December Fun

Thomas playing on his new "fork" (fort) his daddy built for him for Christmas....early Christmas present.






Been a while since I posted....
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. What JOY it brings to celebrate the birth of Jesus. How thankful we are that HE came for us.

Caroline is 7 months old...with her two teeth. She is scooting everywhere...so watch out.












I took these pictures of her the first weekend in December. Thomas was at my parents house while we were getting things ready for Disney and Christmas. Caroline is truly my :smiley girl"



















Thomas had fun playing in the snow. Sorry Caroline I did not let you come outside and play. WE had fun!!!

How Sweet

How sweet.....Caroline celebrates 7 months tomorrow on the 7th.

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing you and your family and Happy Thanksgiving.
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, HIS love endures forever."

Caroline is 6 months!!!!

Where has the time gone. Caroline turned 6 months this month and Thomas is officially 2 1/2 years old. ...please stop my babies from growing up so fast. Caroline is weighing in at 18 1/2 lbs, keeping up with her brother in the large head department, and not going to be the tallest either. She is still our "smiley girl" and very sweet to take all the lovin' her brother gives her daily. We call it lovin' but it is really more like wrestling! Here are some of our latest pics

Uncle Mark ( my brother...can't you tell) and Caroline










Great Mimi and the kids. She celebrated 86 years young last week!!


















Our little giraffe

Happy Halloween

Our little pumpkin fell asleep while trick or treating. (sorry i forgot to rotate the picture)














Well, Thomas and his father must have had a talk the other day while they were getting hay for the hayride because he ended up being a fireman. I am pretty sure the conversation went like this...Thomas you are going to be a fireman. The pumpkin suit is for babies and your are a big boy. You will thank me later..Love you Bud!!
So here is our fireman and lil pumpkin. Thomas was all about trick or treating. He was so excited about getting candy.....funny thing is....his momma hid all his candy and he hasn't ask one question as to where it is. ( this is his new smile face)

Funny Pic

We got pumkin pictures made a few weeks ago. The first one is just so sweet and makes my heart smile. I hope Thomas will always love his sister like he is showing in this picture and be a role model for her.









This picture is just funny because of their expressions!!!

Quick story..What will Thomas be for Halloween? Well, we thought we would just ask Thomas what he wanted to dress up as, see what got the most responses and pick that. So everyday, we would ask. Our answers were- Mickey, Lion, Fireman, Donkey, Jack O-Lantern, etc... pretty much something new everyday.
Well, we have a pumkin costume that the baby of the family has to wear, so that is what Caroline was going to wear. Well, being the old teacher, I pulled out my books and have been reading them to Thomas. He now loves pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns...so Thomas wants to wear the pumpkin suit and be Jack O-Lantern Cross for Halloween. So, we will see tomorrow? Caroline will be wearing her pumpkin tutu. More pics to come. Happy Fall Yall!!

Miss Caroline

Thomas at 5 months and Caroline at 5 months....
What do you think? Can you tell they are brother and sister


























I realized it has been a while since I updated my blog for all my readers....Ha! Miss Caroline is getting bigger everyday. Hard to believe that she is 5 months old already. A few funny things, Thomas has heard me calling her "sleeping beauty" when I go into her room to get her up from her naps. So, he calls her that too. Another name he has heard her being called is "Miss Priss", but he says "Miss Prince". She enjoyes the constant entertainment her brother provides.






Almost sitting up.













John loves this little hat that came with her pajamas.













Trying out "johnny jump up"..I am not sure where Thomas was in this pic because he loves helping her ( if you know what I mean)

My babies are growing

Sweet Caroline went for her 4 month check-up this week. She weighed 15 lbs 11oz, 25 inches long, and has big head like her brother :) however, her head is more oval!! She is still my sweet, smiley girl. She has started eating baby food, which she loves(not surprised). I think one thing that makes her so happy is that she always has entertainment....her big brother.













I love this picture of Thomas running. He is really growing up fast. He is wearing big boy underwear, sleeping in his big boy bed, and loving going to "school". We just got back from the beach. The pictures are on our video camera...so might be a while before I post those because I have no idea how to get those off. That is something my resident computer nerd will have to do for me!!

Cereal and A Good Bath....

Cereal and A Good Bath...what more could a girl ask for?
Yes...that is a spoon Caroline is holding. She isn't 4 months old yet, but she likes to eat and momma likes to sleep at night, so she is eating cereal. It is now her favorite nighttime activity.

Poppie's Party

So handsome....his first suit. Just like Daddy

















Thomas and Layne in their suits...Thomas is still trying to dance













They aren't smiling but they did have fun!!!













This past weekend. We celebrated Poppie's retirement from the military. I think he served for 35 years...including the past 4 years at Adjutant General where he control the military for the whole state of Mississippi. Those four years were very busy as he dealt with the war, Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg being a training post before soldiers left, and Katrina...something we will never ever forget. We went to a very nice reception and then a dinner for him. Numerous people spoke about him, including John and Daniel. They both gave great speeches about their father. I was very proud of John and to be a part of the Cross family. Thomas has a great time. There was a band at the reception which he just loved. He started of kind of slow dancing and then he put the moves on. Everyone was standing around just watching him. Then when Layne came, Layne followed Thomas and his dance moves. Here are the pictures. Sorry they are blurry. They would not stand still. Mrs. Caroline just smiled and looked pretty in her new dress.

First Day of Pinelake School

Thomas has his first day of Pinelake School today(Mother's Morning Out, but he calls it school) Here he is showing off his new stuff!!


His new backpack. We went out and got a brand new one at Apple Annie's. We had to leave it there so they could monogram it..he was worried about not getting it back. So last weekend I went and picked it up, came home, and showed it to him. This is what he said. "My backpack, Apple Annie gave it to me! "


















Showing off the front.






















His new sippy cup he got this weekend as a party favor from Claire's 1st birthday. This sippy cup has not left his sight. He loves it. It is really really cute, especially with the monogram name! You can get this by clicking on Betty Jane Cadle- Personally Your Monograming.....lots and lots of cute (and affordable) stuff.













His new lunch box thanks to Nea Nea and Beau. He got this back in April for his birthday. All last weekend he was carrying it around putting his snacks in it. Thanks Nea Nea. You can get one of these by visiting BabyFace Design-Renee Guest. The picture is blurry because he was moving. She has lots of cute designs and they are the perfect size for a 2 year old.

Thomas had a great first day. He got to play on the playground, make a cute art project, and is still sleeping...so that means he had a lot of fun :)

Baby Dedication

The bonnet. I love a baby girl in a bonnet. So I bought this bonnet already made all I had to do was smock it. I bought a size up, because I figured Caroline was going to have a large head like her brother..thankfully her head is a little smaller. I smocked the bonnet, took it to the hospital, put it on her and it was way too big. So 2 1/2 months later, took it to my mom's house for her to wear at a little sip n see my mom had. I out it on her head, still too big. Thankfully, our neighbor and family friend told me that I was putting it on her backwards and didn't have the ribbon through the back of it. So, finally she wore the bonnet and it is too small. But, she is still going to wear it and hopefully I will be able to get a better picture of her in it.













Our attempt at a good picture.












Some friends who also dedicated their babies.














The proud grandparents always there to show their love and support.












Thomas and Elias. He says Elias is his best friend. Just look at that cute face!!!!














Caroline got her first Bible Story book from Boom Boom and Pop Pop.

















We had the joy of dedicating our sweet Caroline last week. It is really a parent dedication, rather than baby. We had tried our best to prepare Thomas for what was going to happen. We told him that we were going to big church to say a prayer for Caroline....so this is how it really went. John, Caroline and myself were all sitting up front waiting for our name to be called. Thomas was sitting with the grandparents..well I think for a little bit. I turned around and he was climbing the stairs. So it is our turn. We walk down, I go and get Thomas. We pose to take our picture and Thomas yells out "CHEESE". So everyone laughed! Then during the prayer he was obviously peeking, he looked out, pointed, and said "Look there is Mrs. Jennifer". He did say Amen after the prayer. I was scared he was going to try to cut Chip off during the prayer and yell Amen, but he waited. So it was a great night of thanksgiving for His gift of our children.

More family pics

I got a few minutes to post some sweet pics...well atleast I think they are. This is my dad-Pop Pop and Caroline.
Thomas is telling Caroline, here touch my floateeez (as he calls them). He so wants her to just play with him. He turns around and says, Caroline rub my back? I have to take her hand and rub his back. Then he says, Caroline, wanna touch my hair? So I take her hand and touch his hair.
Thomas has also been working on keeping "Elmo dry and clean..that's right" (his words). That is, we are potty training, working our way to being a "potty animal". I you have not viewed Elmo's Potty time lately, you really should. It has really really helped us out in the potty training area. Let's just say that Elmo, his Daddy, and Sesame Street friends just tell it like it is!
Caroline is officially 3 months old yesterday. She is growing up way too fast. Still our sweet, smiley, little squishey(not sure how to spell that? been staying at home too long) . I know this is crazy but our schools started back and it hit me that Thomas will be going to kindergarten in 3 years. Where has the time gone and could it please slow down. I think I might even cry when I take him to his first day of Mother's Morning Out. Oh how I wish I could be a fly on the wall in his little classroom to see what all he does.

Family Time in Hattiesburg

Went to Hattiesburg to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday a little early. The whole family was there. We had a great time and my brothers were extra silly with Thomas. I have pictures to prove it and don't worry, they don't act like this all the time. It all started when his daddy, pulled up his pants really really high. Then my brother Chad joined in, and then Mark too. Mark also added the sunglasses that my dad has been wearing because he had surgery on his eyes. Then my mom has this "caution 60 year old ahead"cone thing, so Mark put that on his head too. Of course, Thomas thought they were just hilarious!!