Visit with Pops and Mimi

Pops and Mimi came for a visit and Skyler had a blast (these are Uncle Adam's parents)! Skyler had met them once before and fallen in love, so this was a welcomed reunion :) Skyler could not get enough of Pops, but we are not really sure who had more fun! We joke that Pops is the baby whisperer b/c he can certainly turn Skyler's frown :( upside down :) Mimi has such a tender heart and Skyler loved being held in her arms. This trip Skyler got a treat that I think he has become a little addicted to ... a puppy dog blanket. It is the softest thing ever and he loves to hold it and pull it to his mouth. It settles him down at bedtime and he cuddles it before he goes to sleep . . . way to go Mimi and Pops!!! We even caught a video of how much Skyler laughs when he is with Pops.

Enjoy the show ...
So I have to update you about the video ... After over 30 minutes of searching my computer, watching every video that was not labeled (there are quite a few), and then watching my computer crash twice I gave up on uploading the video for now and just put the slide show on the blog. I came back to the daunting task of finding the video earlier this evening only to realize after the same routine as previously listed that the video is on my sister's computer ... So we will have to wait patiently for her to send me the video ... Sorry :(

Tax Time

So Brendan and I thought that this would be appropriate during this season ...






Not only has Skyler been a welcomed Tax Deduction, but he has also helped us increase our tax rebate!!! Since Skyler is just like his father, I believe if he could talk he would be saying "free money!" If he were like his mother he would have said, "I just made you money!" Anyways, love the onesie I got from Aunt Bridgette as it made for the perfect tax time outfit :)

UT FAN ?!?!?

So we have some very disturbing news!!! We aren't sure that Skyler is a Gator Fan after all, you decide ...

Patty's Fiance Adam is a big time UT fan, so he is always filling Skyler's head with garbage UT chatter!!! So when Adam's father, Pops, came in town he vowed to send a UT onesie to Skyler and Brendan even promised that he would have Skyler wear it.

Well when the onesie came, we held to our promise and here is the video of what followed . . .



... When we got home (Skyler still in his UT onesie) we saw something that gives us hope that he might still be a UF fan ... He had pooped through the diaper and all over the onesie!!!! The stains of that diaper explosion are still on the onesie, never to be worn again!!!

Maybe there still is hope after all :)

GO GATORS !!!

Date Changes on Posts

I thought it was kind of weird to have a baby shower post come after the one about Skyler being born, so I have back dated all of my posts to fit he right time frames. So if you are visiting for the first time be sure to check all of the blogs from November '07 on to get info on baby Skyler :) Love, Ally

Brendan as a New Father

Check this out ... This was Brendan when Skyler was born :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG6orPtnhdY

Skyler and his best friend Kayden :)

Skyler has a great friend, Kayden, that he spends most of his days with. Kayden was born 6 months before Skyler and is just the cutest baby, well next to Skyler!!! It is so funny to see the two of the next to each other. Right now they are so far apart from each other in their developmental stages, but in a few years there will be minimal difference! So crazy when you think about it!!! Anyways here are some pictures of them together.

More Recent Slideshow -

Older pictures of them -

Love, Ally

video of Kayden and Skyler

New Blog

Well it is now about to be my 5th wedding aniversay and I am just now getting back to blogging (better late then never right)! A lot has changed in our lives over the last few years. We have been blessed to have our family grow. On 10/31/06 we got a wonderful puppy named Jack Bauer (if you can't tell we are big time 24 fans). -

Then on December 26, 2007 we had a wonderful baby boy named Skyler Bateman Fletcher :) He is the cutest baby and we are so blessed that he is a part of our lives. Parenting is certainly challenging, but could not be more rewarding.

I have decided to try and be better at blogging so that I can have a place to document Skyler's life :) So for those of you that are visiting this blog for the first time, ignore the posts about tobacco ... I started this blog while I was in college for my Tobacco 101 class. I am excited to keep in contact with all of our other friends and family members who also blog!!! Send me ideas if you see anything I can do to make mine better b/c I am somewhat new at this :)

Love, Ally

More to come soon about baby Skyler Fletcher :)