Alleluia!

He is risen!

Happy Easter!



Evolution of a Black Eye

Be careful if you are ever playing catch in the back yard with your dad.  You might miss and the baseball might hit you in the eye.

You'll then switch to a softball and get hit in the eye again!

If that happens, your eye will probably look like this.

Then it will look like this

and then this

and after about a week, it will finally start to look normal!

Charlie's Update

Right at 2.5, Charles is the full embiodiment of everything 2.

Yes, this does mean he can throw an awesome tantrum.

He remains ever serious about his food.

After all, you don't reach 36 lbs at 2 and a half years of age by eating lightly.

He seems to understand his role as youngest child and has embraced it by becoming our class clown.  He will do anything to get a laugh and capitalizes on the fact that he can make us laugh frequently.

 And pretty much whatever Jack and Melody want to do, Charlie demands to be right in the middle of. 

See? What did I tell you...he's two all the way!

Melody Update

Ever since she turned 4, Melody has been growing in leaps and bounds.  It's making me so sad and happy at the same time.  I miss her little baby voice.  Giraffe is no longer ba-graff and she can even say "girl" the right way now!  She's so proud of herself and frequently runs up to me to say all kinds of words.



Like her brother, Jack, she as develped an insatiable love of reading.  She has even memorized this entire Mother Goose book!





She has been taking ballet and tap for a few months now with her best bud Ava.  She loves it and is quite the dancer.

Update on Jack

I realized it's been a while since I've had an update on the kiddos.  I've decided to do a post on each kid, starting with Jack.

The latest and greatest news regarding Jack has been the loss of yet another tooth, making the lost tooth total 5.

This experience was particularily traumatic as it had been barely hanging on for quite a while and Jack finally asked me to pull it.  I don't do teeth well nor do I do calm and this required both.  Where's Captain when you need him?

Jack latest obsession is Transformers.  He has most of the Transformers thanks to Dad and Grandmother, who had the good sense to save the original Transformers all these years.  The obsession seems to be contagious as well.  Grandddaddy has become infected and now perfers to be known as the Granddaddy-inator.

It's hard to believe that in just two months my first grader will have graduated on to the second grade.  Jack, however, seems to think is a fairly small step.  Today his class was traveling to Georgia Tech for a field trip.  I couldn't find the paper detailing the purpose of this excursion so I asked Jack why they were going.  "I don't know," he shrugged, "I guess they think we're ready for college."

And speaking of Georgia Tech...GA Tech has become a frequent topic around our house as well.  Jack seems to have become a GA Tech fan, and for those of you who know us, you know we and our extended family are either die-hard Auburn or UGA fans.  Jack even has put up a Tech baseketball poster in his room he has acquired from someone.  I questioned him when he asked to put it up but it's hard to argue with his logic; he says he lives in Georgia and likes basketball.  Both true statements.  Oh, and the poster...it's not just basketball; it's women's basketball.

2011 Speech Meet

Each year Jack's school has a school wide Speech Meet. 

Last year Jack won his class' competition and this year he won again and participated in the school wide Speech Meet.  He didn't come in first, but we still think he did a great job!

The post where I brag on my husband

I need to spend a little time doing something I don't do enough of; bragging on my husband.

Plus, he's been waiting for me to post about this.

In the past, we've never really celebrated Valentine's Day.  We usually get a little treat for the kids and that's about it.  It's a cheesy, commercialized holiday and seems just unnecessary.

Sorry, ladies. Please don't throw things.

However, as I was spending some time reflecting on things I dislike about winter (it's freakin' freezing, it's long, it's boring, etc) I realized that a celebration is just what I needed to get me out of this funk.

So, I called up my hubs, told him about this revelation and pretty much ended the conversation with, "I know you are just going to knock my socks off with what you plan for us!"

And boy did he come through!!

He booked us a couples massage

(Not us...just some randoms that showed up on Google images.)

and got me an ipad!!

And it totally worked! I was able to break out of my mid-winter funk.  Although the fact that the next week, the temps rose to the mid 60s and have (mostly) stayed there may have had something to do with it too.

Valentine's Day may be my new favorite holiday.  I can't wait to see what he comes up with for next year.  (hint, hint, Honey.)