Ahoy Matey! Andrew turns 3!

My baby boy turned 3 on December 20th.  I can not believe that he is already 3.  It seems like it was just yesterday that I was on bedrest with that little stinker!  This little boy knows he has my heart and he has me wrapped around his little finger.  Some cute things he says at 3 are: 

-He calls his shorts, “up up ups” and his pants “down down downs” (too funny….we have no idea where this came from).

-He tells me “I need ya”.

-He always says his blessing before a meal…God is Great!

- When he wants me to pick him up he says “I want to hold you”!

On his actual birthday Syd and I needed to finish up some Christmas shopping so we took Andrew to Jackson with us.  We had Shipley donuts for breakfast…Andrew took the box on the road…

We had Sal and Mookies for lunch.  The waitress just happened to ask how old he was and we said well actually today is his birthday so she brought him a yummy birthday brownie.  He made friends with a couple sitting right next to us so we all sang Happy Birthday to him.  He loved all of the attention!

On Saturday night we had his birthday party with just family.  Syd decided he needed a pirate themed party!  He had fun planning it and making the adorable cupcakes!

Each cupcake had a “hidden treasure” in the middle.  It was either an oreo cookie or Reeses.  They were yummy!

Here are some pictures of our little pirate.  Everyone had fun with our pirate party favors!

It was a fun night with family!  Happy Birthday to my little man who stole my heart the second he was born!

December Activities

December was full of activities for the kids!  The Friday after Thanksgiving my Mom, sister, the girls and I went on our annual Black Friday shopping trip.  This year we shopped at the new Outlets in Pearl.  It was a fun day!  The girls saw Santa first thing that morning!

The first Saturday of December SB performed with her Suzuki violin group at Holly Days.  They did a great job!

The next day SB performed in The Nutcracker with Vicksburg Dance Studio.

Nana and MeMe gave SB this beautiful Nutcracker and flowers.

As if SB hasn’t been busy enough already she had her school program at St. Francis.  The first and second graders performed The Christmas Story.  It was beautiful.  SB played the bells and did a fantastic job!

On that following Saturday, Sophie had her gymnastic showcase!  Her class had the chance to show us what they have learned.  They did an awesome job!

Sophie had pancakes and pajamas at school one day!

We had our church Christmas party and Andrew sat in Santa’s lap for the first time without having a meltdown!

We had breakfast with Santa at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation.  It was tons of fun!

Whew!  I am still tired from all of the fun and that doesn’t include Christmas!  I love making memories with my family!

Thanksgiving 2013

The Thursday before Thanksgiving Colonial Day School celebrated their annual Thanksgiving lunch.  We were so excited to get to go this year and celebrate with Andrew.  We have done this with both girls and I just can not believe that Andrew is old enough to do this!  My baby is growing up. 

Meet “Good Brave”.

Sophie also had a Thanksgiving Lunch in her Pre-K class this year.  Here is “Sunflower”. 

On Thanksgiving Day we went to MeMe’s for lunch.  We spent most of the day hanging out with family and enjoying making memories.

The boys were too busy playing to stop for any pictures!  We hope you and your family had a blessed Thanksgiving!  I am very thankful for my family and the time we had to spend together!