A Snowy Day

Pax and Pops with the snow still coming down

A beautiful Winter Wonderland!

Pax and Top Spin waiting for a snow ball from Pops

Wilson wanted to play, too

Mommy and Pax

I was rolling down the hill here!

The fence around the tennis court even was covered in snow!

SNOW BALL FIGHT!!!

Pax hit Pops with a snow ball!

Our little snow man all bundled up!

Me and Pax and our cheese head of a snow man

Pax wanted to wear the cheese head--hope it's alright we borrowed it, Uncle Adam!

Another picture with the snowman---Pax kept posing!

Grandma, Pax, the snowman, and Pops

Me and Pax riding on the sled--check out his face!

Wheeeee!

Brad had to work hard to pull us both!

Pops and Grandma's house covered in snow

Mom took this really pretty picture of the bird house.

Brad measured the snow this morning at 3 and 1/4 inch. I know it was higher yesterday.

Yesterday we didn't have school because snow was scheduled to come in. I didn't think it would, and Pax and I even went to school and ran some errands in the morning. Then, we headed to Grandma's, and around 1:00, it started snowing like crazy!!!! I couldn't believe how hard it was snowing, and how fast it covered the ground. It made everything a winter wonderland. Pax had so much fun playing in it!

The beautiful snow was even still there when we woke up today. So, we played some more today. The sun was out and the sky was blue, and our snow is now gone. :-( But, we enjoyed it while it lasted!

We had fun building a snow man, and taking tons of pictures with him. We also had a blast sledding. Pax didn't really like to go by himself, so Brad had to pull us both around. It was fun until today, when we went feet first into a tree. That part made me thankful that I was on there with Pax. We also had some great snow ball fights. Pax even participated, and made his own snow balls to throw. He was so proud of himself! We had such a fun time, and didn't mind that we were snowed in at Pops and Grandma's house. We just hope we get rain checks for the circus we missed last night!

Anniversary Party for Tori and Rodney

Me and Nannie

Nannie and Pax

Sam and his grandfather, Mr. Raymond

Sam and Tori

Pax and Mimi

Me, Nannie, and Rochelle

Tori and one of her friends

Tammy and Steve

Mimi and Brooks

The gift table

The honorary couple-Tori and Rodney

Pax and Papa having fun!

Cousins-Brad and Sam

Uncle Brooks, Pax, and Aunt Shell

Pax and Aunt Tori

Brad's aunt, Tori, and her husband, Rodney, are celebrating 25 years of marriage, and we went to their party. It was such a sweet party and people got to share memories and funny stories about them. Brad got up there and brought a tear to everyone's eyes with his sweet stories. Then, Sam, their son, wrote the most heartfelt letter and I don't think there was a dry eye in the place when they were done reading it aloud. He had such sweet things to say about both of his parents and the role model that they have been and continue to be to him.

C-Dawg Comes to Play

Pretty girl

Playing ball in the kitchen--one of his favorite things to do--he even tells you where he wants you to sit when you play

Caroline got to come over and play this afternoon. Paxton just loves her. He doesn't say her name very clearly at all, but it's still cute. He says C-Dawg much better. I used to call her that when she was younger and I used to babysit her!

I enjoyed the time with them, but also enjoyed this chance to blog a little bit, too! Thanks, Caroline!

We were playing and testing out his letter skills while she was here. I wrote her name on the magna-doodle (his favorite toy lately), asked him to point out the letter "a", and he did. I figured it was a fluke, so we tried the "e" and the "o". He was correct with those, too. I still wasn't convinced so we asked him to show us random letters in a magazine and around the house. He could do those, too. I really don't know if this is true or not, but he was doing it tonight. Brad's not home yet, so we're hoping to show him, but I'm not going to cross my fingers!

Before the letter excitement, we went in his closet, and he pointed to his jacket and said, "green". Yes, his jacket is bright, kelly green. Good job, Buddy! He sure was showing off for Caroline tonight!

Pure Fun

Last night, Suzie and I went to meet Summer at Pure Taqueria in Woodstock. She has been working there for a little while, and we've heard how good the food was. We have been trying to schedule this, and were really excited that we made it up there. Mom and Dad took Pax to see Uncle Adam, so we had some great girl time and hung out! We had fun eating and sitting around talking, and the food was just as wonderful as we've heard! Thanks, girls, for the fun night!

There for you...

and the cutest back seat driver ever!

You get it? It's the Safe Auto commercial with the adorable little girl in the back seat. This video reminds me of that commercial so much, that I had to go with this as the title!

Mom and Dad caught this on their way to see Adam last Sunday in Commerce. He has just learned this song, and loves to sing it. My favorite part is the end when he cuts Mom off and sings really loud!

Paxton's Girlfriend

Paxton, Charlotte, and Douglass Charles

Look at Paxton's smirk! He's like, "Yeah, check me out!" Douglass Charles is like, "Get me out of here!"

Look at these sweet faces! Pax was too busy playing to let me clean the yummy lasagna off his face!

Pax wanted in their exersaucer, and had so much fun in there that Charlotte wanted to get in, too!

We found them playing with Charlotte's beads.

She was putting them on him one at a time. He thought it was cute, and we didn't know what to think!

Charlotte loved giving Pax hugs! So sweet!

Charlotte loved wrestling with Brad, and Pax was trying to climb on, too.

Sorry, Doug and Alison, Paxton has been talking about her since we got home! And the way she was hugging on him, I think it's mutual! :-)

Last night, we went over to their house for a wonderful evening with delicious food! Paxton and Charlotte played so well together! I haven't gotten to watch him interact with many kids his age, so it was fun to see. They shared very well, too. The only problem was that Paxton didn't want to share Charlotte's ride-on toy. But, as soon as I reminded him, he let her on, and pushed her around. Even though Paxton almost ran over Douglass Charles with the same toy, and Pax hit his head, we had a fabulous time!

I am so excited about this friendship the two little ones have formed, as well as my getting to know Alison better! We already have the next family dinner on the books!