Allie's soccer pics

Team Nugget.



It looks like this will be Allie's first and last year to play soccer. I thought she might need a few warm up games before getting comfortable on the soccer field. But, she has been the team walker in every game. She just walks around and when the balls gets close to her, she puts up her arms shielding her body from any possible contact with anyone. Only one game left until the end of the season.

Getting better

This was the pitiful and sickly Gabe that Stephen and I had been dealing with this weekend...




Then this is Gabe today! I am happy to report both kids are well and over their funk. Gabe is still fighting a cold, but has not had a fever in 2 days. Allie has been fever free for 1 day, so I sent her back to school this morning.

It feels good to be back to our routine again.

Here we go again

My plan was to have some cute Halloween pictures to post of the kids trick or treating. My plan crumbled to pieces Thursday morning when Gabe woke up with a fever. If there is a virus going around, we'll get it!

For the past 3 days Gabe has spent the majority of the day laying on my shoulder. He has just been pitiful...constant crying, NO NAPS FOR 3 DAYS, ear infection, fever, crazy runny nose, etc.

Then Allie woke up Saturday morning with a fever. She has tolerated the virus much better than Gabe...and is doing okay, but still has a fever. Gabe has finally turned the corner today, no fever, no laying on mommy/daddy's shoulder, and he took a 4 hour nap!

We hope to be out and about again VERY soon!

Trunk or Treat

Tonight was our church's annual trunk or treat. Here are our little munchkins all ready to go dressed in their Halloween costumes.

It took about 20 pics like this one before I got the above shot of both of them looking somewhat towards the camera.

And here we have super dad helping out his little superman.

Allie loved everything about trunk or treat. Candy, games, and she got to see a bunch of her buds from church. This is Lauren. Allie loves her some "rawllin" (she can't say Lauren).

This is silly Grayson showing off his stash.

Love this little guy! He invited Allie over to his house to play Friday...we're looking forward to it Grayson.

Gabe, surprisingly, was all about trunk or treat too once he realized free candy was involved. He would squeal and walk right up and grab a handful of candy and drop it in his pumpkin.

Allie loved the little games set up and had no hesitation in participating. She is getting so big!

We decided to let the kids dive into their candy. I believe Gabe's final count was: 2 packages of twizzlers, 2 pieces of chocolate, and 4 suckers.

What a better way to end the night after letting your kids overdose on sugar!

We were here, at a standstill, for an hour. (Notice the lady asking me if I can see anything...I was hanging out the sunroof).

To add to the mess, our friends (Grayson and his parents) were 3 cars behind us when their car overheated. So, we then went from this traffic to the median of I-85 picking up extra passengers.

Last week

I'm a little behind getting these pics up from last week....the kids and I spent the weekend in Al with my folks. We had a great time and appreciate you guys taking such good care of us while we were there.



This little girl had the privilege of spending the week all by herself with Pop and Maw-maw. She is still asking to sleep in our bed at nights....and to eat meals in the den....and unbuckle her carseat when we pull in the neighborhood, etc. Thanks guys!


It's always good seeing Uncle Benny. Allie talked him into coloring and a game of chase around the backyard. Funny how kids are so persuasive. Thanks for playing with her Ben! It means so much to her.



We had lots of family time. This is my Aunt Joyce playing dominios with the kids.



And we got to spend time with old friends. This is Alyssa, an absolute sweetheart. We enjoyed spending time with her and her mommy and daddy while in town this trip....and hope to see you all again real soon!


As for Gabe, he just hung out doing his own thing. This is him playing in the bubles one chilly afternoon.


A trip home is not complete without a trip to feed the ducks. Mom and dad are always so good to take Allie to do special things like this. We love you guys....see you in a few weeks.

Allie's new haircut

Here is a look at Allie's new haircut. Love the short do on her!

On a completely different note. I just have to share this story with you. This is a conversation my grandma Dot had with mom:

Grandma: The lady that manages the apt. complex got a new car.
Mom: What did she get?
Grandma: Oh, one of those SOBs.
Mom: I think you mean, SUV.

Miss Addy

Once upon a time....we lived in Nashville, very close to this precious Miss Addy. Miles close. Unfortunately, Addy and Allie were too young to appreciate each other.



Well, times have changed! We spent the evening at Juju's house tonight eating chili and watching football. The girls had a blast today hanging out and playing together.



We even managed to squeeze in a mini photoshoot in the freezing cold weather.



It's amazing what can be accomplished in 5 mintues. Addy was so cooperative...as was Allie. I had to push her out of shots!



In Addy's words, "I want to spend the night at her house, I like her".



We like you too Addy (and your parents), and we hope to get to do this again real soon! Until next time...and maybe, just maybe, we'll let you girls have a sleep over....at JuJu's of course!