For Real!

I can not believe that my baby, Andrew, is 13! What has happened? Where did that cute little boy go?

See him...in the picture below...he's 2. He loved playing outside with his Mi-Mi...and he was still wearing pull-ups at night. ****sigh****

Here he is again...in 2004. He was 6. Isn't he a doll?

I still think he is...even though he now has to wear deodorant...cologne and cut his own toenails. I my be his mother, but I'm not touching those things with a nine foot pole!!!!!!!!!






If you want to see a more resent photo of him you will have to look at the post below, "Christmas 2010".

Everyone keeps telling me, "he'll be driving before long". Those are not the words I want to hear. I feel he should still be in love with me and want to sit in my lap and tell me how wonderful I am. We have entered into new territory...TEENAGER! I know scary ain't it?

He had a very low key birthday party. Just family and his 2 best friends. I made him a Colts Football field cake...not as easy as I would have thought, but he loved it.

I am glad to call him my teenage son! HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY ANDREW!

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas...yes...I said Merry Christmas...and it's January...lol Sorry it's late...I like to take my time. No really I haven't had time to sit down and do it.

We love Christmas at my house. Not for the gifts, but because of the feeling. Love the Christmas Feeling!

The kids had a great Christmas...got way more than they needed.
Andrew got a North Face on Christmas Eve...he looks so much older in that picture. *tear*

In case you didn't know...we had a "White Christmas" here in Bucksnort...yep...a few flakes fell and you would have thought Bing Crosby had opened The Holiday Inn. The only thing we were missing was the horse drawn carriage.

Back on point here...Savanna and Nathan had a blast running around in the flakes. He had to take a break from playing his DS...because he ran the battery down.

Shelby and Kalan got in on the snow action. So did my baby...see him in the back round. He has the snowman pj bottoms on. Even sexy in his pjs...hehe

Okay...back to it again.

My baby girl got everything she wanted...her desk, pink chair, pink lamp, pink alarm clock, pink shaggy rug, and pink shaggy pillow. Do you see a theme here? Just wondering.

This photo just proves that no matter the age...the amount you spend on the gift...the thought put in it...the time it took to find just the right thing...fighting 1000 people in Walmart the day after Thanksgiving to get it...they still like the box it came in better...

He's FIVE!!!!!!!!!!

It is totally unbelievable to me that my baby turned 5 on November 16th...I'm stilling crying over it...really I am.

He wanted a Toy Story 3 birthday cake. I decided to do a small cake and cupcakes.

(Colandra...these are for you..haha) This is a close up of the 5.

All the cupcakes. My favorites were the blue ones with the yellow stars. I loved the toppers...I got them in a set with the cupcake paper.

Here is the whole thing...I think it looks good. My mom made the board. The birthday boy loved it so...that's all that mattered!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY NATHAN OWEN MEREDITH!

Girl's Movie Night

I know that the next posts are late...but better late than never I always say.

We had a Girl's Movie Night at my house the first Friday in November. All the youth girls and most of the Young Adult Ladies attended. We had a great time!

We did our devotional thought on Ester...I love her. My favorite Women of the Bible. Then we watched the move, "One Night With The King". A great movie. Stays fairly close to the Biblical story. I highly recommend it. We decided to do a salad bar...you know us women...always looking out for our waistline...(;

As you can see below we had everything you could ever imagine for a salad...and then some.

The girls loved it! We also had baked potatoes...so much better than pizza.

They also were very jacked up on Dr. Pepper...see coffee table in the background of this photo

Nikki...always the life of the party...not sure what Katie was looking at...Emily is a hoot!

On the same night the boys and guys had a Guy Night at John and Amanda Wilson's house. They watched Iron Man 2 and cooked homemade pizza in John's brick oven. They had a lot of fun too!

So Excited!

When I saw this for pre-order on Amazon.com yesterday I did a little jig! I immediately text my sister Mindy to share the excitement. See...we are hardcore fans...we get excited over these types of things...don't judge okay.

There is no description yet...I'm not even sure Charlaine Harris has completed the book at this point. The release date is May 3, 2011. I have my copy pre-ordered...I will have it on the day it is released...YES!

If you have never read the ever growing, "Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries" you should. They are wonderful. I also watch True Blood...I believe that I've mentioned that on here a few times. I will have to say that I love the show, but they do not touch the books! Charlaine Harris is my favorite mystery writer so far. I am asking for some of her earlier books for Christmas.

Here is the link to the book set on Amazon.com...you will not be sorry!

DO NOT FREAK OUT!

Listen up Mid-South viewing area!!!!! I know that The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area, but this in no way means that you are allowed to attack the area Wal-Marts and other local grocery stores. Please people...DO NOT FREAK OUT!

You do not have to buy up all the milk, eggs and bread. We are not waiting out a Nuclear Holocaust! So please be kind...there are some of us that are, just by chance, out of milk, bread and eggs. I am one of those people that will be Wal-Mart because I, by chance, ran out of Milk and some other items. I now ask that all of my readers, regardless of how few, please pray for my safe trip in and out of my local Wal-Mart....Thank you!

It's December!

I would like to start by apologizing...the pics are horrible. They are uploads from a phone.

Okay...so...where were we....ahhh yes...IT'S DECEMBER! You heard me people. I can't believe it. Where has the time gone? It seemed just like yesterday we were working really hard on our Halloween Haunted Trail. We have eaten the Turkey...done the Black Friday...now we're just waiting on the Fat Man to come to town. I just can't get over how fast it goes by...you know...it takes forever for December to get here and then in a blink of the eye..........it's gone!

We put up our tree the day after Thanksgiving...it took me from then until the next week to decorate it. We were busy. What can I say? This past Saturday we took the kids to see Santa at Bass Pro. They love going there. So do Josh and I. Mainly because it is not crazy like the mall Santa. We stood in line 5 minutes max and the kids got to do the other activities, paint a snowman, target practice, watch the train. Not a lot of hussell and bussell there. I love that.

Then Sunday they went to Gran's and got to hang the ornaments on her tree. They love doing this. If they wouldn't fight over who gets what ornaments it would be a lot merrier...lol

I let my Mom hand the ornaments out...I wasn't going to be in the middle of that war again. Maybe I will get to post more while I'm on Christmas Break...but don't hold your breath.

MERRY CHRISTMAS