The Boys

They are starting to play together. It's pretty cute :)

Briley vs. Lawson 9 Months

Briley

Lawson

I am AMAZED by how different the boys look! Briley's hair: non-existent/blonde... Lawson's hair: long and brown... Briley: no teeth... Lawson: 8 teeth... Briley weighed about a pound more than Lawson, and Lawson is about 1/4 in. longer than Briley

Santa is One Smart Man

Ask Briley what he got for Christmas, and he'll tell you Tranformers and Bakugans. Ask me the last time he played with them, and I couldn't tell you. However, not a day has gone by that he hasn't played with his Trios. These are a type of block similar to Legos for 3-5 year olds. They come with a book with all sorts of designs. Briley has built all of them so many times, that he is now designing his own. Seriously he wakes up building blocks and goes to bed arguing because he still wants to build blocks. They are simply fabulous.

Karate and Gymnastics

Briley is a busy bee, and after weeks of being cooped up in the house, I decided that he was ready to start his first extracurricular activity. So I signed him up to test out karate and gymnastics.

Here he is testing out a "flip" on his first day of karate.

Master Lee told me that he would "train" out that energy. You go for it Master Lee! Train out that energy!

Briley tested out gymnastics next and loved all of the climbing and jumping activities.

My Little Unicorns

I love these pictures of the boys in the bath. They have taken baths together since Lawson was born, and now it feels funny if I only give one boy a bath. Briley thought Lawson's unicorn hair was so funny that he wanted me to do it to his hair.

Lawson LOVES his big brother. I love this picture. This is how he looks at him all the time!

Lawson is 9 months old!

Little Bit had his 9 month check up. All is good, and he is healthy and growing!
Weight: 21 lb. 12 oz. (75th %tile)
Height: 28 3/4 in. (75th %tile)
4 bottles a day
2 naps/day (He'd take 3 if I let him, but so that we can get out of the house, I've gotten him to 2 naps in the past week or so.)
Sleeps 7:30pm-8:30am, gotta love that!
Eats all sorts of finger foods and still loves baby food
12-18 month clothing
Size 4 diapers
Crawling all over the place, quickly!
Trying to pull up, but tumbles a lot
Loves to stand
Favorite toy: Briley's Handy Manny tool set
Babbles all the time
LOVES his big bro
Momma's boy
Happy, happy, happy boy

2 things I love about my baby boy...

1. His eyes/eyelashes

2. His rolls

Duck Season

I've been hearing all winter long how this is just the worst duck season. All I've been thinking is that there are only 2 weeks left. Anyway, for some reason, the pictures below make Nick really happy. So this post is for him...

Our First Zoo Trip of the Year

The weather was warm and beautiful today, so we took a long trip to the zoo! Briley and his best bud, Hudson, had a great time. They ran all over the place, had lunch, and shared ice cream cones. We were away from the house for about 5 hours, and Lawson did awesome.

Join my Fan Page!

I've had all sorts of plans for my photography business this year. Although we have a ton of decisions ahead of us, I can't wait to see what 2010 holds for Shannon Payne Photography.
* My first plan was to go to the annual photo expo, which luckily was held in Nashville this year. Nick has been my biggest fan. He volunteered to go with me and make a weekend trip out of it. We had a great getaway, but I came home a little overwhelmed! Go figure, I didn't bring my camera, so I have no pics to post.
* My second plan was to set up a facebook page, so if you're on Facebook click HERE to become a fan!
* Very exciting news: I just met with the manager for Clipper magazine, and I will have an ad in the Feb/March issue that goes to thousands of homes in our area!!! Hopefully I know what I'm getting myself into!

Lucky Me!

I never thought I'd be so happy to have 3 special boys in my life! Thanks for letting me be your mommy and wife guys!

Thumb Sucker

I know that I've posted this a few times, but here's another pick of little bit sucking his thumb. Luckily, he only does it when he's sleeping. As soon as he gets his blankie, that thumb goes straight to his mouth. Cute now... in 1 year, not so much!

Smart Boy

Briley hasn't been too excited about learning. He learned how to spell his name months ago, but as for practicing his letters or writing, he hasn't been too interested. I haven't wanted to push him, but lately he has been much more eager to learn. Here he is with his new laptop and one of his workbooks.

Briley's Hamsters

Briley goes through phases where he wants to do the same thing over and over again. Lately he's been wanting to "rest" with his hamsters. He puts them in their balls and plays with them in his room or in his tent. He and Lawson have also been "playing" together lately. So the other day, he had Lawson and his hamsters in his room with the door closed. I peeked in every few minutes and this is what I found...

Lawson reading

and Briley reading to his hamstersNotice that the balls are on his pillow so they can't escape!

First Snow of 2010

We woke up to some light snow this morning! Briley just HAD to go out immediately, and then decided that he didn't want to play or even walk in the snow. All he wanted to do was make snow ice cream.

This was Lawson's first snow, and he actually enjoyed it! I haven't really found anything he doesn't enjoy, though! (Sorry about the logo, I'm putting these on my photography website and forgot to remove it on all the pics.)

Weather Night

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is one of my absolute favorite books as a teacher. So I was sooo excited when it came out as a movie. Since we were expecting snow last night, I decided to have Meatball Movie Night.

So first, we ate spaghetti and meatballs for dinner as we watch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

We also talked about the possible snow. Then, Briley put his pjs on inside out, and I taught him the snow dance!

Finally, I went to check on him before bed, and he was snuggled up with "night-night", "turtle", and Daddy's air pump. I figured that the air pump was a safety hazard, so I took it away!

Christmas with the Paynes

Last Christmas post!

The kiss

The hug

Christmas with Mimi

What was Santa thinking???

This is what Briley found after he opened all of his presents.

First time petting one of the hamsters.

First time holding her.


A few close up of the girls:

We had to get a different cage because the purple cage was so messy. We couldn't take it!