Happy 5th Birthday SB!

Today my oldest baby turned 5!! I can't believe that it has already been 5 years that Syd and I first became parents. Sarah Beth is a super fun child! She is so smart, outgoing and sweet. She is a little social butterfly and is the BEST big sister! She is such a blessing in our lives. We love you SB!!

Here are a few pictures from her skating party that she had on Friday night. Most kids brought their bikes or scooters and they had free reign of the roller rink! SB had a great time with her friends.

I ask SB what she wanted for her birthday dinner and of course she said "Mexican"! She loves El Sombrero. She wanted to wear the extra large sombrero and the waiters to sing Happy Birthday to her. She kept asking, "When are they going to sing?!" She said that was her favorite part of the day...oh the little things in life! We had a great weekend celebrating SB's 5th birthday!!

A quick trip to Gulfport!

This is Spring Break week for us and we have been busy! On Monday Kori had a doctor's appointment in Jackso so we thought that this would be a great day to visit the new Ms Children's Museum but guess what!? It is CLOSED on Mondays! Oh well....we decided to shop at Target instead.
On Tuesday, me and my 3 kids, Kori and Brandon and Mom and Dad loaded up 2 cars and headed south to Gulfport. Mom and Kori wanted to do a little outlet mall shopping and I thought it would be a fun little getaway for the girls during Spring Break! They did awesome on the ride down but the weather quickly turned nasty! We did enjoy a little shopping but the girls were more excited about our hotel room suite. So I took them back and let them have fun playing in the room. Wednesday morning I had planned on meeting a couple of friends with their girls at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center but the weather was really stormy so we canceled that. Once the weather cleared up we loaded back up and headed to Hattiesburg. The girls love the "Golden Eagle" store so I let them shop for a bit and then me and the girls drove on to Vicksburg while Mom, Dad, and Kori did a little more shopping in Hattiesburg. I was worn slap out by Wednesday night!
Thursday we had a very "laid" back day. We did enjoy our favorite lunch at Nannie and Grandaddy's house...Chicken and Dumplings! Yummy! Today is Friday and it is Sarah Beth's 5th birthday party at Big Wheelie Skating Rink! Check back later for the birthday post!

Here is my sweet boy sleeping soundly in the hotel!


Ko-Ko reading to Sophie

"Wild Man" Brandon!

Sarah Beth enjoyed playing in the closet....I thought this was a cool picture!

Andrew's Baptism

Sunday, March 6, 2011 we had Andrew baptized at St. Paul Catholic Church. This was such a special day! Andrew was so lucky to be surrounded by lots of family on this day. Bryan, his godfather, traveled from Birmingham to be there and Holly, his godmother traveled from Oxford to be there. Here are just a few pics from the ceremony. My camera died so my sister has lots of good pictures on her camera. I will post more when I get them from her!



Father Ferrell telling us how special this day is!

Getting ready for the baptism!

Andrew was baptized in the same outfit that Syd was 34 years ago!

Daddy and Andrew on his special day!

Brandon's 1st Birthday

My nephew Brandon celebrated his 1st birthday last Sunday. He shares a birthday with Uncle Syd!! It is hard to believe that this handsome blue-eyed boy is 1 already! He is ALL boy and loves to play outside and make messes! We love you Brandon Larson!!

2 months old!

Can you believe that my baby boy is 2 months old today!? Time is flying by. We had to take this precious baby to the Dr. Friday b/c he has been soooo congested. We found out that he has double ear infections and RSV. He was put through the ringer during our 2 1/2 hour visit. His nose was swabbed for RSV, had a breathing treatment, a chest x-ray and an antiobiotic shot! I felt so bad for him. He has been doing his breathing treatments and he is feeling/breathing much better. MeMe is going to keep him tomorrow while I return to work (my 1st day back after 11 weeks). Hopefully he will be able to start daycare on Tuesday. Even though he has been under the weather he continues to smile and "coo" at us. What a precious baby I have!!

All dressed up for church and Brandon's birthday party!

Spending quality time with Nannie

Meeting Cousin Sydney

Cousin Madi just loves babies!

SB's 1st Soccer Game!

Sarah Beth is playing soccer this Spring and she had her very 1st game on Saturday. Those little 4 year olds were a hoot chasing after that ball! They only had 1 practice before the game and I thought they did great. SB made a goal (in the other teams net)! She knew to go the other direction but she just couldn't figure out how to turn the ball. Syd and Ko-Ko have been practicing with her. I think she is going to like it! It was fun going to the soccer field on Saturday and watching all of the kids play!

Here is K0-Ko showing SB a few moves!

action shot!

waiting on her turn to play!

SB kicked the ball good!

I am looking forward to many more Saturdays on the soccer field. Sophie can't wait to get out there and play too!

Would'ja Be My Valentine?

Sarah Beth had her very first musical performance on Tuesday. The Pre-K and Kindergarten classes performed "Would'ja Be My Valentine?" It was so cute and SB did a fantastic job. She has been singing all of the songs to us for several weeks now and we were so excited to see her perform!

SB singing!

SB with a few of her classmates!

SB with Andrew after the program

Me with 2 of my babies