Funnies

Last night when Brax and I switched cars so I could go caroling they apparently got in the car and Thomas said: Daddy, this is Coldplay. Please don't turn it off. (We don't only listen to Coldplay, but sometimes I need a tiny break from Famous Kids of the Bible and G.T. and the Halo Express!)

Today when Thomas got up from his nap: Mom, I didn't eat anything out of my nose during my nap.
Kim: Good.
Thomas: Just something out of my ear.
*Awesome!

Thomas coming downstairs about 45 minutes after he had been put to bed.
Kim: Thomas, why are you up?
Thomas: (With hand motions) My blanket just FLEW out of my bed!
Brax: I'm sure it came out because you threw it. Please go back to bed.
Thomas: Why is Mommy laughing?

The other day we pulled into Walgreens to pick up a prescription and Thomas said: But Mom, the walls aren't green!

Kim: Thomas could you please close that drawer.
Thomas: Mom, I'm having trouble closing it because Mae's foot is in there!

Update

We haven't had a whole lot of blog worthy stuff going on. I spend a lot of my days trying to keep Mae full, and trying to make sure Thomas eats. :) Two more different eaters you never did meet! :) We're loving the holiday time and I'm blaring Christmas music about 12 hours a day! I had my Christmas concert for the Huntsville Community Chorus. It was during the SEC Championship Game (which Bama won if you didn't know!!) and Brax was SO SWEET and insisted on coming! (He did have his radio with him, but he only put his headphones in between songs!) He was even gracious enough to keep the kids at home last night and let me go caroling with a group from church. It was bliss for me! Thomas is SO excited about Christmas coming!!! So, here's a little bit of what we've been up to!

Reading books by the fire with Daddy.

 

Thomas and Brax helped sell Christmas trees as a Young Life fundraiser with several of the guys from our small group. Thomas thought it was the best night EVER!

 

Brax and I got to go on a date to his annual work Christmas party. Brax won a 15" flat screen tv. :)

 

Thomas has been doing a few Christmas crafts, including a stable (complete with baby Jesus) made out of an envelope. We also made a paper chain that promply had VERY STICKY apple cider spilled all over it. Oh well...

 

 

 

I had a birthday.

 

 

 

 

So, as you can see, mostly just normal holiday life. We're excited when Christmas cards arrive everyday, and looking forward to starting Christmas celebrations this weekend!

Deck The Halls

 

Decorating the Tree

Thomas helped me decorate the tree this year for the first time. He probably could have last year, but we had a brand new baby, and so went for ease! He loved picking out the ornaments to put on and worked really hard to spread them out. He asked me as he picked up each ornament, "is this very breakable?" (Which reminded me of Marly King taking me to show me her tree and touching every single breakable ornament and saying, "This one is VERY 'breakavle!'")

 

 

 

 

Christmas Tree Farm

For the 3rd year in a row we went to the Christmas Tree Farm that is about fifteen minutes away from our house. There's something so fun about cutting down your own tree! We're a huge fan of it! Thomas had a great time helping, as always!

 

They've had reindeer the last two years as well, but this year as an added bonus they had Santa. Thomas was VERY excited about Santa. He kept asking when we were going to get to go see him. He was a very nice Santa and Thomas had fun talking to him-he told him that he wants "something that flies." Mae sat on his lap, and didn't smile, but didn't scream either!

 

Ever wondered...

...what Brax and I look like at 4:30am? Well this is it and it isn't pretty! :)

 

I hadn't ever participted in Black Friday before, and so we took our kids to spend the night at MiMi and PaPa's house Thursday night so we could go out Friday morning. We didn't want any of the big ticket items, so we just got to walk around and watch the craziness! It was REALLY fun, and it was great to get to go on a date, even if it was crazily early in the morning!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

Our Thanksgiving looked a little different this year and was even different that we were expecting. On Tuesday Mae came down with pink eye. Not wanting to spread it to all the kids that were going to be at Brax's Aunt and Uncle's house in Birmingham, we stayed home.

On Wednesday the kids and I went and got all the "fixings" for our Thanksgiving meal. It was fun to celebrate at home although holidays with a toddler and a baby are not quite as relaxed as some others! Mae ate all the Thanksgiving food! She loved it! Thomas ate a roll and a half. :) Such is life at our house.

And although it's cliche, we are of course VERY thankful for our many blessings!!

 

Funnies!

Overheard Thomas to Brax while they were moving some logs.
Thomas: Daddy, if it falls on your foot don’t cry!


Thomas: Mom, can I go back outside?
Kim: Bud, I don't think we're going to. It's dark now.
Thomas (looking at his feet): But, I have on my light up shoes!

Brax: Did you know we're having cupcakes for Mae's party?
Kim: Do you think you will want one?
Thomas: I would be DELIGHTED to have a cupcake!

Thomas: I didn't sleep very well last night, Mom.
Kim: Oh, why not?
Thomas: I was doing somersaults in my bed.

Game Day

 

 

 

12 Months

 

 

Here are Mae's 12 month pictures. We of course can't believe she's one!! This year has gone way faster than Thomas's first year did!! Here are some highlights of this month.

-Still has one tooth
-Pulls out any bow that I put in her hair almost immediately!
-Either wears 18 month or 24 month clothes depending on what it is.
-Still sleeps in a sleep sack every night.
-Says: "Uh-oh!", "Whoa," "Da Da," "Bow," "Hello."
-Waves, claps and gives lots of kisses!
-Yesterday and today has taken her first (very tentative) steps!
-Takes two naps.
-Is going to eat us out of house and home! ;) Apparently she's trying to balance out Thomas.
-Thinks everything Thomas does is hilarious (unless he is hitting her or knocking her over)
-Has quite the infectious giggle!

Here are pictures of Thomas at 12 months.

Gram's Visit

 

My mom came in for a quick visit in the middle of last week. It was short, but lots of fun for her to be there for Mae's birthday. We also got to go to the Christmas Tree Lighting at Bridge Street Towne Center (complete with snow which Thomas loved chasing!). The only thing that would have made it better is if Brax didn't have to work and Pops could have come too!

Happy Birthday Mae!!

We celebrated with Gram on Mae's real birthday. Mae had another cupcake from her party and then got to open up her doll from us and her phone from Gram. She loved the doll and immediately started kissing it. And since she got her phone if you say "Hello Mae!" sometimes she'll put her hand up to her ear and say her own version of hello!

 

Playing in the Leaves

Our kids get to play in the leave a lot because we have A LOT of leaves. (Our backyard is a sea of them!) Mae got in on the action this time and had oh so much fun!

 

 

 

 

Mae's Party

Mae's birthday isn't actually until the 18th, but we celebrated yesterday and had lots of fun!

Highlights:
-We got to see lots of friends and family!!
-Mae didn't pull out her bow for about ten minutes. :)
-Mae got some girl toys to balance out the boy toys in the playroom.
-Speaking of the playroom, it worked great!
-Mae loved her first cupcake and ate the majority of it!
-Thomas had so much fun playing with friends and cousins!
-I made Mae's dress and it was the first bishop dress that I've ever made from beginning to end-including the smocking. It was hard, mainly because I hadn't ever made one before, but I did it!

(If you click on the picture it will get bigger.)

 

Funnies

Kim: Thomas, look. There goes Miss Linda (our neighbor).
Thomas: Where is she going?
Kim: Probably to work.
Thomas: (incredulously) Girls don't work!
*I quickly explained that lots of girls go to work, and in fact even I work. Just at home, and not somewhere else.

Kim: Thomas, come look at what we got Mae for her birthday.
Thomas: What is it?
Kim: It's a doll.
Thomas: What does it do?
Kim: Well, it's eyes open and close, but it doesn't really do anything. It's more to hold and take care of.
Thomas: Well, does it have a button to push or anything?

Kim: Thomas, what are you doing?
Thomas: I'm playing hide-and-seek with this animal. I'm hiding it and then I have to find it.
(five minutes later)
Thomas: Mom, I can't think of where to put it so I can go find it.
Kim: Why don't you put it in your booster seat?
Thomas: Mom, that wouldn't work! I could see it there!

Brent's Surprise Party

Last weekend we went to Arab for one of Brax's good friend's surprise party. It was really fun and he was really surprised!


This is Brent as he's just figuring out what's going on.

 

 

This is all the guys that have had babies.

 

These are all the guys together.