Thanksgiving and Iron Bowl

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and ate entirely too much!!  We enjoyed time with family and time together.

 The kids table.. no matter how old we get, we will always save seats for each other to all sit at the same table!

John Will decided to hold a plank for a while after all his feasting on Thanksgiving!!  This little man is wanting to scoot around so badly!!

 When we came back to Tuscaloosa we left John William in Fort Deposit with Mrs. Sharon and Mr. Ronnie because Brett and I were going to the game and it was forecasted to be a very cold and windy day so John William didn't really need to go to the tail gate this week.  We are very blessed to have Mr. Ronnie and Mrs. Sharon who are crazy about our little one and are ALWAYS willing to help us out any time we need it!  We never worry when John William is with his grandparents and that is such a blessing!  If only John William's other grandparents lived closer!!

Brett and I have tail gated for just about every home game for the past 9 years, and we really enjoy it.  We love spending time with our friends, eating great food, and getting ready for the Tide to play!  A lot of work goes in to these tailgates and we appreciate all those that help out.  I may say that I don't like it because I sometimes loose my husband during tailgate time, but I really do enjoy it, and I know he loves doing it so much.  This past weeks tailgate was great, and having the fire pit really helped out!  It was a great season, and we'll look forward to next year!

Usually during the Iron Bowl weekend Brett and I run into many old friends from High School, but sadly this year, many of them didn't make the trip.  We still managed to have a great time.  And in case you didn't hear... Alabama 49... Auburn ZERO!!!!!  RTR!!

 We had a great time with Skelton's!!

 even despite the cold!

But we were ever so glad to get our hands back on our sweet little man, and we are now counting down to Christmas!!

Happy Fall

2 posts in one day, what!?!  I have to do it when I'm thinking about it... and have time :-)

Happy Fall Y'all!!!

I am so thankful for my wonderful family of 3.  A wonderful loving husband that provides for us and leads us.  A perfect 7 month old baby boy that has his parents smitten over him.  A beautiful home surrounded by many we love.  An amazing extended family that will do anything for us.  An awesome God that has given us all of these blessings and so much more!!

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving with family and friends in Fort Deposit.  This little man may not enjoy turkey but he definitely loves sweet potatoes and I'm sure he'll get his fill this weekend.

We hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving!!

Halloween Part 2

Why yes, it is almost a month since Halloween, but I finally dumped pictures off my camera onto my computer, and remembered I had taken several shots at our "halloween thing".  I'm so bad at just taking pictures with my phone and uploading them, that I forget about the ones I take with my good camera!

Every year our neighborhood does a "Halloween Thing"- think fall festival with all your neighbors, games, face painting, candy, FUN!  It's lots of fun, and a huge hit.  It was rather cool on this day and really windy, so our little Sweet Pea had to sit this one out at home with is Daddy because he was just getting over his first ear infection (which cleared up fine, and we've had no problems since!)  So here are some shots for the 2012 Halloween Thing...

Fun and games!

Bean Bag Toss

a little live music

More game fun!

A little nail polish action

Captain America even showed up! 

3 of the Gillis clan

the Smiths having some pin pong fun

the gang's all here!!

The Davis'!

A fun time was had by all!! If you're in the area next Halloween, come join us!!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Mary David!

2 weeks ago we made the journey to Fort Deposit to celebrate Brett's Grandmother's birthday.  It has been a while since the 3 of us made the trip and stayed over night, so we were in need of some family time.

The scenery on the drive was awesome.  I love this time of year!  The air is crisp, the leaves are changing, Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner- it really is the best!!

The driver wouldn't stop so I could take a picture, so this was as good as it got, which didn't do the beautiful shades of golds and reds justice!

Mrs. Mary David with all her grandchildren, and great grand!

cousin Candace sure made this little man smile!

John William is very into books (and really being observant about everything) and loves this time with his grandma!!

and the best seat in the house is on Pops' lap in the bug comfy chair!

Mrs. Mary David needed a little help opening presents!

Christmas should be so much fun!!

We had a great weekend with some of our favorite people with lots of yummy food, celebrating the life of someone we all love!!  Happy 79th Mrs. Mary David, we love you!!

Halloween 2012

Our first halloween as a family of 3 was a Boo-tiful one (just for you Timmy D!)  We had fun dressing up and enjoying time with friends!!  We look forward to when our little man gets bigger and can trick-or-treat with the big guys (and his daddy!)

He enjoyed his Monster Pajamas- and pretending to be Superman ;-)

For our annual Crossfit Tuscaloosa Halloween party we were Olive Oil, Sweet Pea, and Popeye

My 2 main men!

Happy Halloween!  Love this little face!  He's all about sitting up on his own these days, and not leaning in the corner anymore!

and no Halloween would be complete without a trip to the Breedlove's for some of the best soups of the year!  This was the "ladies" shot!

Over the River and Through the Woods...

To grandmothers house we go!  Last weekend our little family of 3 decided to make the journey down south to visit my family in Orlando.  John William hadn't met many of Floridian family members, and we thought it was time!  John William was a trooper in the car, becuase it is quite a hike from Tuscaloosa to Orlando, especially for a 6 month old.  We did end up having to stop both ways over night, the little guy had just had enough, and 8 hours was about all he could handle at a time, and we learned that he didn't like traveling at night!  He, like his mommy, wants to be in a bed at bedtime and nowhere else!  We also learned this mommy is pro at going from front seat to back seat en route!

A little Baby Einstein was watched

His Grandale was very excited to meet the little man!

They quickly became good buddy's!

He wore his Blue shirt just for his Grandaddy Mel, he surely wouldn't do that for just anyone!!

Check out that handsome man!

We all enjoyed a wonderful fresh shrimp and fish meal from my dad and Robin!

Miss Robin was the sweetest!

Grandale found a really cool truck for me to play with while we were there!

Granny Annie and I go waayyy back ;)

we enjoyed our stay at Grandale and Granny Annie's house!

His favorite thing to do with Grandale was to sit outside and look for the squirrels!

checking out LOTS of new people at Great Aunt Melony's house!

4 Generations!  My dad's mom, dad, me and John William!

that trip wore us all out!

We really had a great time, it was just too short!!  Thanks to everyone that visited with us and working around a short time line!!  It's always so good to be with friends and family!  Now... it's time for all those Floridians to make a trip to Alabama!!

Roll Tide Roll

A little late on this post, but wanted to make sure I got some of these pictures on here for when I print this blog out at the end of the year.  One of our favorite things to do in the Fall is to tailgate.  We've been doing it ever since we moved to Tuscaloosa (umm- almost 10 years ago- crazy!!) and we've only advanced it through the years!!  We have a great group of friends that we tailgate with, and if you're ever in the area you should stop on by!!  We love our tailgate spot, we are just off the quad and have lots of space.  We aren't right no top of anyone and there is plenty of room for the kids to throw the football and run around.  We have a nice space for our tents and can spread out.  We're sad that we won't be able to stay at 'our spot' after next year due to the expansion of sorority houses, but we will enjoy the rest of our time there.  John William has made it to 2 tailgates this year, and I look forward to the years to come of him enjoying this time like we do.  Here are a few pictures of our last tailgate from the Alabama vs. Ole Miss game....

ok, this was actually from the first game!  John William wasn't feeling a picture

my fav men!

Roll Tide Roll!