My Super Hero!

What can I say, he loves to dress up!

Welcome to Our World Wesley Cole

Here are the first pictures of Wesley Cole Stokes. He was born on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, weighing in at 7 lbs 13 oz. and 20 " long.

Mama and Baby just after birth.

Wyatt wants to be Wesley's Big Brother and not his Uncle.

Me, Wyatt and Wesley.

He is pretty darn cute.

Due: March 20th

We are certainly going to have a full house by the end of March!
Another baby is scheduled to arrive in our family. Gayle is expecting a little boy on approximately March 20th. We are getting ready for his arrival although she has not decided on a name. I have been wanting to give her a baby shower, but circumstance just will not allow one :o(

Wyatt has been sick off and on for the last month, just two weeks ago he was at the doctor for a bad cough which also affected his asthma and had to have additional breathing treatments and a steriod. Yesterday he was diagnoised with an ear infection, giving him antibiotics makes me so nervous. I am hoping his fever goes down today without medication. Needless to say, we have been struggling lately with his health issues and missing hours at work is putting additional stress on me. I finally got him enrolled in the Childhood Early Developement Program, 'The Wonder Years' at Shady Dell School. The only setback will be he can't be dropped off until 8:30 a.m. and I have to pick him up at 2:15 .m. and....have the additional expense of lunches and gas, time off work. Somehow this has to work, he needs this so he will be ready for Kindergarten this fall. We don't know where that will be yet since it is looking like we'll have to move again. We just can't afford the place we are in. Maybe this just seems overwhelming today. I just thought I would be in a different place at this point of my life, it's heartbreaking when Wyatt asks me when we can live back at our old house.....

Newest Family Addition

Baby Lily was born on October 20, 2008, she is so tiny and adorable. Here are a few pictures of her at 2 weeks.

Hey!!!!

Wow, it amazes how quickly time, no, days, NO, months fly by when it just seems like last week I was traveling down to Branson everyday.

I have got all moved up, moved in and unpacked (for the most part) to Springfield. I LOVE living in the City. I am so close to shopping, parks and just about whatever else I need or want to go.

Where I live, I am way WAY too close to a couple Ice Creams Shops! I have packed on some pounds for sure....not to mention my boss keeps us in plenty supply of snacks around!

If anyone hasn't heard already, I love my new job, including the drive thru the city. Even when I got rearended after being here a week, the poor girl that hit me was so upset, I hugged her several times and told her it would be ok, we were fine and the vehicles can be fixed. She couldn't of been over 21-25 yrs. old. I was just glad Wyatt was not with me, he would not have been so patient waiting for the PD to come on a NON injury fender bender. I must say though, we got a few 'hey baby' and some whistling at us. I didn't realize what a 'hot mama' I was...hahaha!

This year, we've got plenty of rainfall and the fall colors are just exploding, I can't wait to get some pictures taken. Not having access to a computer and internet has made it difficult to pursure my love to blog.

I will be getting some pic's of the latest addition to our family soon and posted. Baby Lilly (aka Sarah) is just adorable.

Wyatt has been in counseling now for about 2 months and is showing signs of improvement, having him in a daycare (thru the Baptist Church) with teachers that are working with him instead of pushing him off as a 'bad kid' has also helped him improve. Last week we started his in-home visits and we got a great counseler, 'Candy', she's all but 5' tall and has true concern for Wyatt's well being.

Gayle plans on moving up with Wyatt and I soon, hopefully before Thanksgiving, but you know how 21 year olds can be.

Well, all of us look forward to Halloween, it's really a great reason for us to get together and eat the first batch of Chili at Paula Jean's house! See ya'll soon!

Yeah for Me!

Hey everyone, have you missed me? I have missed you!

I am really excited about my new job working in an attorney's office in Springfield. I start on Monday the 14th. The job is part accounting and part whatever else needs done in the office. It's a small office (two attorney's) right up my alley.

While I've been in limbo, Wyatt and I have been to White Water, Celebration City, Silver Dollar City (thanks PJ) and many trips to the park. I have enjoyed spending the time with Wyatt and will miss having this much time with him once I am back to the Monday - Friday. I'm sure ya'll know how much I love my little man.

I'll be back on-line as soon as I can.

Love Ya!

More Oldies but Goodies

First time "Granny" got to
hold Wyatt, of course she
had to be supervised by our
little professional








Not a surprise, more
slobber! Wyatt was 2.






Getting to eat his own
J E L L O
all by himself!








I must have said something
odd, but what? He's only
6 mos old.








Just so darn cute!











This is him stuck trying to crawl through his leapfrog, he always like crawling under and through things, still does.








When you know he LOVES his Christmas present!







I guess it was nap time.









His first look at a frog at the Zoo on his 1st birthday, he wasn't too sure about it.









This is what happens when your daughter takes your picture and you don't know it.








This is what happens when mom takes a picture and her daughter doesn't know it.









This is your hair when you let a 3 year old (Emily) style it.








This is the cutest ever face you get when you dress your child as Jesse from Toy Story.

This is the sign you will see when you are going to Louisiana when you let your daughter navigate.

Well, I think we all know how this happens.

This is when a mother to be overstocks

More overstock

The smile you get when you know you are loved.

Zoo & Celebration City Weekend

This past weekend's weather was so nice that we took advantage of it and took the kids to the Springfield Zoo and Celebration City. Wyatt had a spectacular time at both places. He especially had a good time at Celebration City since he is now tall (and old enough) to ride on some of the big kid rides (with a parent or adult). I was glad Pat and Emily was able to take Wyatt on some of them since I don't do well on them. The spinning just gets me a wee bit dizzy (sick). :O)

There are more pictures we took on the side bar.

Patti's Bridal Shower

Here are a few pictures from Patti's Bridal Shower. We look forward to her being an official family member on June 14th when her and Burl (R-o-b-e-r-t) get hitched. There are more pictures on my video bar.

We love you Patti

Natty, Shelly, Brandi, Patti, Paula & Paula

Fun Night with Emily

A few weeks ago.......Emily invited us to go to her school for a little fun.





















Wyatt and Emily getting ready to bounce.




















THey had fun for about 2 minutes.....then....

Wyatt removed the contents of his tummy

yeah, but that didn't stop him from playing on

the other inflateables. I stood guard and

shewed away kids telling them this one wasn't open

yet, but to come back soon while the guy went and

got some 'cleaning' supplies. I apologized 1,000 times!





































These inflateables were bigger than they look in these pictures
or are kids are just small? It took Wyatt a while to make it over the top.




















He finally made it!





















Emily and Wyatt had a sword fight.





















We got tattoo's



















































And got to play on the playground

Paula Jean was with us, we borrowed her camera for all the pictures....I don't know how she escaped getting her picture taken. Thank you Paula Jean! and Emily! We had a great time!