Thursday, January 13, 2011

December Fun Days!

Sweet boy sleeping!

They were "building me a house."


Then I look up and see Avery having a deep, thoughtful moment.
Alex's basketball game.



Our sweet neighbors, the Pugh's, brought Alex and Avery over their Christmas presents. Alex got a book that plays "Cd's" and Avery got a little purse. I am so thankful we have such good neighbors! The Pugh's on one side and the Gable's on the other-they are so good to us!

Christmas Eve morning with Chase-they love riding on the cookie cart through the hospital.

The day we went to see Santa at the mall.

Alex, Caden, Jack, Avery, and Larkin.

Enjoying their cookies before one last train ride.

In her Christmas dress from Mimi and Granddan.

Mom gave me space ice cream in my stocking...I love it and so did Alex!



Boxing on the wii with Papa. He loves reminding Papa how he "beat him up."

Christmas morning...Avery is playing her Disney princess keyboard.



She had to color immediately after she found crayons in her stocking.

Jones' family Christmas visit

I got to see Melanie and her family over Christmas because they came to Tuscaloosa to spend a week with Daniel's family. AWESOME! Alex, Isaac, and Daisy met when Alex and I flew to see them when Alex was 9 months old (Avery and Colbie hadn't been thought of yet:)), so the kids didn't really know each other. I was so excited to get to see them and for the kids to meet and play.

Isaac and Alex riding razors.

Avery and Colbie.
Daisy took my camera and started taking all kinds of crazy pictures!

I thought this was so cute of Daisy and her cousin, John David.
We went riding on the golf cart and it was cold. Avery wouldn't take her hands out of her pockets.

Mom, Isaac loves the Tennessee teacakes!



As soon as we got there Alex pulled out his new game "Pop the Pig." They played it a ton and had a lot of fun! BTW, Melanie, we found the green hamburger, it had been stuffed into the pigs cheek instead of down his throat-haha!


Christmas in Nashville!

Christmas afternoon we headed up to Nashville. We were trying to beat the ice and snow and we almost did, ALMOST. About 60 miles out of Nashville we slid a little and then started seeing others sliding and cars in the ditch and cops pulled over helping cars just a mile from another cop stopped helping someone. It was getting a little scary! BUT slowly we drove and finally, we made it safely.

Sunday we all got together for lunch and opened our presents and then that night my aunts, Tammy and Linda, cousin, David, and friend, Wanda came over for dinner and more presents.

Avery thought she had to help Tristan and stood close by as he opened his presents.

Mimi made her, all the grandmothers, and me this t-shirt.
Her first My little pony. I thought she would love it...John says it's mostly for me.:)





Tristan got a cool Vandy shirt from Dar Dar and Grandaddy.

And Alex got a cool Vandy jersey! He wears it more often than I thought he would. He asked me one morning, when he had his jersey on, who I was for Vandy or Alabama. I told him Alabama. Then he said he was on Vandy's team but Alabama had an Alex, too. I told him whatever team HE was on I was cheering for!



Playing his explorer...he loves it! The NFL game is math so when he plays it every few seconds he asks a question like this, "what is six plus one equals momma?" I'll say seven and then he yells there is no seven! So then I say five. We really gotta figure out the subtraction sign.


Tea on the stairs.

Aunt Tammy, Dad, and Aunt Linda.

Mom was doing her nails and Avery wanted it done to hers too!

David, me, and Russell. David works in LA doing special effects for movies. He worked on Avatar and he's working on Gulliver's travels. There are more but these are the big ones I can think of-how cool is that? So proud of him!


She did share with him some...even though this is his toy and she looks like she is standing guard over it.


Tristan wanted to get a little too close to the football players and Alex had to put up a blockade.