Sweet baby...

December 29, 2009

What a difference a year makes...

These are my precious boys in their Christmas pajamas one year ago...

And here they are in their Christmas pajamas this year...and what a difference a year makes...

Barrett's hair is a little longer...

and his cheeks are a little more full...

All of Cousar's blonde hair is gone...

and his birth mark is a little more prominent...

One thing remains the same...they are still my sweet babies...

December 13, 2009

Guitar Hero...

Big Pop and Grandma gave Cousar a guitar for his 3rd birthday...I think he's a natural...

November 27, 2009

Chicken Leg...

Cousar's favorite place to eat is Chick-Fil-A. He calls it Chicken Leg...and thinks it is our obilgation to keep them in business. We go at least once a week! This picture was taken there on his 3rd birthday...

November 27, 2009

We are family...

This Thanksgiving Justin and I were able to host both of our families together...a first for us that I hope we are able to make a Thanksgiving tradition. All of Daddy's surviving children and grandchildren were able to be there...a feat not accomplished in four or five years. We were only missing Guy and hope he can make it next time.

Daddy, Charlotte, the children, and grandchildren....

(L to R) front - Angela, Caleb (5), Cousar (3), Barrett (18 mo), Taylor, and Charlotte

(L to R) back - Kristen, Leah, Josh, Lisa, Kim, Addyson, and Rusty

One more with the spouses and significant others... November 26, 2009

Family Portrait...

Our attempt at a family photo with commentary provided by Sweets...

Shocked Dad...

Shocked sons... Barrett - "I can hit you, Mom."

Mom showed Barrett quickly that she could hit harder...

And finally...the best we could do...

November 19, 2009

Sunday in the park...

We spent this afternoon at the park...the boys always have so much fun there...

Cousar waving for the camera...

Barrett sliding... Trying to decide what to do next...

Swinging...

Playing chase...

Humoring Mommy by smiling for a picture...

Climbing out windows...

Fighting over who's going to drive...

and playing the xylophone...

November 15, 2009

Cabbage Patch Doll...

In the last few weeks Cousar has taken notice of all of the Christmas things around him...Christmas trees, Santas, Reindeer...We've even starting watching Christmas cartoons alreay! Each time he mentions Christmas he reminds me that he doesn't like Santa and has no plans to sit in his lap this year...I present Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 to argue his case...

Christmas 2007

He was young enough then that I was able to toss him in Santa's lap and run out of the picture quickly before he knew what happened...or so I thought...He knew then he wasn't a fan of the white beard...

Christmas 2008

Barrett was young enough to do the Santa lap toss...Cousar was having no part of it though. So I joined in the picture. I am not sure what the photographer said to make him smile, but if you look closely you can see the puppy dog tears...

And so here we are at Christmas 2009...I want to have their picture made with Santa - but I know it will be a tough pose to get out of both of them this year! I think it's a right of passage for every child to stand in line for their turn to tell the Big Guy what they want for Christmas. I can still remember waiting in line to see the Oxford Mall Santa. The closer I got the more nervous I was but I fought thru it so that I could make sure that Cabbage Patch doll would be under the tree on Christmas morning! I think most years I just ran by him and yelled what I wanted!!!

Cousar & Kates's 3rd Birthday Party...The Details...

My faithful blog readers (all 3 of you) know how obsessed I am with planning birthday parties for the boys...This year was no different. Tracie and I combined Cousar and Kate's party. (Kate is 11 days older.) The theme was Ole Miss Football...and while it looks a little over the top nearly everything you will see in the pictures was stolen (from Homecoming floats being thrown away) or borrowed...Below are all of the details...

What is a football game without the smell of popcorn? (Popcorn popper and hot dog machine both borrowed)...

Sherri painted our concession stand signs...they made the concession stand!!! On the menu for the party - popcorn, hotdogs and chips, M & Ms and of course birthday cake...

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The miniature football field was "stolen" from the Homecoming Parade. At the end of the parade route the University administration places a dumpster for all of the parade floats to be dismantled prior to returning to campus...We racked up!!!

Ole Miss sign also stolen at the end of the parade...

The party favors...the football hanging above them was our door hanger at home for football season...

The big football field...also stolen from the parade. We just added duct tapes to mark the yard lines...and Jeremy built the goal post from pvc being thrown away at the end of the parade...

Walk of Champions off of the Theta float in the parade...

Miniature footballs...2 for $1.00 at Dollar Tree and also given as party favors...

The art project...decorate cheer megaphones with markers and stickers...

The marching band section...drums, cymbals, xylophone, recorders...

The cake from Emileigh's...they called Tracie one week before the party to tell her the cake was ready...luckily it was the bakery's mistake and not ours...We are pretty confident they froze the cake though and gave it to us a week later...

The coloring sheets included in the party favors...

November 8, 2009