Baby Hays and his first 4th of July

Our family has a tradition of celebrating the 4th on my sister Stacy's dock. We sure didn't want to leave out little Hays. The boat stayed docked, and Hays stayed very cool that way. Not even 2 wks. old, he was very included in our 4th of July celebration. There was actually about 20 some kids around. Tons of friends as well. Lots of action and loads of fun. I love babies....I love babies...I love babies...especially when it's Hays!!
My Dallas is so Good with him!

Ellie giving him a little kiss on the head.

Baby Hays on the 4th...cont.......

Coop so proud of his new baby cousin
Little Ellie, beaming with joy to be holding this little one.

Look at that little face, and you can already tell that he loves his aunt Stefie very much!!

Had to get Jackson in on the "Hays" 4th of July photos. Notice he didn't stop long enough to sit and hold the newborn, but make no mistake, he loves him very much!!

Dallas adores Him!

Tybee vacation summer 2010

Once again this summer my sister Stacy and I took our families to Tybee Island Georgia to create more great memories! We also talked our parents into going with us. We all drove, got there Saturday morning, and mom and dad had to rush out of the state on a one way flight back to Missouri due to our little sister, Natalie, unexpectedly needing to have her baby. They left early Wednesday morning..............did I say ....create memories? Boy did we ever!!
Cooper D.

OHHHH to be a kid again! Doesn't that look heavenly? Unfortunately I found this in the fridge the next morning, and before I knew it, I had finished it off.....oops! Oh well, it was delicious!!!

Dallas and Sophie having a little fun while we all wait in line to eat at Mrs. Wilkes in Savannah.

WE tried to get Cooper to stop doing this for his own safety, however he would slow way down and actually it is so stinkin cute and totally defines his personality. Very talented huh?

Tybee Vacation cont.........

Coop.
Dallas

Ellie, really excited about her ice cream!!

The Fam!

Eating out with all of us always took up several tables. All of the kids. Here we were eating at a place called A.J.'s. It was very good!!

Tybee vacation cont...........

I am the luckiest mom in the world to have been blessed with my four beautiful children........check it out!!!!!!!!!!

Tybee vacation cont...........

My sis Stacy and myself
At the riverwalk in Savanah

My four in the ocean waves

Ellie in the pool at our Tybee home. The pool was a real "hit" with us all.........so fun!!

Eating at the Pirates house in Savanah! Said to be one of the most Haunted places in the town. You can tell the kids are real "scared".

My little Cooper D. ...trying to look innocent, and ohhhh how he isn't!!
Jackson, outside or Tybee home.

Ellie

The girls, enjoying ice cream

Beautiful Dallas

Tybee vacation cont...........

My little Ellie Boogie Boarding. Just look at her face, and you can tell how much fun she is having.
Dallas, my oldest and myself.

I try to convince Dallas that especially in the summer when she is so tan, that she doesn't need even a drop of make-up. Such a beautiful girl.

Cooper on his boogie board

There is always lots of bike riding that goes on in Tybee. All of the kids, and adults enjoy that so much!

Tybee vacation, cont........

The boys on the pier one evening. My nephew, Bo in the middle.
All 7 of the kiddos. Starting on the left is my oldest, Dallas. Every other one is an Ezard, ending with little Ellie grace on the end.

My 4. Cooper, Jackson, Dallas, and Ellie

Jackson and Dallas

This happened to be the same day that Mom and Dad had to leave unexpectedly due to the early arrival of Baby Hays. It didn't take the kids any time at all to take over their bedroom. This happened to be late one evening, most of us were already in bed and I went to check on where all of the other kids were and this is what I found. A very intense card game. Ellie with all of the boys. She had always enjoyed playing with boys more than girls. Now you can see why! She is surrounded by boys all of the time!

knowing Mommy's love

My little sister Natalie has recently been given one of Gods greatest gifts, A precious baby boy. We are all beyond excited and in love with our new addition to the family. He couldn't be more perfect!!
You might not even know that Dallas was holding this "bundle of Love" unless you saw those precious little feet with band aids on his heels.....awwwThere is no place in this world that Ellie would rather be than right where she is in this picture, holding her little baby cousin and feeding him a bottle.

She thought he was pretty awesome, as we all do.

The boys, just thrilled to add another one of "them" to the mix of now 8 kids on our side of the family. The girls are a little outnumbered at this point. 5 boys and 3 girls. O.k. Nat, you know what you need to do for the next one:):) What can I say. He is the definition of Gods perfect work, a blessing, a joy, and we are all so overjoyed that he is here!!!

Surprise Arrival................cont............

Looky who decided to come when we were all away on a family vacation? You guessed it, little baby Hays. Our family made our way to see him the first chance that we had, which was the very next morning after getting home at 9:00 the night before.He was only working on 4 days old. Jackson thought he was pretty neat, but maybe just a little boring for now!!
Oh Ellie loves babies, especially boy ones! When Aunt Natalie told her she was having a baby, Ellie said..........."it better be a boy and I don't want him to have any hair" Ellie is very pleased with baby Hays.!!

Dallas couldn't wait to get her hands on her little cousin. She is alot like me when it comes to "nurturing" She loves little kids, babies, and loves the idea of babysitting. I was always like that too. When Hays' momma was born, I was the same age as Dallas, and I was in 'heaven". My own little live baby to take care of, and that is exactly what I did. I babysat her in the summer while mom went to work and many evenings.......Dallas thinks I was so lucky, and I have to say that I was. So, Dallas begs me to have one more baby so she can experience what I did, to which I say NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, 4 is plenty. Now we can just spoil little Hays!!

I have to say that my little aunry Cooper was the most excited the night that Hays was born while we were in Georgia. We all waited up that night and it was around 11:00 when the calls started coming in that he had finally arrived!! Coop jumped out of bed to go and get all of the other kids to hear the news. He was so excited. And when we got the first text picture, Cooper started talking to him and kissed the phone. So Sweet!!!

I so love our baby Hays!! I knew that I would love him, but I can relate it to carrying my own, in the way that you don't know how much love you will have until you hold them and see them for the first time. That is how I felt with Hays!! The LOVE was stronger than I even expected it to be!!