Friday, November 13, 2009

Just call him Snaggletooth!

That's right we have our FIRST TOOTH- Chatham won't let me take a picture of it- every time I open his mouth he sticks out his tongue so I can't see a thing- but it's there; and it's sharp.

So I thought I'd google babies first tooth and see what cute stuff I could post on here- SERIOUSLY- this is all I got!!!

or a bunch of tooth diagrams that look like something that would line the hallway's of Dr. Spencer's (that's my dentist) office.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Better Late then Never

So Halloween was A LOT of fun this year- here are some of the pumpkin painting/carving pictures...
Here are the daddy's with their babies at the Barry's Christmas party!


The Cook's


and last but not least....US.... We sadly didn't match this year- it was a bit of a last minute search for a costume. I ended up as Olive Oyl (and wanted Devin to be Pop Eye) he opted to match Chatham and go as a lion tamer.
We'll try harder next year!




Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Prayers Needed

I don't have much to write about today-
Chatham flipped himself over from sitting up down to laying on his tummy; and then proceeded to log roll ALL OVER the living room.
But I just can't bring myself to brag too much about his accomplishments when I need to use every available moment to pray today.

A blog that I dearly love to read written by MckMama, needs all the love, prayer, and support they can get. Stellan, their youngest son is in Boston in the CICU and things are a little rocky right now. There is a Praying for Stellan button on the right side of my blog if you'd like to know more about Stellan's condition and/or what is the current status.

While we're praying for babies hearts, I have another request a high school friend, Lyndsi, has a little boy Luke- if you're from my town you've probably seen ALL the HUNDREDS of TEAM LUKE shirts around- but Little Luke had a heart transplant on Halloween Night and is doing VERY well. His chest has been closed and they are weening him off the sedation meds. His mama and daddy got to see his sparkling little eyes the other day for the first time in weeks!!!!

Both families are in Boston in the same hospital- so lets all take a moment and channel our prayers toward Boston and particularly toward little Stellan and little Lukes hearts and family!!!!

Monday, November 9, 2009

I've got the Joy Joy Joy Joy

I went to an EOP conference for work and one of the ladies speaking, spoke about JOY! She is a middle or high school drama teacher and really spoike my language, 'crazy'! She was SO energetic and just bounced from one topic to the next and back again in a single breath.



She told this story about her kids in class and when she noticed their eyes starting to glaze over or someones mind beginning to wonder she would stop what she's doing and MOO! and they class would pay attention agian.

Then if people were talking to each other, or doodling on their papers and not listening to her she'd stop and BAA!

I don't know why I found this so humorous, but I must say I tried it with Chatham the other day- no not to get him to listen, he's a bit young for that. But to take a picture. I needed him to look at the camera and all of my usually songs and dances just weren't working so I began to moon, and baa, and cluck- and check this out......

IT WORKED!!!!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Christmas Songs 24/7

So we are home from Winston-Salem; after a LONG night with Devin's coworkers. It was SO much fun, but a VERY late night. The auction was fun as always and we got a TON of stuff- if fact about 60% of my Christmas shopping got done there, and that put me in the Christmas spirit, so when we got home yesterday I decided to go knock out some more of it. I now only have to find gifts for my sister and brother-in-law and I'm COMPLETELY done. On the way home I'm flipping through the radio stations and found a station playing Christmas tunes ALL DAY LONG- REALLY?!?!?! I thought. I am SO in the Christmas spirit and REALLY excited that Christmas is getting closer but it's not HERE, not even I am ready for this yet.

On the upside, Devin got a Kitchenaid food Processor at the auction this weekend- and he is ready to make ANYTHING I come up with. So this weekend he made homemade cheesecake- and I have a whole list of what we'll be bringing to Christmas dinner this year!!!!

Unfortunately I forgot the camera at home, so there are no pictures to share of the auction, but Chatham is quickly mastering the art of holding his own sippy cup and MANY pictures of that are coming shortly!!!