Calabash

One day when I picked Pierce up from school while I was pregnant his teacher told me that he told them the baby's name. When I asked what he said they told me 'Calabash.' So the rest of my pregnancy Pierce would call the baby Calabash. I think he had a little encouragement from Pop once he found out about this because he thought it was so funny. We don't even eat in Calabash usally at the beach, however we do usually make a stop at the Calabash Creamery for ice cream when we drive through. So once the baby was born and we would ask Holt what the baby's name was he would shout 'Calabash.' Pierce doesn't say it anymore, he calls her by her name, but that is the only thing Holt will call Camden and what he says everytime someone ask her name. So for now Holt's baby sister is Calabash.

Camden Gray Latta

Pierce wanted to hold her as soon as he got to the hospital and my wild man found the window way more interesting..

The trash cans were the biggest hit of the night when they came to visit.

Camden Gray was born Monday, May 11th at 3:01 pm. We are home and doing great. Tired and adjusting to life at home with three but loving every minute with this precious baby girl. I still can't believe she was a girl and find myself stilling saying 'he' at times and pinching myself with all the pink around the house. The boys adore her and want to hold her and give her kisses all the time. We had a checkup today and she is gaining weight and doing great.

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Strawberry Picking

While we were waiting for our baby to arrive last week I thought it would be a good idea to go strawberry picking 40 weeks pregnant. When I asked my mom if she wanted to come she said it might be muddy after all the rain. I told her I didn't think so since it was sunny the day before and didn't rain. Oh boy was I wrong. We literally had to go through mud puddles to get to the end of our row of strawberries, but it was well worth it in the end.

My neat child helping Gran, he decided after the first few picks and dirt and bugs that he would just hold the basket and let Gran pick.

Holt held the box the entire time even when it was full to the brim and weighed a ton. He also 'helped me' pick the strawberries.

We thought we should taste them after all our hard work.

Our annual tradition..the best stawberry icecream after we finish.

T-Ball

Pierce started his first official sport a few weeks ago. He is doing a t-ball clinic at the Y. He seems to enjoy it and now it will be more fun that daddy is home and can take him for the last few weeks.

Symbling Tour

This past week we had our symbling tour at CMC. I think Pierce gets it this time but not so sure Holt does. He did enjoy seeing the babies but the snack at the end was definately his highlight. It was a cute tour and definately got us excited about this baby and its arrival. When I asked Holt what we saw at the hospital he said 'monkeys'. Hopefully this is not what he is expecting to come out of my tummy. Pierce is getting excited and a few days a week he'll ask me when the baby is coming and tell me how he is going to help. Holt tells me the nursery is the baby's room now and that he's going to hold the baby so I think he's coming along too. Enjoy the pics of them in their scrubs...

Fires, Volcanos, and Fighting

Here is a picture of the boys last weekend by the fire pit. We had some friends over for dinner and Jason made a fire. The boys loved it and were roasting sticks over it and gathering wood the whole time it was going.

Volcanoes..Pierce loves volcanoes. About a month ago I found a show on the science channel for him to watch and ever since he is mesmerized by them. That show accidentally got deleted but I found another one this week and it is his favorite thing to watch. Its a documentary on Hawaii that tells how the islands were formed, etc. Things like this make me see Jason in him all the more, Jason loves weather and any show that could be found on the science channel and Pierce follows right in his footsteps. So when you hear him explaining about lava..you will know why. Only my Pierce.

So I must say I have been really blessed by these two boys and how much they love each other. And up until the past two weeks they really did get along. Amazingly well, I now realize. However, as Holt has started to get really verbal the fighting is on. What good timing with the baby so close. Today they fought for an hour over the hose while Jason washed the car, this morning over who had the Lighting McQueen plate, and I could go on and on. I guess I should be thankful for the peace while we had it and pray they will learn to love each other well and share again soon.