Lots of Pictures

Well there are plenty of pictures in this posting. Sorry for those of you who might like a brief look at the kids, but we've got all this digital technology, why not use it? So, I'll break this post into sections...

Church days...
Here are some pics of our beautiful/handsome children on their way to church. And, as I've learned just this past week, church can have an impact on our young ones since Jacob told me that he saw Jesus in the parking lot the other day. It was actually a man that goes to our church that doesn't remotely look like how I would picture Jesus, but at least Jacob was on the look out. : ) Maggie burglarizing my bag...trouble maker.

Maggie showing off her new shoes.

I got a milkshake for Jacob the other day and he was nice enough to share with Maggie. She loved it!

Jacob having a good time with his Play Doh.

Dress Up Time...

Here's Jacob dressed up in his cowboy gear. Little booger.

He also surprised me one day last week when he came into the bedroom sporting a pair of Maggie's pink pants. As you can see, he had a little trouble getting the legs on correctly. The bad thing is that I helped put them on right and even let him wear the matching shirt for a little bit. Brent wasn't too happy...


Play Time...

We spend a good amount of time in the play room and below are some shots from a day last week. This first one is of Maggie with her hair parted down the middle like the Red Sea. She looks like she might take off at any minute and fly away.

Here's Maggie trying to climb onto the table. I have to watch her constantly since she's always trying to climb on something. ALWAYS!

Tickle time!

Maggie lounging in her favorite chair.

Birthday Boy...

Lastly, here are some shots of Jacob on his birthday. You'll see him opening and playing with the present we got for him (a counting book) and eating his lunch.

Well, we didn't get him this...it is Maggie's but he sure does enjoy it.

Random Pics...

I was able to get some more pictures from the birthday party so I've posted a few below, as well as some random ones from around the house.

I must preface this next picture by saying that I was trying to capture the dress my parents got Maggie for her first birthday. Sorry for the sleepy eyes...the flash makes her blink.

Birthdays and More...

Well, Margaret Linley turned 1 this past Friday and what a joy it has been having her in our family this past year. We had a combined birthday party for both kids on Saturday since Jacob's turning 3 on the 15th. Most of our family was able to attend, but we missed those who couldn't make it! I have some pictures to post of the kids playing with their new toys, but I lost all of my pictures from the party! My memory card got damaged and I couldn't retrieve any of the 300+ pictures we took. Luckily, some family members took pictures as well so I'll post those as soon as I get them.

Nana and Pop got Jacob and Maggie a kitchen set with play food. They love it! Below are some pictures of them playing with the new kitchen and "eating" their food.

This is a shot of Jacob eating some of his birthday cake (see below for picture...)

Maggie got a walker/baby stroller from uncle John and Emily and is doing great with it (that is, when she can steal it away from Jacob).

Gramma and Grandaddy got Jacob a wooden car garage and he LOVES it. He spends a lot of time bringing the elevator up and down...a really cool function.

Here is a shot of Maggie in her birthday dress. She was adorable. (Ignore the sleepy eyes, the flash makes her blink). She also got a beautiful dress from Gramma and Grandaddy...I'll post pics of her wearing that ASAP.

Amy, Chris, Dylan and Wesley with Maggie and Jacob : )

Nana and Pop with Maggie and Jacob.

On Maggie's actual birthday I took several pictures of her to document the entire day. The one below is of her waking up in the morning. This is her "before" picture...


and this is her "after" picture. Hairy little thing, isn't she?

A couple more shots of Maggie on her birthday. What a happy girl!!!

Here's a random shot of Jacob playing in the tub. He's a stinker (in more ways than one.)

Also, on another BIG NEWS front...Maggie started walking at the end of December. Here are some shots of me trying to bait her to walk to me...

Lastly, here's a shot of Jacob's Veggie Tales cake. I don't have a picture of Maggie's cake yet but will post one soon!

Thanks to all who made this a special birthday for our kids. We love you all!!!

It's been a while...

Well, it has been a while since my last post and I apologize for that. We ran into some computer trouble the last couple of weeks and on top of that, I've been super busy!!! Here are some of our latest pictures...

We have been trying to potty train Jacob since October. He is doing pretty well, but the lack of consistency on my part is probably holding him back some. It has been hard keeping on top of potty training since Brent's surgery. We're still working on it thought!

Maggie has found her way to our cereal cabinet and can make quite a mess as you can see below. Luckily, though......big brother Jacob is there to help clean up the mess.Here's our attempt at a family picture. It was a little blurry...Here is the Shelton family picture for 2008 (or at least one version...)Here's a shot of Jacob opening his Christmas presents from Nana and Pop. We celebrated Christmas at Thanksgiving this year.Maggie really loved her baby doll set.We also got a shot with all the cousins...Dylan, Maxton, Jacob, Maggie and Wesley.Here are my precious angels in front of the Christmas tree.I also got a good picture of Lauren and Emma in front of the tree. Too bad Alabama lost the SEC Championship game. They're still a better team than Florida if you ask me.