Our week in review.....

Caroline turned 13 months last weekend. We went to Hburg to celebrate father's day with my family. Caroline posing on the lounge chair. This girl is a mess. She eats constantly, climbs on anything, and loves to wrestle with her brother. Her newest trick this week is to climb on Thomas and sit on his head. She also loves climbing up on his bed, holding on to the headboard, looking back to see if you are watching, and then falling down.She loves life...and other people's food!
































We had a great week last week at VBS. I helped with 2nd graders going into 3rd. I was amazed at their knowledge at such a young age. Thomas and C went. Thomas had a great time in the Worship center. He couldn't wait to go every morning. Caroline had fun eating the other kid's snacks/lunch!







And finally......
We are happy to announce that after 7 years of marriage, ( 25 total years of school) my hubby finally has a job. Here is Sha and I with the proof of the newest certificate suitable for framing. We all realized that Sha is pregnant again. She was pregnant with Graham when they graduated medical school and know...baby Ella. We meet I guess 7 years ago when our hubbies planned a trip to the beach. We were going to tent camp(since we had no money) and the boys were going to leave us to play golf. We both told our husbands..."I don't know this girl..Am I going to like her"? Well, I think it worked out ok.Here we are 7 years later.

So J and T are having man night. They went to see the Movie UP!. C and I had girls night. We went to Hancock's to get some thread and then she went to bed at 7:15...so her I am blogging. Miss Caroline walking and eating her cookie at the same time....talent. She is walking more, but still loves he moma's hip!

















Thomas at show and tell swim lessons. We love Ms Alicia and Ms. Kerri..












Sorry for the little girl's boo-hiney in this pic.she can climb out of the pool all by herself and that is super important.i kind of thought it was funny!












Here are some more pics from out tball games. Our team has gotten so much better. Or maybe we have just played teams that were 3 and 4 instead of 5!












Thomas, Pop, and Nash. Nash thought Pop was his Granddaddy. He was so cute...he just ran up to Pop and hugged his leg....Nash is one of Caroline's approved dates when she gets to be 30...we know his parents!















2 of the 3 cheer leaders. MB was gone to the beach.


















John had to work all last weekend, so my mom came through and we went to see my brother, Chad in Oxford. He just bought a new house...yikes with 2 kids, but we managed to get out of there without breaking anything. T and C were helping him with some yard work. So that is what we have been up to. Learning to swim and learning to play tball. Thomas has the hitting and running down...we are still working on fielding ground balls. Next week we have VBS which should be lots of fun, for all of us


Funny story...John was holding Thomas walking him down for swimming lessons and he tooted. John said what was that. Thomas said my boo-hiney was talking....

May 10th

Thomas is 3 ( May 2009)



















Thomas 2 1/2
Caroline 7 months Dec. 2008

Thomas 2 yrs old May 2008


















Thomas 1 1/2 October 2007


















1 yr old- May 2007
















Happy Birthday..May 10, 2006












I just realized I forgot to post Thomas's real birthday....how terrible of me. We only celebrated his birthday 4 times...so his real day kind of got overlooked. J had to work and I think we went to Hburg for mother's day. So here is your belated birthday post big T. You have blessed us in a big way with your 3 yrs. You are so funny, extra sweet, and you love your family....especially Caroline. I love hearing you call her all her names "Linnie, Wild Women, Sweetie, Smiley". I guess you are a good listener after all. Your favorites are...anything Disney, movies, books, stories, and playing outside. You got tools this year for your birthday. We had a fun birthday for you and Caroline at the splash pad. I have pictures to prove it, but not on my camera. I am really going to try to do better. You love telling us how big you are and how much you have grown everytime you wake up from sleeping. You are our ealybird...6:30 is sleeping late. We lover you very much and pray God's favor and blessing on you..

Beach

At the gulfarium. Thomas and John are making the same face...could they be anymore alike?












Caroline showing off her beach body. She loved the sand. She has even started walking....but she always prefers my hip!

Just got back from the beach. We had a great time and had help from the grandparents. We split the week up with both sets, so they both could enjoy. We stayed at my new favorite place. Waterscape in Ft. Walton Beach. It is perfect for kids. It has a playground, splash pad area, 2 pools (1 with zero entry) and a lazy river...and it is on the beach. Here are some pics.












How funny is this...they are all making the same face. This was at the gulfarium..sea lion show.

Busy...Busy

May has been very busy for us, but lots of fun. Thomas just finished swimming lessons with friends. We were all so proud of your boys and Megan. They have all come so far in two weeks. Alicia Lawrence and friends are great and highly recommend them. We will be going back for 2 more weeks. I would love to put some pictures on the blog, but I couldn't find my camera on show and tell day...so I used Chrissie's.









Thomas and friends warming up before their tball game this morning. The first game we played a really good team ( we later found out they were all 5).Our team is mostly 3 with some 4. That game was hilarious! However, we have played 3 games and the boys are doing much better. I think that dads have the most fun.











We celebrated Thomas' birthday with his school friends. I am going to miss school/MMo. He had two wonderful teachers. Here are some pics

Happy Birthday Sweet Caroline

My how they change!!!
We are so blessed to have you and Thank God for you daily. Can't wait to watch you grow up...but not too fast.
















Caroline loves to eat...so that is pretty much how she spent her birthday. She had scrambled eggs for the first time this morning and baby biscuits. Sorry I can't get the pictures to do right. They are out of order..but I think yall can figure them out.
















Look at how cute and big they are. Carolines new thing is to climb up in her chair like a big girl. They are enjoying their cupcake together.






I didn't mean to take this picture, but you know my camera has a delay. So we will just say that Caroline is showing off the back of her hair. She has curls!!


She is doing better with her walking. Still likes to hold on to 1 finger.















We had a great day at swimming lessons. We got to watch all the kids for the last 15 minutes. They all did GREAT. They were having so much fun together and it was so neat to see them all in their little world. I have pictures on our video camera...will have to post those later..

This time last year....

Yes..I was that big...one whole side of the frig. I had 9 lbs and 1 oz of love in my belly!

This time last year, we were getting ready to meet our sweet Caroline. Her personality is really coming out. She loves food and wants to eat whatever you are eating. She is almost walking...still holding on. She absolutely loves her brother. When he has to go in time out for doing some kind of unkind act to her, she crawls over as fast as she can to check on him. She has figured out how to climb up on his bed. She stands up on his bead, holds onto the headboard and then falls back...and cackles. She can also climb/crawl the stairs...very quickly. The toilet is another favorite of hers and unrolling the toilet paper...with all that said, you cannot leaver her alone :)
She is such a joy to us and we love having our "Linnie" as our special blessing.

Thomas and friends are taking swimming lessons. He loves it and I can't wait to get to "watch" tomorrow. We all sit under the porch and spy through the bushes. Hopefully I can/will remember my camera and even remember to actually take pictures :)