Oldies vs. Goldies

Last weekend Brett and I made the trip to Greenville to play a fundraiser alumni basketball game at our High School, Fort Dale Academy.  We both loved FDA and enjoyed our time there thoroughly.  It's hard to believe this May will be 10 years since I graduated.  Crazy.  We were excited to go back and see some old friends, and their children!  It has been many years since we have seen some of them, and it was great to hug their necks!  

back on the hard wood together

Marcey and I.  She and I were pretty much inseparable throughout most of high school.  I miss this friend!

Lacey, the big sister I never had!

John William enjoyed watching us play too!

some of us former Eagles with out babies!

Coach Mantooth and his only 2 senior girls of 2003

the "Goldie" girls team

I'm proud to say we Goldies beat the Oldies, by only 3 points, but a W is a W!  I'm also proud to say that I was able to move the next day, that was something I was concerned of!  This was a really fun event that we will look forward to playing every year- until of course I make the change to the oldies team in 2 years ;)

February 2013

February brought this face..

every time we would sit at the table and John William finished a bite of food he would make this face (among many others) it cracked Brett and I up every time!  Luckily I got it on camera, and just in time for a Valentine's day kiss!!

Mr. Independent likes to grab his own bowl of food.  Turn your head for one minute, and strawberries will be everywhere!  

Brett Coached his Para team again, this year they were the ICE.  

my wonderful dates to Chuy's!

this year Brett's team made it to the Championship game.. and WON!!  Brett has been coaching some of these boys for 4 years!!  This was a great accomplishment, and we are so proud of these boys! Go ICE!

yes, he did.  A Krispy Kreme hamburger.   Everyone was doing it.  Said it was great.  I just said no.

Happy  Valentine's day!

look at those teeth!!  6 of them as of now!

Brett and I joined the Swann's for "Ignite your Marriage" conference.  We had a great time hanging out with some great couples, and getting a nice refresher from the word!

Ear infection- week one.  This particular ear infection is going on week 3 now.  He gets pitiful when his fever is up, but once it's back down, our all smiles boy comes right back!!

January 2013

We had a wonderful first Christmas and are now ready to start a new year!

New Year's Eve was spent at home with our neighbors this year...  I think it only took us 27 tries to get that picture ;)  And yes, I'm the 3- and yes, it was hard! ha!  The beautiful think about living next to all your friends is being able to spend nights hanging out, and not having to go anywhere!  Or get a sitter!  We love our handy video monitor that allows us to see and hear John William while next door (while he's asleep and doors are locked of course!!)

Right before Christmas John William was wanting to crawl and scoot around SO BADLY!  He had the scoot and the army man maneuver, but he wasn't quite crawling, well about 3 days after Christmas he got it, and hasn't looked back since!  He's crawling and pulling up on everything, and loving every minute of it!

In late January our church, University Church of Christ, had it's baby dedication Sunday.  We were blessed to have prayers over our little family and sweet John William.

the many laughing faces of our boy.  Once you find his tickle spot, you will own him!

he's getting so big, and loving bath time!

We enjoyed watching The Tide Roll to #15

We had a little snow, and enjoyed a snow day at Preschool!

Brett had to do some traveling for work, and we were very glad when he was able to be home for dinner with us this month!

John William got his first pair of shoes

This little contraption is a net bag that holds food (banana in this particular case) in it and allows him to gum it without getting large chunks he may choke on.  He loved it... until I stopped holding it for him.  Stinker!

This rocking chair showed up at GG's house.  We're not sure where it came from, but we are enjoying it!

John Willliam is all over the purple room!  He likes to keep Jennifer & Jenn-Jenn on their toes!

Brett is playing church league basketball and John William and I were able to go to a couple games that weren't too late.  I love watching Brett play basketball, and always have.  It was very nice to see him in action!

Pops even came up for a game!

Mmmm, cookies!

We have had a great start to 2013, and are looking forward to the months to come!!

Week 23... nothing but glee!

We are chugging right along!

and yes, there is a bump!!

at week 23 'Baby P' is the size of a large Mango weighing in a little over a pound and almost 12 inches long head to toe!

Baby P:  Yep, that means we still don't have an official name for our little guy!!  We are trying to figure this out, but not dwelling on it-  we know that it will come to us, and when we know- we'll know!!  And I'm ready to know :)  I had a doctors appointment last Friday (22 wks) and everything looked great, well sounded great!  I love, love, love hearing his heart beating!!  Such a beautiful noise!!  It's amazing how much I love this little guy and I don't even know him yet.  Such a humble reminder of how our God loves us, all of us, whether we know Him or not, he knows the depths of our hearts and loves us the same.  Brett and I long for our child to be a follower of Christ and as our family grows, we all grow closer and closer to our amazing God!

Movement:  I feel him pretty much all the time... and I LOVE IT!  People tell me that soon enough I will not enjoy these little kicks and punches as they will get harder and harder... but I can't help but grin every time I feel it!  Brett has felt him move now as well, he felt 2 little punches looked at me and smiled, that's it, that's our son, and smiled some more-- it was a very sweet moment.  His favorite time to move is after I eat, and when I finally 'take my place' on the couch at the end of the day and sit still.

Cravings:  Still pretty much anything that sounds good at the time :) it's very random.. sometimes I'll really want this salad from Walton's, and then there's always the golden arches calling me for some french fries!!  This week I've had a strong desire for blue Gatorade/G2.. who knows!!

Next Appointment:  In 3 weeks I go back and will be having my gestational diabetes test done. apparently during this appointment I'll have plenty of time to think about a name :)  I'm pretty sure this appointment will be fine and I'll pass this test.  I say this because I get my blood checked every 4-6 weeks anyway with my hematologist and surely he'd know if something was off.. and if for some reason something is off, we'll go from there!  I also go to the hematologist this week for my normal check up-- this is to check my platelets and iron (something I've been doing for the past 2 years anyway, just am going more often now) I'll post more on this after the appointment.  Everything in this area has been going great so far, PTL!

Happenings in our life:
Brett is coaching his basketball team again (3rd or 4th year with these guys) and it's so much fun!!  We've spent alot of time with these guys over the last many years between football, basketball, and baseball.  I love watching Brett coach these boys and spend time with them, it brings me joy.  I can't wait for Brett to coach our own little man-- although, I know he has no intentions of leaving this group of boys any time soon!!

defense wins championships

 drawing on the white board

 a little one on one

 :)

 good luck charms

Oh, and we had a special friend come visit us...

just in time for the big game :)  And what a game it was!!  We stayed up way past our work night bed time, but it was so worth it!!  We are both proud to be Alums of such a great University!!  Roll Tide Roll!!!

Looking forward to Katie and Braxton coming to visit this weekend!!!  If you haven't yet, check out what she, her mom, and Grandmother have been up to!!  On facebook look for "The Three Peas in a Pod".  Some of the sweetest things I've seen!!  More on that and pics in the next post!!!