Christmas Part I

We celebrated Christmas with my mom's parents and side of the family. This is a picture of my mom and Lilly. My mom opened her eyes, which she never does in pictures. Good job mom!
Granny and Grandad
the kiddos with cousin, Sean

Modeling the girls' gifts

So sweet.... at the end of the night the kids were so tired.

They were watching tv in another room and all three of them were sitting in my dad's chair. They love each other so much.

Christmas Program

Hollis was in his first Christmas Program at school. His class came out at the end in wagons and starred at everyone. I barely had enough time to get down front for a picture.
Mimi and Paw paw
Notice the longer how long Hollis' hair is. He got his 1st real hair cut this same day. Zach and his mom took him. I am kind of glad I was not there because Hollis cried the whole entire time. They could not even give him the sucker. I do love his new due.

Sweets, Animals, & Friends

We got to go make ginngerbread houses. Hollis and Mamie worked together on one. They put tons of candy all over it. Hollis put ever piece of candy in his mouth while he worked and or took a big bite out of something and then put it on the house. Oh well he had a great time. Mamie wanted to take Lilly's home bc she said it was prettier.

Group Shot- Thanks Sassy

We went to a friend's house and got to decorate cookies. Hollis could not quit eating the sprinkles.

Oh Ella! These two are hilarious. They pretty much tackle each other when they see one another.(and then start body slamming) Mrs. ThingWe went to a live nativity set. Ella wanted nothing to do with the animals Hollis on the other hand was not scared at all and would have fed them all night long. Feeding the Camel
Hollis and the goat trying to escape Hollis and his friend Logan

November

November came and went so fast.

We went to the zoo one day with our cousins and they had the best time playing in the leaves.

Cheese

Wheeeee!

I had a picture of Crystal here but she made me remove it...

I am glad she got to be in one. Check out her blog for more pictures click on Aunt Crystal.

Black Friday at Auburn with Mimi
Hollis loved seeing all the "Aubies" everywhere. He had a blast during the game. He sat w us for awhile then went to sit with Zach's parents. I think he liked it better there bc he could see Aubie and the band. He even slept for 1 hour during the game. He was worn out from everything.
Wednesdays with Elliotte.
We got to keep her some. She is such a good little girl. I would hold them both in the chair and Hollis would just hold her little hand.

End of Oct

I am way behind in blogging and trying to play catch up. We spent Halloween with Zach's family. We took Hollis to maybe 3 houses to trick or treat and he was not very eager to be a lion.

Little did I know he wanted to be a football player. Mom found an army costume super cheap and it was well worth it. Hollis thinks it is a football helmet. He was not into trick or treating of passing out candy. He was just into playing football.

Zach got bored and got in his Dad's closet. Zach's mom told us how there are so many trick or treaters, bought tons of candy, etc. I think we might of had 20 at the most.

We celebrated Crystal's birthday the next day. Guess how old??

Abby, Abby, Abby

Hollis is in love with his cousin Abby. She does whatever he wants her to do. Before we left she was in a tiny rocking chair reading him Pooh. The whole way home we heard Abby... Pooh over and over again.

Spooky Playdate

We had a big turn out for the Halloween Party. The weather turned out to be so nice and sunny. We are so glad all our friends could come. All the kids dressed up but Hollis. He was not in his dress up mood.(maybe bc it was so hot) Last year none of the kidsbut a few could walk and this year they were all over the place!
Here is an attemp at a group shot

These two are very sneaky. aka "the cupcake monsters"

Ella as Elmo

Logan was a happy rabbit

Parker was the youngest, 5 wks old

Caroline was a busy bee Backyard Shot:

Amanda taking a pic, Liam in the sand box, Hudson raking, Luke pushing the cart

Lola and elephant in the sand Cowboy

Mason eating leaves
Brody was Superman

Mrs. Bopeep found her lost sheep(or bunnies)

Raine's yummy cupcakes


Hope to see you all next year!

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins at Erica's house. We had a big big pumk pumk as Hollis would say that Mimi got us.
I was so proud of the girls for carving their own pumpkins usually I end of doing all of them.

The final product a monster, trick or treat, and mickey.

Trunk or Treat

We got to trunk or treat at Kristen and Bubba's church.Hollis was a lion and a scared one at that. He did not know what to think of everyone all dressed up. He had the most fun handing out candy with Kristen to the kids.

He only got the 3 pieces of candy. His two favorie are M&M's and suckers.

Hanging out with his friends Mason and Mitchell.

18 Months

playing with Daddy

Hike

Hollis at 18 months....

colors and plays with his sticker books

loves to play football and says hike & fumble

(Zach runs a play with him called blue 42 and he will squat and, say "bew ", get the ball and run and yell fumble)

loves all other sports especially golf and basketball

repeats everything

looks like his Daddy

watches his auburn video 5 times a day and shakes his shaker with it

sings "I 'm in the Lord's Army"

call his blanket "mamie"

says grosss when someone talks about cats

falls and hit his head daily

chews his food and spits it out often

likes using a spoon and eating cheerios with milk

drags you by the hand to show you what he wants

loves attention and being the center of attention

is no longer a baby but my sweet little boy

Beach Weekend

Hollis and I got to go to the beach last weekend with Sassy, Branson, and Kristin. The weather was hot and the water was warm. Hollis loves playing in the sand and digging and digging.

Aunt kiki

Working hard

Always has to play with a hose if he sees one

Hollis is in this boat riding the waves. You can barely see his head. He was scared at first of the ocean but warmed up real fast and would say "Bbbig, bbigg"about the waves and like to splash. We had a great little sand bar we hung out on lots.

Bubba and the boats

Branson bought Hollis a sword made out of a balloon from a pirate for $1.00.

We still have the thing but it has not held its shape.

Sassy showing him all the boats

Driving the boat at Bass Pro

Hollis was spoiled rotten by the three of them. It was so nice having so much extra entertainment. Mom took her golf clubs with her and Hollis saw them when we packed the car. Every couple hours on the way down Hollis would ask about the golf clubs. Finally Sassy found him a kids club to play with. He does not forget anything. Thanks to yall for putting up with us and thanks to Zach for letting us go.

Oh how we are going to miss the beach!