Christmas in Meridian!

Christmas in Meridian is always lots of fun. There are 7 grandchildren so the night is really all about them. They have a great time and it will be fun to watch them grow up together. By the end of the day we had tired a little from picture taking but we still have a few to share. :)

We always enjoy stopping by Wilson's Aunt Cassie's house on Christmas afternoon. The first picture was taken there with some cousins.

Evans, Madeline, Harper, with my boys in the front

Forrest and Uncle David relaxing (in the midst of the craziness).

Andrew trying out his new Batman big wheel

Papaw giving Forrest a bottle.

Debbie found these giant Elmos for all of the grandkids. Andrew loved his!

Ganny with cousin Olivia, who is exactly one month younger than Forrest.

Uncle Myke is always good for a little wrestling. :)
Andrew and his cousin Elizabeth have him pinned!

This was taken the morning of the 26th. Andrew and Forrest were checking out the cute chairs and table that Papaw and Ganny got them for Christmas.

The holidays were such a blessing. We were thankful for all the time we were able to spend with our families and for the special ways of celebrating Christ's birth.

Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! We spent the night at our house Christmas Eve. We woke up to see what Santa had brought, opened presents, and then loaded up to go to May-May and Bubby's! Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning.

Two excited boys! First thing Christmas morning, Andrew and Forrest are ready for the day!

A Christmas hug

Forrest's precious new "lamb" coat

Andrew showing off his new boots!

Forrest loved the bell that Santa left in his stocking!

Riding his new (little) big wheel - it's just his size!

Hooray for new toys!

We made a birthday cake for Jesus. We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and ate cake after lunch.

A Christmas picture before going to Meridian

2008 Christmas Memories

Andrew enjoying his "Little People Nativity". He called the Biblical characters by name and enjoyed talking about the Christmas story. He learned several Christmas songs and sang them with us - "Silent Night", "Mary Had a Baby, Yes Lord", "Knock, Knock Went Joseph", and "Jingle Bells", to name a few.

On this particular morning we drank hot chocolate and wrote our first letter to Santa Claus. Andrew would say every time that he wanted Santa to bring him "candy canes" and "Thomas" (the train). What fun memories!

Forrest 1st Christmas! What a blessing to celebrate Christ's birth with our two sons!


Forrest is lots of fun these days - into everything... especially Andrew's toys!

We really had great family time over the holidays - that's always one of my favorite things about the holidays... togetherness!
(I just noticed that in both of these pictures Forrest is looking at Andrew. :) He really LOVES his big brother!)

We loved our visit with Aunt Semmes! Forrest really enjoyed some cuddling!

These pictures were taken in Canton on the square. The boys loved the lights and Andrew and Wilson enjoyed riding the cars and the carousel. This was our 2nd year to go and will definitely be a holiday tradition!

First Hot Chocolate

What snow day is complete without a little hot chocolate?

Andrew loved his first hot chocolate!
He even had a little whipped cream & marshmallows on top. Yum!

Fun in the Snow!

We had a blast playing in the snow at May-May and Bubby's house! We were a little too north to have any snow at our own house, but May-May and Bubby had enough to share with us.

Forrest just took it all in!

Andrew loved making and throwing snowballs with Wilson... a true boy!

Wilson, Andrew, and Bubby made a little snowman, too! Andrew really likes "Frosty" so he was pretty excited about building this little guy!

A little red and white

Thanksgiving Weekend

We spent Thanksgiving Day in Meridian. The boys had a great time playing outside with their cousins and then taking a ride thru the woods with Wilson and me. We even did a little "hunting" - for Wilson's missing arrow, that is! We found it, too.

Here are the boys "pretend" riding the John Deere Gator!

Off he goes, this was the only picture of both the boys smiling!

Andrew riding with cousin Chian - holding on tight!

The day after Thanksgiving with MSU Santa t-shirts on.

Later in the weekend we had lots of fun celebrating May-May's birthday. We had a great lunch, delicious cheesecake for dessert and spent the afternoon decorating the Christmas tree together!! What fun!

Andrew LOVES this giant snowglobe at May-May and Bubby's house!

A cute "Bratley" picture! I love my sweet family.

Rebecca took this picture of me and Wilson. :)


The Bratleys again, plus the GRANDsons!

Andrew helping May-May blowout her candles! He sang Happy Birthday to May-May this year - that was his first person to be able to sing Happy Birthday to! It was very special for him and for her!

Elizabeth, me and the boys
Mom bought these cute Santa t-shirts for me and Liz, and we didn't plan to wear them. How funny that we both had them on!