Sweet Katybug

Today when we picked Katybug up after church she was in the middle of snack time. The instant she saw us you could see the panic set in. She quickly shoved the animal cracker she had in her hand into her mouth. She then grabbed an animal cracker with each hand and came toward the door as fast as her little fat legs would carry her. She was a baby on a mission. It was just so funny!! She had everybody laughing at her, even Rachel and Luke. What a sweet little baby we have!

On a different note, yesterday we found Kate standing in the middle of the dining room table. That is something else her brother and sister never did.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend Chris's Mom, brother, sister, and their families came to visit. It was so much FUN!! We had three days full of eating, shopping, playing with the babies, playing with Uncle Aaron's Wii (video game), and just hanging out. We missed Granny and Pop Pop and Uncle David very much!! Maybe they will join us next year. Here are some pictures from our fun weekend:

Thanksgiving

This year we had Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house. It was my parents, Grandma, Aunt Lorita, Aunt Joy and Uncle Keith, Dena, me and the kids. We had turkey with all the trimmings. It was wonderful! My mom makes the best sweet potatoes! After we ate it was about time to watch the Cowboys play football. We stayed for part of the game then went to Steve and Nancy's house. A lot of Nancy's family was in town visiting for Thanksgiving. It was nice to visit with everybody, and the kids got to play with their cousins.

Memaw and Kate letting their dinner settle on the back porch...


Kate is showing us her tummy is full.

My parent's back yard was over run with dogs. There were six of them. Dixie felt like she was being mistreated being put in a pin with dogs.

Cecil and his guitar were the highlight of the kid's Thanksgiving. Luke said that the singing was his favorite part of the day. Cecil took requests and played and sang as long as the kids wanted to. Oh what fun Uncle Cecil is!!
What is singing without dancing? Lucky for Luke his cousin Tenley likes to dance too! Aren't they CUTE?!?!
Kate and Miller playing.

Rachel, Luke, Cooper, and Emily

Here is a video of Cecil playing the guitar for the kids.

Rachel Gets Braces

Rachel got her braces this morning. She looks real cute, and she said it did not hurt a bit! I am not sure about a seven year old with braces, but we will see how it works out. She had to get them to fix a cross bite. She will have to wear them for about a year.

She also got a free t-shirt and a list of her favorite foods she can't eat for a year. I thought the shirt was pretty funny.

Kate's Walkin' the Dog

Kate discovered a new toy today. Well she has actually had this puppy for about a year, but today she figured out what you are really supposed to do with it. I thought it was cute and wanted to share!

Kitchen Solution

After months of Baby Kate reeking havoc on my kitchen drawers and cabinets I invested in a couple of baby gates. She is the third child, and we have never saw a need for a baby gate. The gates are working a little better than I imagined they would. They keep ALL the kids and pets out of the kitchen. They still stand at the gate and beg to be let in, but I can just smile and say "I'll be done in a minute! " This may seem mean to some of you, but she has recently discovered we keep lots of "snacks" in the garbage under the sink, GROSS!!!

I wonder how long it will take for her to chew her way thru! She is already trying to climb it.

Startin' Early

Well the sick season is starting early this year. After the winter we had last year I have been praying it would skip us this year. Tuesday I took Kate to the doctor because she had been very fussy and running a low grade temperature for several days, and Monday she was really poking at her right ear. Sure enough she had an infection in her right ear. Well, Thursday Luke came home with a headache. I thought it was strange for him to have a headache, so I gave him some ibuprofen and hoped all was well. About 2am Friday morning he woke up crying that his head was hurting and he was thirsty. I gave his some more pain reliever and tried to go back to sleep, but he moaned all night. We took him to the doctor yesterday. He has strep throat (with not one complaint that his throat hurt). Daddy was with us and chose the shot as treatment. So Lukie got a shot. He handled it VERY well. We were proud of him! We drove him directly to get a Slurpee after leaving the doctor's office. He felt bad all day yesterday, but woke up feeling pretty good this morning. Don't worry if you had plans to be with us this Thanksgiving. He is not contagious any more!




My sick babies. I hope Rachel is not next!