Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful thanksgiving this year and enjoyed being able to spend time with our family! I know Brody enjoyed seeing his Aunt Heather since it had been awhile sine he had seen her last. By the end of the week he was saying her name! :) Good job Brody!

Aunt Holly and Aunt Heather reading Brody a book. Aunt Holly taught him what a snake says and how they move. Now when we say what does a snake say .... he moves his hand and says.... ssssssssss. :) It is very cute!
Brody.."I'll stand here if I have to mom" :)

Brody wanted to check and see how the food was coming! He was hungry for his first traditional Thanksgiving meal!

What a cute pic! Heather is reading Brody his favorite book!

Now Aunt Brandy is reading it to him. :) He is so cute, he will take his book from one person to the next getting them to read it to him.


Nana with Brody.

Papa showing Brody the horses food. I don't know if Brody thought it looked to good!

Brody looking at Papa's horses. He liked them and enjoyed watching them eat. He looks so cute in his heavy jacket. :)

We have a lot to be Thankful for this year! Holly and Ryan are expecting a little baby at the end of April!!! This is very exciting and I know that they are going to be great parents!! Brody is so excited about having a little cousin to play with! Congratulations to the both of you!!

We are so thankful for our wonderful families and for Brody, who gives us joy each day!

Thanksgiving baskets

Today I went and volunteered at Safe Harbor. It is a wonderful outreach that our church does. Every Tuesday they open there doors and let people come in that need food and clothing. While they are there they are presented the gospel. My friend Julia is in charge of this so when she told our community group that today they were going to be passing out Thanksgiving baskets and Turkeys, and that they needed help, I was there! It was a lot of fun and a good outreach that our church does. The people that received the baskets were very grateful and really appreciated the help.

Here are all the helpers!

Fun Times!

On Friday night we went to celebrate our friends Michelle and Eric's birthdays. We went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner and afterwards we went bowling. We had a great time and wish them both a Happy Birthday!

Julia, Michelle, me, Julie

It was great to hang out with these girls while we ate and bowled! While we were talking Michelle told us that she found the cute shirt she is wearing at Garden Ridge for a little over a dollar! WHAT?? Garden Ridge has clothes???? This is something I never knew before! So next time you are in Garden Ridge, go to the very back of the store and you might be surprised to find that they have a small clothing section! I am definitely going to have to go check it out!

Playing in the leaves!

I was teaching Brody how to crunch leaves! He loved the sound it makes and had a good time trying to do it himself.

Play Date!

I invited my friend Julia and her daughter Jasmine over for a play date. It was a lot of fun and neat to see the kids interact with each other! Jasmine is the first friend that we have had over to play, and I was very impressed with Brody! He did a great job sharing his toys and letting her hold his "Laney" dog while she was here. I had a great time talking and hanging out with Julia while our children played together! She is a good friend and I am glad our kids are very close in age.

Brody.... "Um Jasmine I think we are supposed to look at your mom while my mom takes a picture."

Brody... "here let me show you the food that I have in my mouth!"

Jasmine..." Boys!"

Playing together with Brody's dinosaur. I am sure Jasmine was thinking... where are all the dolls all they have are dinosaurs, balls, and cars! :)* When I was younger we (my sister and I) had a friend who was a boy and all he would ever play with were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers! I remember thinking.... boys are weird! :)*

If they could talk I am sure they would of both been saying ..."Lets go outside!"

We were going to go to the park however it was just too cold and windy for them to be out there! Brody already has a runny nose as it is. So it was an inside day however I think they both had a good time! I know I did! Thanks Julia and Jasmine for coming over and playing with us we had a blast!

I did not grow up with a brother, it was just me and my sister. So when Brody is interested in cars and balls the whole thing is new to me. How do boys know that those are the things they should be interested in? Right now Brody is very interested in cars and anything that has wheels. When we are driving he will point out the window and say "rom rom" when a big truck goes by. He will carry a car around all day and play with it. So when he saw this 4 wheeler at Bass Pro he had to look at it and check it out. :)

This week has been pretty uneventful. He has been getting his 15th tooth in so that has been hard on him, I think it is almost in so that is good!! He has so many teeth they are hard to count these days!

We are doing a program called Parents as Teachers. It is a wonderful program that most school systems have. We have a lady come out to our house once a month and play with Brody and show me new activities that I can be doing with him to help him develop the skills that he needs to develop. She also tests him to see if he is learning everything he should be learning. It is great because I get to see if I am doing things right and she tells me some things that I can do with him through out the day. She gave him his 12 month test this week, he is doing everything he should be and scored at the top of the charts! Yeah for Brody! He is such a smart little boy if I do say so myself! :)*

Fun times!

We took Brody to the pumpkin patch a few weeks back, however I am just now getting around to posting about it. :) He had a good time and enjoyed playing and seeing all the different pumpkins that were there.

He liked trying to roll them. :)

This past weekend we went to help my sister set up her classroom for school. Her school moved into a new building so she had to pack up everything and move it into her new classroom!! So we went to help her unpack and gets things in their new spot and organized. She has such a fun room!! Her 3rd grade class is very lucky to have her as a teacher! We had a lot of fun and were very glad we could go and help her out!

Brody was a big help while we were there too! :)* He and Marmee are taking a little snack break.

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween!!

Brody dressed up a a dinosaur on Halloween and he looked so cute!! It was a great costume for him to have because it was very light weight and he did not even notice he had it on! He even kept the head piece on the entire night.... which is amazing since he never keeps a hat on! We took him tick or treating to both of our parents houses and had a good time hanging out with them.

Look we have a little dinosaur in our family!

Brody with Marmee and Pops. It was fun watching all of their trick or treaters that came to their door. Brody had a good time passing out candy! :)


It was nice to be able to hang out with Brody's Nana and Papaw for a little bit and let Brody play with them. We had a great night and enjoyed dressing him up in his little dinosaur costume! Happy Halloween!

Brody's 1st Birthday Party!!!

We had Brody's 1st Birthday Party this past weekend! It was a lot of fun and I know Brody enjoyed it very much!! We had it at a park (Brody's favorite place) and enjoyed the great weather and fellowship with everyone!
Brody with his Nana and Papaw.

I want to thank Amy so much for all the help and ideas that she gave me for this party! It was fun to talk with her about it! I know that Brody was very glad that Amy and Eric were able to come for his party and enjoyed spending time with them and celebrating Eric's birthday as well!

Marmee and Brody playing ball. He found this ball in one of his presents (before we officially opened them) and had to play with it. :) Hey it was his party so why not. :)

Brody got a lot of neat presents! Thanks to everyone, he will have so much fun playing with everything he got! We have already read many of the cool books he received and he loves them all! It was funny to watch him open his presents because he really did not know what to do. He would open one thing and want to play with it right then! It was pretty funny, he did not realize that he had a lot of gifts to open. :)*

Cute pic of the birthday boy!

Brody........."Hurry Pops...... open my toy I really want to play with it!!"

Make a wish!

(Didn't Aunt Amy do a great job decorating the cake I made!)

This is his first taste of cake! Really I think he tasted more icing then cake! :)

Needless to say he really enjoyed it!

(Brody's Nana and Aunt Holly made the Birthday Boy shirt he has on!! So cute!)

Swing batter batter swing!

The Birthday Celebration is over, Brody is taking his balloon and heading home to play with all the wonderful presents he received! It was a great day and we are so glad that we could spend it with family and friends! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated our baby turning one with us!

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BRODY!!!

Today was a very special day in our house! It was Brody's first birthday! We woke him up singing Happy Birthday and giving him lots of hugs and kisses!! The whole day Ja and I were playing the "last year at this time we were....." game!! It is crazy that a whole year has gone by..... more like flown by!! We took Brody to the park to celebrate. I was happy that the weather was nice so that we could do this because he loves going to the play ground!! :)

(Get ready for picture overload!)

What a cute little guy........
There is a ramp at this park and Brody just loves going up and down it. Forget the playground equipment all he needs is this to be happy.

Taking a little breather........ playing is hard work!

Peek-a-boo! I just love this pic because we are playing one of his favorite games with him and as you can see he is having so much fun!

It's like he was thinking.... "thanks for taking me to the park, this was fun!"

Singing happy Birthday and eating food we have never eaten before! I did not want him to have a cake because I wanted to save that for his Birthday party, but you have to have some special treat on your birthday!! So we gave him a cookie and ice cream.

........ and he loved it!! When it was all gone (more like when we took him away from it) he pointed to the bowl and wanted more. hahah that is why we don't give him cookies and ice cream every day! :)

Yeah opening his presents. He got a big truck that has a ramp for three little cars to go down. When we were at Toys R Us he saw this toy and would not let go of it. So needless to say we knew it was going to be a hit.

He also got the Laugh and Learn House. This has all kinds of things for him to play with and should keep him busy for hours!!

Marmee and Pops came over and gave him his wagon. This is an awesome wagon and we can't wait to take him on a walk tomorrow in this thing! He is going to love it!

He had a great Birthday and I am sure is having sweet dreams right now about playing with his new toys tomorrow! :)