Road Trip...

Clayton and Daddy checking out the birds at the Aquarium
I thought this was a great pic...looking up at the birds

Amazed by the glass bottom floor

"Nemo" fish

Sneak peak at Baby Mullins Number 2 :)

Touching the crabs...again, the child has no fear! He is so much fun, just loves to dive right in and experience and discover everything he can...Man I love this baby!!!

The Bear at Lynn's Paradise Cafe in Louisville

Daddy and Clayton being silly at the Paradise Cafe

The train inside our table

Clayton LOVING the train

On the move!

My little monkey

Helping Ganny push the stroller

Riding in style

Telling us all about the Peacock standing behind him, he kept trying to go up and touch it!

Getting ready to ride the choo choo

Mommy and Clayton

Loving the goats...he was just laughing out loud!

Look at that face, priceless...

We went for the weekend to Cincinnati to visit Clayton's Great Aunt Norma and also see the Newport Aquarium and Cincinnati Zoo. Clayton did so well, he was amazing in the car...slept and watched movies. On the way there we stopped in Louisville to eat at a really neat place called Lynn's Paradise Cafe. If you haven't been, you should go. It is decorated with all types of eccentric furniture and lamps. We were lucky enough to sit at the train table. There was an actual model train inside the table going around the track! Perfect kid's table...entertainment, especially for Clayton as he has a new love for trains. Then back in the car we went to Cincinnati. Once we arrived, we unpacked and hopped back into the car to go to the Aquarium. Clayton loved it, it was so worth the money to see his face and reactions. We had been working on identifying sharks, turtles, fish, and he kept pointing and shouting "Wow", "Shark", "Turtle", people around us were so entertained by him (and who can blame them ;) He loves the movie Nemo, so when we got to the tank with Clown fish, we didn't say anything, we wanted to see if he would say Nemo, and he did! He walked most of the way, no stroller for him!

The next day we got up early and headed for the Cincinnati Zoo. Wow, what a nice zoo. Clayton loved the animals and once again wanted to walk. Boy I wish I had half of his energy!!! His favorites were definitely the train ride, bears, lions, and petting zoo. The child has no fear. He sticks his hand right into those cages at the petting zoo. If we would let him, I'm sure he would even get into the cage with the bears! He would just laugh and laugh at the goats licking his fingers. His face was priceless on the train, like I said before he has a new love of trains (choo choos) and trucks so when we saw that they had a little train you could ride through the park, we had to take him on it. He was just quiet with a big smile taking it all in. I think he was just in awe that he was on an actual train!

All in all it was such a wonderful family trip, and I can't wait for the next one. It is amazing when you have a child, you see the whole world in a light. Everything is so much fun...we already have a list of the many, many things we want to do and places we want to go.

Father's Day

Daddy and Clayton playing in the sprinklers in the back yard

Enjoying his icecream

Serious about his icecream

Uncle B and Grandpa playing with Clayton in his tunnel

Uncle B in the tunnel getting Clayton

Uncle B inside the tunnel chasing Clayton...oh the things Uncles will do :)

Peek a boo!

This father's day we celebrated by having Grandpa and Uncle B over to our house for some Hooter's take out :) Great food and great company. Clayton had an absolute ball playing with Grandpa and Uncle B in his tunnel. I'm not sure who had more fun Clayton or them! We ended the day by taking daddy to DQ for some icecream. It was a wonderful day celebrating the amazing daddy that Clayton has. Clayton is so lucky to have a daddy who puts him first and loves him so much!!!! I am so lucky to have married such an amazing man to be the father of my children, I couldn't' have asked for better and neither could Clayton or baby number 2 ;)

Great Granny's 86th Birthday...

My grandma turned 86 this past weekend and the whole family got together to celebrate. There is nothing my grandma loves more than her great grandbabies! They bring such joy to her life, she talks about them all of the time. I am just so blessed and happy that she has gotten to be a part of Clayton's life! Here are some priceless pictures from her party...

Grandma and her 7 great grand children, and one on the way :)

Grandma and her children

Grandma and her 6 grandchildren (minus Annie :( ) I wish this picture would have turned out better, the light from the window made it dark

An Eventful Trip to the Zoo!

Look Mommy, Look!

He was obsessed with this fish..."fishy, fishy"

All the kiddos is the canoe...obviously they had enough pictures and were ready to get out!



We did get at least one good picture in the canoe

He was so excited about all of the animals! Here we were visiting Donna the Hippo

All the kiddos checking out the Jaguars...Clayton loved them...he was going on and on "talking" about them. The lady next to us said, "he has a lot to say doesn't he?" He kept saying, "oh no, oh no"

Brayden and Clayton checking out the Jaguars

We had this trip planned to the zoo for about a week. Some friends of mine from school and their children were all coming from Owensboro for a playdate. We met at my house and off we headed to the zoo. We had made it most of the way through the zoo with an overcast, but the weather wasn't too bad, just a little humid...by the time we came out of the building with the Hippo, the sky had turned black and thunder and lightening were upon us. We ran, yes ran, back towards the Amazonia exhibit. By the time we got there the skies had let loose! I mean it was pouring ran. So we busted out the Capri Suns and Smarties and waited it out for about an hour in the Amazonia with about a daycare field trip, and many other families. The kids didn't seem to mind, we let them loose from their strollers and they had a big time!!! This might sound like a crazy day, but with friends, it was actually really fun and quite comical. We finally decided to just make a run for it and get some lunch at Subway. As I ran toward the entrance getting soaked, Clayton is squealing with delight at the fact that he is getting pushed fast and getting wet at the same time...what could be better! As we are eating our lunch at Subway, the girl announces that we can finish eating our lunch but she was going to lock us in because they were experiencing plumbing issues. We had to ask to be let out...seriously!

It really was a great day, and Clayton was so fun to watch. He noticed the animals last time we were there, but he didn't really get all that excited about them. This time he would run to the exhibits and point and go on and on about what he was seeing. He would say "Oh No" at the jaguar exhibit, and as the ducks flew away he would hold that hand out in a questioning manner and say "go?" He was so excited about every animal he saw. We are taking him to the Newport Aquarium and the Cincinnati Zoo in a couple of weeks and I am so excited to see his reaction!

16 month review...

It seems like every time I turn around another month has flown by. Clayton continues to amaze us as always, and he makes our lives so full of joy and love it is beyond words. Here are a few of the many new accomplishments he has achieved over the last month. He makes us so proud, without doing anything at all, but here is the icing on the cake :)

*He now says please and thank you at the appropriate times...and he will also repeat your welcome after we say it

*Pushes cars and trucks around the floor, he knows what to do with them now

*Tells us when he "Poo Poos" in his diaper!

*Knows when there is something in each hand he has two, he will tell you "Two"

*When looking in a book or magazine, all women are "Mamas", men are "Dada", and he always points out the babies

*LOVES to put things together, but gets very frustrated when it doesn't go together just how he wants it to!

*He can find where puzzle pieces go on his own

*He is putting two words together...one example, I always say 1,2,3 Go when I get him out of his high chair, so now he says 2, Go! He also says, where go?, and many other phrases are developing daily

*He can push himself forward on his riding toys

*He loves to go to the pantry and pick out his own "nack"

*Can put animal sounds with animals

*Knows the remote controls the TV and asks for Elmo most of the time

*Continues to LOVE water...he is definitely a water baby!!!!

*Is so aware of his surroundings now, very observant and inquisitive

*Constantly saying "Op" because he wants you to open something

*Loves to brush his teeth, but won't let you brush them...LOL

*Has this hilarious "serious look" when concentrating on something, which you can see below in the first picture

*Says "cheese" now whenever he sees the camera...hmmm wonder if that is because mommy is always taking pictures?

*There is so much more, but those are just a few of the highlights

Serious Look

Being Silly


Popsicle Time

He fell asleep on my lap like this one afternoon, and we couldn't resist getting a picture

Peek A Boo!

Mr. Independent...

Clayton is now to the stage where he wants to do everything by himself, even if it is something he can't do! He wants to drink out of mommy and daddy's cup with no lid without our help, he wants to feed himself with a big spoon the yogurt that gets absolutely everywhere, but hey that's how they learn. As big of a mess as it sometimes makes we just have to suck it up and let him do it, and despite those messes we get lots of laughter and memories out of those very moments.

Here lately we caught him in some very independent moments that were unbelievably cute!

Eating yogurt all by himself

"Sweeping" the floor

Putting laundry in the dryer...even though he was taking clean clothes from a basket and putting them into the dryer :)