Happy Thanksgiving from my CRAZY big family to yours! ...
we peaked early
Let me go ahead and assure you that I'll be highly embarrassed by some of these pictures. At the same time, I can't bring myself to hide the fun we had because of a few poor judgment calls! The title of this post has nothing to do with our performance on the field that day. Instead, we found ourselves quite funny at six o'clock in the morning, our humor was spot on and we had way too much fun by the time we reached T-town. By contrast, at around 10:45 we were ready for a nap. We peaked early. The boys started out with a rousing game of football outside Justin's apartment. He lives on Wallace Wade, a stone's throw from Bryant-Denny Stadium and the perfect spot to tailgate. Thank goodness he doesn't mind when we crash his place for game day. I have NO idea what we'll do when he ...
Thirty-two Things
Thirty-two things I loved about my birthday. That at 7:30 on Friday night, I was sitting in a theater with my best friend of 32 years watching a movie made for teenagers. That we laughed until we cried and tried hard not to go home when it was over. That we talked about all of the "middle-aged" women who were there... only to realize the teenagers were probably saying that same thing about us! On our way to Chick-fil-A last night, in the dark, Sophie said "Happy Birthday to Momma", completely unprompted. A late-night texting conversation with Ryan last night re-hashing how much fun we had on Saturday. The second-hardest I've laughed in awhile. At 12:02 this morning, Sophie cried out and SD grabbed her up and snuggled her in bed with us. I got to sleep in this ...
mullet, meet bob.
On a whim last Friday, I decided that Sophie needed a haircut. It's her first "real" haircut, second only if you count the time Josh trimmed the pieces behind her ears! I couldn't bring myself to cut it and was quite enamored with her cutie-patooty pigtails. But, let's be honest... it was a bit of a mullet and was starting to be a bit embarrassing. This is what we started with. And really? Brittany brushed it out nice for the before picture, so you can't even tell how funny it looks. You can always scroll back to the pumpkin carving post if you want a reminder. I called SD to make sure he didn't mind and just as I had suspected, he let out a "Thank God!". She did such a good job and sat in the big-girl Hello Kitty chair like a champ. She kept saying "ow, ow" but I'm pretty sure ...
Owl + Ice Cream
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Pumpkin Guts
Not long after church on Sunday evening, both girls were ready to dig into our pumpkins, very eager to help. They were not sure what they thought about the pumpkin guts. And certainly did NOT want to touch it or help in any way! Ella wanted to carve a face this year and picked a pattern out on the web. She even had a hand carving it herself! Didn't it turn out spooky and perfect? ...
Pumpkin Patch
Yes, I know it's November the 14th. We're just a little over a week away from Thanksgiving. In the interest of full disclosure I think it's only right that we recap Halloween first. What do you say? We were kind of late to the Halloween celebration this year. I don't know what is up with 2011, but I feel behind on just about everything. By the time I start thinking about a holiday it's practically over and we haven't even enjoyed it. Halloween was nothing different. We DID go to the pumpkin patch... the day before the big day! We loaded up after church that Sunday afternoon and spent a few hours enjoying the beautiful day. We ended up with three pretty pumpkins and two whiny girls. What's better, right? First up, the corn maze! It didn't take us long to cut through the side of the ...
friday phone dump: two in a row
I promise I haven't abandoned you on purpose. After a week of no blogging, an insane game against LSU, a Sunday afternoon at Disney on Ice and a few hours of work... a MAJOR stomach virus swept through our household and we have been in bed for the last four days. I have taken so many pictures over the last two weeks, made a long list of wonderful posts I'm planning for December and booked a very exciting mini-vacay for me and the hubs. I have lots to share and after a marathon editing/uploading session this evening, I will be posting up a storm. For now, let's enjoy another phone dump while you forgive me for posting two in a row! {we "think" she's feeling better / mommy acting a bit ridiculous in Tuscaloosa} {spending Sunday afternoon at Disney on Ice with my best BIG girl} ...