A Blog Worthy Event, Indeed...

We have been on a mission to get Drew potty trained. A mission that thus far, has been lacking success!! He does really well at school, with all of his friends, but not so much at home! So, Wednesday night, like all other nights, he sat on the potty before getting in the bath. He sat and sat and sat... with no action! Finally, we put him in the tub. Well, he would not sit down in the water. He just kept saying "tee tee in potty" over and over and over. Finally, I decided to get him out of the tub and let him sit back down on his potty. Well, wouldn't ya know it... we had success with #1 AND #2!!! So, we had a joyous celebration that involved opening a present and eating chocolate candy and then we called papaw and gramma and Drew told them the exciting news!! We just made a big deal over this. He even woke up the next morning talking about it and couldn't wait to get to school to tell She-She. So, sorry if this sorta grosses you out.... this was definetly the highlight of our week!!!!

Shout out to my Sis!!!

My younger sister, Shannon, has had a rough week, so I thought I would give her a shout out on my blog!!! She lives in Atlanta, has lots of fun, fun friends and has a great job! She works for Ballard Designs as a sourcing specialist. She gets to travel all over the world and do fun things! Her "territory" used to be South America and she would go there about twice a year. Now, she has moved on to bigger and better things in India. Here are some pics from her recent trip to India:

Shannon also does fun things, like randomly take off from work to go skydiving!!!


She also ADORES her precious nephew, Drew!!! Although... I think she's a little concerned about the fact that I am having twins!!!! Will it run in the family???? I don't think she wants to find out!!!

(Shan, remember on this day in Hot Springs how absolutely wonderful Drew was acting??!!)

Have a great weekend Shan! We will see you soon!!!!

I've Been Tagged!!!

I've been tagged by Amanda to tell 7 things about myself!

1. I LOVE chicken minis from Chick-fil-A for breakfast! They are the best!!

2. I really like Peter's Pottery and don't mind standing in a ridiculously long line in cold weather every year to go to the "seconds sale." The bargains are worth it, although Carl says we have way too much of it in our house!

3. I like to play to piano. My repertoire used to include a wide variety of pieces. However, now it's mostly anything Drew wants to sing, ie- Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider...you get the point.

4. I do not like to see or hear incorrect grammar. I don't correct people though, because I think that is tacky. It really bothers me when I call someone on the phone and ask to speak to "whomever," and the reply is "this is her/him." This is just wrong!!! The correct response is "this is she/he." (I can't help it that my mother is an English teacher.)

5. I like a good bargain. I don't like to pay full price for anything.

6. I wish I was a better cook, even though I don't really like to cook! However, I think if I was better at it, it would be more enjoyable!

7. I have the greatest hubby in the whole world! We have a very adventurous year ahead of us and I know that he will be right beside me every step of the way! He is awesome!!

Now, I will tag Heather and Anna

(Just on a side note... in response to my anonymous reader, I must clarify that Drew did have on mittens while playing in the snow! He wanted to touch the snow and so, the mittens were off at first, when those pics were taken. Just didn't want to get the worst parents of the year award!!)

In the meadow, we can build a ...... well, not quite, but close enough by MS standards!!! Drew had so much fun playing the snow. At first, he wasn't quite sure what to think of it! He would hold out his hands and say "catch it mama!" He kept referring to it as "snowman" rather than snow!! Anyway, lots of fun times!!!

Belated Birthday Blog!!!

This past Saturday, my wonderful husband turned 30!!! Happy Birthday!! We celebrated by having a surprise dinner party at the Parker House. We also celebrated Neil's birthday, which is actually today... so happy birthday, Neil!! Anyway, we had lots of fun and they were both surprised until we got to the Parker House and they started identifying the other couples' cars!!! Oh well!! It was a fun night... with NO children!!! Between the 5 couples that were there, there are 10 children. And we are getting ready to add 2 more to the mix!!! :)

After dinner, we all went back to the Davidson's for birthday cake!

We had another sonogram yesterday at the doctor. Carl's first question was, "are there still two?" So, we guess it is real!!!! There are definetly still two!!! So, here are the babies at 10 weeks, 5 days.

We had a great Christmas!! Drew spent a few days before Christmas with my parents. After having Christmas there, we loaded up and drove to Texas. Drew actually did really well riding in the car for so long. We split the trip up by staying in Beaumont with Carl's brother, and then on to Austin on Saturday morning. We stayed there until Christmas day, drove back to Beaumont, and then back home on Wednesday morning! Whew!!! Anyway, thanks Stephen for being the "halfway house!!" Here are a few pictures. Drew had lots of fun opening presents and playing!! Hope everyone has a great 2008!!! It's going to be very interesting at our house!!

Riding in Kyler's new 4 wheeler.

Reading a new book on the way home!!

My very own teepee!!!

Baby A & Baby B!!

SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!!

Just when you think you've got it all planned out.... as you may have noticed, we added a new ticker at the top... that's right..... TWINS!! Carl and I found out this week that we are having twins, and let's just say, it was the shock of a lifetime. Neither of us have twins in our family, so it was the last thing we expected to hear (or see, for that matter!) I will try to get the sonogram pictures posted later. Anyway, we have had a huge mix of emotions this week finding out all of this. There are just so many thoughts and questions that come and go through your mind, some are intellegent, others.. not so much. We keep hearing from our friends, "God won't give you more than you can handle." And while we know that is true... there is also that saying that says "what won't kill you, makes you wish it would have!!" HA HA!! Just kidding!! We are very excited and looking forward to this new adventure!!!

We went to the Madison Christmas parade last Saturday. Drew had a great time! He loved the motorcycles and the horses the best! He was so funny when the bands came by. One band had just finished playing a song, and just the drums were playing... Drew kept saying "more music, more music!"

Drew and Olivia waiting patiently for the parade!

Here come the motorcycles!!