Wilson's Baptism Weekend

We spent last weekend in Charlotte for Wilson to be baptized at Sardis Presbyterian, where Gary and I were both baptized, and the church that we grew up in. Wilson did great during the service and it was nice to spend time with Lin's side of the family. Aunt Jean and Uncle Harold were also there and we enjoyed seeing them again.

Savannah really likes to play dress-up these days; she especially likes it at G-Mama's house because she has lots of old costume jewelry and one of my grandmother's wigs! Both of the kids had their hair cut while we were there and Vince still doesn't like for his hair to be cut. I guess we'll have to start cutting his while he is asleep or something!

We head back to Charlotte in two weeks for my friend Leigh's baby shower and I am looking forward to that. I hope that the kids will do as well this trip as they did last time...still, 5 hours in the car all strapped in is difficult for anyone, regardless of how many cool movies and shows they can watch.

Our birthday month is only a few days away, so check back for birthday party pictures on here!

Screen Time

My desktop computer's power something or other went out the first week of December. You know, right as I was finishing up my Christmas card list, but before I printed out the labels...Anyway, we were able to have the data backed up to CDs and just today I picked up the computer from Best Buy after the Geek Squad worked on it.

Yes, those are black olives...




I am glad to have it back. I enjoy working on a desktop as opposed to a laptop: the keys are spaced out, there is a separate number pad on the right, and the mouse works much better than the touch pad. The laptop is nice, don't get me wrong! It even has a "touch screen" so when Savannah would point to it and say "go there" it would take us there, often times sooner than I wanted to leave "my" site.

Happy rest of January!

Hanging Out With Luke

Savannah's friend, Luke, has been riding to and from school with us the past week and the kids love having him come over in the morning and stay late in the afternoons. He and Savannah were in Pre-K together last year and he lives across the street from us. When he comes in, Vince gets so excited and shouts Luuuuuke...Luuuuuke...Luuuuuke! Luke even attempted to help brush Vincey's teeth before school yesterday and he helped pick out his clothes to wear. He'll be a great babysitter in a few years!

We exchanged Christmas gifts with him at the end of last week-he gave Savannah a Christmas ornament of a piano since we have one here and he and Savannah always like to play it. Savannah and Vince gave him a Bubble Rocket Launcher and we all tested it out that day. They seemed to enjoy it and Vince loved chasing the bubbles in the driveway.

Happy New Year!

In my haste to prepare for Thanksgiving, I didn't get to post many pictures (or any) of our trip to Stone Mountain. We stayed there at the park and we all had a great time. Friday night we went up to the top of Stone Mountain to take a look around and enjoy being outside. The kids had a ball running and playing.

As we were awaiting the ride back down, Vince puked all over Jeff. The worst thing was that the diaper bag was in the car. Oooops! Luckily we all had on layers, so Jeff got out of his sweatshirt, I gave my sweatshirt to Savannah, and she gave her shirt to Vincey to wear until we got to the bottom. We were very fortunate that he threw up 2 minutes before boarding rather than on it. Little did we know that he had a stomach bug...we realized it on Thanksgiving Day because I contracted it.

Merry Christmas!

Breakfast with Santa at the McCart's house

Savannah and Vince on Christmas Day

December has come and gone like a whirl-wind! We have had some wonderful days this month, and lots of rain too...lots of crazy weather. We made a gingerbread house, went to a breakfast with Santa, visited Santa at the Macon Mall and at Bass Pro Shop, made Christingles at church, lit the advent candle at church on Christmas Eve, and enjoyed having friends/neighbors over for dinner.

Mrs. Goodman and Dr. Clark reading Savannah "Twas the Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve

Santa brought the kids three things each (just as the Wisemen brought to the baby Jesus). Vince received a basketball goal, tricycle, and a truck with a trailer. Savannah received an Alabama t-shirt, a Leapster 2, and some Leapster games. G-Mama came to town and we did a little bit of shopping and lots of cooking! We are looking forward to a trip to NC to visit the rest of the family. Happy New Year, we wish you a prosperous and happy 2010.

Updated Church Family Photo

It's been over 5 yrs since our church picture has been updated for the bulletin board, and we finally had a new one taken! The last one was when Savannah was about 4 months old! We have had computer issues over the past few weeks so I apologize for not updating the blog any sooner than now. We hope to have some wonderful pictures from Christmas morning in the next few days. In the meantime, our new picture will have to be a place saver. Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving In Macon

Gary, Lin, and Wilson

G-Mama, Honey (Aunt Jean), and Jordan

What a wonderful Thanksgiving in Macon! Lin, Wilson, and G-Mama came to visit on Tuesday and the rest of the family (Hal and Mark, Jordan, Honey and Uncle Harold, and Uncle Gary) all joined us on Wednesday afternoon. Everyone pitched in and cooked a dish for the Thanksgiving meal and we had beautiful weather here. The kids had a blast with their cousins, aunt and uncle, and "grand/greats".

As an ongoing Thanksgiving tradition, I was sick! It seems that I only get sick when I go on vacation or the week of Thanksgiving. Evidently, Vince and Savannah both had a stomach bug that attacked me on Wednesday and Thursday. Definately a week to remember with my shoulder manipulation on Monday, a fender bender on Tuesday (not our fault), and then the bug on Wed and Thurs. Goodness!

I hope you and your families had a great holiday. It's hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner. We are pulling for the Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship tomorrow! ROLL TIDE ROLL!

Halloween Fun

We went to the Fall Festival at Forest Hills Methodist Church on Sunday night and Savannah had a great time. Vince had fun (AKA Dumbo), but wasn't sure what he was supposed to do. He didn't understand Trunk-Or-Treating, but he did spy the pumpkin patch across the parking lot, so he and I spent some time over there.

Vince had his Halloween Party today at school (Martha Bowman United Methodist Church) and he was dressed like Thomas the Tank Engine. I will add some more after the Trunk Or Treating at Martha Bowman on Saturday evening and I hope to get some of Vince in the pumpkin patch too.

Fall Break

We enjoyed a nice, long weekend in Charlotte for Savannah's fall break. We left after school on Thursday and stayed in Charlotte until Columbus Day. Jeff and I were able to go to the Panthers vs. Redskins game on Sunday afternoon and we thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks to Grandad (aka Jeff's dad) for the tickets. We tailgated with my brother and his friends pre-game. The kids stayed with G-Mama and watched the game on tv.

We went to Newton to visit Great Grandaddy and the kids enjoyed seeing him.

Season Opener Tonight!

The kids are already decked out in their new Bama shirts, thanks to the Wrights in Tuscaloosa! Vivian, thanks so much for sending the shirts...here's our unofficial "thank you" and a shout-out to you. Jeff heads to Atlanta this afternoon for the game tonight in the Georgia Dome. Have a wonderful and relaxing Labor Day weekend. Roll Tide Roll!