Christmas in Alabama

We spent Christmas in Alabama with the family this year and had a wonderful visit. It was Sam's first Christmas so that was really special.But the most fun was seeing Ryan discover all his gifts from Santa on Christmas morning! We visited with NanNan, Pops, Great Gran, Papa Jerry, Aunt Hope and Uncle Stuart for 5 days and then drove to Birmingham to visit ShaSha for a few days. Altogether the trip was 9 days, and while we had a wonderful time we were glad to be home on Saturday.

Family Christmas Photos

Staying warm!!

Christmas is almost here, and we are really excited!! Sam is 5 months old now and is cute as a button (if I do say so myself!!) We have put up our tree and are staying warm as the weather gets cooler in NC. I hope you all are enjoying the holidays as much as we are.

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were home for
the day and had a great time. We made placemats this year and wrote down things we were thankful for.
I am thankful for:
Ryan "leaves, my Christmas tree, all my toys, my baby and my mommy and daddy."
Sam "mommy, daddy, Ryan, and milk" -- at least that's what we think he would say.
Jana "my three boys (Jay, Ryan, and Sam), my home, and sleep."
Jay "my home, my baby boys, and Coach Saban."
it was really pretty fun making them. Ryan had tons of fun!!

Yummy!!!

Sam started eating food this week and he is loving it!

Sam is 4 months old!!!

Time flies when you're having fun!! Sam is 4 months old now and so much fun!! He loves to play peek-a-boo and laughs out loud when you "get him". He is such a joy to have and makes us smile all the time. He weighed in at 14 pounds 11 ounces at his 4 month visit with the doctor. (Ryan weighs 32 pounds and he is 3 years old!!! That's right, Sam is almost HALF his size already!!) He has the sweetest little laugh, and the best personality.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We had a wonderful time on Halloween this year. Ryan passed out candy to all the trick or treaters that came to the house. We had so many!!! We ran out of candy in about an hour and then went to the fall festival at Western Avenue Baptist. Ryan was very "selective" with his candy. If you had on a scary costume, he wouldn't put any candy in your pumpkin. He'd say, "You do it, Mommy" and he'd hide behind me. After one of the "Scary Movie" masks, he went and got his sword to "defend the home." It was actually quite funny!
Sam was the cutest little pumpkin. He just sat out on the porch in his little outfit to greet the trick or treaters. He was so adorable!