Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas... we started out our Christmas week in Camden.....we did not make it in time to open presents with everyone but when we got there Anthony WAS ready....so we opened presents and visited with Papaw, Maw and Aunt Carol until 1:00...yes AM!

Anthony loves this play gun it sounds real and has a scope on the top!!

Aunt Carol trying it out.... with Anthony doing a little dance!

How sweet!!

Watch out Maw!

Opening more presents!

Hunting for deer with Papaw the next morning

I'm not seeing what they are? Who knows...

The Mounts came over the next morning to visit. Trying to get a picture of these 3 was impossible! Can't tell you have many times and different spots we tried!

Looks like they had fun!

Anthony loves getting to wrestle with his cousins..Britt and Bryce!

Nanny and Anthony playing with the phone...Anthony figured out which button to push to make it ring!

Anthony opening his present from Aunt Mischele!

Take a look at these 3! Watching a movie.....how sweet. Better be good Santa hasn't come yet!

Guitar shirt! Awesome!!

Mallory, Anthony and Will....waiting to open presents!! With great grandma Lafarlett on her way in for presents!

Playing with his guitar!

Nerf gun! Watch out...eye protection necessary!!

One cool dude!

Anthony always wakes up around 7:00 most of the time even if he stays up later than normal. Well Christmas morning Tony and I were just laying in bed waiting for Anthony to wake up! We were just as excited to see what Santa brought! Tony finally decided he would wake him up because it was almost 8:00!

Well I believe Anthony was glad we got him up!

Wow!

A BB gun!!!!

We hope everyone had a blessed Christmas! Thanks everyone for all the presents and time spent together!! We Love all of YOU!

Anthony at 3

Better late then never...took Anthony a few weeks ago to Sears for some recent pictures and one with him by the number 3.

I thought they turned out really good! Still hard to believe that he is 3! We love and cherish so many things that he does and says right now....

1. When he is thinking really hard and telling a story or talking to himself he says cuz a....cuz a.....cuz a ....then whatever it is he was thinking.

2. I'm gonna get on your head.....(literally he gets on your head) when it's time to wrestle with DaDa or Mommy.

3. When he says I Love You very much!

4. When he says... sound like a deal? When he is trying to get his way and agrees to one thing so he can get when he wants.

5. His blanket that he loves and calls it FiFi!

6. We all still miss Dixie very much and it's so sweet when he says I miss Dixie and wish she could come back home....and that he knows that Dixie is in Heaven.

7. I Love that he is so friendly and really outgoing!

8. I Love that he is a total boy that loves tractors and loves to be dirty!

9. I Love hearing him say Good Morning! Even if it's in the afternoon after his nap!

10. I Love it when he says What you talking about momma or what'd they say? When he doesn't understand the conversation.

11. He loves for me to tickle him and I love to hear him say tit tule (tickle) me momma.

12. I Love how he can make me smile at all the funny and sweet things that he says and does!

Just a few of the things that make Anthony so special! Thank you Lord for blessing Tony and I with this child!!

Crafts

We went to the Wildlife Refuge today and made some crafts at their workshop then we walked the trails and had a pinic!

Cheese!! Eating PB and J
Too good.

Here is the Wreath we made

Anthony's Reindeer

Getting ready for Christmas!

We went to see Santa Clause last night. Anthony jumps up in his lap and says.....I want a BB gun!

He has been telling me that he was going to ask Santa for gun....I didn't know it was a BB gun! Santa said he wasn't too sure if he was old enough for a BB gun.....but he would see what he could do!

Anthony looks so big sitting in his lap!

We got our tree up!

Anthony and Ruger looking at all the presents under the tree! Ruger loves sleeping under the tree!

Ruger under the tree still!

I didn't have the camera ready when Anthony first sat down...I will next time for sure.....but still a cute video!

Thanksgiving 2011

Take a look at this bunch....three great guys!

Pappy, Tony, and Uncle Jim

Having a good time visiting and playing

Pappy and Uncle Gordon are laughing about something....

When we got home Anthony had a present in the mail. He loves getting mail by the way.....our mail goes to a post office on MSU campus so they put a slip in our box...Anthony marches right up to the counter and hands the slip over! They all know him by name....too funny!

Well he got a present from his Great Aunt Carol! An Advent Calendar!!!!!! I had to beg her to make one for him...well not really but I did ask really nice. I'm not sure how long it took her to make it but WOW! It is gorgeous! This pictures does not do it the justice it needs!! All hand stitched and she even had to sew the back on because she doesn't have a sewing machine...well it is probably packed away somewhere while her house is getting remodeled.

Love it...Love it...Love it.... Anthony will be able to hand this down to his family for years to come!!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We have so much to be Thankful for in our daily lives sometimes we are just too busy to realize just how lucky we are!

Thank you Lord for all of your many blessings!!

Flood mark

When I took this picture I was just taking it of the inside and didn't notice that you could actually see the water mark on the back wall! Wow! It's hard to believe that the water was up that high.

Island 82

Here we are.....Anthony's first trip to Island 82
Quick break for something to eat...cookies!!

We drove around on the 4-wheeler looking at everything since the big flood. Here we are on the sand dike.

Anthony shooting his gun with Tony's help

Writing in the sand

Throwing rocks in the Mississippi River!!

Digging

What a cool Tree

I don't believe Anthony is afraid of heights like his daddy is.....what do you think?

Just having fun...

Waiting to load on the barge..

Helping Papaw get across the river.....Papaw is scared to cross but looks like Anthony loves it!!

Papaw is keeping a close eye on Anthony

Playing in the dirt again one more time before we head home

On our way.......we were on the way maybe 100 yards before we fell asleep!!

We had a great time....Anthony had a lot of first times on this trip........

First time.....Crossing over on the barge.....on Island 82......shooting his gun.....sleeping in the cabin.....in his dad and papaw's deer stand......coon hunting.... with many many more to come!

If a good time is measured in how much dirt one person can get in....then Anthony had a terrific time!