Modeling....

The Christmas outfits that Mommy made.

Appliqued Christmas tree tee (or part of)

My very first jon jon...I made it before the turkey one, but had this one appliqued by a professional. I would have to say it was worth it...I think it turned out cute and I could NEVER have sewn that one!

He's a pretty cute little model, if I do say so myself.

Snacking....

On his shoes.....and everything else that will fit in his mouth!

Eight

I am running short on time to get caught up (Christmas shopping, blog stalking , and work all keep me too busy!) so I'll make it short. My little man is EIGHT months old and getting more and more fun every day. Here are 8 quick things about 8-month old B man.

1. Crawls everywhere....especially where his is NOT supposed to go.
2. Is getting TWO bottom teeth. So cute, but not so fun.
3. LOVES puffs. I seriously think he would eat an entire can of them (if I would let him of course). They are a miracle invention.
4. Still will only eat mostly pureed food. He won't touch it if it is not a puff, cheese, yogurt, or a blended up fruit or veggie.
5. Randomly shakes his head "no". I don't know if he is saying "no" or just shaking his head.
6. Favorite toys: plastic kitchen bowls, Abby (or any animal), books, paper, jumperoo, and toybox (see number 8)
7. Is still not much of a snuggler...or a momma's baby. Still never has met a stranger and is usually good when we go places.  Sometimes I wish he would just let me rock him every once in a while!
8. Is funny to watch pull out each toy from his toybox, study every one of them, chew on it play with it, and then dig another out. Sometimes he just dumps out the whole thing. Either way, they ALL end up in the floor.

Girls Weekend

We decided at our reunion that we couldn't wait another 10 years to all get together so we decided on a girls night at Pickwick at Maggie's parents. We had some good food, exchanged some ornaments, played a game or two, and had a very good time! We are getting old...had the pj's on by 9! It was nice to be baby-free for the night....although I was SOOO happy to see him the next morning!

Christmas at Papoo's

There is just nothing like family. We spent a wonderful weekend with Papoo, Pojo, Page, and Max and had Christmas with Tammy, Alan, Ty, and Logan as well as Leon's Aunt Pam and Shirley (and their families). It was very laid back and we had some wonderful food (which was even better because I did not cook one thing!) The weather was perfect for playing outside (Imagine that, 75 degrees on Saturday and 19 degrees the following Monday...only in Mississippi!) so the kiddos had a blast. I took almost 150 pictures with my new camera (that I don't know how to operate just yet) so here are a few....

Pretty happy boy considering our arrival after midnight! He loves his Papoo!

 I almost made myself sick from these!

Like father, like daughter

 Opening his first Christmas present

 I LOVE this face....

And this face!

 Logan

 Checking out the cows with Papoo

 There are no words .....

 Ty and B man

Playing with the Singamajig...hilarious toy, I might add.

Sorry for the obnoxiuos amount of pictures...I really did cut out a whole bunch...I am loving the new camera!! We already can't wait to see everyone again!

Jake's baby shower

We had a baby shower at my house for my cousin Russ and his sweet wife Audrey. Everything went well and we can't wait to meet sweet Jake!

Audrey lot LOTS of good stuff, but I have to say that this was one of my favorites. It was Russ's dads books from when he was little. They had been passed down to Russ, and now to Little Jake. Money just can't buy stuff like that! She also got Russ's outfit he wore home from the hospital. So sweet!

 And, I have to include my sweetie (who slept through the whole shower and never made a peep)



WAY Behind...

This whole job thing, along with the craziness of the holidays, has me sooo busy that I haven't had time to blog. Maybe this week I will have a chance! I just had to post a quick update that since Thanksgiving, Bishop has started crawling, pulling up, and has TWO bottom teeth coming in. And, we are pretty sure he said "hey daddy" tonight.  He says "da da da duh da" all of the time, but tonight Leon said "Hey Bishop" and we both heard him reply "Hey daddy". Kid is a genious. AND, I ordered him his first "kids meal" at Newks today....cheese toast. He LOVED it. He had some grits this morning which he was a fan of also. He is growing up at lightening speed!  I guess pretty soon I'll be giving him the keys to the car!

Random pic from the weekend (and from my NEW camera...post to follow...eventually!)