Mexican Wedding

The joy, the love, the friendship, the relaxation, the fun!!! Mark and I just returned from a fun filled trip to Mexico(without the kids)!!! My best friend since preschool got married while we were down there. It was so peaceful, sweet and perfect!!! The love these two share is amazing!! Mark and I enjoyed every minute of our time there, we did miss the boys, but it was a nice relaxing time. We are planning our next trip, this time we will take the boys.

My Baby is 4

How it seems like yesterday, this sweet angel baby was born. I remember like yesterday getting up and going to the hospital to be induced. Thinking when I return to this house I will be a mommy!! My life will be changed forever! But what a wonderful thought, scary but wonderful! As the day progressed, unfortunately labor did not. As most of you know Noah Russell Clayton was born by C-section at 8:30 the evening of June 11, 2003, weighing in at 7lbs 15oz and 21 inches long. Now look at our big boy!!!

50 Things We LOVE About Noah on his Birthday

1. Your enthusiasm for life
2. Your eyes
3. The way you ask questions about everything
4. Your youthful energy
5. The freckle on your belly
6. The joy on your face
7. The way you want us to lay by you at night
8. How you love your little brother
9. The curls you had as a toddler
10. The way you play with daddy
11. How long to still and always be our "baby"
12. Your love for "bellies"
13. Your love for the park
14. That you can ride your bike without training wheels
15. Your love of sunsets and how you point them out
16. Your adventurous spirit
17. The way you bargain
18. Your smile
19. When you tell us you love us so much
20. Your love of books
21. When you give us hugs and kisses for no reason
22. Your curiosity
23. Your love of heavy equipment
24. How you pronounce automatically, carbonation, and ridiculous
25. The joy you had on your face when Micah was born
26. Your love for action
27. The way you sing songs
28 Your memory
29. Your love for the moon
30. They way you dance
31. They way you take charge
32. How you need a band-aid for every boo boo or lack there of
33. How your just like your mommy
34. How your just like your daddy
35. How you do yoga
36. Your love for cartoons
37. Your love for the beach
38. That you love elephants like mommy does
39. That you love monkey's like daddy does
40. The way you say WAR EAGLE
41. The way you pick out your clothes and ask if they match
42. How well you learn
43. Your love for others
44. How you make friends easily
45. The way you love to show us everything
46. Your demand for undivided attention
47. How you write your name
48. Your southern accent
49. They way you say your nighttime prayers and the dinner blessing
50. That God gave us you to be our son

Can we put him in my fish tank???

Well, it was an eventful morning around our house. Mark let Gracie outside and boy was she barking up a storm. He went out to see what it was..... and came in with a turtle. Noah couldn't believe his eyes. He said we can put him in my fish tank. Well. with a little discussion and a little bit of playtime with our new friend, it was decided to take him to a pond. So, Noah and daddy loaded up the turtle and went to a near by subdivision that has a pond and let him go. Enjoy the show!!!