And III

If only Grady knew why Dale keeps wanting to take his picture...

Fun With The I-Phone Part II

4 Month Patrick Pics

Grady making her laugh

Sad Grady...not sure what he just did but I'm sure it involved being too rough with Bobber.  She is still hanging out with Patrick and playing with her feet while her brother pouts.

Family Brownie Making Time

Caroline's first bite of brownie batter 

She liked it so much she wanted a whole spoonful

Grady patiently waits for the bowl so he can use his finger and scrape all the leftover batter out 

I-Phone Fun

All graphic design credits go to Dale.

My Happy Baby Girl

Crazy Grady

Too much running around with tupperware on your head really wears you out...

3 Month Patrick Pictures

Wow...we got away from this!  I think Grady's last photoshoot with Patrick was before he could even walk and before Patrick found a new home.  So here we go with Bobber.  3 month pictures, taken on her 3 month birthday, just posted a little late (seeing as today is actually her 4 month birthday)

The Newest Underoo Model

I don't know if this look is more Blue Steel or Magnum, he has been practicing both a lot lately.

Brothers Weekend At The Beach

Brian planned a weekend for all of the brothers to go to the beach together.  Brian and Jay left for the beach Wednesday to make a long weekend out of it.  The tornado showed up Friday at about 5 p.m. and left Brian and Jay wondering if a peaceful weekend with only 2/3 of the brothers would have been a better plan!

Bobber relaxed on the beach and was just her usual happy self the whole time.

Grady, however, was way too excited to give anyone a moment of rest.  The kid who usually sleeps in until at least 8:30 was ready to go at 7 both mornings. 

Enjoying his favorite snack of watermelon on the beach.

Aaahhh...nap time.  The whole house can relax.

But Brian and Jay started to miss the little guy...

So they decided to wake him up

With a serenade of their very own wake up song.

Grady wasn't nearly as enthused.

The easy baby.

We introduced her to Jersey Shore this weekend.  Now she is hooked on the Real Housewives and Jersey Shore, 2 of the best television influences out there for a baby.

Once Grady was over the shock of his wake up song he decided a medley of some Bob Marley, Keller Williams and The Band was needed.

And that was our fun, not relaxing, but fun weekend.

Pop's Boy

Between his insistence on calling it "Chicken-Fil-A" and his love of loafers and t-shirts on Saturday mornings, his Mange qualities are definitely starting to shine through.

God Bless You Stumbo Family

You have 4 of the most well behaved kids God ever put on this earth and with that being said, I still don't know how you do it.  It is a tag team effort at our house to wrangle our 2 and we have about a 75% success rate.

We were lucky enough to find an empty beach on a lake island this past Saturday and the Stumbo clan joined us for a hot dog/hamburger cookout on the good old charcoal grill.  Vanessa and I corralled the little ones while Dale and David were in charge of tube rides.  Gabriel was a champ, you could tell he had been practicing some this summer.

The 2 little ones held their own though and didn't fall once.  Go Grady and Maggie!

We ate and swam until the sun started to go down then had a leisurely (little kids screaming because they didn't want to leave) ride home.

Those Summer Nights

We've always got a little extra room so if you find yourself in Chapin around 7:30 any evening come join us for a boat ride and a swim.  Grady will be your BFF if you swim around with him.

The Bobber In All Her Glory

 A little fuzzy but the huge grin is what really counts...recognize this dress Susan? (or should I say Taylor?)

Can you tell this girl is loved, bald head and all?  I bought some bows.  Then I packed them up for sometime a year or so from now.  A mom can dream...or use honey as has been suggested!

My baby doll.  She stole my heart in a way I never thought anyone could and I don't think I will ever get it back again.  As long as she has it, I don't want it back.

*And all credit for the name "Bobber" can go to Grady who started it and unfortunately made it stick.  Sorry Caroline, no more calling you Honey Cheerio, Carolion or even Caroline for that matter.  I do draw the line at monograms with Bobber though.

Grady's Got A Girlfriend...

Her name is Ellison and they hold hands, share juice boxes and we know its getting serious because they have seen each other running around in the nude.  Ellison likes to call Grady on the phone (she calls Dale or I then just starts talking as if Grady were the one who answered).  We are going to have to keep a very close eye on these 2 from now on...