Brotherly fun

These are just some random pictures of the boys.  Here is Chase picking out his breakfast one morning.  He cracks me up...every morning he goes in the pantry and tells me about everything that we have.  He says, "We have Apple Jacks, we have Cheerios with the bee, we have normal Cheerios..."  And he goes down the line just like that :)  I also took this picture because he is wearing his "Go Fish" shirt.  That is a children's Christian band that came to our church.  My parents got him a shirt after the concert...all they had was youth sizes so it is rather big.  Chase LOVES it!  It is his favorite thing to sleep in and it is so cute because it comes down to his knees.

Chase and Hank love playing in the ball pit!

and sliding...

I think I have said this before, but Chase has been very proud for the past several months that he can lay down in the bathtub.  At least three times a week he does this and then asks me to take his picture.  So, we have a lot of pictures of Chase in the bathtub!  I thought this one was so cute with the bubbles all around him!

He's here! He's here!

 I have done my best to try to keep this blog chronologically in order, but I am going to have to skip ahead for a bit to show off pictures of our new nephew!  Jackson Weatherly Stanley was born on Sunday, October 14 at 11:00am.  He is such a beautiful baby and we were so excited to meet him!  Unfortunately, we have not gotten to see him since Sunday, so these pictures will have to do for now (but there will be more to come :)

The Stanley Four!  Alex is going to be a great big brother!  I had extra fun on Sunday because I got to take Alex to the hospital...he was so excited when we got to the red light where St. Vincent's was in front of us!

Hunter and Jackson....

Chase getting to meet Jackson for the first time with Peg-P and Gran...Chase has not stopped talking about Baby Jackson since Sunday.  Last night, we were looking at one of his books and there was a baby panther.  Chase said, "That baby panther is little bitty, just like baby Jackson."  :)

 Jackson with his Peg-P and Gran....he is their fourth grandson!

 Here is a picture of Jackson with his eyes open...he is so precious!

 Jackson with his Aunt Katie and Uncle Drew...

 Hank getting to meet Jackson...Hank hasn't been feeling super lately, so we kept him at a distance :)  However, I know that Hank and Jackson are going to have so much fun together!  They are almost exactly 11 months apart...

 We were so excited because we got to be there for Jackson's first bath!  He was not very happy about it, but calmed down as soon as they put him on the warming bed.  I guess he is like his Gran and he just doesn't like to be cold!

 We are so thankful for sweet Jackson.  We love him so much and cannot wait to watch him grow up!

Happy Birthday Alex!

Our nephew, Alex, turned 4 on September 7 and we had so much fun at his birthday party!  He had a Spiderman birthday party, and now Chase has decided that he is going to have a Spiderman party "just like Alex."  Chase loves Alex and wants to do everything he does!  Alex's party was so much fun.  You could come dressed as your favorite superhero, so Chase and Hank wore their Superman outfits!  Here is Chase on the slide...

This is my cousin's little girl, Annie Elizabeth.  She is so cute and she had so much fun!  She wore white bloomers under her dress and they were dark brown by about 30 minutes into the party!

Hank stayed inside and played with his Peg-P for a lot of the party...he had a great time!

Here is Alex about to blow out his candles...I cannot believe that he is already four!

Alex with all of his friends while everyone sang...

Alex blew out the candles...Chase finally made it over to him! (it takes him a while to get through crowds because he is not very assertive...no idea where he got that from!:)

After eating his cupcake, Chase decided that the Joker was a better look for him :)

Chase had fun playing with Olivia Plant...

Alex peeking out of his Spiderman jump jump...

After the party, Alex and Chase had the best time playing!  I think they played non-stop for three hours straight!  We all had lunch, but they didn't stop for lunch! (you know Chase is having fun if he doesn't stop for food).  I have never seen Chase play that hard!  Drew hung in there with them for a while...he had fun jumping too!

Annie Elizabeth also joined in...

Alex, Chase, and Hank had fun playing on Alex's bed too...(Hank loves when he gets to be one of the big boys!)

This is Jack, my cousins oldest child..he was having fun playing too!

Uncle Drew joined them in Alex's room too...he is just another one of the kids!

On Sunday, the day after Alex's party, we went back over to Hunter and Anna's so the boys could jump and play some more.  They had such a great time again!!!  I couldn't believe that they still had energy!  I love this picture of Hank and Alex- Alex is so sweet to Hank and I know that he is going to be such a great big brother!

Hank hung right in there with the boys on Sunday and he had the best time!  Here is his little bottom hanging out of the jump jump as he climbed back in....

They had fun swinging on Alex's playset...

The ice cream truck passed by while we were there, so we hurried out to the street to catch it.  Alex got Batman ice cream, so guess what Chase got?...you guessed it, Batman ice cream!  He wants to do everything just like Alex!  They had a great time eating their ice cream.

Uncle Hunter and Hank practicing Hank's walking skills :)

Drew, Chase, and Alex playing in the jump jump...

Hank and Daddy....he LOVES his Daddy- when I just say the word "Daddy" (even if he isn't there) Hank gets a huge smile on his face and starts kicking!

At one point, Chase and Alex disappeared...we found them upstairs on the deck and Alex had found a snack for them :)

Hank and Gran hanging out :)

Congratulations Pops!

A few weeks ago, we went to the Cochrans house to celebrate Pops' retirement!  We are so proud of him and so happy for him, and we know he will enjoy retirement!  We had a great time with everyone, as we always do!
Chase is loving the fact that George is getting old enough to play with him more... They had the best time playing on the stairs together!

Chase and Hank playing with Uncle Clay...

George and Uncle Wes...

There is sweet little George...

Chase and George playing through the glass...

Chase, George, and Hank got to take their first bath together!  They had a great time playing in Mama Zo and Pops' big bathtub!

Mama Zo and Pops with their three grandsons...

Helmets and Go Rebels!

Ever since the tornadoes in April 2011, we have been wanting to get the boys some helmets...just in case.  I finally ordered some, and Chase was pumped when they came!  He calls it his football helmet!

Hank, on the other hand, was not quite as excited as Chase was....he did manage to keep it on long enough for a picture though :)

Also, a few weeks ago, we took the boys to a Vestavia football game.  We have been wanting to do it for a while, so we were excited to be able to take them.  Chase had the best time!  He watched the game and took it all in as Drew explained to him what each person was doing.  Whenever everyone would start clapping because the Rebels did something good, Chase would stand up and shout "Do Pebels!" (Go Rebels....and yes, believe it or not, his mama is a speech therapist).  It was so cute, though!

One of my best friend's dad is the coach, so she was so sweet to let us come sit with them (in the comfortable seats) after the first quarter.  This is her sister's little boy, Isaac...Chase loves finding other kids his age!  We all had a great time, and we were very proud that our boys made it to the end of the third quarter!