Ho, Ho, Ho, Six in a row! The victory over Alabama on Saturday was the best Christmas present I will get this year! Hoping for #7 next year! WAR EAGLE!!!

In other news, I have all of my Christmas stuff out except for my tree. We get a real tree, so I will have to wait until Josh has a day he can help me. Hopefully we will get it on Friday. I will post some pictures as soon as we get it up and I get a chance. More later - Bayley is not happy and Hannah got quiet - not a good combination!

Thanksgiving & Black Friday

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! I love Thanksgiving - mainly because I know the next day will be the biggest shopping day of the year. I also love it because it is a time for family and lots and lots of food! This year was no exception. I started my Thanksgiving Day the way I always do - out of bed, throw on some clothes, brush my teeth and hair and off to get a newspaper. Yesterday morning I had a surprise. When I walked out the door to get the paper, I realized that one was already in my driveway. We get the Sat/Sun paper but I guess this one was a freebie! Thank you, Birmingham News!

Anyway, we went to eat lunch with the Shadix family. I loved getting to visit with my grandparents, aunt, and cousin. We do not get to see them that often and it is nice to be able to spend most of the day with them. Time passed by so quickly. Hannah showed out and everyone oohed and aahed over her. (Big surprise, I know). We left the Shadix's and went to the Courington's. We ate AGAIN. I was stuffed. We all just sat around and talked. Some played the Wii. Some taught Addi how to trash talk and others almost killed everyone in the room trying to play tennis! It was a lot of fun.

We left Hannah to spend the night with Billy & Mary. When I got home I almost cried because I missed her. It is funny to me that sometimes I feel that I need a break so bad, but the second she is not around my heart aches for her. Breaks are good for mommies as long as it is not too long! Thank you, Billy, Mary, Jazz, & Alex for keeping Hannah last night and today!

Today was the big shopping day. I was up at 3:30 am and out of the house by 4:00 am. I met my mom, sister, aunt, and cousin. We shopped until about 12:00, came back to unload, and took off again. We were through around 5:00. We had so much fun and I am almost finished with my shopping. It is wonderful to have such a close family. We laughed a lot today, but I couldn't wait to get home to see my baby!

Billy and Mary bought Hannah a snowman costume. She is so cute in it! She has been running around the house wearing it proudly. I will have to take a picture and post it soon. Anyway, I have rambled on enough. I hope everyone had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Now let the Christmas season begin!

I've got the spirit! :0)

I am in the Christmas spirit! I would decorate today if I didn't think it would be a little tacky. I always try to wait until the day after Thanksgiving, but I am really in the mood this year! I will wait though.

I got a new camera! YEA! Target had a good sale on one yesterday and I couldn't resist. Gone are the days of having to hold the batteries in to take a picture! That is exciting to me.

Hannah has been a handful lately! :0) She has been into everything. You may have noticed my "I love my toddler tornado" blinkie. I thought it fit perfectly. The other night I got the George Foreman grill out of the cabinet to make hamburgers. Hannah walked over to the cabinet and got in! It was funny. She played in the cabinet the whole time I cooked dinner. I know she is mine, but I think she is too cute!



Poor Bayley! Do you see her face? Hannah wants to be sweet, but she is not that gentle. LOL! They are going to be good friends one day - along with Lila. I find it humorous that Hannah talks to Bayley like we talk to her - in a high pitched voice. She will say "Hey Boo-boo." Tina always says that to Bayley and apparently Hannah picked it up. Now I find myself saying it too.



Hannah loves to sit on the chaise now and watch television. I think she likes the chaise because she can climb up there by herself. She looks like such a big girl!



Look at my little Auburn Tiger! I think she looks just like Clay in the picture. She helped me cheer for Auburn, but we must have not cheered loud enough Saturday! All of you know we got stomped, but maybe that will make us hungry for elephant meat!



There is not much happening around our house. Hunting season starts this week and Josh is excited. Hannah has to go Saturday to get her flu shot and then we are taking Hannah, Addi, Levi, and Lila to have their Christmas picture made. That should be interesting. Getting all of them to smile at the same time will probably be a challenge. It should be fun - as long as it is better than last time! Anyway, I am waiting on Bayley to get here and I need to put a roast in the crock pot. Hope everyone has a good week!