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January 13, 2016

When we were in Highlands for Thanksgiving, Spencer slept great in a twin bed. We decided that maybe it was time to move him out of his crib at home too! I’m not really sure why we thought it was a good idea, but Spencer seemed to be on board so we got that big boy bed on order! Funny – we also moved Maxwell into a big boy bed right after Christmas in January 2012. Maxwell was 3 years and 5 months. Spencer was 3 years and 2 months.

A few days before Spencer’s bed arrived, I went in to get him up from his nap and he was still sound asleep. I couldn’t resist snapping a photo of my baby in his crib. I love how he would put his monkey blanket on top of his elephant to use as his pillow. Of course, Puppy was in his hand!

spence asleep

The night before his bed was going to arrive, I snapped a photo of his last sleep in his crib. By the way, Spencer is a GREAT sleeper – never wakes at night and takes fantastic naps every day. This boy loooves his zzzzzzs! He was also about to bust out of that XXL sleep sack! ha!

sleep

When the boys came home from school that day, his big boy bed was all set up and ready to go! Complete with jungle sheets!!

big boy bed

big boy bed

Spencer said “it has yi-ons!! I yuh-ve it!” Translation: It has lions! I love it!  🙂

big boy bed

He then immediately started jumping on his bed!

big boy bed

First nap didn’t go too well. Too much excitement for sure! That night, he was still pretty excited and big brother helped get him tucked in…

big boy bed

big boy bed

Unfortunately, the first few nights were a little rough! He woke up several times just having trouble getting his covers straight, his pillow situated, etc. He’s gotten better though and, after a week is on a string of sleeping all night and even taking good naps during the day! Hooray! My baby is growing up and I don’t think I like it one bit. Thank goodness I’ve still got another crib with a baby in it in the room next door!

samantha

ps – Maxwell wanted some jungle sheets too so his bed got a little upgrade! 🙂

maxwell's room

Sleep tight!

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NYE

January 11, 2016

Happy Monday everyone! We’re almost finished recapping the holidays but still have NYE to get through! Let me tell ya – it was exciting!  🙂 Robert and I actually had fun plans and met a bunch of friends for lunch at Bottega. We then all went over to Sam and Emily’s house for desserts and cocktails. It was a good time catching up and chatting with everyone.

NYE

We were home by 6:00 just in time to watch the AL playoff game! Our little cheerleaders were in their colors and ready to go! Roll Tide!!

football

football

The game was a total blow-out. AL 38, Michigan State 0! Woohoo!

football

I was asleep by midnight and rung in 2016 just the way I liked…asleep! The next morning our new year started off with a bang – or really with a flat…

flat

Not the best way to start the weekend. But, Robert got it fixed that morning and we were good as new in no time…flat.  🙂

Happy new year!

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More after Christmas

January 8, 2016

After a good dinner with family, we all headed back to the good ole HIE in Searcy. Thankfully the kids all slept really well. Maxwell did come get in my bed around 4am but, considering I had a double bed all to myself, I was happy to share…and snuggle!  🙂  The next morning, we took the free breakfast by storm…

HIE

and made the lobby our own playground!

HIE

These kiddos can have fun anywhere!

cousins

So can these adults! 🙂

searcy

searcy

After breakfast, Robert and the kids and I loaded up and drove to Little Rock to see some of my forever friends. We noticed the traffic start to slow down around Jacksonville and thankfully Robert exited to take a service road and then some back roads allowing us to go around a section of the interstate that was completely flooded out! Had we not exited when we did, pretty sure it would have taken us double the time to get to LR and we would have missed lunch! Phew!

We met some friends up at Local Lime and had a great lunch. I so enjoyed getting to catch up with Laura, Erin and Laura and see their cute kids!

local lime

little rock

I don’t get back to Arkansas enough so I was glad we were able to make the trip, regardless of how short it was! After lunch, we hit the road back to Birmingham. The kids really were great travelers – thanks mostly to the boys’ new iPads with headphones! The baby did great too and even slept decently on the trip back. Still, after driving 12 hours in 2 days, everyone felt about like this by the time we pulled into our driveway Monday night….

little rock

Needless to say, we were glad to be home! It sure was an eventful and fantastic Christmas!

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After Christmas

January 7, 2016

The day after Christmas the fun continued when my brother and his family arrived in Birmingham. The boys were anxiously awaiting Nate and Delaney…

bham

and we were so glad to have all the cousins together!

cousins

My brother especially loved getting to squeeze on Samantha. I think he wanted to take her home with him!!

keath samantha

The boys got spoiled all over again…

presents

and everyone loved getting to hang with the family…

gj and kids

even if we didn’t win big on the scratch-offs! There’s always next year!

xmas lottery

The next morning we all hit the road to drive 6 hours to Arkansas. We got there late afternoon and went over to John and Cara’s to see the Patterson side of the family! I was so excited for Granddaddy to meet Samantha. Even though her lip is stuck out here, she really did SO well all night despite having only slept about 30 minutes the entire car ride!

granddaddy

The youngest and oldest!  🙂

granddaddy

The cousins had fun playing together and Samantha checked out Tucker the dog.

searcy

All the cousins posed together…

searcy

and then we even got them to line up diagonally!  🙂

searcy

Delaney 6, Maxwell 5, Savannah 4, Nate 4, Spencer 3, Walker 2, Samantha (almost) 1!

We then made all the grownup cousins line up too!

searcy

We then gathered all the Patterson boys together…

patterson

and finally, the 3 Maxwells! Maxwell Banks, Audrey Maxwell, and Stephen Maxwell!  Quite the trio!

maxwell x 3

It was a great trip to see family! See you tomorrow!

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Christmas Day

January 6, 2016

After Santa toys were played with and pancakes were eaten, we all got dressed and headed down to Montgomery to spend the day with Robert’s family. The weather was warm and muggy with plenty of rain – not great driving weather but we made it there and back with few issues, thank goodness. There were some tornado warnings for Birmingham that day so we’re thankful we didn’t get caught in any of it!

christmas day

christmas day

The cousins loved playing together…

cousins

and didn’t love posing for our pictures but did it anyway!  🙂

xmas day

Samantha loved getting to check out baby Margaret…

margaret

She also loved getting plenty of attention from the grandparents…

mgm

And she especially loved eating anything she could get her hands on including crackers, pancakes, and cake!

samantha

In fact, all the kids enjoyed some cake (and not much else for lunch!) I think!

cake

The adults had a delicious lunch prepared by LuLu…and some cake too…and some pie!  🙂 Robert and Ronnie obviously texted each other that morning about wearing their dark red checked shirts.

xmas mgm

Granddaddy got the memo too. Twinkies!

xmas day

It was a lovely day all around with plenty of fun and hugs!

mgm

Merry Christmas from Montgomery!

mgm

See you tomorrow!

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