A Busy Thanksgiving Weekend!

There are a lot of posts below to catch you up on our busy Thanksgiving weekend. Scroll down to the "Happy Thanksgiving" video and work your way up to see what we've been up to the last few days! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Notice the bottom of the tree is pretty bare this year. That's to keep all of the breakable ornaments out of the toddler's reach! We also could not hang the stockings above the fireplace in fear of Jackson pulling a stocking down, along with the 5-pound, iron letter (we have 3 that spell "JOY") that holds the stocking up. But we did find another nice, high place to hang them!

War Eagle!

I wore my Auburn University sweatshirt to the store yesterday. As we passed by a couple, the man said, "War Eagle!" to me. And Jackson answered back, "War Eagle!!"

What's Your Name?

Santa Claus, a Chrismas Tree, Reindeer...and Rain!

We went to a Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration with Mimi and Pop. We got to see Santa Claus, his reindeer, and a huge, beautiful tree! There were also people singing Christmas songs on a stage and giving out prizes, but unfortunately we didn't win anything. It rained while we were there, but we still had a lot of fun getting in the Christmas spirit!

Mimi and Pop in front of the Christmas tree

Mommy and Daddy listening to the Christmas music

Jackson and Pop


Jackson and Mommy
See the reindeer behind us?!

Bath Time!

Uncle Scott gave Jackson a bath, and I snapped this cute picture!

Look at all those teeth! He went from 6 to 12 in the last 2 months!

After the Feast...

We had to go outside and play to work off some of that turkey...

Jackson had so much fun playing in the leaves!

Pop, Jackson, and Mimi

(Doesn't Jackson look cool in his leather jacket that Aunt LuAnn and Uncle Dennis gave him for Christmas last year?!)

Erik, Mandi, Jackson, Scott, and Jessi

Our Thanksgiving Feast

We hosted the Duvals at our house this year for Thanksgiving! After 5 years of marriage, we finally had a reason to use our china for the first time! And after over 2 years in this house, we used our dining room for the first time!

Erik and his Turkey!
Erik ran this place like his own little restaurant on Thanksgiving! We had so much food, and it was all delicious...just look at that bird!

Mandi, Erik, and the feast

(Our first time as holiday hosts!)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Some Recent Pictures from our Trip to Mobile...

Me and Mommy at Katie's wedding

Me and Mimi

Me and the beautiful bride!

Hitchin' a ride on MaMaw's walker!

Watching the Election Results...

20 Months and 5 Years

Jackson is 20 months old today, and he is incredible!! He is so much fun and so happy (now that a few teeth have finally popped through)! He has grown up so much over the last few months. It is amazing how many words he knows and how well he communicates with us now. He sings songs, dances, plays catch, etc....and his latest "game" is to squat down and say "Ready, Set, GO!" Then he runs across the room and does it all over again...and over...and over!

November 1, 2008

November 1, 2003

Yesterday was our 5th year anniversary! We celebrated by spending a night away at Chateau Elan while Mimi and Pop stayed with Jackson. We had a great time! (Thanks again, Mimi and Pop!)

Happy Halloween! (a few days late)

Ready to Go!

Trick or Treat!

Tug the Pug and Jackson the Pug

Jackson had a very fun Halloween! He had a parade of costumes and a Halloween party at school. Then Grandma, Mimi, and Pop (who all happened to be in town) came over for trick or treating!

Happy Birthday, Lily Grace!

We went to Lily Grace's birthday party today. The kids wore their Halloween costumes and painted little pumpkins! We tried to get a cute picture of Lily Grace and Jackson together in their costumes, but as you can see, they were not very excited about it!

A Fun Fall Day!

It was such a beautiful fall day in Atlanta today, so we decided to go to a pumpkin patch. While we were there, Jackson got to ride a pony. We weren't sure how he was going to react, and it's hard to tell from the picture above, but he LOVED it!! He smiled and laughed the whole time! It was a great day to be outside with the family!

I know I'm cute!!

You Should See the Other Guy...

Jackson got his first black eye (his right eye) at school today after he collided with another kid on the playground:( They called me at work to tell me what happened, but by then he was already playing again and having fun. I think it hurt when it happened, but I don't think it's really bothered him since.

(By the way, we are aware that he needs a haircut. We're hoping to get to that this weekend!)

Just My Size

We found this cute little table and chairs for Jackson at IKEA. He loves to sit there and eat his snacks...it's the perfect size for him! We are probably going to paint it, but we haven't decided yet on the color(s).

A Day in the Plains

Ready to go in his orange and blue car seat!

Riding the Tiger Transit to campus with Daddy (and Mommy)

Running around the baseball field

Picture with Mommy on the baseball field

Similar picture from this time last year (with Juli and Noah)

Look how much he's grown!!

We went to Auburn last weekend to tailgate before the Auburn vs. LSU game. Scott ended up getting 2 tickets for us, so Erik went to the game with a friend and Jackson and I went back to Scott's house for the night. Even though Auburn lost, we had a lot of fun!

A Day in the Plains Continued...

Watching Tiger Walk with Uncle Scott

Jackson had fun playing in Uncle Scott's new Jeep Wrangler!

Ready for some football!