THE LIVELY FAMILY

Monday, December 28, 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

This baby boy has been a handfull the past 2 weeks!! I had him on such a great schedule...and then we went to Disney World. Atleast I think that's what happened! Since we have been home Jackson has decided that he wants to wake up every 2 hours or less and just let us know he's here. I have tried everything!! One thing that I kept reading over and over was to start an earlier bed time to prevent night wakings...put him to bed at 6:00 a couple of nights and that did nothing. Afer a week of all this I finally got smart and decided it was time to let him cry it out. So we said bye bye to the swaddle (that way he can atleast move around a little bit) and I put him in bed last night and left the room. It was rough and I know it's going to be, but hopefully I'm doing the right thing - it worked with Warner.

Warner's Christmas Program and Party

What a cute group of 3 year olds!! They did so good in their program - "A day in the life of a preschooler." I will have to admit that when the program started my eyes filled with tears and I had to tell myself to get it together - so many emotions came over me - how is my baby old enough to be participating in a Christmas program, look how much he has learned, and how far he has come from the shy little boy that wanted his mommy to walk him in the first day of school. It was a very proud moment for me....so so proud of the little boy he has become.

breakfast with Santa

I never thought this day would come - Warner sitting on Santa's lap!! I'm happy to have this picture this year because for the next couple of years Jackson will probably be too scared to sit on his lap!

We went to the country club for breakfast with Santa and had so much fun. Santa asked Warner what he wanted for Christmas and he said, "I don't know."

Friday, December 18, 2009

DISNEY WORLD

(I'm finally getting around to posting these pictures.)

Last week (Dec 6-12) we enjoyed a wonderful vacation with Chris' family to DISNEY WORLD!! Chris' parents decided to do something different this Christmas and instead of gifts they gave us a trip to Disney. Warner loved it all, especially the roller coasters and characters...and Jackson was such a trooper (until we returned home! - more on that later). Chris & I are totally worn out!! Disney World is great, but you need a vacation when you return...it is A LOT of walking and A LOT of waiting in lines with children in arms. Here are just some of the pictures I took while we were there.

Thank you Pops and JoJo for a vacation we will never forget....Warner is already ready to go back!

10 children and 8 adults....yeah, it was as wild as it sounds

this is Warner waving to the characters during one of the parades

poor thing...he was just along for the ride

riding a ride with mommy

breakfast with the characters - we did this 2 mornings while we were there. I was kinda worried how Warner would react, but he LOVED it!!

Animal Kingdom safari ride

luau at our resort - the Polynesian

Warner & Kepler

this cracks me up!!

Dumbo - one of Warner's favorites

leaving to go home :(

we were all worn out!!!!!

one happy passenger on the plane

and one sleepy passenger

Thanks again JoJo and Pops!!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

life is good!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

A child is born!

our little pumpkins

Thanksgiving 2009

We traveled to Laurel for Thanksgiving to celebrate with both sides of my family. Thanksgiving morning we were treated by Chef's Rayner and Myrick to a delicious New Orleans breakfast - if I knew how to spell it I would share what the exact dish was...all I know is it was fantastic!

Chris (annoyed that I'm taking his picture, but still willing to smile for me) and baby Jackson