Bathtime Fun

Natalee just loves her bath time! We now give her a bath in our big bathtub. She has a lot more room to move around & she absolutely loves it. She also loves to turn the water on & let it run...when she is not in it. She has so many toys & more rubber ducks than anything. She loves her squirt toys, especially when daddy is around. She trys to squirt him, but usually it ends up in her face. Here are some pics from this past weekend!

WHO DAT?!? - Superbowl 2010

So yesterday was Superbowl Sunday. The New Orleans Saints vs. the Indianapolis Colts in Superbowl XLIV in Miami, Florida. Mom ALWAYS has a Superbowl party. It's tradition! Dustin went to his friends house. His friend is originally from New Orleans, so you can imagine what that party was like! Our good friends Jenn & Mike came to mom's to party with us. We had a smorgasbord of snacks: red pepper crackers, cheese, potato skins, fried green beans, cheeseball, brownies, taco dip & chips, hot wings, bbq cocktail smokies, pigs in a blanket & beer bread. I'm sure I forgot something but who could remember everything we had with all of that stuff! Of course EVERYONE was pulling for the Saints EXCEPT for Callaway. He of course is a Peyton Manning fan. Which, don't get me wrong I love the Colts too, but the Saints just needed to win! For me it was actually a win/win game, because they are both excellent teams! We bought Natalee a Drew Brees jersey. Isn't she cute?!?


Believe it or not I actually watched the game this year & not just for the commercials! Although I would have to say the Doritos commercials were the best! Especially the Doritos slap! "Don't mess with my mama & Don't mess with my Doritos!" The cutest!
Anywho....the final score ended up being Saints - 31 & Colts - 17! Way to GEAUX SAINTS!!! Here are some picture from the night!

Playing in her ball pit!


Natalee supporting the Saints & Papaw supporting the Colts


Natalee & Mrs. Jenn


Natalee with Mr. Mike


She loves this dog!


Natalee & Daddy


And a family pic!

Happy 90th Birthday Aunt Bell!!

We helped our Aunt celebrate her 90th birthday Saturday night. She only thought Debbie, Shane & the two kids were taking her to eat. Boy, was she surprised when she saw the rest of the family there!

We are really the only family she has. Her husband passed away before I was even born (I believe) & her son passed away several years ago, so we love to spend time with her & make sure she feels loved & not lonely.
We all went to the Crystal Grill in Greenwood. Brandi made this sign for her:

Debbie made this cake:

We all had a great time. Here are some more pics from the special night.

Natalee loves balloons!


Opening Presents

Blowing out the Candles




Aunt Bell with each of the families

A Crazy Busy Weekend!

This past weekend was crazy busy. We had a full schedule Saturday & of course Sunday was Superbowl. Saturday morning Natalee & I went with mom, Brandi & granny to the Carrollton Community House to a soup tasting. We got to try 10 different types of soup & vote on our favorites. They had Black Eye Pea Soup, Tortilla Soup, Chicken & Cheese Soup, Roasted Red Pepper Soup, Ham & Bean Soup, Tomato Basil Bisque, Crock Pot Chili Mole, Sweet Potato Soup, Potato Soup & Peaches 'n Cream soup. My favorites were the Tortilla & Black Eye Pea. Some of the others were good, just not my favorites. Granny submitted the Chicken & Cheese Soup. It was delish! Tasted similar to Chicken Pot Pie. Natalee seemed to like the Peaches 'n Cream, which is the one that won. When we left there, we ran up to Dollar General to get a birthday present for a party we had later that night. Brandi went to warm the car up for us while Mom & I finished checking out. When we were walking toward the car, she proceeds to get out of the driver side & the door shuts behind her....it was locked...along with all of the other doors! We were locked out of my running car outside Dollar General in Carrollton in the freezing cold weather! We called the Sheriff's Dept & they said it would be 20 minutes, so we called Callaway (don't know why...he didn't have a key or anything!) then decided to call Bankston Wrecker Service. The Sheriff's Dept. got there within 10 minutes. So we called Callaway & he was already in Carrollton. Then we called the wrecker service...they didn't answer, but we met them as we were leaving. More posts to follow about the rest of the weekend!

A Giveaway...

I'm not usually into all of these things but these are too cute to not be! One of the ways to enter was to blog about it, so here I am blogging about it!!! I follow the blog Polkadots & Pirate {the blog} & they are always giving away things. This time it's these Poms from PomLove.




Even if I don't have a use for them at the moment, I'm sure I could find something to do with them! Especially for birthday parties & things! I could even hang them in Natalee's room or playroom! They would make great decorations for that, especially since her playroom isn't very decorative at the moment!

Adventure #1

Taking away the bottle...was easy! Yes, that's right Natalee is completely off the bottle!! She has not had one in 2 weeks! She still won't drink milk from a sippy but Doc. said that as long as she was getting 3 dairies (sp?) a day she really didn't need it. So I'm not too concerned if she doesn't drink the milk. I still offer it everyday but she still refuses it. We went to one night time bottle for about a week then no bottle...easy as pie! She really doesn't miss it either, she's a pro at her sippy, especially the straw ones. If she sees a bottle she will point to it, but I will tell her no & she goes about her business. Yay! No more bottles to wash! Now we just have to get ready to take the pacifier away next year...that's gonna be a tough one!

Wooo Pig Sooieee!!

Mom, Callaway, Dustin, Kacy (a friend of my brother's), Brandi & Byron (a friend of my sister's) all went to the Liberty Bowl, which was held on January 2 in Memphis, Tennessee. Terry & I didn't think about getting tickets until it was too late, but I'm actually glad we didn't go. We watched the last half on the tvs at Applebee's while we were enjoying the warm air and good food, and they were outside in the 15 degree weather!! It was so cold there that the women went to wait in the truck after the 3rd quarter! From what I saw it was a great game! It was the Arkansas Razorbacks vs. East Carolina Pirates? (think that's what they are?). Arkansas was down at the beginning of the 3rd quarter but came back & tied the game. ECU kicker missed 2 field goals to win the game. The game went into overtime & ECU got the ball first. The kicker missed another field goal!! Can you actually believe he missed 3 in a row?? Arkansas got the ball & the kicker made the field goal to win the game. Final Score: 20 - 17!




Wooo Pig Sooieee!!! Way to go Hogs!!!

Happy 2nd Anniversary!

Our 2nd wedding anniversary was Dec. 29, but Terry & I didn't get to celebrate until Jan. 2nd. Mrs. Delma & Mr. Roger kept Natalee that day. We went to Columbus to Old Navy to exchange some clothes Natalee got that were too big. Then we went to Starkville. We visited with his cousins, Lee & Levi for a while then went to Applebee's. We had a great dinner & watched the Liberty Bowl since it was playing on the tvs. I was glad they had it playing because I was kind of upset I was missing it. I'll give you those details in a separate post. Terry & I went to the movies to see Alvin & the Chipmunks, The Squeakquel. It was too cute! I love the chipmunks! We stayed the night in Stewart with the Mitchell's & went to church with them the next morning.

New Year, New Adventures!

New Year's Eve was actually very uneventful. Terry was working, so Natalee & I went to Deadra's to eat & hang out for a little while. Natalee & Madison played with each other & with Uncle Dustin. They are so cute chasing each other around in circles!



This was before we went to Deadra's. Natalee finally played in her ball pit. She usually won't sit in it & play. She likes to get the balls out & play on the floor.



I actually think they were arguing over who gets to play with which piece of the bowl. They were talking in their own language so we definitely couldn't understand them!



Here Dustin is trying to tickle Natalee. She sure does love her Uncle Dustin & now that she is "big enough to play", he really loves to play with her! He is the best uncle!



Here he is playing with Madison. And for those of you who do not know & keep seeing me "talk" about Deadra & Madison, Deadra is my Aunt from Louisiana & Madison is her granddaughter. They have a "camp", so they call it, here so they can come to Mississippi to be with family on certain occasions & have their own place to stay.

My resolutions this year...
1) lose weight (I say that every year but I really need to)
2) keep my house picked up at all times...a little hard for me but I'm working on it
I probably got a few more but these are the 2 I'm trying to work on now...I'll let you know how they work out.

Christmas Day

Christmas morning, Terry & I got up at 5, because he had to go to work & we still had to go to mom's before he left. He went in the living room to set up the camcorder while I got Natalee up. She was very hard to wake up at first. We walked about halfway in the kitchen & I put her down. She saw all of those toys & her eyes were so big! She looked up at me, pointed to the toys then to herself, as if she was asking if they were hers. It was so cute. I told her yes she could play with them & she ran straight to them!! It was amazing to see her little face when she saw everything Santa brought! I already can't wait til next year! Santa left Natalee a bounce & spin zebra, a Leap Frog laugh & learn musical table, a ball pit, some pjs, a pair of boots, a couple of movies, some blocks & a stocking full of stuff! Her favorite thing that morning was the table. Now she loves the balls from the ball pit! We tried to get her to open her gifts from mommy & daddy but she wanted nothing of it...she was too interested in her toys, so mommy had to open them.

We then got dressed & went to moms at 6 to open gifts. Of course the first gift Natalee opened was a big jug of Cheetos! We all opened gifts & enjoyed each others company. Terry left to go to work & we finished our gifts. We then just sat around waiting on 11:00 so we could go to Deadra's. We went there & ate & opened gifts. Madison & Natalee played together and had a good time. Natalee & I took Terry a plate so he could have one good meal on Christmas day! We then went to Debbie's to see what Santa brought Ryan & Katie Lauren. They got so much stuff! Ryan got a unicycle & a bicycle & Katie Lauren got a motorized scooter. We left for granny's. After everyone got there, we ate a good meal. Granny finally let the kids open their stockings. Natalee got some crayons, m&ms & a cookie. We then opened gifts. We took our traditional family picture & sat around & talked for a little while. Natalee & I were super tired! We went to mom's, loaded up our stuff & went home! Natalee was asleep before we even got out of the driveway good & we only live about a mile from mom!