Congratulations Grandaddy!

My Dad officially retired from Homewood Fire Department this month after 35+ years of service...his last day in the office was Tuesday. While Trey was at school, I took Parker and Jack by the office to see him on his last day. We brought balloons (actually several balloons, but only 2 actually made it into the office, the rest are floating above Soho Square somewhere). Parker hopped right up into his desk chair with his balloons (and don't forget Jack's bottle) and was ready to "work". Ha! Congratulations Dad we are so happy for you! Take a break, You deserve it! Actually, I think I need some things fixed at my house, do you mind coming over? Ha!

Circus Day

Trey's school had a "Circus"themed day and all the kids were to come dressed as clowns....Well, we already had a nose and the clown hair, and I just "homemade" a clown shirt. He had fun but wasn't crazy about getting his picture made.....then of course Parker thinks she is as big as Trey and insisted on wearing the costume too! The nose was as big as her face, it was hilarious!

Laundry Helper?

Parkers idea of "helping" me with the laundry is putting every item I've already folded somewhere on her body. In this instance she managed to actually get her daddy's shirt over her head the right way. Then she thought she was funny and insisted on wearing it for half the day!

Jack-Five Months Old

Well, the 15th of every month I take his picture....and it's amazing how much difference just a month makes! Here's my baby at 5 months old! He continues to be laid back (most of the time) and such a joy to be around.

The First of Many.....

Well, TJ and I got called away from our "romantic getaway" at Ross Bridge to see about Trey's eye. He ran into the corner of the table while staying at my parents house (an hour away) and split his eye open. They felt it probably needed stitches, but wanted TJ to check just in case. Well, we knew there was no way Trey was going to let TJ stitch up his eye at home, sooo Dr. Daddy just put some dermabond on it. He did VERY good during the whole process. I am sure this it the first of many major "boo-boo's"....actually, I am shocked that it took him 4 years to get his first!

Christmas Morning

Well, Santa was really good to all of us this year. I have to admit that I think its so fun and exciting to see Christmas through your kids eyes. It's like being a kid all over again myself....For their "big present"...Trey got a "big boy bike", Parker got a Dora ride on Toy, and Jack got an exersaucer....Then of course there were a gazillion other gifts as well...It took us what seemed like forever to open all of the gifts Christmas morning, because everything they opened, they wanted to play with immediately.....Please notice in the bottom collage, TJ riding Trey's bike....too funny!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we spend with the Gregory's (TJ's mom's side of the family)...All we had to do was walk next door to Granna and Doc's......which is soooo nice. We finished off the night by "dancing with the huge Santa" and watching A Christmas Story....which prompted Trey to ask a gazillion questions like, "why did that guys tongue get stuck to the pole" and "why does everyone keep telling him he'll shoot his eye out?" and "why is fudge a bad word?".....oh, inquisitive little minds....gotta love it!

Pigeon Forge...more Christmas...

We celebrated Christmas with my Dad's side of the family in Pigeon Forge a few days before Christmas. I have never been there this time of year and it was beautiful....the kids (and myself) got so excited about the "big mountains" and all the Christmas lights/decorations that were out. We rode the Alpine slide, the chair lift, and we even went out to Cade's Cove to see the deer and turkey....Trey kept yelling "they are staring at me, they are staring at me!"...but probably our favorite part was the Dixie Stampede, we had front row seats for the show and got to eat with our hands (which Trey thought was "awesome").

"Hide and Seek"

Trey's new favorite game is "hide and seek"....of course whatever Trey is doing, Parker thinks she's big enough to do too. Here they are hiding in the book shelf in the den.....this picture cracks me up...

1st bite of Cereal

Well....Jack went to his 4 month check up on Dec. 15th....he was in the 75 % for both height and weight, and got 4 shots...which he promptly starting screaming to the top of his lungs the second the first shot hit. I felt so sorry for him, but there was nothing I could do...I'm sure all moms understand that go through this with their kids....I keep telling TJ that one day I am going to make him go to the dr. appointments....sit in the waiting room (trying to entertain the baby/toddler)...and then wait some more in the patient room (continuing to try and entertain the baby/toddler...only they are naked this time)....and then "trying" to hold an "intelligeble" conversation with the pediatrician while the baby/toddler is either screaming/crying/running around the room....only to end the appointment by holding your baby/toddler's shoulders/arms down while the nurse gives them shots....not at all a pleasant experience....seriously, I must make TJ do this at least once.
Anyway, here's Jack trying his first bite of cereal...he wasn't really sure what to do with it once he got in his mouth...he just kept spitting it back out.....

Christmas with Parkers

We went to the Lake the Sunday before Christmas to celebrate with Jake and Michele and families....Our big present from Mom and Dad this year (as a family) was the Wii...and Rock Band...We had fun playing, even Parker got into the "singing" part...