Popcorn Party!

Well, I've had a sick kido all week. Thankfully he finally woke up without a fever this morning, so hopefully we are on the mend. The poor kid was feeling so bad yesterday he didnt even want to go get daddy (we had to do a hand off as Charles got off work and I headed to work). I'm pretty sure that has NEVER happened. Daddy is pretty much the most exciting thing in our world!

This is us Friday having a popcorn party on the deck!

I made Jay sit in the sun with me because it was still freezing in the shade. He is in love with helping me pop popcorn on the stove and watching the kernals explode.

Cherry Blossom Fest

Nash is always good for some free entertainment come spring and summer. This weekend we went to the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival!

Jacob got a balloon turtle and a tiger tattoo. As you can imagine he was THRILLED!

He was really mad at us in this picture and refused to smile. We are siting right by the big fountains that you can play in... but mommy and daddy are so mean and wouldn't let him play in the water. Low 60's and windy, not exactly water weather. Ironically he got sick later that night anyway.

The coolest part of the festival was the huge Japanese drums. We were all pretty mesmerized. Watch out TSU... you drum core cant touch Japanese 'Thunder Drums.'

For Love of the Game

I LOVE Baseball. To me going to the ballpark means summer is here! Or at least close. We went and watched Belmont play Lipscomb this weekend. Great weather to be at a ballpark. Jacob will tell you the ball goes "ping!" He brought his glove for the first time... we thought the big baseball boys would hit a ball to us. Well he lasted though two innings and then realized there was a large body of water near by to be explored.

Throwing rocks and not getting in trouble for it is soooo much fun!!

Jacob was way to busy to smile. I really thought he might jump in the lake. If our experiences with the pool are any indication... he might have.

Some Hints of Spring

TN finally got the first glimps of spring! We caught Aunt Molly before work one day and had some BiG fun. They played Baseball, Tennis, and he climbed his first tree!!! Yep, Aunt Molly is the best.

Good thing Molly was holding him in the tree because he has no fear and just jumped off the branch!

I love spring in the south. You can smell it in the air!

Leprechons!

Here is a little belated St. Patricks Day love...

Potty Training Pitfalls!

Well, I realize its been a month. Crazy how time can fly like that and it is almost April!!! So I will try this week to catch you up with our life...

My grandfather died last week after a very full 86 years. He loved the Lord and his family and we are happy that he is safely home with Jesus.

Work has been crazy. I've been juggling multiple jobs, and thanks to my family Jacob was well cared for in the process!

Charles office moved... yeah! He is closer to us now!!

And in big Jacob news we are starting to potty train. Haha it has been quite the adventure. I realized quickly I was not as prepared as I should have been.

As you can tell he is very proud of his underwear... however he peed through a whole pack in one morning. It became quite clear I did not buy enough. (good grief how can that little underwear be so expensive!)

I bought the potty thinking we would just have it in the house so he would know what it was... ummm, I didn't really expect him to pee on it every time he sat down! It quickly became evident he was ahead of me in this process. Haha, despite the fact he is great at going when he sits down on the potty we haven't quite figured out how to tell mommy we need to go. Its more of a "mommy I need potty!!!" with a stricken look as he is going. Oh well, we are a work in progress.

Ahh yes the loves of his life: footballs, rain boots and underwear! What more could you want.

Go Dores'

I love college basket ball! And so do my boys.
Jacob yet again mesmerized by the band that was dancing with their horns!

We got cool banners!

My son who NEVER falls asleep when we are out and about was apparently worn out! He crashed on daddy's lap in the 4th quarter.

Just in case you don't know Vandy is ranked 20th and Lipscomb just won their conference Sat night. We got some pretty good ball in Nash. And because my hubby is a hustler we got $5 tix to the Vandy game!! Impressive huh!

My Olympian

Well wow, a full two weeks of the winter Olypics has gone by without a single blog entry. Sorry about that. Busy life!


I thought you might want to catch a glimps of my skier, snowboarder, hockey player, speed skater...

We had alot of fun watching the Olypics and over the course of two weeks Jacob was a little bit of everything. But with every different sport we had our helmet and flat bed truck (ski, snowboard, ice skate). He added in a few props along the way like a golf club (hockey stick).