Funny Little Walkin' Man

One day last week Michael was home for lunch. It was such a pretty day that we decided to take Daniel outside and let him walk around and play. I dressed him up before we headed out so maybe I could snag a few good pictures of him. We just laughed at him the entire time. We have dubbed him when he is walking with his shoes on (which he HATES), "Frankenstein" because of the way he walks so stiff and straight legged (the picture below demonstrates this perfectly). He was on the go, and his silly, little personality reminds me so much of Georgia.

"Frankenstein" walking

There was a lot of squatting.....

...and falling.

Then he decides this tree looks good to lick and kiss...

or wait, maybe I can climb it....

"....I think I'm pretty funny," Daniel says.

Then we get one good picture from the outing.....

Easter

I was such a bad mommy this Easter. I didn't do a very good job at all with the pictures! I only took a few of the kids after church and these are the best of the bunch. I didn't take any of them hiding eggs, seeing what the Easter bunny brought them, or at the beautiful flower-filled cross at church. They went to an Easter egg hunt with Nana on Saturday (since Michael and I had a baseball game to broadcast on the radio station). Thanks for taking them Nana, but we didn't have any pictures from there either. I have a ton of other things to post that hopefully I can do a little later! By the way, this post is for you Julie.....

This is a picture from Jack's Easter Egg Hunt from school on Thursday. I didn't get to go, but luckily I got a copy of this cute picture from one of the other moms.

(L to R) Kinsley, Jack, Laken, Auburn, Sawyer, Hudson, John, Kaden

Georgie goes to Zumba!!

Since Georgia Anne was out of school this week, it was the perfect opportunity for her to go to Zumba class with me. Luckily Candace, our Zumba instructor, didn't mind her coming. She hung in there the entire hour Tuesday, but today she stopped about half way through and said she was tired. She was the cutest thing, doing her dance moves with us! I only planned on bringing her Tuesday, but she begged me to come today as well. Thanks, Candace for letting her join our class this week! It was a blast!

Candace and Georgie

You can check out Candace's Zumba website here.

Hot Rods

Facing Forward

Guess who is a happy boy now that he has a new big boy car seat and is facing forward?

He even stole a sucker from Georgia Anne, and she let him have it. This facing forward thing has its perks!

Spring Break Weekend Fun

Saturday we were suppose to carry two baseball games on the radio. The threat of rain cancelled the games. After Michael and I were home with the kids for about 30 minutes with them running WILD....we decided we needed to get out of the house for a little road trip. After many suggestions, Michael thought of DeSoto Caverns in Childersburg. The kids were excited about getting to go in a real cave. So we loaded up the car and off we went! We have driven by the DeSoto Caverns sign hundreds of times, and neither one of us had ever been. We were really impressed with the park. It was very pretty, had tons of things for the kids to do before the tour, and the caverns were really impressive. Georgia and Daniel seemed to enjoy the tour. Jack on the other hand got really scared as we entered. I think we heard him say, "me a wittle scared" about a thousand times. At the end of the tour they have a really nice light show inside the cavern that really sent Jack into orbit. He cried the entire time. It was actually pretty funny. Poor little Jack is so scared of the dark, and loud noises, so this wasn't his idea of fun. I recommend you going if you're ever in the area or looking for something fun to do one weekend.

So when we were leaving DeSoto Caverns, we see a sign for Kymulga grist mill and covered bridge. So off we go! When we drive up to the park, it really looked like a scene from the movie Deliverance. There were what I call "yard dogs" and cats everywhere and a couple of pretty rough lookin' employees of the park. I must admit, I love this kind of place! There were so many photo opportunities, but everyone was pretty tired, so I didn't get to play around as much as I would have liked to. Georgia actually got scratched by one of the cats. The lady working there said "she must have eaten something sweet." Michael told her she had some ice cream at DeSoto Caverns and she replied "that's it!" She pretty much went crazy with that and was ready to leave. Jack is scared of dogs (and cats) so he was ready to go. Then it started to rain, so our stay was cut short. Oh well.....maybe next time!

Signs of Spring!

Wordless Wednesday

Miss America: Heather Whitestone

Many of you may probably remember Heather Whitestone. She won Miss America in 1995, and was from Alabama. She was the first deaf Miss America. She came to Tallassee a few weeks ago to speak at HeartLinks. Michael and I were so lucky as to get to meet with her for a private interview. She was the sweetest, kindest, down-to-earth person. After the interview, she wanted to know all about us and our family. Most people would do the interview and move along to the next task, but she took time to get to know us. She has an amazing story and I was so exited to get to meet her!

She tried to put her crown on my head.....I wouldn't let her. She told us it had been broken eight times, and most of the time it is in the front seat of her car or in a shoe box at home! She did say it had traveled with her to many countries, with the most memorable being Iraq. She said the soldiers loved it.

Michael said it wasn't everyday he got to meet "Miss America!"

Happy Birthday, Daniel!!

Today is my baby's first birthday! It doesn't seem like an entire year has gone by since we welcomed him to the world, but it has! He is the sweetest little guy and we love him so much!

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

We celebrated this past Sunday afternoon with a family party at our house. Daniel's morning nap got cut short, so he fell asleep right before the party began. He usually is awake at the time of the party. We had to wake him up, which threw him off a little. He enjoyed opening his gifts, but wasn't too sure about the cake...which totally shocked me. I thought he would have eaten with gusto....

I made "wish cards" for Daniel. Everyone at the party filled one out and told Daniel what their wish was for his life. We sealed them up, and I tied them up with ribbon. I will give them to him when he turns 18.

He wasn't too sure about everyone singing "Happy Birthday!"

Nana had to hold his hands so he wouldn't get burned...

He thinks he's had enough of this cake....

After the party, we took his balloons and tied a note and self addressed stamped envelope to them. The note told they were from his first birthday and asked if anyone found them, to drop us a line and tell us when and where they were found. We let Daniel release them......


only for them to get stuck in the pine tree in our front yard! Oh well!!