I honestly cannot believe the Christmas season is here again! Where did the year go? Hopefully this year we can get a picture with Santa without William having a complete panic attack..fingers crossed!
We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving with mom and dad (a.k.a. Grana and Popper), and also Ashley's parents (Papa and Nana). We also celebrated William's 2nd birthday with a cupcake that he could have cared less about...all he wanted was the candle. Perfect.
William is such a funny kid, and he is always---ALWAYS--getting into something! He keeps us laughing and every once in awhile he will actually stop for one second to let me love on him!! We got William a mini-trampoline so he can jump on that instead of the couch, the chair, or me! Charlie loved it too! I fall more and more in love with these 2 little guys every day! Charlie is talking like crazy and is eating pudding, yogurt, and applesauce! It's not easy getting that in him sometimes, but I know he is trying! Pretty soon we will be eating cheeseburgers and ice cream with him!
We went to Memphis the next day to see Gran and Julia, and our Memphis family. The kids had a blast together! I still cant believe I can actually eat at the grown-up table now! But we had some good times at the kid table too! Who am I kidding...I ate standing up this year! Too busy chasing kids around!
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| William loved when we sang 'Happy Birthday" to him...so we sang it at least 10 times! |
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| William's birthday candle that was re-lit about 20 times.... |
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Craft time with Aunt KO! |
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| Uncle Burt, Aunt Allison, and their 3rd baby--sweet Claire! |
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Turkey after-effect.. |
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| Riding 4-wheeler with Popper! |
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| Even Boomer felt the post-turkey sleepys |
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| Playing in the back of Popper's truck provides at least 30 minutes of free time for mommy!! |
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William's birthday cupcake that he did not eat one bite of...
I however may or may not have finished it off |
We went to go visit Uncle Travis, Aunt Kelly, Cousins Bennett, Jackson, and sweet baby Reagan earlier in November in Washington. We got to celebrate Jackson's 2nd birthday! It was awesome to be able to love on all 3 of those sweet angels...Charlie came with us and LOVED "Baby Reagan"...I know he loves her because he says her name about 20 times a day!
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| Angel girl!!! |
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| Kisses from Aunt Kelly |
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| Jackson was hilarious... at nap time I would tip toe through his room to get to Charlie. As I was leaving I was being super quiet, and as I went downstairs he stood up in his crib and said "Bye-bye Aunt Mere"----melt me. So stinkin cute! |
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| Fun lake pics... |
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| Eskimo kiss with Grana! |
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| Kids LOVED going Trick-or-treating this year...William was really into helping Daddy with the pumpkin..and of course being the dental family--we would not let them eat any candy. We promptly sent them to bed and ate the candy ourselves to prevent them from getting cavities. It truly was a sacrifice. |
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| I feel like I need to send this picture to a magazine or something.... |
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| Fun at the park... |
My sweet friend Danielle Rothman came over and took some family pictures...I loved all of them! Thank you so much Danielle!!! Love you girl!
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| This maybe my most favorite picture...we have recently had a few changes in our life , and things can seem so uncertain. I was at a stop light and I looked back and saw these 2 sweethearts holding hands. I snapped the shot and realized how blessed we really are..even in times in change. Its amazing how much these boys teach ME! |
