Closer...

And now we have landscaping~makes it look like a home :)

FYI~Andy did not do the landscaping but he will be taking care of the back. Will post those pics when he gets started.

Getting even closer...

Shutters, a driveway, and some sod!! YAY!

Closing date has been moved from December 16th to the 20th. We are fine with that; we just hope to be in before the end of the year. I'm getting so excited!!

What a child hears...

Lilley Grace has been saying the funniest things lately, so I had to write them down so I would remember them.

She told me the other night that her granddaddy was "an aunt sister." I said, "What is that?" She said, "A person that lived a long time before us." Oh! An ancestor!!!

We spent a day at the Wolfchase last week. She wanted to pose outside on the wall.

 I wanted to get a picture of the two of us on our girls' day.

I told her as we were walking in that the mall had a carousel. She asked what that was. I said, "You know, the ride where you get on a horse and it goes around and around." She said (so seriously), "Mama, that's a merry go round. You said a carrot sale!"

 We went to Birmingham for the weekend to spend Thanksgiving with my family. We had a blast! We spent the night at my cousin's house, hung out with he and his wife and their 3 kids. Most of the rest of my family came over on Saturday and we ate a great lunch and watched some football (we won't talk about that). My mom, Lg, and I spent Saturday night at the Birmingham Galleria where LG got to ride another "carrot sale." :) Check out the child in the sleigh behind LG photo-bombing the picture!

Saturday morning Andy took the kids to get donuts. This is the one LG picked out. 

ROLL TIDE!!! 

 Just a little happy to end on. Carson LOVES to sweep and clean. When he walked into his room with the broom, Andy told him to stop carrying Peppi's (my mom's) car around. LOL!!

One more birthday pic

My cousin took this pic of our family at the b-day party. We have so few pics as a family. Thanks, cuz!

I did get some pics!!

I grabbed Andy's phone a couple of times at the birthday party last Saturday and snapped a couple of pics.

Our party spilled over to another side of Chick-Fil-A

Andy's mom, sister, brother, and our friends, Brian and Brooke 

 The "designated" party side~Alisha, Michael, Alex and my mom on one side

 DeeDee, PeePaw and Carson at the head of the table

As a special treat, LG got to get her makeup done for the party. Back story~she was supposed to get a little makeup for her Aunt Sarah's wedding but I was running so behind that she couldn't go with me. I promised her that I would take her back and she could get it done. What better time than for her brother's 2nd bday party?!

At the MAC counter in Dillard's with Ms. Kim

 Rubbing her lipstick in :)

BTW~note her shirt says "Daddy's Girl" and guess who took her to get her makeup done...her daddy! If the shoe fits...right? ;)

It has NOT been 2 years!

I am in shock that my big baby is actually 2 years old! He has been the size of a 2 year old for about a year now but he was still my baby. Now he is talking up a storm, carrying on conversations, following directions, and playing with his sister, not just beside her.

He has the sweetest heart. If he thinks you are hurt or you need help, he will come over and offer his hand~literally. He will pat you on the head to say he's sorry and hug and kiss you even if he was just mad at you. He has a temper and throws whatever is in his hand or finds something to smack off the table but when I tell him, "NO!" He cries, sticks his fingers in his mouth, and comes right over for a hug.

HE.HAS.MY.HEART. 

It's no secret I am a sucker where he is concerned. More people than not have said, "You would never have done that with LG." But you moms of multiples can vouch for me~it's hard with the first to give in on anything, especially if you're an OCD nut like me. I felt like if I let her sleep in the bed with me, even just once, she would always want to sleep with me...for the rest of her life. If I let her drink chocolate milk, she would never drink white milk again. If I rocked her in the middle of the night when she cried out for me, she would always want me to do it. A lot of "always" and "nevers" but now that she's 5 and she doesn't have to have me rock her to sleep or only drink chocolate milk, I see that most things are just phases and if I'm not careful I will miss out on some sweet moments. So, having said that, I am trying to make up with it for Carson and if you don't like it (Andy, Mama), you can...well, just deal with it. :)  

He got his first hair cut (and first sucker) last Tuesday~11/12/13~I didn't do it on that date on purpose but it sure does make it easy to remember. My hair dresser tried to just cut off the ends and leave shorter curls but I quickly told her that I wanted those curls cut off. We have enough curls in our household already, I am not trying to see anymore right now. :) Here he is after the cut:

 Sometimes the fingers are better than the sucker :)

 He had his birthday party at Chick-Fil-A, mostly because we don't have a house to have people over to right now and because I didn't want to have to clean up anything. It was Elmo themed. All the kids except for Carson played in the playroom. He is extremely cautious of things and steers clear of any trace of chaos. He also doesn't like to be sung to~the whole time we were singing "Happy Birthday" he was screaming, "No!" LOL! I was too busy trying to enjoy the moment and didn't get any pics. Sorry.

Lastly, he had his 2 year check up today with our back-up Dr~Dr. Harry Phillips. He meets all the development markers for his age, i.e. he is saying 2-word phrases~no mama, juice please (jew pees), my colors (my colees), etc. Some of his many new words are: Sissy, down (meaning pick me up), bless you (bess you), nope, and any word you ask him to say, he will try to say. He still goes to sleep between 6-630 pm and sleeps until 6 am. Even if we try to keep him up, he is ready to go to bed around 6 pm. He LOVES to color. He has colored a few times on the wall so we asked for someone to get him a magna-doodle for his b-day and thanks to She-sha (Alisha), that is his new favorite thing to do!! He has just started telling us when he's pooping. Sometimes he confuses pooting with pooping so there's a lot of diaper checks for no real reason. :) He loves Dora, Little Bill, and Elmo.

He is on the chart!!!!! I was shocked but apparently the rest of the babies are catching up to him. :)

Weight: 34 lbs (95%)

Height: 36 in (75%-90%)

Head: 51 cm (95%)

He got his last prevnar shot and a flu shot and only cried for a second~no tears though. It was more like he screamed at the nurse out of anger and then put his fingers in his mouth and was fine. He walked out by himself, said "Bye" to everyone and blew the nurses a kiss. :)

I am so excited to see what this next year has to offer for him and us~what new things he will do. He makes us laugh everyday and is so much fun to be around. I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to be his mama. Thank you, thank you, Jesus! 

Getting closer...

Andy and I went by the house yesterday and the cabinets were in!!
Obviously, these are the kitchen cabinets. I am so happy with how it turned out. 

They have also finished bricking the outside,

 have stained the front doors, and added the stairs in the front.

Yippee!!