One Advantage...

of living in Auburn.... is getting to have your Super Bowl party in the recruiting lounge (which is adjacent to the team's locker room) in Jordan-Hare Stadium. (John Vakakes, eat your heart out!)
That's right, we were fortunate enough to watch the Super Bowl in luxury Sunday night. We felt very cool. And the coolest thing - we got to take Kate into the locker room. Of course, we had to take some pictures...

standing in front of Bo's jersey
walking with Daddy



hanging out with sweet Tucker...he was literally so excited to take this picture!


a family picture with one of my favorite players ever (it's not really him of course, but it's still cool!)

Playing Around

Just playing around with some new blog stuff... trying to change things up and make my pictures bigger. While I'm playing around with this, Kate is asleep and Clayton is hanging out with Drew (our friendly, personal, local policeman) on the front porch watching some interesting events unfold in our neighborhood. Let me just say that we have a command post in front of our house right now. Nothing too scary.

Kate obviously doesn't like what is going on...it's okay, she won't remember any of it.

Bake Sale

My team at school is trying to raise money for Haiti. They have a goal of $1000. Each teacher has a dollar increment for getting pied in the face. Mine was $600. And seeing that they have raised over $700, I will indeed be getting pied. All of that being said - our students have organized a bake sale for this Saturday to raise more. So, if you aren't doing anything Saturday and want something sweet, here is the info:

PANTHER BAKE SALE
FEBRUARY 6TH, 2010
9AM – 12PM
Grove Hill Clubhouse Parking Lot

Rainy Day

What do you do when it's rainy outside?? Play in our diaper inside of course!I am just getting over what I think was a 24 hour bug, so the house is a wreck and not a lot of clothes are clean. But Kate doesn't seem to mind. All 3 of us are quite content to spend the day lounging around and playing with all of our toys.

I'm sure she'll hate me one day for taking and then posting these pictures...

Silly crawled under her activity table and then didn't know why I would want to take a picture of it.

I promise we aren't the world's worst parents. Kate wanted to play with daddy's stickers...

only a couple of them got stuck

After realizing that they kind of hurt when you tried to take them off, she was done.
Sometimes its actually quite fun doing nothing...

Happy

I think we have a little girl who is very happy to have her sister home...

Kate's face just lights up when Millie comes inside and all she wants to do is crawl all over her. The best part - Millie lets her!! Kate wasn't the only one to miss Millie though - she has been spoiled rotten since she has been home.

Please notice the broken blinds in the picture above...that is definitely from my first child (aka Millie). She rammed into the window a few weeks ago and broke the blinds. But now Kate has a little peep hole to the outside. Redneck, but oh well!

A little update on Millie Pregnancy Watch 2010...we can't take her to the vet to have an ultrasound (yes, they will give her an ultrasound to check) to see if she is indeed having puppies for 21 days. So roughly around Feb. 10, we will know if she is pregnant. They told us to look for morning sickness (no joke!) and if she was sluggish. If she is pregnant, she will have the puppies around the end of March (we had our numbers wrong) - and they will be ready to go home to families towards the end of May! We'll keep you posted!

Millie Update

Well, we go and pick up our sweet Little Dog tomorrow. I can't begin to tell y'all how excited I am to see her. I didn't realize I would miss her so much!! I have to let Ms. Konie's (Justin and JoBoo's mom) comments tell the story of the week...

Monday:
Shealy,I just got home and saw the sweetest face peeking out at me under my front porch!!!!! It was sweet Millie~!!!!!! I went around back and Joboo was in HIS kennel puffing on a cigar!!..Apparently the first time spent together went very well!!! We will pamper sweet Millie while she is visiting and make her visit one she'll enjoy :)

Tuesday:
Update.....Joboo and Millie didn't hang together any during the day yesterday, after their first date :) Great instructions per Dr. Ken Clark DVM : ) : ) : ) But, Joboo was able to give her a goodnight kiss!! Won't go into those private details :) They BOTH slept well....I woke up early this a.m. and went down to see Millie and take her out FIRST...Ladies first around here!! We let her sleep inside of course : )) She is just so so sweet! Justin fed her, and later took her for a good walk in the neighborhood. Of course Joboo wants to visit with her...but we were advised to let them both rest some today. Justin MAY let them visit tonight :) Joboo definitely knew she was in the exercise room this a.m. When I brought him in he wanted SO much to be in there too...hehehehe Well...we love Millie and sure hope hers and Joboo's desire to have babies....WORKS!! :) I'll give her a kiss from you:)

Wednesday:
Well....I do believe Joboo and Millie are a little confused!! Obviously their morals went DOWN THE DRAIN on Monday, because LAST NIGHT they left for their HONEYMOON......To the J4 in Selma, Alabama!!!! They return tonight so I can't wait to hear JUSTIN'S version of time spent with two honeymooners!!! :)))

Honeymooners are back in Hoover, AL. Joboo is NOT going to know what to do when his bride returns to Auburn. He is looking for her all over the house! :) Justin said they had a "good" time in Selma:) Let's just say that we believe some seeds have been fertilized :)) Millie should have some sweet sweet puppies!!! Can't wait to find out if she's pregnant! Thanks Shealy, Clayton and Kate...for letting her stay with us :)

Thursday/Friday:
Guess this is my last update....Shealy will have to give us future updates on Millie and puppies :) Yesterday sweet precious Millie was just that! She is THE BEST dog! She is just so easy to take care of....stays right with me when I take her to use the bathroom and to play outside. She got sooooo excited when I got OUR leash out to go for a walk (ours is RED and she still knew it was a leash!!!) She LOVES to go for a walk. I didn't walk too far because I didn't want to attract other dogs to her :) Her heart belongs to JOBOO!! Plus...I knew it was VERY important to keep other dogs away from her during this mating time :) JOBOO...on the other hand was ANSY ALL DAY LONG!! Really sort of whiny.....he KNEW his bride was somewhere close around!! Followed ME everywhere I went...which isn't unusual, but he usually settles down and sleeps most of the day. Guess he smelled Millie's scent on me and THOUGHT I would take him to her :)))) Dr. Ken (DVM) told us that ......well won't go into those details :):)....but short version is that they both had been together enough :)))This morning I went to let her out and she wasn't there......Justin took her to Clayton's parents house last night! He didn't let me kiss her goodbye....guess he knew I would probably cry!! :((( Well..Shealy and Clayton...hopefully Millie is pregnant, and those will have to be the best puppies ever....because they have the most amazing parents :) Thanks for trusting us with her :))) I miss Millie.........

Thank you Bryant family for taking care of Millie!! I can't wait to see the results!!!

While We're Waiting

on Millie to come home, Kate has had to find other things (toys) to play with. Millie is her favorite, and she has crawled to the glass door to try to find her on many occasions. But until Millie comes home, we have had to be preoccupied with something else...

Clayton came home from Target the other day with this huge ball. Kate LOVES it! She just cracks up and tries to bounce it. I swear that she even said "ball" the other day. She loves for it to be bounced to her and rolling it back and forth. She even thinks it is hilarious when you bounce it off her head!

just waiting on it to hit her in the head!

Little Dog

My sweet Little Dog is on her way to Birmingham right now. Why? She is going to meet up with JoBoo (our good friend Justin Bryant's dog) to see if she can get pregnant. How weird does that sound?? I didn't really even know how to word that... She will stay there for a week and I am a lot more weirded out about it than I thought I'd be. We have said from the beginning that we would breed her, but it is just strange that the time has come. It pretty much couldn't work out more perfect timing wise though - she will have the puppies at the end of May; perfect timing for me getting out of school. And then the puppies will be ready to go right before I go back. So, here's to a summer of taking care of a toddler and puppies! (Pray for me now, please!) If you are interested in a precious, smart lab puppy - one can be yours in August!!

10 months + double ear infection

The Stinker turned 10 months old Sunday!! We are 2 months away from her first birthday! Kind of hard to believe!! I would have posted this earlier, but I got a call Tuesday at school that Kate had 103 degree fever. Of course, I freaked out - she has never had a fever over 99. We went straight to the doctor and she looked in her ear and immediately said it was an ear infection. But wait - both ears were/are infected! We don't do anything small around our house. We've been on antibiotics since Tuesday, and are slowly turning the corner. Thank goodness. I do have to say, however, that 10 months and no antibiotics/illness, we are doing pretty good! (Might be why I freaked out so much!) Anyway - here is her 10 month pic...

she looks like a little girl this month and not a baby!
When we went to the doctor Tuesday, she weighed 19.6 oz and from her check-up last week was 28 in long. I plotted them myself on a growth chart for 10 months and she is around the 45th and 50th percentile for both. Pretty average!
Here's what's been happening this month:
-STILL no teeth. I think she might be toothless for her first birthday.
-She is pulling up and cruising around furniture.
-She loves to walk behind her little scooter/walker. She walked around the entire kitchen tonight behind that thing. Clayton and I have a bet going on when she'll walk.
-When we say, "How big is Kate?", she throws her hands above her head. She will also do this when you say, "Touchdown Auburn!" (gotta start em young!)
-Says, "bye bye" at the appropriate time and sticks her hand up like she's waving.
-If you tell her hey, she'll stick her hand up (that one is kind of new, we're getting better)
-She loves playing peek-a-boo.
-Is OBSESSED with big people food. She will hardly even touch babyfood in a jar anymore. She just wants to feed herself and eat what we're eating. Can't say I blame her.
-She loves her daddy's duck calls. They crack her up all the time.
-She is getting really attached to things lately. She has certain toys that she always goes to. I think her favorite right now is a little stuffed kitten she got for Christmas. (Thanks, Alexanders!) She pretty much loves any stuffed animal right now, but that one in particular!
-She's still a mama's girl when she is upset or hurt, but lights up when Clayton walks in the room. I can say the word da da and she perks up and goes looking for him. I think Millie is her next favorite member in the family. It is crazy how much she likes that dog!
-She is definitely developing a unique personality. It is so neat to see her little character traits showing up already. I know I have said it before, but she is going to be a little pistol!
-She thinks her cousins are really neat, too. She just stares at them and it's obviuos that she wants to be doing the same thing they are. They are going to have such a good time together!

Here is my favorite picture from this month's pink chair photo shoot. I haven't really noticed until looking at this picture how long her hair is getting! I love the little wings!

Oh my gosh, I could eat her up!!!
(I'm not biased at all, am I?)

Granny's Birthday

My mom's birthday was yesterday (Happy Late Birthday, Mama!). So, we went over to my sister's Saturday night for a little birthday celebration.

Of course, she had to have her special helpers gathered around her when she blew out her candles. I mean, how cute are they?
Happy Birthday, Granny! We love you so much and had fun celebrating with you. We hope there are MANY more birthdays to come! It is so weird to think that next year, Duncan will be added to this picture! Love you!!