9 MONTH CHECK UP!

I TOOK JAX THIS MORNING FOR HIS 9 MONTH VISIT AND BIG BOY IS DOING JUST GREAT. HE WEIGHED IN AT 18 LBS 13 OZS (25%) AND HE WAS 29 1/2 INCHES TALL (90%). HE IS DOING EVERYTHING AND MORE THAT HIS LITTLE SELF SHOULD BE DOING. HE WAS ALL OVER THE WAITING ROOM WALKING ALONG ALL THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT ONE TIME HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A FEW STEPS,BUT HE DIDN'T. I AM NOT READY FOR HIM TO WALK,BUT HAVE A FEELING IT WILL NOT BE LONG. HE LIKES TO KEEP UP WITH HIS BUBBAS TO MUCH. HE KNOW WHAT NO NO MEANS, BUT HE WILL JUST LOOK AT YOU AND SMILE AND GO RIGHT BACK TO WHAT HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. HE KNOWS HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO GET ON THE FIREPLACE AND SO WHEN HE STARTS THAT WAY HE WILL TURN AROUND AND SEE IF I AM LOOKING AND IF I AM HE JUST GRINS AND KEEPS ON GOING:)! HE IS A MESS AND I JUST LOVE HIM TO PIECES. HE WAS FEELING BAD THIS WEEKEND,BUT EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD TODAY. I THINK HE IS PROBABLY CUTTING ANOTHER TOOTH. HE HAD TO GET ONE SHOT AND THEN HE GOT HIS SECOND SWINE FLU SHOT. HE WAS VERY UPSET, BUT MOMMY MADE IT ALL BETTER!! IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HIS NEXT VISIT WILL BE HIS ONE YEAR VISIT:(!

THE BOYS STAYED HOME THIS MORNING WITH DADDY AND THEN JAX AND I WENT TO GET THEM FOR A FUN DAY AT THE GALLERIA!!! I BET YOU KNOW WHO WE WENT TO SEE.......SANTA! THEY LOVED HIM AND RAN RIGHT UP TO HIM AND TOLD HIM EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED:)! WE HAD A GREAT DAY AND I HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES AND WILL GET THEM ON HERE SOON, BUT FOR NOW I AM OFF TO BED:)!

WORKING FOR JESUS!!

LAST NIGHT WE WENT TO FEED THE HOMELESS IN BIRMINGHAM WITH THE CHURCH. I HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND KNEW I WANTED TO,BUT WAS SCARED AT FIRST ABOUT TAKING THE BOYS WITH ME. THE CHURCH WENT LAST MONTH AND MI MI AND PAW PAW ASSURED ME THEY WOULD BE JUST FINE. SO, I STARTED TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IT DURING THE WEEK AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED BY SUNDAY. WELL, SUNDAY CAME AND JAX WAS NOT FEELING GOOD AND I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST SKIP THIS MONTH AND GO NEXT MONTH. THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE. WHEN I TRIED TO TELL AUSTIN WE WOULD GO NEXT TIME AND HE COULD GO AND HELP MI MI BAG THE COOKIES FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN HE WAS MAD. HE WENT TO HELP HER AND SHE TRIED TO TELL HIM THAT SHE AND PAW PAW WOULD BE BACK LATER AND HE STARTED TEARING UP. HE WANTED TO TAKE THOSE COOKIES TO THE MEN AND WOMEN, SO WE ALL BUNDLED UP AND OFF WE WENT. I AM SO HAPPY WE WENT. IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING COULD MAKE ME MORE PROUD THAN TO SEE MY LITTLE BABY BOYS WORKING FOR JESUS. THEY SAT UP ON THE TABLE WITH THE COOKIES AND WHEN THE MEN AND WOMEN WOULD COME THROUGH THEY WOULD GIVE THEM THE COOKIE BAGS. THERE WERE ABOUT 150 OF THEM LAST NIGHT, WHICH IS LOW BECAUSE ALOT OF THEM TRY TO GET INTO THE SHELTERS RIGHT NOW WITH THE COLD WEATHER, BUT THOSE BOYS MADE SURE EVERYONE OF THEM HAD THEIR COOKIES AND WERE MAD WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO. AIDEN GOT IN THE CAR AND SAID, "MOMMY WE DID NOT GIVE THEM ANY LUNCH ABLES OR POP TARTS." IT REALLY DOES AMAZE ME AT HOW MUCH THOSE LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD MINDS CAN COMPREHEND. I KNOW THEY DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING,BUT THEY KNEW THEY WERE FEEDING THESE MEN AND WOMEN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY HOMES AND THAT THEY LIVED ON THE STREETS. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS GIVE TO OTHERS AND UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH JESUS HAS BLESSED THEM. MY HEART ACHES FOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN. I COULD NOT IMAGINE EVEN SLEEPING ONE NIGHT OUTSIDE IN THIS COLD WEATHER,MUCH LESS LIVING ON THE STREETS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I PRAY THEY WILL ALL FIND WARM PLACES, BUT MOST OF ALL I PRAY THEY WILL ALL FIND JESUS!!!

ps. this is the only picture i took bc i was busy watching them and did not want to upset any of the men or women,but i had to have at least one to show them one day.

MOVIE NIGHT!!

RJ HAS BEEN OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND WITH THE GUYS IN PENSACOLA WATCHING AUGIE RACE, SO IT HAS BEEN THE BOYS AND ME!! WE HAD MOVIE NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND WATCHED THE MUPPETS CHRISTMAS MOVIE. I PULLED THE COUCH BED OUT AND WE BAKED COOKIES AND ATE THEM IN THE BED:)! THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND I HAD FUN HANGING OUT WITH MY BABIES TOO!

WHERE IS MY BABY?

JAX IS SO BIG NOW AND DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BABY ANYMORE:(! HE IS SO FUNNY THESE DAYS AND HE WAS EATING APPLE SAUCE LAST NIGHT AND STARTED BEING SILLY. HE WAS SPITTING IT EVERYWHERE AND THEN HE WOULD GET SO TICKLED AT HIMSELF. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE BOYS TO MAKE THEIR WAY OVER AND THEN IT REALLY GOT FUNNY! THEY WOULD DO IT IT TO HIM AND HE WOULD DO IT BACK. I COULD SIT AND WATCH THEM ALL NIGHT!!!

JUST A NORMAL DAY:)!

DECORATING THE TREE!!

WE FINALLY COMPLETED THE TREE AND LETS JUST SAY, WE HAVE A TREE:)! NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM AND OUR HOUSE,BUT THE TREE LOOKS LIKE IT LOST A FEW BRANCHES ALONG THE WAY:)! IT HAS GAPS ALL IN IT, BUT IT IS UP AND THE BOYS THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME:)! THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN DECORATING IT AND I TRIED GETTING A PICTURE OF THEM ALL TOGETHER AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP PICTURE I DID NOT SUCCEED:)! THEY WERE TOO EXCITED TO SIT STILL FOR A PHOTO! MAYBE BEFORE CHRISTMAS IS OVER I WILL GET ONE GOOD ONE:)!

HE CAN WEAR PINK:)!

I THINK DADDY GRABBED THESE OUT OF THE WRONG SECTION, BUT THEY WORKED:)! I STARTED PUTTING JAXS JAMMIE'S ON AND REALIZED THEY HAD PINK AND POLKA DOTS ON THEM. I TOLD RJ AND HE SAID, OH WELL, THEY HAD SLIM PICKING. I THINK THEY MADE HIM LOOK EVEN CUTER THAN HE ALREADY HIS AND I AM PRETTY SURE HE WILL NOT LIKE THESE PHOTOS, BUT I CAN BLAME DADDY FOR THESE:)! AS YOU CAN SEE HE HAD A BALL MESSING WITH THE BOYS WHILE THEY DECORATED THE TREE AND HE WOULD PULL THE BALLS OFF JUST AS FAST AS THEY COULD GET THEM ON THEIR!!

CHRISTMAS TREE FARM!

WE WENT TO THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM ON OUR WAY HOME FROM AUBURN SATURDAY AND THE BOYS HAD A BLAST PICKING OUT THE TREE AND CUTTING IT DOWN WITH DADDY. AIDEN GOT UPSET BECAUSE HE THOUGHT EVERYONE GOT THEIR OWN TREE AND WANTED HIS OWN CHRISTMAS TREE. HE FINALLY CALMED DOWN AND THEY HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN DECORATING IT. HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE ALL FINISHED TONIGHT:)!

CUTTING IT DOWN AND DRAGGING IT OUT!

THEY LOVED HELPING DADDY CUTE THE TREE DOWN AND THEN AUSTIN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND STARTED DRAGGING IT OUT!

AND THIS IS WHY WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE TREE COMPLETED:)!!!!

WE DO HAVE IT UP AND THE LIGHTS ARE ON, THANKS TO MI MI. SHE KEPT JAX YESTERDAY WHILE I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND SHE PUT THE LIGHTS ON THE TREE FOR ME:)! DADDY WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING HOME THE ORNAMENTS FROM THE OFFICE(IN STORAGE), BUT HE FORGOT THEM. I CALLED HIM WHEN HE WAS COMING INTO CHELSEA TO MAKE SURE HE HAD THEM BECAUSE THE BOYS WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT DECORATING THE TREE. I TOLD HIM HE BETTER FIND THOSE BOYS SOME ORNAMENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE DECORATING A TREE. SO HE WENT TO WAL-MART AND BOUGHT AIDEN A BOX OF BLUE BALLS AND AUSTIN A BOX OF GREEN BALLS BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR FAVORITE COLORS:)! HE ALSO BOUGHT THEM ALL SOME CUTE FOOTED PJ'S TO DECORATE THE TREE IN:)! PICTURES TO COME SOON, JAX WAS LOOKING REALLY CUTE IN HIS:)! THEY WERE EXCITED AND HAD NO CLUE THAT DADDY FORGOT THE REAL ORNAMENTS. HOPEFULLY, TONIGHT WE CAN GET THE TREE DECORATED AND FINISHED, BUT FOR NOW THIS IS MY EXCUSE!! HOW CAN I DECORATE A TREE WITH THESE MONKEYS GOING CRAZY ALL DAY EVERYDAY:)! AS YOU CAN SEE JAX WAS RIGHT THEIR BEHIND HIM AND I AM SURE HE WILL BE CLIMBING LIKE A LITTLE MONKEY SOON ENOUGH. LIKE I SAID BEFORE IF YOU EVER NEED A CHEAP NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT JUST COME ON OVER:)!

WE GOT DADDY GOOD:)!

DADDY WAS SO NOT EXPECTING THE ELEPHANT TO SHOW UP AND HE DID NOT EVEN WANT HIS PICTURE MADE WITH THAT CUTIE! CANT YOU SEE HOW HAPPY HE WAS:)! JAX WAS SUCH A GOOD SPORT AND ALL THE BAMA FANS LOVED IT, I THINK I EVEN SAW SOME OF THOSE AUBURN FANS CHECKING HIM OUT TOO:)!

IRON BOWL!!

RJ AND I ENDED UP GOING TO THE GAME AND KELLY AND LANE WENT WITH US. I WAS HAPPY THAT I WOULD HAVE ANOTHER BAMA FAN ON MY SIDE:)! THE GAME WAS GREAT, BUT BY THE THIRD QUARTER IT WAS GETTING CHILLY AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY BABY BOYS. GI GI AND PAW PAW WATCHED THEM BACK AT THE RV AND I KNEW THE BOYS WOULD BE FINE,BUT JAXSON IS VERY CLINGY RIGHT NOW. HE IS A MOMMY'S BOY FOR SURE,BUT HE WAS JUST FINE. I THINK AS LONG AS I AM NOT AROUND HE IS FINE,BUT WHEN HE SEES ME HE CRIES FOR ME. I CANNOT STAND THE THOUGHT OF HIM BEING UPSET LIKE THAT, SO I HAD TO GO CHECK ON HIM. I KNEW GI GI WAS PROBABLY WORN OUT TOO AND I WANTED THEM TO SEE THE END OF THE GAME. IT WAS GREAT AND JAX PULLED THEM THROUGH IN HIS ELEPHANT SUIT:)!

FIRST HALF:)!

I TOLD ALL THE AUBURN MEN I WOULD TAKE THEIR PICTURE ALL HAPPY BECAUSE IT WOULD LAST LONGER FOR THEM. I KNEW ALABAMA WAS JUST PLAYING WITH THEM AND WOULD COME TO LIFE SOON ENOUGH:)!!

THANKSGIVING IN AUBURN!!

THE BOYS HAD FUN PLAYING WITH GRIFFIN AND MADISON AND JAXSON WANTED TO FOLLOW THEM AROUND SO BAD. HE TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH THEM, BUT I KNOW NEXT YEAR HE WILL BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE WILD KIDDOS! IT GOT COLD WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN, SO THANKS TO GI GI AND PAW PAW ALL THE KIDS HAD THEIR WARM COVER-ALLS TO WEAR!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING AND ENJOYED THE IRON BOWL AS MUCH AS ME AND JAX DID:)! WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND IN AUBURN AND EXPERIENCED OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING TAILGATING. THANKS TO GI GI SHE HAD ALL THE THANKSGIVING FOOD PREPARED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO ENJOY. I HAVE TO SAY I MISSED MY FAMILY THIS YEAR. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY 29 YEARS OF LIFE I DID NOT SEE ANY OF THEM. IT WAS FUN AND THE BOYS HAD A BALL WITH GRIFFIN AND MADISON ALL WEEKEND. THEY ARE WORN OUT AND SO AM I, SO I WILL FINISH UPDATING TOMORROW:)! JUST HAD TO SHOW OFF MY LITTLE CUTIE READY FOR HIS FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY AND BELIEVE ME HE ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE BITE OF HIS FIRST THANKSGIVING MEAL:)!