of friends, always asking about the other when you're apart. As close as you two are Daddy and I wanted to give you more...we know you will both make such good big brothers and have already been such a help in preparing for Baby Payne. Helping pick names; Grant you wanted to name him Mac, and Reid you want to name him Kit, and while those are both wonderful names you agreed that Charlie Payne was the "bestest name". You're always helping pick out things for "our baby" when we go to the store, and already thinking of things you will teach him. Grant you want to teach Payne how to play racecars, and how to make a snowman. Reid you want to teach him A,B,C,D's, and baseball. You both like to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to him in my belly almost every night to see if he will kick, and funny how he always does! This baby is so lucky to have you both as big brothers! I can't wait for you to meet him, and I know he can't wait to meet you too!

I am so lucky to be your mommy, and never could have prepared for the joy you have brought me, and for that I am so thankful. Blessed was the day you came into my life, and I know we have so many more special times to share together just us, and many more to share with your Baby Payne.

I love you so much!

Always will...

Mommy