First Sleepover!!!

So far, 2014 has turned out to be an extremely CRAZY year! I'm going to try to catch up on the blog as good as I can!

 Just before school started back after Christmas break, Pierce got invited to a sleepover at Carter's!!  They stayed together went we went to Atlanta but this was his first night to stay away with someone other than family.  He was super, super excited...can you tell?!?!

Not only did his mama take on one extra guest...but two!  Maury invited her buddy, SE, and they had double the fun!!!  Super mom, Sally, even got all 5 ready for church the next morning all by herself!

Out with the Old, in with the New...

Pierce got to ring in the New Year with one of his favorite sitters, Allie!  She always brings him some fun stuff when she comes and this time it was no exception.  She brought these party blowers and a 20 questions game for him.

We had fun with friends, watched some awesome fireworks, and the ball drop!  Here's to 2014!!

Christmas Continues, Part 2

The next morning, we packed up again, and headed down to the farm to see Gigi and Poppa.  The most exciting part of this trip was that this time the TX cousins were in town!!

I'm pretty sure Pierce's most exciting gift this year were these boots from Gigi and Poppa!

 The weather was really chilly but the guys did manage to get a game of football in one afternoon.  Chap thought Poppa would be an easy target since he's old and all, but he showed him!

Pierce said he got B, but I tried to tell him that wasn't really how you tackle in football!

This is how you know you are with your TX side of the family.

These cousins had such a great time together and played really well.  We can't wait to see them again!!!

Christmas Continues, Part 1

Christmas morning we got packed up and headed south to Grandmomma and Granddaddy's house to celebrate with them. Shortly after our arrival, we got to open LOTS more. We take turns opening and it usually takes quite a while, but Pierce was very patient and excited about all his gifts!

He was especially excited about his new bat, ball bag, and his Braves jersey!

Yes, this is what I live with....

Later that day, we headed over the Aunt Martha's house for A LOT MORE CHRISTMAS.  Yes, our day was packed full!  The little cousins loved playing together, Pierce was very glad to meet the new baby twins, and we ate way to much food.  Sadly, we didn't take many picture and I think this was the only family picture we got all day and this was probably close to 10pm!

Despite the craziness, it was a day filled with love, family and happiness!  And, we got to start all over and do it again the next day!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas morning was here!!  Thankfully, we slept until after 6:00...I think it was closer to 6:30 before we headed downstairs.  Pierce always thinks its torture that I make him sit and wait on the stairs for a few minutes to wait before he heads down to check out his loot.

We thought it was funny that he quickly ran over to check out his stocking totally bypassing the tree and looking to see what was sitting out from Santa.

Who knew that most coveted and exciting gift would be the bracelet maker?!

We enjoyed the wrapping on this gift from school.  I really do love his homemade gifts!

Time for the special treat to sing, "Happy Birthday" to Jesus and take time to truly remember and recognize the reason for the season and why we are celebrating!

For breakfast I made homemade french toast and attempted to make it look like a Christmas tree.  Pierce thought it was crazy he got to eat some m & M's for breakfast!



After a few hours of playing and quickly packing up, we headed south to start celebrating with our families...more to come on that!

 

"Twas the Night Before Christmas...

On Christmas Eve we headed to church that evening for the Christmas Eve candlelight service, then had a quick dinner with some sweet friends before heading home to get ready for the exciting and much anticipated night!

Best shot I could get, but can't believe how big they are getting!

Couldn't forget to put out the food for Rudolph and his crew!

And of course, some snacks for the big guy.

I was also quite the slacker this holiday season and did not buy any new Christmas clothes or pj's.  Luckily, he wiggled his way into another year of these pj's but I'm pretty sure he wore these last Christmas Eve too so I guess the only way I can tell the difference year to year is by his new accessory on his face! 

 

Before bed, he read to us, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" all by himself.  He made the book this year at school, illustrated a lot of it, and was so proud of it!  This handmade book will become an annual tradition to read before bed each year.  I can't wait to keep reading it for years to come!

 

So thankful to get to spend such a wonderful time of year celebrating with this little guy.  I love his excitement and thrill of happiness.  I hope it lasts for many, many more years!

"I'm the Gingerbread Man..."

Pierce learned all kinds of fun songs about the Gingerbread Man and other characters at school.  Can you tell he was so very excited for this project at home?!?!

This kid cracks me up and brings us so much joy!!!!