the chipmans: February 2008

Well Jake and the boys got home late last night from Monster Jam 2008 and had such a good time. As Jake was showing me the pictures and video, I couldn't help but poke fun at his 3 % redneck character that is starting to show the longer we are here in good ol' southern Georgia.

If you find Monster trucks to be a fascinating educational experience... you might be a redneck

If you use camo duct tape as a substitute for paint.....you might be a redneck

(and if you think it was really smart and looks cool......you might be a rednecks wife)

If you wake up after a thunderstorm to the surprise of having a new pool in your backyard.....you might be a redneck

(This is the next morning so the pool has dried up again)

If your wife has ever spent an evening in jail with a man named Winston.....I'd say your a redneck

Here are some more Monster truck pictures and a couple of a monster driving a truck....sitting up finally!!!

Hunter and Malik getting ready to watch the show

Brady driving his truck

Well here we go... I have had it in my mind to do this ever since our Thanksgiving trip to Kentucky and now 3 months later!

I am enjoying some unusual quiet time as Brady and Ayden are both in bed and jake is with Hunter at the Monster Jam in J-Ville. Nights like this I tend to not know what to do!!!

We just celebrated Ayden's 2nd birthday with a superhero party...the sadest superhero party ever. We had to wake him up for the party and he wanted nothing to do with it, I mean nothing- pushed away presents, cake and even his best friends Gabbi, Jenna and Clark. Finally a baseball and a peek of Curious George cracked the crankiness a little and our crazy Ayden came back. He is such a riot right now, talking in more complete sentences everyday and always coming up with something new. We are starting the potty training process, he loves to go sit on the potty and grunt really hard or stand on his stool and pinch and pull on his wang so hard a grown man would scream!

Then there is Brady, nearly 6 months old now. I can't believe how fast he is growing, he is just about crawling but can definitely get around quickly doing the military scoot. I have never met a baby as happy as he is. He is so content to play on the floor or be gooed and gaaed at by his very loving brothers. He is so in love with his daddy too, can't take his eyes off of Jake. We are working on putting an end to the midnight feedings...we all know he is not missing any meals!

Hunter is still doing Karate after school every day and doing great, he is about to test for his solid yellow belt. He is doing great in school too, just started in the gifted program and is reading like a champ. He and Jake recently went to Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios for a belated birthday trip and had a blast.

So that is our update in a nutshell, I will really make an effort to keep them coming, but I don't get nights like this that often!!!

The boys and I tagged along to Orlando with Jake on Ayden's b-day, while he was at the Builders Show, we went to Monkey Joes and jumped and jumped and jumped!!!