All Aboard!!!

We ventured to Birmingham again this year to ride the Polar Express. We went with our friends, the Glovers and everyone had a great time. 

Excuse all the silly faces. She will not stop no matter what we bribe her with.

Sweet Laurie.

Ford has learned to say cheese at the camera.

O.M.G. I can't handle the cuteness.

The old man himself.

Ford wasn't a fan at all.

Olivia on the other hand...would have taken Santa home with us.

Just a Little Fun

An appointment got cancelled the other day so we ventured to one of their favorite spots, the bookstore.

 Yes, this tower fell about 3 times making an awful, loud, crashing noise for everyone in the store to turn their heads our way. Yes, I helped the girl rebuild it another two times. We had fun...even with the strangers staring at us after they fell multiple times. 

I can't handle these two. The one on the left can cause so much frustration that I want to pull every strand of hair out of my head and the one on the right is SOOO heavy and I have to carry him practically everywhere....but man, my heart could explode with how much love I have for them. 

A Little Christmas Cheer

We have started preparing for Christmas around our house. I have decided to not stress about having everything just so. There are a lot of things we might not get to this year and that is going to be okay. Our tree is crooked with a crooked star on top and colored lights and I am also okay with that. This year along with every other year after this we will focus on the true meaning, Jesus' birth, and if we get around to all the other stuff than great but if we don't then oh well.

It was rainy and cold out the other day so we decided to stay in and have a jammie day and do some finger paint art work. A good time was had by all.

The nameless elf has made her or his (she has a skirt but Olivia is convinced that it's a boy) appearance. She/he has had a bubble bath in marshmallows, swung by the chandelier and wreath, been caught reading Frosty the snowman and is currently playing Candy Land. Olivia has a good time finding he/she every morning.

Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Jay surprised Olivia with her very own Christmas tree. I'm sure you can't tell she was pretty proud.

The most prized Christmas decoration is the Polar Express train under the tree. Daddy even likes putting it back on the track every 5 seconds because little hands keeping grabbing for it....

Update on Ford

Ford has made leaps and bounds the last couple of months. He has started standing on his own and is much more steady and his vocabulary has almost tripled in the last 2 weeks. He is saying juice, cheeeese (when we take his picture), ball, do it, see it, tree (almost always referring to the Christmas tree), monkey juice, that, dog and ice.  He is still doing physical therapy, occupational therapy 3 times a week and speech therapy. 

He is scheduled to have an MRI and spinal lumbar test on December 27th along with an appointment to see a neurologist in January. Please be in prayer for him and us. Pray the he starts walking VERY soon! Pray that the Lord would give us great peace about these tests because we know He is in ultimate control and has ordained such a special plan for our precious little one. 

December Park Visits

Who goes to the park in mid December with no jackets? Well, we Mississippians do!! 

We had an absolute best time at the park the other morning and just played, played and played some more. 

When we pull onto the road that leads to the park this little guy gets all giddy and tickled with happiness because he knows exactly where we are going!

Does this momma's heart a lot of good to see such simple things bring so much joy to my children. 

Happy Birthday to Wil Franklin

We are a little late in wishing the BIG boy a Happy Birthday but he turned the big 5 on the 26th of November!!! I cannot believe just how quickly five years have gone past. He is a loving, vivacious, well mannered, kind, robot loving, smart and handsome little boy that our big girl just adores (and we do too)! 

We love you, Wil! 

May this year be filled with lots of learning, growing and lots of good times and laughter.