Saturday, November 27, 2010

Many Thanks



Our family has so many blessings to be thankful for this year. The Lord continues to pour His Love into our lives and fulfill our hearts as only He can. Jarrod and I are so thankful for our families, and we hope all of you know how very much you are loved! Happy Thanksgiving!






Lamentations 3:22-26


22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Two Years Old



It's funny how even when Will isn't with us, the conversations between Jarrod and I always turn to Will. Everytime I think of that little fella' I get a smile on my face. Jarrod and I often just sit and list all the things that we love about Will...the funny way he says things or habits that he has. Here are a list of things we came up with the other night. Every few months or so, our list of things we love about Will changes to new things he says or some other habits he's picked up, but the one thing that stays the same is his love for his family and the fact that whatever he is doing, he's brightening our world with that sweet little grin.

Will at Two Years Old:
* says "I wanna "RUN FAST!" when he wants you to run down the backyard hill with him
* "Right here, right now, right here, right now" ( He calls this Daisy's song)
*Pointing "go that way!" when he wants us to turn right (although we turn left)on his way home from school (One day Jarrod turned right to take the long way home just to make Will smile.)
* Ho-HO! De-ah! (He loves Santa and he loves Deer)
* "No more Monkey's Jumpin on the BED" as he points with his finger and wrinkles his brow.
* Going to Dandyland to see "Ms Hot" (Ms. Dot) and play with Jackson, Erin, Abigail, Makayla, and Brody
* His Youtube.com favorites:"Twankle Twankle Star" "Elmo ABCs" "Go Away Big Green Monster"
* Watching Nick Jr on TV....Backyardigans, Go Diego Go, Dora, Wonder Pets, Blue's Clues
* The way he says "I wah you, mama" (I love you mama)
* Making his funny face with his Paw Paw
* Wanting to play in his Papa's truck
* Loving on his green monkey (Monk Monk) that his Maw Maw gave him
* Going to eat Pancakes at Cracker Barrel with his MeMaw
* Looking for Uncle Bubba everytime he hears someone whistle (Gimme my Hammy!)
* Riding around the block in Shea-Shay's car because he wants to go home with her
* Pointing to Uncle Dave's picture on the fridge saying "Unc' Dave!"
* The way he looks around and calls for "Hedder" everytime he sees Blaze
* Calling his Uncle Justin "Tee Tee"
* Learning Amy's name. (We'd say Justin and he'd say AMY!)
* Thinking every baby he saw in pictures was baby Jameson
* Calling his cousin Davis "Daisy"
* When he tries to get my attention..."mama, mama, MAMA!"
* Playing ball with his daddy, he says "two points DADDY!"
* Singing War Eagle Fly Down the Field
* He loves putting his head on baby Jack and always says "HEY Baby Jack!" and "BYE Baby Jack!"
* He adores his cousin Mackenzie! So he follows her everywhere she goes. She even convinced him to take his yucky medicine when he was sick.
* Laying on his belly in the bathtub until all the water is gone
* Constantly asking for a "Bie-min" (vitamin)

I could go on and on with all the details of Will. There are no words to describe how much we love him. My little mischevious boy! There's never a dull moment.

Happy 2nd Birthday Will!

Will had such a nice Barnyard birthday party! Everyone wore cowboy hats, and Will wore his Barnyard birthday shirt with his name on it. He LOVED his balloons and carried around a handful before his party started saying "Boons!" To kick off the party, we watched a slideshow set to music of Will's first two years. Then, we sang Happy Birthday to Will several times, because he LOVED it so much! He would even sing "Happy Day Will" to himself. He blew out his candle on the cake, and then hit the presents! He had so many nice presents from everyone....clothes, tractor toys, backyardigans toys, a dancing/singing Rooster, Auburn gear, tennis shoes, books, farm boots, a sandbox, soccer ball and goal, basketball goal, and a power wheel tractor trailer. He was so funny riding the tractor with his head bobbing back when the gas pedal was pushed down. Mackenzie and Davis would run alongside him and hold the pedal down and steer for him! The party games were racing stick horses, bobbing for apples, and picking ducks from the pond. We ate chicken fingers, mac and cheese, devilled eggs, corn on the cob, home-made biscuits, cake, and ice cream. It was a wonderful day! Will is always SO happy to have his family together. He loves everyone SO much. Thank you all for helping with the party, preparing the food, entertaining the little ones, and cleaning up afterwards. But most of all, thank you all for loving our little boy so much.

Trying out the tractor for the first time...


Stick horse races...


Yummy Cake!


Will and his birthday "boons"...