Time for giving

I am a member of a local MOMS Club. We collected various little toys to re-stock the treasure chest at the St. Jude Clinic in HSV Hospital. The patients get to choose a surprise after various medical procedures. Well, the MOMS club was very generous and we collected 4 huge bags of toys (small or indvidual size) for the tresure chest! Will, Ben and I took all the goodies up there this afternoon. Ms. Beth the child life coordinator was very excited as were we!!!

Santa Train Ride

We took Will on his first train ride today at the North Alabama Railroad Museum. Santa even visited with us on the train! Will loved riding on train. It was so much fun to see the excitement in his eyes. We then went to eat lunch together..just the 3 of us.
Gigi and Uncle Robby watched Ben for us. Ben had fun "walking" between them...he is taking about 5 to 7 steps in between each person before he sits down. Thanks Gi and Bub!

Will's First Christmas Performance!

Will's school had their Christmas performance today. We were on the 3rd row so we had a great view of him. Will was very interested in all the older kids behind him on the stage. He did not sing much but was into the ringing of his bells! Gigi, Pop, and Daddy all came. Santa was there too but we skipped out and went to lunch under the conditon that we made cookies when we got home! (Mind you we have already seen Santa 5 times!) We then spent the rest of day indoors due to the NASTY weather.

Ben was a good baby and Gigi did a great job keeping him busy so we could get pictures and video.

Early to bed, early to ???

Will went to bed at 7 tonight, which is unheard of at our house. Will typically does not nap on school days. We went to the hospital early this evening to greet Miss Norah Eloise into the world. Daddy's college buddy and his wife welcomed a little girl into their family yesterday. The boys did fine at the hosptial. We even ran into the child life director from St. Jude. I told her we will come visit sometime before Christmas.

I just hope Will does not wake up at the crack of dawn!!!

Will 2 years ago...

Exciting News!

Heather, Erik and Will

I have been wanting to post this but I wanted to ask permission first. Our good friends Heather and Erik are expecting their first child this June. We could not be more excited for them. We pray for a healthy and happy pregnancy!!!

Breakfast with Santa

Will with Santa 2 years ago.

We went to Gigi and Pop's church today for breakfast with Santa. We had taken Will 2 years ago but missed last year due to Aunt Missy's wedding. Happy 1st Anniversary Aunt Missy and Uncle Jim!

Will had fun eating pancakes and doing crafts with Gigi. They had musicians performing some Christmas carols and hymns. Will loved the trumpet (good thing Uncle Robby has one to pass down if he is interested in playing one day)! We then made our way to "Will's church" and then home for a rest!

Ben has 2 new teeth...his top ones!!! This explains why he was up for 2 or so nights this week. Also, we bought Ben his first pair of shoes today. We probably could have waited another week or so but who wants to go to the mall that close to Christmas...not us!! Mommy did get a treat though....some Williams Sonoma hot peppermint chocolate mix...yum yum!!!

We finally got our Christmas pics of the boys done for our Christmas card....it was not fun! But hopefully we will get our cards in the mail soon. The pic above was one of finalist but did not make our card...