First Thanksgiving

First Thanksgiving, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Happy Turkey Day!!! I'm wearing my sister's hat, bc she doesn't like it. I sure wish I could eat. I watched everyone at the table as they gobbled up their ham, rolls, broccoli, potatoes, mac and cheese, and pumpkin pie. I watched them raise their spoons to their lips and i cried bc i wanted some good food too. Daddy gave me my binky and that helped feel me better.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving Dinner, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Thanksgiving Dinner at Spencer's school

See what Spence is thankful for.

See what Spence is thankful for., originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Notice what Spencer is thankful for--look on his placemat.

Spencer's cookies

Spencer's cookies, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Spencer loves to bake. We made pumpkin cookies to give to his friends for Thanksgiving. I did the icing, but he did the measuring, mixing, and cookie-cutting. He was SO excited about these cookies. He told everyone at school that he made cookies for them and he could barely enjoy the party because he was so ready for dessert.

Friends

Friends, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Dean came to play this week. This is Spencer's best friend from school and his first male friend that is his age and unrelated. Here they were playing their version of keep away from the gators that live near Spencer's bunkbeds. And i'm giving up on editing photos on my imac. So frustrating. I make the edits and they never transfer to flickr or blogger. So sorry that they have red eyes and aren't cropped. But aren't they cute??

Vote for Shelby

If you wanna help our friend Shelby win a contest and get to be on the cover of an Atlanta magazine, please go to this website: http://www.atlantakidsdirectory.com/index.cfm/event/photovote and vote for #7. She is in second place now. She is a sweet, sweet little girl, who wants to marry Spencer. And we would love to see her sweet face on the magazine. If you do go vote, after you vote a window will pop up asking you to enter info to receive the magazine--you do not need to fill this info page out in order for your vote to count. Thanks!

Aidyn girl

Aidyn girl, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

yep, i know . . . the hair. we even cut some wispies to try to end this look but Aidyn's hair wants to fall forward. and the girl cannot be tied down by pretty bows. trust me, she had one on her that matched that pretty green and she took it out and stomped on it. oh well. daddy will be pleased if she ends up a tomboy.

Aidyn smiles

Aidyn smiles, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Thanks Aunt May May for taking and sending so many beautiful pictures of our family. I need to hand the website passwords over to you so you can takeover bc your photos are beautiful.

Big Brother

Spencer has been a great help to me lately while we have all been sick. Some examples from this week while Jeremy has been away from home:

Monday we had a "take cover" tornado warning and Spence helped build our pillow tent in the bathroom and helped me keep the babies calm by singing songs to them. He was so brave the entire time we were in "hiding" as he called it.

And last night we needed to make a quick run to the library so I put Preston down while he was upset. I loaded the van and gathered the kids. it took me at least twenty minutes. during this time Preston stopped crying. i came back through the den to discover the screaming Preston had been silenced and put to sleep by his big brother. I grabbed the camera before spencer knew that I had seen them. Spencer had found a binky and used it to soothe Preston to sleep. He was still holding the binky to Preston's mouth just to keep him asleep--like he was holding his finger in the dike.

preston 4 months

preston 4 months, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Preston is a happy, funny baby. He is laughing now, especially when Daddy plays with him. He ate rice cereal for the first time Sunday and he loved it. We are so proud bc Spence wouldn't take it for the first month of trying. We are hoping the cereal will help to spread out the feedings. He weighed 14 lbs 6 oz at his four month appointment.

He loves "riding" in his jumper/swing that my dad affixed to our great room ceiling beam. (of course we have to keep close eyes on his siblings bc they like to push him a bit too high). He also moved to his own room Sunday and he slept through the night in his crib, only waking once to eat. So this week has had some major changes for the four monther.

Wish we didn't have to cancel our Arkansas trip for this weekend bc we are ready for MMKN to meet the little guy. Christmas will be here soon and we promise you guys can hold him first.

Preschool party

miss stephany, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Spence was the first one to arrive to class on Halloween. Mrs. Stephany was in the office and he didn't recognize her. (she was wearing a huge blonde wig that she isn't wearing in this photo) He was a bit scared to go to class with this strange teacher. He really likes Stephany and the boys in his class. Again this year he is the youngest of eight.

Three year olds.

We made fridge magnets with kids' photos on them. They loved decorating their pumpkins.

Jeremy and I were in charge of crafts and were the helpers for Spencer's preschool party. Next time we should get a sitter for Aidyn and Preston bc it was too much of a zoo having them with us and entertaining 8 three year olds. The kids enjoyed themselves and were really wound up for Halloween.

Preston's first Halloween

five halloween, originally uploaded by asjdkgl.

Trunk-or-Treating with Phillip, Mary Alice, and Jack. Preston is Big Al--his dad's arm is obscuring his Bama jersey.

Trunk-or-treating is Huge in Nashville. All of the churches do this here and it is open to public; whereas in Atlanta our church did one with a fall festival but neighborhood carnivals were more popular. So this was our first experience of hundreds of trunk-or-treaters coming by our vehicle for treats. Jeremy tossed out mini footballs along with our candy so it didn't take long for us to run out of treats. As he blared the fight song from his truck, he made kids say "Roll Tide" instead of "trick-or-treat"--isn't he messed up??

Trick-or-treating

Aidyn is a dragon courtesy of Mrs. Juanita, just hard to tell from this angle. And Spence was the Knight trying to slay her. (sorry angela, that pink dragon costume you bought for her two years ago may not fit for another two years) The kids had fun trolling the neighborhood for treats while Lindsay and her Belmont friends passed out candy and cooked supper at our house. We have really enjoyed getting to see Lindsay so much, and are happy that she isn't any more embarrased to be seen with us now than she was in 7th grade. So Valarie, Matt and Sam, wanna choose a TN college too? and note, They asked to play Apples to Apples.

Sick

We have been sick for the past several weeks. Several of you have emailed to check on us bc you noticed the lack of postings here. Thanks for checking on us and praying for us. I'm the only one still dragging, so hopefully we will have a good week and i can rejoin the blogging world. But for now i will tell you a funny line from Spencer. Tonight we watched the making of Disney World on Travel channel and Spence saw the Tower of Terror ride and said he wants to go on it. (we are going there after thanksgiving and he is Really excited about it. he has learned his months as he has been counting down for over a year.) We told him that he will not be big enough to ride this ride bc the seats are made for bigger people. as the ride was highlighted on tv, Spence told us that we can take his car seat and buckle it into the Tower of Terror seat and then he will be safe enough to ride the ride. hmmmmm . . . . what fun we will have.