Mr. Independent

Ayson is becoming so independent. This really shows when he is eating. He loves to hold his own bottle now. He still needs a little help holding it up, because he trys so hard that he usually ends up taking it out of his mouth :) And now that he has been eating cereal for about a month, he has figured out how to feed himself. Translation...dinner takes a lot longer and is a lot messier :) Pretty much the only way he will open his mouth is if you let him have the spoon.

This is pretty much how it goes. He is too funny; he never wants to give up his spoon! We can't believe how fast he is growing up.

He really likes to sit up. He is getting pretty good at it. We still need to be pretty close to him, but he can definitely sit unassisted for quite a while.


Tummy time on his new blanky that Pam made for him. He loves all the bright colors and likes to check out all the fishies. Thank you so much Pam!!!

Checking out the new toy we put on his jumperoo. He's not too sure about it!




That's better :)

Cowboys and New Stuff

How bout them Cowboys! Ayson had so much fun watching the game with us and Dave...in fact, the cowboys were so far ahead that he had time to model his new summer hat. Come 'on sun and heat! We are ready for you.

Check out little man's new shirt...haha! Love it!

He looks like such a big boy in his shirt and jeans. Watch out ladies...he's a heartbreaker for sure!



We also put Ayson's highchair together recently and have started feeding him his cereal there. He seems to enjoy it much more than eating in his bumbo, because he can lounge instead of sitting straight up. He's even got a little bit of dinner left on his face!

Once he is done eating; then it is our turn. He chills at the table with us while we eat our dinner. Eating at the table is a new thing for Aaron and I; we like to "lounge" and eat too :) But, we figured it was a good idea to start eating at the table, so Ayson will learn how to eat by watching us. For now though, he just plays while we eat...those links are way more interesting than we are ;)

Rollie Pollie

He finally did it...now we can't get him to stop! He has been rolling over to his side for over a month now, but would never get all the way over to his tummy and pop up on his elbows. Out of the blue last night night he decided to give it a try. I think he was just happy to have the heater working again :) He looked like he was going to roll over, so we had the camera out for about 30 minutes, but nothing. Literally, less than 5 minutes later, he rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time! Little Stinker! Luckily, he felt like showing off his new skill today.

Here he is hanging out in his bumbo













Such a cute little smile

This and That and This

We got a fun little surprise after we got home on Monday afternoon...our heater decided to quit working. So, for the past few days we have been couped up in our bedroom with a space heater. It is nice and warm in our room, but it is 54 degrees in the rest of our house...YIKES! We should have it fixed today, hopefully! Ayson hasn't minded one bit though...he has enjoyed hanging out on our bed and sleeping in his pack n play :)

Ayson is also teething. This = not fun! Poor little guy will be happy one minute then screaming the next. He is slobbering all over the place and chewing on anything he can get his hands on...he even glasses aren't safe. Haha! He grabbed them of my face and they went straight to his mouth. Hopefully his first tooth won't take too long to break through, because we hate to see him hurting. In the meantime, we are getting really creative on ways to keep him happy :)


This is one his new favorite activities. He loves to put his elbows on his piano during tummy time. He plays all kinds of wonderful music for us!


This was before our walk the other day. His face cracked us up!

AC and George & Reba!

We've been pretty busy over the past week. We just got back from an extended weekend in AC! It was so great to go "home" for a few days because it has been nearly two months since we had been there. Friday night Ayson got to hang out with Grammy, Pops & Auntie A, while Aaron and I went to the George Strait & Reba concert with Papa Doug and Sharon! (Not sure who had more fun...him or us, because Ayson had Grammy & Pops convinced that his bedtime wasn't until after 11:00, so he got to stay up late!) Then, Ayson got to see all the greats on Saturday night. And on Sunday, he spent the day with papa Doug, and also got to see Aunt Jenny, Uncle Michael, Kierslynn, Memaw Dorothy, Hope, Jessie and Lance...so many people who love our little guy! We had such a great time!!!!

Ayson and little miss Hope











Little Man & GG Dado Hal









Ayson playing with GG Dado Joe










So sweet! Story time with Memaw Dorothy, Hope & Kierslynn









Papa Doug and his favorite Grandson :)




And a few pics from the concert. We were on the 5th row!!!! For all of you who know how much I love country music, especially George & Reba...I was in heaven! Look how close we were!









Singing Fancy!





The gentleman George, he was amazing!








Love this pic! He played over 30 songs.









Best concert ever!

Our Funny Valentine

We are having the best day hanging out with our little Valentine. He is starting to feel better after his vaccinations and is finally back to his smiley self.








We have read his book from Grammy and Pops several times already :)












Look what Mr. strong legs can do! We couldn't believe it. He stood there hanging on to the ottoman for quite a while. Standing is his new favorite thing...we are pretty sure he is going to walk before he crawls.






Ayson also got a visit from Gage and Maria yesterday. He had fun showing off his smile and cute little laugh.

This was our breakfast this morning...isn't it so cute! We almost didn't want to eat it because it was so pretty :)

Just for Fun

I thought it would be fun to compare our baby pictures to Ayson's around the same age. So, here we go...what do you think?!


Aaron and Ayson will be coming soon :)

(Grammy Wilcox...I need a few baby pics of Aaron)