Thankful

Today, I am reminded of what I should be thankful for every single day... these two precious boys, our loving family, our health, home, friends and happiness. The days are crazy lately, and it isn't easy to stop and just be thankful.

 

I'm not sure it is possible to get a picture where they are both looking at the camera and smiling, so we take what we can get!

Do you see all of those "rolls" squished into those knee socks! Delicious baby rolls!!

 

A happy, chocolate-covered face.

 

LuLu and Henry at lunch. We ate at the MCC for Thanksgiving "round 1" with LuLu and the Edentons and Wills.

 

Well...at least we were all looking at the camera!

 

For Thanksgiving "Round 2," we went to my Aunt Ellen's house with the rest of my Dad's family. I always love getting to see my cousins that I don't get to see very often.

 

BooBoo was able to catch some sweet pictures of Henry.

 

Last night, Patrick was at Men's Night at the club so I hung out with these two. Since we always watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on Thanksgiving morning, we decided to break out the Christmas pjs so we would be ready to welcome Santa at the end of the parade. Tino brought us donuts and we all had fun watching the floats and balloons. This year's favorite at my house - Thomas the Train. Surprise, surprise!

 

 

 

Living and Learning

Georgia had a big game this past weekend....we played Auburn. Everyone at my house was fired up for this game and we pulled out all of the UGA gear. Please notice that Henry even has a Georgia paci. 

Our friends, the Barksdales, came over to watch the game with us. We all went to UGA together and their kids, Ellie and Thomas, are just a year older than our kids. Thomas and Ellie had the best time playing and bossing each other around. They are definitely two oldest children.

Lucky for us, we won the game by a decent amount so we were able to enjoy watching the game!

Look at this big boy. He has stolen my heart.

On Saturday morning, I took the boys to ride the train at Oak Court mall. As we were walking there, Thomas caught sight of Santa and almost lost his mind. He was so excited. I had no idea he would be there this early but there was no way I was getting out of that mall without letting Thomas talk to Santa.  We weren't in our Christmas finest but it sure is a cute picture and look at that SMILE on Thomas's face. That isn't a forced smile....that is pure joy!

I was looking back at pictures of Thomas when he was Henry's age. I saw the picture on the left and did a double-take....Thomas or Henry? Well, I guess these kids do look alike after all.

Our school pictures came home this week and I am in love. How sweet do they look...especially the one with Thomas kissing Henry! And I can't get over how old Thomas looks. Such a big boy.

Over the last few weeks, Thomas has become very interested in learning his letters and the sounds and words they make. He has some great games on the iPad that teach him how to write the letters and make the sounds. He is all the time asking me about letters and words he sees. He knows how to spell his name and this weekend we started learning how to write it too. First he traced the letters and then he tried it on his own. Not too bad for his first try. 

On Sunday afternoon, we went to Dorothy Campbell's 4th birthday party. Thomas got his face painted for the first time... Of course it would take a ninja turtle to lure him in. He had a meltdown that night when I made him wash it off. He thought it would stay on for days.

 

Last weekend was also exciting for these two....Uncle Brian got engaged to Lindsey on Friday night. We are so excited for them and look forward to celebrating next August.

 

 

Halloween and Six Months

Last week was a fun week! We celebrated Halloween all week between school dress up days and parties. Here is a picture of Thomas's sweet class at EUMK all dressed up for Halloween. My ninja turtle took his role very seriously. 

Thomas was the blessing helper that day and got to lead the prayer before lunch.

Showing off his muscles. After Henry was born, we enacted a "no swords in the house" rule and they all reside on top of my refrigerator. His costume came with two swords and they were immediately added to the stash. I promised that he could have them for his costume on Halloween. The trumpets in heaven sounded when I took the swords that go with his costume off the top of the refrigerator. He was as happy as a kid on Christmas morning. 

My Pillsbury doughboy and ninja turtle.

 

Look at those cheeks! He also has the best giggle when you tickle him so he made the most perfect doughboy. Plus he loved chewing on that spoon!

Twins!

 

 

On Friday morning, I took the boys to the train museum downtown. Thomas loves this place! Afterwards, we met LuLu for lunch at the Cupboard. She brought GIANT lollipops and a light up ghost necklace!

Last Thursday, this cutie turned 6 months old. He is growing up so fast and wants so badly to be a big boy like Thomas. He watches everything Thomas does and loves to laugh at Thomas being silly!

He is such a sweet baby and is really happy most of the time! He is big cuddler and I love every minute of it! We still nap together almost every afternoon. I am trying to soak up all the sweetness of the baby stage since he is my last baby and I just love this age!

Belly laughs!!

 

 

At his six month check up, he weighed 18lbs, 3 ounces (63 percentile) and was 27.25 inches long (70 percentile). He is a good bit taller and a few ounces less than Thomas was at this age. He sits up really well but tries to lounge for toys so I keep the boppy around him to prevent faceplants.

These two are starting to play together...or Thomas shows Henry his toys but doesn't really want him to touch them. Oh how life is going to change for Thomas when he really has to share his toys. I am waiting for the day when Henry pulls up on Thomas's train table and completely wipes out all of the tracks and trains. Thomas will loose his mind! My little control freak will be forced to "loosen up" and it will be ugly for a bit at my house. Until then, I will enjoy these sweet moments where Henry is content being taunted with toys just so he is included. 

October - Gone in a Flash!

Is it really the last week of October? Where has this year gone? We have had a busy month so I will try to catch up in one post with lots of pictures!

 

We celebrated Harris's 2nd birthday. These two are great buds!

 

 

We had some days of cold weather so Henry was bundled up on his walks. Mattie likes to take him for a stroll on the days she keeps him and he loves to be outside!

 

Look who is sitting up now. He is so proud of himself!

 

My little pumpkin!

 

 

My college roommate, Jen, got married in Charlotte. I met my other good friend, Laura, over there and we had a great weekend catching up and celebrating!

 

It's fall, so that means it's football time! We have been watching, playing or talking about football non-stop lately. Everyone gets in on the action!

 

Last week, Thomas had farmer day at school. We broke out all of the John Deere stuff because that's what "real farmers" wear, of course!

 

All bundled up at the park. 50 to 60 degrees and this Mama is COLD!

 

My boys at Thomas's last soccer game.

 

They got to wear their costumes and go "trunk or treating" from the back of each coach's car after the game. Such a cute idea! Thomas is a fierce Ninja Turtle.

 

And so proud of his first trophy.

 

On Saturday, we went to Cedar Hills Farm. We had a great time and enjoyed spending time together. Thomas and Patrick rode the "John Deere Train." We were there before the crowds so they went around 3 times. Thomas was so excited!

 

Family picture at the pig races.

 

Henry got to swing while Thomas played on the playground.

 

Those eyes...they still get me every time.

 

Sliding down the bid tunnel slide.

 

The Joys were there this year too. Thomas and Charlie had fun playing on the haystack.

 

Happy boy!

 

Pickin' some pumpkins!