Christmas in Alabama

Hello friends!
It's a little late(whoops almost February) but better late than never....but we went to Alabama to spend after Christmas with our family. It was a really nice time and Anderson was LOVING getting all the presents. Every house we would visit, he would ask them(despite our pleas for him not to) "do you have a present for me"? Ahhhhh....oh well, he's 4 right?

On the 13.5 hour trip to Alabama we have to do lots of entertaining. Reading books, listening to music, movies and making silly faces, taking pictures and then laughing at them. :)

 We spent our first after Christmas with Gami and Pappy, Adam's parents. Haha...Anderson is still making silly faces, he even got Gami into the spirit of things.

 Anderson got Furby and has been enchanted since. His batteries ran out and I'm still trying to "find" just the right ones ;)

 Next, we went to my Mom's house and spent Christmas over there. This is Sydney, Bob's granddaughter and mom swinging her.

 Seriously, I know I've said it before, but I love my mom's and Bob's house. It's my childhood home, but it's just very tranquil to me. Anderson loves her garden and always finds excuses to get outside in her yard. Can you see Woodrow in the background, he and Gussie love it so much too. Oh the wonderful smells the chipmunks in her yard!

 Sydney picking broccoli from Nunna's garden.

 Anderson's favorite, Nunna's cumquat tree. He loves to pick these, but does not like the taste of them...go figure.

 Me, Mom, and Anderson.

 Aaden, Anderson's cousin came over to play and hang out with us some. They love each other.

 Kelly and me

 Mom, Adam and I took Anderson and Sydney to good ole' Adventure Land and they had such a great time.

 We went to my Daddy's house for Christmas. These are Anderson's cousins Elizabeth and James. They were doing Anderson's impersonation of a reindeer, but he forgot to do it.

 My sister, Jana and me-love her and wished we lived closer!

 Anderson and my Daddy, Poppy.

 He loves Poppy!

 Mimi, not sure what was going on... ;)

 I have to end with these: smile on a stick and grump on a stick. We thought they were so funny!!

 On the way back to Texas. We stopped at the rest stop in Mississippi, this is the mighty Mississippi River. Pretty cool, huh.

We had the best time in Alabama, see you all soon!

Papa

January 9, 2013 my Papa passed into Heaven and gets to spend eternity with God and "Mama"(my grandmother) his wife of 61 years. He was born July 9, 1918 in Graceville to Richard Clarence and Emma Williams Ivey. He retired from the Army as a 1st Sargent.That is all for my memory in years to come.

To me Papa was loving, good and a very kind man. He "put up" with my grandmother who was the love of his life and a lot like me. He would take me to the coffee shop in Graceville and buy me ring pops and cherry cokes for a nickel. He would take me to the bank and show me off to the ladies who worked there. He built me a swing in the biggest pecan tree in his yard. He would always drink his "medicine"(which was beer) every day around 3 p.m. and for years, I truly thought it was his medicine. ;) He would tell me that I could sing so good that I sounded like Whitney Houston when I was 6. He always wore chapstick with the black label on it. I wear it daily and when I smell it, I think of him. He would always tell me to "be ticular now"(particular) when meeting people and don't trust everyone you meet.

Going to miss him so much. Thank you Pop for the wonderful childhood memories. See you later and "be ticular"!

Surgery

 

Could you please say a little prayer tonight for Anderson? He is having 4 of his teeth crowned tomorrow and has to have general anesthesia. Ugh...I'm nervous. Thank you!

Christmas 2012

Hello friends! We had a nice Christmas at home in Texas. It snowed Christmas Day night and that was beautiful! Poor Anderson was sick with RSV and an ear infection and couldn't go out into the snow and really didn't feel like it either. We did get to go with our friends to IHOP for Christmas Day lunch and then to see "Monsters Inc".

Thankfully, Anderson felt good Christmas morning when he woke up. He was so excited to see what Santa had brought him for Christmas! He kept saying " I hope I'm on the good list" haha!!

The dune buggy has been in our living room since Christmas morning and A keeps driving it forwards and backwards...he's gonna wear a hole in the carpet!

Mom in Texas

Hello friends!

Mom came to visit two weeks ago and we had ball! Anderson loves when Nunna comes! I still had to keep the baby that I keep during the week, so that hindered us a little. But, we still were able to squeeze in a trip to the mall in Grapevine. A trip to Bass Pro Shop. They have the neatest decorations and they take a picture of your kiddo with Santa for free! Plus, this is probably one of A's most favorite places in the world. Ha!

Nunna read lots of books.

We went to Chick-fil-A and the cheerleaders were there. They wanted to take their picture with Anderson, they thought he was so cute. Aww!

We even made a trip to our beloved Ft. Worth Food Truck Park and tried almost every truck in the park. Lucky for us there were only 6!! Mom's favorite was a "Taste of Louisiana"...the best red beans and rice..yum!

We were sad to see her go, but we will be going to Alabama after Christmas!

 Swinging!!

 We went to Chick-fil-A and Anderson spotted the cow and wanted his picture then we saw some cheerleaders and they wanted their picture with him, they thought he was so cute. Awww!

 He even coersed Nunna to get in his tree house. She almost didn't get out. Ha!

 Okay, so I got in to. Hey, that's what you do all the time when you have an only child!

 Watching cartoons.

 Nunna ordered from the yummy food trucks!

 We even spotted Santa eating from the trucks!

Love you Nunna!

Anderson's 1st Christmas Program

Run, run, as fast as you can....you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man

Hello friends,

Today, Anderson and I baked gingerbread man cookies. It was a lot of fun and he was a very good little helper. He loved mixing and cutting out the shapes, but best of all...EATING them!

He has his first Christmas program at school on Saturday and afterwards they are having a milk and cookie party so we made some for that as well.

 

Woodrow, one of our beagles was like the hungry fox in the story "The Gingerbread Man" cause as soon as Anderson had finished decorating his cookie, Woodrow snatched it away from him and ate the WHOLE thing! What a stinker! Thankfully, we had plenty more.