Weekend Randoms

We had a pretty low-key weekend.  I feel like we have gotten back into our normal routine...finally!  It isn't as easy going to the grocery store with two, so I make sure to buy all of the food for the week on Sunday.  We do a load of laundry almost every night during the week.  It makes the weekends enjoyable.  

While Brody's hair was wet, we gave him a mohawk.  He was copying his cousin Griffin, who has been known to wear one every now and then.  

We told Mason he was looking sharp and I wanted to take a picture one morning before school.  He ran in his classroom and told Mrs. Williams he was sharp.  =)

Brody and I before work one morning.  This little guy had woken up a little early this particular morning.

And who doesn't love a little naked baby. 

Brody is really into his jumparoo right now.  I'm not sure Mason was ever that big of a fan, but Brody seems to love it.  When we hold him now, he starts moving his little legs like he's jumping.  

He even fell asleep jumping.  Notice his hands are down by his side too.  When I walked over to make sure he was okay, he woke up, started jumping immediately, and fell right back asleep.  He was pretty content, so we went ahead and ate dinner in peace.  =)

Saturday night we had a house warming party to go to.  It was for one of Mason's friends' parents party.   Aiden got to have a "playroom house-warming" party upstairs and adults stayed downstairs.  They even had a babysitter.  Mason had a blast and was not ready to leave!  We left there and watched the Grizz game at a friend's house.  Mason had even more fun when he saw this theatre room!

He wanted to sit in a chair next to his daddy.  We picked up Brody after the game was over, but I think Mason had a lot of fun with just John and I.  Not to mention, he got to stay up wayyyyy past his bedtime. 

We watched football today of course.  Brody was pretty interested...

John and I had a couple of adult conversations today.  =)  

I was reading a friend's blog who started making her own baby food.  I have always thought about trying this out knowing it would save a ton of money.  We bought a cheap, small food processor at Costco and I started with carrots, peas, and bananas.  It was unbelievably easy and not time consuming at all (which I thought would be).  Not to mention, the food is so good...it tastes like regular veggies.  I know this is how it should be, but I can assure you, the baby food I have always bought does not taste the same.

I was really happy with the end product and will do a couple of more foods tomorrow.  I think I will be able to also have Mrs. Pat use the frozen cubes of food at her house as well.  When paying for childcare for two kids...any money we can save is good.  I will say though, I actually saved quite a bit today.

Carrots and green ball peas (as I have always called them but I think the correct term in English peas)

The other topic John and I talked about was....Disney World.  Nothing too important.  Ha  But John is again traveling for work there in February for the same show he had to go to last year.  I came along last year and we had a great time.  Now that we have little Brody, I know it will be a while until we will all go as a family.  Since the opportunity has come up again (with John's work paying for his flight), we have decided to take Mason for a very short weekend!!  I am sooooooo excited!  

We had to make sure at first that it was affordable.  We found non-stop flights for Mason and myself leaving Friday night after work.  And then we were lucky enough to basically find a Disney resort for almost free with the flights.  It also comes with Disney shuttle service where they take care of your luggage...once we get on the plane in Memphis, I will not have to deal with our luggage until I see it in our hotel room in Orlando!  That was the only thing I was worried about with traveling alone with Mason.  

I think he is going to have a blast and I cannot wait.  We will NOT be going back until both boys are more than old enough to enjoy it...even if John has to go back for work.  I do think it will be a special treat for Mason, especially since he has had such a big adjustment with his sweet baby brother, but also because I feel like we have been cooped up in this small house a lot.  Again, it will only be two days at the parks but they will be two fun days.

Ice Storm 2013

We had another half day at work today due to an ice storm warning.  We got a good bit of freeing rain again and boy was it cold.  Mason's school also got out early so me and the boys had a fun afternoon snuggled up at home.  I'm pretty sure John is enjoying dinner being ready when he walks in the door!

Iced grass

We heated up some good ole hot chocolate from the Keurig and watched Mater Tales.  Guess who picked that movie out.

I looked up from enjoying my delicious drink and noticed BOTH boys with their fingers in their mouths.  It is the most frustrating thing trying to break Mason from this habit and now Brody is trying to do the same thing?!  Oh no he isn't!

We got a little creative as the night went on.  Mason put his cars blanket cape on and we had Spiderman and Batman fights.  He was Batman, John and I were Spiderman.  We entertain around here.

 I'm sure school will go on as planned tomorrow but ya never know around here.  We will see.

I never posted about our busy weekend. 

Friday night we went to my parents' house for my Special Day celebration dinner.  We have always gone to Red Lobster to get crab legs for as long as I can remember but the last couple of years we have just cooked at their house.   I love these little guys to death, but we are not all going to Red Lobster to eat.  I just do not think that cracking crab legs mixes well with a 3 year old and a 5 month old.  We ended up ordering it to-go this year and it was just as good.  I hate I didn't get any pictures but it was probably because I was knee deep in crab legs.  =)



My mom, the boys and myself met Mrs. Connie, Ashley, and Brinkley Saturday morning to exchange Christmas gifts and go out to eat.  Brinkley and Mason always have a fun time when they are together.  It was quite comical though.  If one was happy, the other was not.  But we had a great time.  Brody wasn't sure what to think about those crazy kids.  (they were taking turns playing with Brody's toy on his carseat)

Mrs. Connie and Mr. Jimbo got Mason this new tool bench.  He LOVES it!  You can hear him beating the screws in there at all hours.  =)

Saturday night I went to dinner with my girlfriends to celebrate mine and Blake's birthdays.  We had great conversation and way too much food.

Sunday we had lunch at my grandma's house.  She cooked my favorite meal and I made sure to bring plenty home.  I think I probably gained 10 lbs last weekend.

Brody playing with Darlene.

Brody and Mamaw.  If he would ever start eating real food...maybe one day he could try her good meals!

A Cold Monday

Last week before work, Mason asked to have his picture taken with Brody as we were walking out the door.  Of course I jumped on that opportunity!  I couldn't believe this picture I got.  Im scared this is a look into our future...these two boys planning things against John and I.

Mason has been a pretty sweet older brother lately.  In the mornings, he gets upset if we don't let him run in Brody's room and tell him good morning.  He actually climbs his crib so he can see Brody's face.  I think he gets a little louder the mornings where Brody is completely asleep...

He also lets me know when Brody is crying.  Wherever we are.  Today we were in the car and Mason says, "Oh no Mom, not again!  Brody's cryyyyying!!!"  Thats what brothers are for though.  =)



Speaking of crying, this kid knows how to do that well.  I don't know what is up with him lately.  He has puked a couple of times recently...like the entire bottle.  It is just awful.  He has not been sleeping that well either and just been really fussy at night.  I can't quite figure it out, maybe he is teething.

But with all of that said...how sweet is this little face?  

Last Brody update.  He can also hold his bottle if it only has a small amount of formula in it.  Fun stuff. His muscles aren't strong enough for an entire 6 oz bottle though.  =)

It turned sooooooo cold yesterday and today was even worse.  We started getting freezing rain and of course our patients cancelled.  But I was able to pick up both boys early and get home to watch cartoons under the covers trying to stay warm.  Mason and I even shared some hot chocolate.

Turned out it wasn't a bad Monday at all!

Hotty Toddy

John and I went to Ole Miss' bowl game this past weekend.  It was a very action packed day and a half!  We dropped the boys off at daycare/preschool in the morning and then were off to Birmingham.  There were a lot of different festivities going on Friday.  It might not be a big bowl game, but when you have 50,000 fans in one city...it will always be a good time.  They had an area in Bham called Five Points blocked off.  There were different bands playing all day.  Then around 5, the pep rallies for both teams started.  

Here are all the fans.

Our entire band came and performed the all the songs they usually do in the Grove before the games.  It was great.

There were so many Ole Miss fans that it was more of a home game for us.  There were actually so many more than usual, that they could not accommodate everyone.  But it was still a great time...especially since we won.

Hotty Toddy

And then of course, as we were leaving Saturday from picking up the boys at my parents, we got a huge  nail in the tire.  It was making an awful noise, so John had to change the tire.  I'm pretty sure thats just what he was hoping for on a cold night after a long day.  

And Brody was pretty much pooped.  It is just so exhausting being a baby.  But I love that little mouth in this picture. 

Speaking of Brody, we have been fighting this nasty eye infection.  Oh ya know...just the normal green, goopy junk just leaking out of his eyes!  Hopefully the antibiotic eyedrops will clear it up completely.  This picture does it no justice.

And I took this picture yesterday.  It is a little hard to see but both boys have the same swirly hairline on the back of their head.  Yesterday, they were both sticking up.  Love it.

Random Pictures

Today was Masons's first day back to school.  He was pretty excited.  This was the first year we had to deal with him being out of school when John and I both worked.  It is either find a family member to watch him...or basically you are paying double for childcare (bc that money is still coming out of your bank account whether they are in school or not!).  We were fortunate this year because my mom was off work in between Christmas and New Years.  We only had to use Mrs. Pat twice for Mason.

He had a BLAST with his Mickey Mouse.  They stayed in their jammies on the day that is snowed, got to eat lunch out, and even went to Build-A-Bear.  I think what probably made it so special for Mason was that Brody was still at Pat's house so he was getting one on one time.  We also still have to pay if we don't use Pat when expected to, so Brody went those couple of days.

Here is Mason walking out with his stuffed animal.  He actually made a tiger and he named him Zach...he sports a spiderman outfit.  Zach now sleeps with Mason every night.

We have done a lot of playing the last couple of weeks.  We have played with alllllll off our Christmas toys.  All Mason ever said he wanted was Angry Birds and he was right.  We take the game everywhere with us!

This picture is just from the phone and not very clear but Mason was using Brody's fingers to play Angry Birds on the IPad.  Brody didn't know what to think.

This little guy has even gotten some use out of his stuff.  We don't have any teeth yet, but he is pretty good at chewing on his fingers.  So we are hoping he would rather chew on this new Sophie.

Mason put on his Spiderman Suit one day...it speaks for itself.  =)

John put together the scooter.  Lets just say, it wasn't in only a couple of pieces...

Here is his Angry Birds set up.  I actually like playing the game.

John and Mason getting ready to launch the birds.  Look at the excitement in his little face.

Family game time of Hungry Hungry Hippos.  One of my all-time favorite games.  I will say, Mason is unbelievably competitive and cheats when needed...

John and I might burn this thing out before next Christmas...it is just awesome.

And what goes good with coffee and hot chocolate????  powdered sugar donuts!

That is all for my random post.  John and I are off to Birmingham tomorrow for a quick 24 hour trip!

Bye Bye 2012

We had a fun New Year's Eve.  First thing in the morning, we all four went to Blue Plate for breakfast (my fav).  Then we came home, played with ALL of our new toys, watched some football, and got ready for our parties.  

John and I had planned on going to a friend's house with a few other couples for game night, watching football and the ball drop at midnight.  The kids were going to my parents' house, but would then go across to the street to another party for a bit.  Mason had been pretty pumped about going to his very own party with Mickey Mouse and Pops.

I took a couple of pictures before we left.  We tried out the jumparoo (with a pillow under his little feet).

 Brody thinks Mason is pretty funny and I love it.  

Brody fell asleep on the way to my parents so he missed out on our last family picture opportunity for 2012.

We went to Will and Catey's house.  We all brought food and games.  We started out with Apples to Apples.  I had never played before.  Turns out I'm pretty bad at it but it was so much fun.

Here is me and Katie with our husbands...the cheaters.  =)

The guys finally turned to a round of poker... as always.

 At midnight!  Happy New Years!

We went home shortly after...I cannot stay out that late anymore!  

Today we went to Mamaw's house for some good food and company to start the new year off right.  

2012 was wonderful.  Mason turned 3, started preschool, and best of all, became a Big Brother!  We were so blessed to have another healthy baby boy and he couldn't be more perfect.  I absolutely loved 2012 and hope 2013 is even better!