Wordless Wednesday

Thanksgiving Part 1

In case you can not tell from the pictures we had an awesome Thanksgiving trip to Opryland hotel. I think I took about 800 pictures, so here are a few of my favs to start!

Happy Thanksgiving

Even though most of our days are crazy, chaotic, and go alot like this picture.

I am thankful for them. I am thankful that when I finally get to lay down in my bed next to the my best friend and best daddy I know, I can smile and thank God for the perfectly wonderful life we have been so blessed with.

Happy Thanksgiving from our Family to Yours!

Its Almost Time...

For a little Elf named Coco to visit our house!




Jack is getting really excited and we have been reading about the Elf nightly. Jack is determined that the Elf is going to tell Santa to bring him a boom boom gun and a piano for Henry!

WAR EAGLE...HEY!

I think Jack is going to LOVE football as much as his daddy!

He might even be an Auburn Tiger! He said all day I am going to play football! Of course then as we were walking out of the stadium after the game he yelled Roll Tide! I know my cheeks turned red and I was thinking oh my I am going to get Uncle Pookie! HA!

The day could not have been more perfect! Our Jessica twirled during half time since it was homecoming and the celebration of 65 years of majorettes.

Uncle Greg was great entertainment for Jack AND after Greg got Jack popcorn and cotton candy, Jack was sold that was his buddy for the entire game!

WE had to have a football and made lots of new friends to play with.

Aunt Em said home with Henry and we got some special time with Jack. I had never had the chance to realize what its like not having to carry diaper bags and bottles and a baby around all day! It was a really nice break!

Jack LOVES LOVES LOVES our sweet friends The Bices and Carter took him to see the National Championship trophy and played lots of football!

Peanut Festival

This past weekend we took a little trip to visit Gigi, Geepers, and Gran ( or grandma as Jack calls her) And for the record Gran (my Grandmother) would have DIED, I mean DIED if we had EVER EVER called her grandma. That was just a name that sounded WAY to old. And of course when Jack calls her that she just laughs like its the cutest thing ever! HA! He also calls his other great-grandparents (one of who is a grandfather) Grandma too!


Anyway, the peanut festival is a big deal if you live in lower Alabama and J had never been and we thought Jack was at the perfect age this year. We had a blast! Aunt Em and Uncle Pookie were there and my cousin Jessica and her husband. We got to see all of Uncle Pookie's family too! We ate way to much greasy fair food, played games with Jack, and watched the pig races. (Jack's favorite part)


It was cold, very cold! Henry was the cutest wrapped up little baby I have ever seen! Aunt Em was smartest who thought that we should take pjs in the diaper bag. It worked perfectly and both boys were sound asleep before we got back to the hotel.


My Aunt Kathy and Uncle Glen were in town from NC. We had not seen them since Jack was 1. We enjoyed visiting with them and Jack loved the dump trucks and rice she brought him. She ALWAYS thinks of the most creative things to entertain little ones.

Wordless Wednesday

My Sweet Buddies

Everyday is an adventure around here. And yesterday was no exception! J started reading the Strong Willed Child last night (does that tell you anything about our day?) and thankfully he reads fast and is half way through and we have discussed, and even when its seems like we have no idea what we are doing apparently we are doing most things right! YEA!!

Our boys personalities are so different, but are they not equally as cute???

Dear Henry: Month Eleven

Oh My Henry,

How time has passed too quickly. I can not believe I am planning your 1st birthday, waiting on you to take more steps, and at the same time wishing you were still that sweet tiny baby in my arms!

Your laughter is the best medicine in our house these days! You laugh more than anybody I have ever known, you love when your brother tickles you and plays with you. You love to watch baby Einstein videos on my phone, and you think its really funny to try to crawl up the stairs when no one is watching!

You smile is so contagious especially with all those cute teeth showing! I still love to squeeze those chunky legs and I think you might be slowing down!

You are still a big boy wearing 12-18 mos clothes, you have had your 1st haircut, started drinking whole milk, and are still nursing about 2-3 times a day. You love to eat and I think you would just eat anything we gave you! You wave bye-bye to anyone and love to flirt too!

You are the sweetest little Christmas present we have ever received and we love you more than life!

Learning

J and I had a really good talk Sunday night, that doesn't happen often with 2 littles all over the place, we are usually doing good to get 5 words in to each other all day until they are sleeping soundly! It made me remember lots of things and why we have made the decisions we have.

I went away from the talk feeling wonderful and promising myself to make some changes. So, I am learning the word NO! That is a hard one for me. I want to work because God has blessed me beyond measure with a thriving business and a gift for it to share with others, but He has also blessed me with three of the most precious "boys" to share my time with as well. I am lucky, lucky that I get the best of both worlds. I stay home and I work from home. Its not always easy, but I must remember that I can not always monogram or sell something in a day's notice. My boys MUST come 1st. They need me now and they might not one day!

I am learning to value my friendships more and learning to let go of some too. I have some AMAZING friends that are like family and we have also been blessed with AMAZING families. You don't get to chose your family, but I am trying to always remember that they are the ones who will be there. They have to be :)

So, I am working on my list. My list of what is important and what is not. I like perfection and that is not always a good thing. Its okay that Jack's brithday thank you notes were 6 (okay 8 ) weeks late because I was playing with him at the science center and did not make it a priority, or that I did not monogram today because I decided to clean house or work on birthday party stuff. And playing on pinterest 30 minutes at night to clear my head is really not going to set me back that much. And who cares if I don't shower every morning before 8am or that I have on sweat pants when J gets home at 6pm.

I am thankful for so many things in my life and J and I have been so richly blessed. I want to soak it all in!

Friday Phone Dump!

Jack says...I the King!

A little story time

Just another day with a 3 year old!

Proof that my house does get messy!