Our Weekend in Valdosta

On Friday evening, we headed down to Valdosta for Derrick George's big weekend. He turned 1 on February 7 so this past weekend was his big party and his baptism. Here are my favorite pictures of the 115+ that I took.

This is my absolute new favorite picture. As soon as we got to Katy and Derrick's house, Evan discovered the Cozy Coupe. I guess it's a good thing I'm going to the Kidsignments sale because Evan has to have one of these.

Who needs a door?

Evan also enjoyed the jeep, especially when other people pushed him around

Derrick George's cake

Daddy, DG, and Mommy

Cake should not only be eaten, it should be used as hair gel

Poor DG! Evan liked to hug Derrick and would usually come close to knocking him down. Evan also loved to pat him on the head and take his pacifier.

cute!

This is the patting the head part

Evan was not to be outdone on any of the riding toys. I can already tell I have a trouble maker in the works.

Success!

I just love his face

and by the end of the weekend, this is what we all looked like

I don't have pictures of the baptism because Mike and I were Derrick George's godparents. We were honored to be asked and hope to help guide Derrick right by the ways of the Catholic church (no promises, Katy).

We had a great time in Valdosta and can't wait to see Katy, Derrick, Derrick George, and the new baby (due in August) again soon.

Making Cookies

I helped throw a bridal shower today at work so my job was baking on Tuesday evening. Mike and I baked three kinds of cookies and gooey butter toffee cake. You have to make the toffee cake! Evan, of course, helped.

(The horrible pics I put up of myself for the sake of Evan)

and tonight, enjoying a non-baking evening

We haven't had much to post lately, as you can tell from my absence. I should have some new material next week as Little Derrick turns 1 tomorrow and has his party on Saturday. He also gets baptised on Sunday. Have a great weekend!

Bath Time

I've got nothing to blog about so I figured we'd share some pictures of one of Evan's favorite places in the world... the bathtub.

Cheese and bubbles

I'm thinking we'll see this face more and more as he grows up, telling us to go away

and probably this one too!

New Pictures

There was a freebie sale at the Kiddie Kandids so it was time for Evan to get some new professional pictures. He's over 13 months old now but we took advantage and got some 1 year old shots. Enjoy!

Just a little snow

Well we got a little sprinkle of snow so Evan and I ventured out into the front yard. He's been in a mood today because he got his 1 year shots so I couldn't get him to look at the camera once. Here's what we got...

It's not our best self-portrait, but we tried.

Have a good rest of the week!

At the park

It was nice outside on Friday afternoon so we took a trip to the park. Here's a ton of pictures of Evan enjoying everything

Sliding

Climbing

Monkey Bars

Our all time fave, the swings

and the fireman's pole (I'm sure it has another name)

I haven't been in the mood to blog lately so this is all we've got. See you again when we have something else to post!

Clean Teeth

Our New Year is off to a nice slow start. We haven't taken many pictures but here's what we have...

Mr. Independent with his toothbrush

and just for fun, I threw in our most recent self-portrait.

Have a great week!

Lazy Evan

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May you have a Happy New Year filled with lots of laughter!

The Magic of Christmas

We have had a very busy couple of days. Christmas started on Sunday when we went to Greenville to visit Grandpa Dick and Nana Jackie. Nana had a lot of toys and Evan dove right in.

Grocery shopping in the kitchen

Playing with his all time favorite toy, the coaster!

After the rain stopped and the sun came out, we took a little time to swing

and swing some more

Before we left, we all shared a Chinese food dinner. Evan took care of Grandpa's egg roll and ate all the cabbage out from the inside.

and he helped rearrange a few ornaments on the tree

Monday, after I got off of work, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Jimmie's house. We didn't get many pictures without a ton of red-eye but this one was cute

and Tuesday was the big present day for us. Thanks to Elena and Kathryn for this great shirt. Evan loves it!

The presents taste good too

and right before he opened his last gift, he decided to take a nap (a two-hour plus nap)

The last present

Think he likes it?

Christmas was a rough time this year. We lost Granny Hicks (Jimmie's mom and my step-grandmother) on Saturday evening. She lived to be 75 years young and was a very kind woman. She always accepted Jerry and me into her family with open arms for the 18 years I knew her. Today was her memorial service and she was loved and honored by many.

We are so happy that we got to spend time with the loved ones that we could during the last few days. Hurricane Evan enjoyed every minute of tearing your houses apart.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our family and friends. May your new year be prosperous and rewarding!

Congrats to the Sparks Family

My friend Sarah just welcomed her third child into the world on Friday, 12/21/07 at 9:15 AM. Baby Noah Austin is 9 lbs, 7 oz and 22 1/4 in long. Congrats to Chris, Sarah, Katie, and Aidan on the arrival of your newest family member!

Sick Days and Our First Haircut

Last week was quite an adventure. After Evan's party on Sunday, 12/9, something wasn't quite right. Evan had a touch of sickness most of the week. He was in decent spirts though. I took off work Wednesday for his birthday and we laid low. On Thursday, I got up, knew I didn't feel right, got to work and I was on my way home in the next hour and a half with the stomach bug. Thursday and Friday weren't pleasant for me and then Mike was sick Saturday and some of Sunday.

Most of our days were spent much like this

and when we got delirious, we played with bottles, some stronger than others

and when the bottles didn't work, we tried to strangles ourselves with the mini-blind cords

On a healthier note, we all were well enough to venture out on Sunday. Evan was looking like he needed a haircut. I admit that I'm the psycho mom that wanted to wait until he was one year old until he had a haircut!

Exhibit A: see the off-centered rat tail growing in the back of Evan's head. Scary!

Evan was a little scared too

Then we figured out that it wasn't so bad

and I present you with my little man!

I hope everyone is staying warm and getting their Christmas shopping done. We're done, thank goodness! Here's wishing you joy, happiness, and good health! Have a great week!