Spring Is Here

Spring is my favorite time of year, but has nothing to do with the weather. With the cold going away, the boys of summer come out and play. Pitchers and catchers report in February, the first spring training games start in early March, and my new love, college baseball is starting up as well. I'm proud to say that my Piglet has now been to 4 baseball games. Her latest trip was to my school, Auburn. Piglet lasted 8 inning with no problems. I think having her cousins there with her really helped. Popcorn also seemed to keep her occupied.Below is a picture from her first baseball game. Hasn't she really grown? I went to Orlando last week for some spring training games. Piglet didn't make the trip. I'll post some pictures later on.

Snow Day

Chad is in Reno so I came to Oxford for a long visit. I don't like to stay home alone and I will be picking Chad up in Birmingham on Valentine's Day while Kaitlin stays with Mema and Papa. So far we have had a good time visiting one of my best friends from my high school days and with my grandparents. Today we got to enjoy some snow. I think that it may have snowed more in Columbus but I'm pretty excited with what we got here. The snow started falling around 10:15. Kaitlin went out in it for a few minutes before her nap, she was so excited.

She was still sleeping when I took this picture.

Maggie and Zoe had lots of fun playing in the snow. Zoe especially enjoyed it and went out every time anyone would let her.

Kaitlin loves her Uncle Big and gives him big kisses.

I wish that I could say we took the time to build this snowman but it was one of the neighbors.

This is the snowman we took the time to build. I get cold easily what can I say.

Have you noticed Kaitlin's gloves yet? Yep they are not really mittins just a couple of layers of socks.

Kaitlin did not want to come on one bit but she quickly cheered up to get her picture taken. She is such a ham.

Animals Say....

Piglet is learning about animals. Listen to her progress here.

Christmas 09 Cont...

Here are a few more pics from Christmas of 09. Piglet loved spending time with her cousins Noah and Owen, or as she calls them O-wa and O-wa.

Owa is so funny.

Cousin Caroline with her "don't take my picture" pose.

We also took a visit down to Gainesville for a basketball game. We took a minute to go across the street into the stadium too. Uncle Keith came along too.

Then it was off to Anniston for more presents and family time.

Look how many presents Papa Jack got.

Piglet was very attentive to all of her new presents.

Christmas 09.... So Far

We've had a wonderful Christmas so far. Piglet has been so much fun. A few weeks ago, we went to Anniston for some pre-Christmas cheer with Chrissy's Grandparents.

We visited the police station and they were doing a lineup. Can you guess which one is guilty? I'd say the 4th from the left.
We celebrated Meme's birthday party with all of the family.
Piglet got a little sneaky and saw one of her presents early.
Christmas Eve, we spent at my Grandparents in Jacksonville. The highlight was seeing all of Piglet's cousins.


And the other highlight was what Piglet got from Santa and from the family.

Papa's back is already hurting from one of Piglet's presents.
There she goes!!!!

Piglet's First Sentence???

I'm not sure, but I think Piglet said "That's my Baby" today. Maybe I'm just taking the incomprehensible jibberish that lights up my heart every day and willed it into a sentence, but I really think it was there. Its amazing how smart she is. For instance, here are a few examples.

1. She got a princess chair for Christmas. This afternoon, she put her chair in front of the Christmas tree, moved all the toys from in front of the tree, and sat down to just watch the tree. She just relaxed and enjoyed the tree and the lights.

2. Piglet now has a night time routine. We go into her room, and turn on her lamp and night light. Then we sit down and do our family Bible time. After we finish our songs, Piglet turns on the CD player and turns on her night time CD. Then she gives her baby dolls goodnight kisses, followed by giving Mommy and Daddy night time kisses. Then we put her down and she goes to sleep. Since she has a lamp AND a night light, and the night light is pretty dim; I decided to start turning off the night light as I leave the room to save a little electricity. The first night, she caught me doing it and let me know that wasn't acceptable. Last night, she didn't notice me turn it off, but after we left, she started crying. When Mommy came back in to check on her, she pointed to the light. When Mommy turned it back on, she went right to sleep.

She's smart like her Momma and cute like her Daddy.