Sunday, February 24, 2008

A Glad Reunion Day

Saturday Brody, Mom and I went to Casey's baby shower for baby Drew. I loved seeing everyone so much! I, of course, forgot to take my camera but from the looks of things several people have already posted some pictures. Casey looks so good. She really is glowing. I must say I was a little jealous. I don't remember looking that good and I know I was a lot bigger than that by this time.
I absolutely loved seeing everyone again. It was so funny to see all of the babies that were all right around the same age. Brody really enjoyed meeting Kiley, Sailor, and Connor. He always loves playing with or should I say flirting with Avary. We got there too late to see Kellye and Cole but I can't wait to see them soon.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day from the Summers. We hope you are as blessed as we have been.
Here is a picture of our sweetie taken this weekend. Isn't it adorable. I think he looks like he might be up to something.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Brody's 12 month pictures

We went this weekend to have Brody's pictures made at Portrait Innovations in Knoxville. They turned out so great. The photographer's name was Kristi and I highly recommend her! I hope you enjoy.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Sick Little Boy

Well this week has been a little hectic at our house. Brody has been sick. It really started on Sunday evening I think. He had one bad diaper but I thought maybe he had just eaten something that didn't agree with him, I guess I was wrong. On Monday I came on to work and left him with his Gramma. He acted fine and ate fine all day. He didn't even have diarrhea until around 3:00. From then until about 8:00 he had it 4 times. His little bottom got so red! I was off on Tuesday for Election Day so I stayed at home with him. He was sick a few times but acted as though he felt okay. Wednesday is Adam's day off so he stayed with him. I ended up having to take yesterday off because he still had a few rough diapers and I didn't want him to give whatever this was to Anna and Joseph. I came to work today because he acted as though he's finally feeling better. I hate it when he is sick. He didn't act as though he felt bad at all but I take being sick over him a million times.
We are planning to get some pictures made of Brody on tomorrow. I hope they turn out okay. I haven't had them made in a while b/c since I got my new camera (Nikon D40x), I have been taking them myself. I thought it was time for a "professional job".I will post them if they turn out okay next week.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Our Little Helper





Brody has become such the helper recently. He loves to walk behind me with an extra vacuum attachment pretending to be vacuuming like mommy. Yesterday Adam took him to Sweetwater to the Cattle Sale. Brody was a good little man according to daddy. He just got a little restless after about an hour or so. Adam said that Brody was the entertainment for the other farmers, especially when they brought the goats out to sale. Brody started Baa-ing like a goat very loudly. He also likes to moo like a cow. When they got home, Brody wanted to go see the cows that Daddy had bought. He loves to be outside and "help" daddy too. These were some very mild calves. One even walked right up to us and let us pet him. Brody really enjoyed that!!
I took Brody back inside after just a few minutes with the cows. He was not happy about this. He has really started wanting to get down while we are outside. He wants to walk by himself. So when I pick him up to go in he almost always starts to cry. I hate that. I can't wait until it warms up so we can play outside longer in the evenings. When we got inside I had to fold a load of laundry. He started pulling the clothes out of the dryer and handing them to me. It was a big help.
I just wanted to give a little update about what Our 1-year old has been up to. I hope everybody has a great weekend!!

Thursday, January 24, 2008

My Brody Boy

Well I have been tagged by Tara to write 8 things about my little boy. I will try my best to share the best things about this wonderful little guy:

1. He loves anything with wheels. He has played so much with tractors, cars, trucks, four wheelers, etc. that he knows that anything with wheels makes a motor sound. It is so cute watching him play with all of his John Deere tractors.


2. He loves chocolate milk. It is a sweet treat for him. He is so funny with his sippy cup when he has choc. milk. He won't even think about laying it down, not even for a minute.


3. He's a little bit of a daddy's boy. He will grin from ear to ear each time he sees his daddy, whether he hasn't seen him all day or for five minutes.


4. He eats whatever we are eating. He will not eat hardly any baby food anymore and even if he has just finished a meal, he wants a "bite- bite" of whatever we have.


5. Brody wants to do anything that his cousins do. I think this is why he is walking and running already.


6. Brody loves books. I think that sometimes he would rather play with a book than anything els. I am so glad!!

7.Brody loves to help. The other night I was vacuuming the house and he got an attachment from the vacuum and began following me all over the house making his motor sound.

8. Brody is the light of my light. I know this one is kinda mushy but I just couldn't help it. I just sit and think sometimes, " What did I do before?" I love this little guy more than I could have ever even dreamed. Sometimes when I think about how much he means to me, I hurt inside. (i don't know if anyone else feels that way) I just once again find myself trying to comprehend how fast time is going .

9. I just had to add one more. Brody loves to give sugar. He hasn't quite got the whole close your mouth thing figured out but he will come right for you, usually a cheek, mouth wide open wanting to land one on you

I hope you all enjoy reading about my Brody boy!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Cell Phone Uses

I received this email today and thought it was very interesting. I just thought I would share it with the rest of you.

5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile Phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

1. First Emergency – The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobiles is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

2. Have You Locked Your Keys In The Car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other ‘remote’ for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). Editor’ Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!’

3. Hidden Battery Power – Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.

4. How to Disable a STOLEN Mobile Phone? To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: *#06#A15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone is stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

And Finally……………………

5. Free Directory Service for Cells – Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don’t have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.