When you have a sister...

You end up driving pink cars

and wearing your sister's purple pajamas!

Knox will probably kill me one day for all of this, but it is so funny now! I had no clean pajamas for Knox the other day, so I thought, hmm... I will just get some of Hannah Grace's old ones :) When I put them on Knox, Hannah Grace looks at him and says, " Oh Knoxy, you look so pretty"! Ha! I think he looks pretty cute myself :)

New Years

For New Years the past 2 years we have started a new tradition of going to a nice restaurant with our sweetest friends. All these friends are so special to Clint and I and we are so grateful for their friendship. It is so nice to get away and have a nice dinner, with adult conversation, and no children interrupting :) Just what we all needed to start off the New Year!

3 year/6 month Pictures

We had Ann Wade take pictures for us again and she did a great job! Here are my favorites!

*Several New posts below**

7 Months

So, Knox will be 8 months in 4 days. I can't believe that we are only 4 months away from him turning 1. What in the world! I just feel like he is growing up so fast and I would love to be able to freeze time with this fun age. Knox is on the go and doesn't stop! He is full out crawling and pulling up. About a week ago, I went in the kitchen to grab something, came back and he had pulled up, and was standing holding on to his new toy. Since then, we have had many falls, bumps and bruises. I forgot how hard it can be in this stage to keep them safe! He always goes for the fire poker, electrical wires, blinds and anything else he shouldn't be going after. I forgot to mention at 6 months that he got all 4 teeth. No more since then, but all 4 of those came in a week. He had his first ear infection this month and had to be on 2 different antibiotics to clear it up. On the 2nd one, he had an allergic reaction and was covered in huge whelps. Most people this would probably scare, but we are old pros with allergic reactions and knew immediately he had a penicillin allergy, just like his sister. He loves his bath and is a wild man. He doesn't mind going under and will just splash away. I am going to video it soon and will post it. It is just too funny not to share. Knox loves some baby food! His favorites right now are peaches, green beans, oatmeal and pears. He doesn't like Peas or carrots. We got a new swing set for Christmas and Knox loves to swing. The higher your push him, the happier he gets. He is still the most smiley baby I have ever seen and is always happy, except when he is sleepy. Knox can not stay up long at all! He really can only last about 2 hours and then is ready for a nap. I love this about him, although it can be hard when we are running errands and he wants to be in his bed. Oh, and my favorite thing Knox has started doing is saying "dada" and "nana". Wish he was saying "mama", but I guess I will take this for now!

Christmas Part 3

Our last celebration happened at Dream Ranch on Christmas Day with my family. We love having Christmas at the lodge! Big enough for all of us and plenty of room for all the kids to run around. Hannah Grace loves staying with Nana and PawPaw and loves all the attention she recieves from everyone in the family :) We always stay a few days after Christmas and just relax! It is always just what we need after the busy holiday!

Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus

He loved his Big Al pillow

Relaxing with my sweet boy :)

Matching Sparkly Toms

Me, Natalie, Nicole and Kendall. We missed Anna and Monica!

Hays and Hannah Grace

Hannah Grace loves playing with cousin Robby :)

Playing with their new toys

Loving on MeeMee

Feeding the deer in the field

Hannah Grace loves NatNat

Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning

I love the new traditions we have started as a family the past 2 years. We start Christmas Eve with taking Hannah Grace & Knox to see Santa with Aunt Kaye Kaye. Hannah Grace enjoyed seeing Santa this year, but isn't that in to him and was more excited about the candy cane she recieved. I am really glad she is not that into Santa and love that she is much more interested in the true meaning of Christmas. She loves hearing the story of Jesus birth and is obsessed with her nativity scene. She would play with it everyday and knows about all the wiseman, their gifts they brought, Mary and Joseph and the angel. The rest of Christmas Eve we spend together as a family and then go to our Christmas Eve service and have dinner afterward. It is such a nice relaxing time together and a good change from our busy, Christmas chaos in the past. We let the kids open presents the next morning and then pack up and head to Guntersville to celebrate with my family.