Life as of Late

We have been busy around here!!! With the help of Mom and my Aunt Carolyn's painting abilities, Baby Walker's room is painted with furniture and bedding in place!!! I will post pictures when the room is 100% complete, but I am loving the progress so far. Thank you so much Mom and Aunt Carolyn!!!! We so appreciate all the help!!!!

We celebrated Love Day last week with a party in Ella Kate's preschool class. Here are a couple of shots from the festivities.The sweetest sound you can ever imagine is the sound of your precious child singing her blessing to Jesus. Tears!!!!
You gotta love EK's teacher who custom made a Valentine loot bag with an owl on it for my owl obsessed child!!!!

Here are some pictures from before church on Sunday.


Yesterday we went to the USM/Tulane game to watch our sweet friend Katye Magee play basketball. Unfortunately for the Wave, USM put together quite the run in the last few minutes of the game to win, but it was so great to get to see some special friends!!!
We also got to visit with our favorite Delta State and East Rankin bball stars Brooke and Tyler Rhodes.

I guess that is about it for now! We are looking forward to a short week of school and Nana and Pop visiting this weekend!

A Rainy Day

It has been quite the soggy day today! So, Mom, Dad and I took Ella Kate to the Children's Museum for a little fun.


This little girl LOVES her letter. She can spot it anywhere and everywhere. I love hearing her spell her name and watching her as she writes "Ella." It is so sweet!!! We are working on the "Kate" part now...baby steps!!!
G and EK were entertained by a little puppet show presented by Kay Kay. It involved an armadillo, and a lady bug. It was interesting!!
EK challenged her G to a horse race...
EK won!

You have to love the spin art! Ella Kate was very proud of her creation and carried it all over the place once it dried.
Working hard!!!!

We had a great time at the museum. I love that Mississippi has such a fun place for kids to play and explore!

Beauty and the Beast

Today we took Ella Kate to her first movie. She is loving all the Disney movies she got for Christmas, so I knew she would love getting to see Belle on the big screen. EK did great and really seemed to enjoy it. I love getting to see all the expressions she makes and all the emotions she feels. She would say "I not like the beast. He not act nice." And then after the beast starts to come around, she was like, "aww look. He is being sweet now." It was really a fun way to spend the day and I can't wait to take her to more movies!!!

Our Saturday

We had a special treat yesterday at our house. My aunts, uncles, and Papaw were all visiting on the coast, so they drove up to Hattiesburg to have lunch with us. Mom and Dad came down too and we had a great time catching up and just being together. I can't wait until June when we will all be together again to celebrate my cousin Katie's wedding!!!! It was a GORGEOUS day yesterday and EK loved playing outside. She wanted to play hide and seek, so G helped her find a good hiding spot.
"1,2,3,4....."
"Ready or not, here I come!!!!!"
"Oh no! Daddy caught me!!!!"

What will it be?

We're having a boy!!

Christmas in Madison

We headed out of the Burg towards Madison in a downpour, but we made it! Ella Kate was so very excited to see everyone and to open more presents.Papaw and Aunt Carolyn found this owl to put in the yard. Everyone thought Ella Kate might be creeped out by it...not the case. She took a nap with it yesterday. She loves an owl!
We have loved having Jordan home from Virginia! While J and I were away, EK got some seriously play time with her Auntie Jo.
Big G has been spoiling EK too. Anything that she asks him to do, he does. She has him wrapped around that little finger for sure.

Reindeer ears for the sisters picture...check!
Papaw always plays with EK (and all of us when we were little) to find the "gitchy-gitchy-goo." EK decided to find Papaw's too.
Aunt Carolyn got a surprise gift from her sisters and nieces and nephew...an iPad!
And this was her reaction...
And J's reaction...
Now a sweet picture of EK, Papaw, and the owls
Present time!!!!
It's a pillow. It's a pet. It's a pillow pet!

Hail State!!!

This little diva loves to sing in the microphones at church. Haley got her a microphone of her own. She LOVES it and has put on a few performances.

We had a great day yesterday! We ate and ate and ate, played apples to apples, laughed, and just enjoyed being together. We are blessed indeed to have such a wonderful family!

Someone was a Good Girl!

Ella Kate was super excited when she went to sleep on Christmas Eve to see her presents the next morning. She WAS NOT super excited at the thought of the guy in the big red suit coming into her house while she was asleep. We told her not to worry because we would have Santa just leave her gifts outside and we would move them in later for her. That seemed to ease her mind!

Catching the first glimpse of her new loot
Ella Kate asked for three things this year. This list never changed over the span of several months. The list included a baby, a purple owl, and paper clips. Yep, paper clips. When we went to visit Santa, he said that it was the first time in all of his many years to have such a request. Go figure!
Santa did leave her a few other new goodies as well including Cinderella's castle complete with all the Disney princesses and their Prince Charmings. Who's excited? This mama!!! I love Disney!!!! Kay Kay and G even got EK a ton of Disney movies too like The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Mulan, and more!!! I can't wait!!!!!! We did have to hide the Beast. EK said he was mean and he could not be in the castle.

Everyone needs new panties in their stocking, right?
Ella Kate climbed in her daddy's lap after playing for a bit and said, "I want to tell Santa thank you." How sweet is that! We told her we would write him a thank you note and mail it to him.
The little mama rocking her baby...affectionately named America like all her other babies.
Merry Christmas my little monkey!
You think this little girl loves her daddy? Lately, she has become the BIGGEST daddy's girl! I don't think he minds!!!
I was even able to snag a quick picture before church. We had a super fun morning and it was so special to get to go to church on Christmas morning. We had a great service with our incredible church family and then hit to road for Madison. More pictures to come!