Watching Alabama in Auburn

Today Jennifer, Shawn, James, and I headed to Auburn to visit our friend Mike and Kim, and other friends that were going to their house for the game. They were having an Alabama vs. Auburn party. We dropped Thomas off at my parents’ house and headed to Auburn.

The game was a night game, so we just played all day long. We grilled food, played Wii, and played Cornhole. I wanted to see what it was like to tailgate in Auburn, so Jennifer, me, and a few others went to see what Auburn is about.

Unfortunately, Alabama couldn’t pull out a win. It’s been 6 years in a row now that Auburn has beaten us. I hope we can end that next year. Even though we lost, we had fun hanging out with our friends! I didn't do a good job taking pictures today!


Here are the guys playing the Wii waiting on the game to start!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We watched some of the Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning. Thomas has been watching a few minutes of TV every once in a while, so the floats really caught his attention.

For lunch we went to Grandma’s house. We had a great visit with family, played outside a little while, and ate!! Thomas was too busy visiting and playing to eat, I think he only had a few bites of Turkey.

For dinner we headed down to my parent house. When I think of Thanksgiving meal, my mind thinks of my moms chicken and dressing, yum!! Thomas would only eat when he was sitting next to Bree’Anna and Mary, or when his Aunt Becky was feeding him carrot cake.

We all had a Happy Thanksgiving!


Alex, Abi, Sherri, Thomas, and A.J.


Mom and Thomas


Becky and Thomas

Sunday night Lock-In!!

Remember when we were younger and would go to a church Lock-In on a Friday night? They were fun! Thomas had his first Lock-in today. Tonight after dinner we were headed to Target. My car was left in the circle drive from our Wal-Mart trip earlier in the day. James was putting Thomas in his car seat in the back. I was getting James' keys for him from out of my purse, then getting in the backseat with Thomas to put his shoes and socks on while we drive to Target. When I reached into my purse to get the keys, I accidentally hit the panic button on the key fob. Before I turned it off I accidentally hit the door lock button. It didn't even cross my mind that I had actually locked the doors to the car.
I placed James' keys in the drink holder between the two front seats, and left my purse with my keys in it in the front seat. I closed the front door to get into the back just as James closed the back door to get in the front. I went to the back door and it was locked. I rushed back to the front door, it too was locked. In a panic I yelled to James what had happened.
Thankfully his cell phone was in his pocket, so we called 911. We couldn't even get back into the house since my car wasn't in the garage. A few minutes later a fire truck turns onto our street. Within 10 minutes of our phone call the door was open!
I know you are wondering how Thomas acted being locked in the car, strapped into his car seat while James and I walked around outside! He was just fine. He never even really cried (thank goodness because I couldn't have handled that). I think he was a bit scared when all of the fire fighters (4 of them showed up!) were trying to get the door open. I have to admit that my immediate reaction was to panic, but I stayed calm by playing peek-a-boo with Thomas while we waited! James panicked a little at first too, but was calm after the immediate surprise of Thomas being locked in the car!
Thankfully there are no pictures of Thomas being locked in the car! I'll try to add a few recent pictures when I am back at the desktop!

Soccer on Saturday

Today we went to Alex's soccer game. He has played a couple of years now. He really enjoys playing and he is a great player!! Thomas was excited to see his Grandma, cousins, and Aunt Katrina and Uncle Paco at the game!

Grandma and Thomas
As you can see they are both sporting their Alabama gear!


Look at that great form!


Abi watching Alex play!

Halloween

This monkey was a little bit "puzzled" by Halloween.


Thomas had a great Halloween. Last year he was only around 8 weeks old on Halloween, so this year was his first year out on Halloween. We went to a neighborhood Trick-or-Treat kick off at a Katie and Mike's house. Their little girl is in Thomas's class at Mothers Day Out. After that we went to Doug and Becky's house so all of them (MiMi and Pappy were there too) could see Thomas. We met Shawn, Jennifer, Jordan, Amanda, and Mike at Westwood for their Halloween festival. Thomas was so scared at the festival. He only played a few of the games. After that we went home to put Thomas in bed and I sat outside to give candy to the Trick-or-Treaters. It was a great Halloween!


Mary, Thomas, and Bree'Anna


Shawn, Jordan, James, and Thomas

Chicago

This past weekend I was in Chicago. I left early Saturday morning to meet some friends I met through a pregnancy board 2 years ago! Over the years we have gotten to be very close friends. Its so great to go to them and ask them questions about things Thomas is doing, or will soon be doing. I didn't get to meet everyone, but hopefully I will over time!

Saturday we were very busy! Staci, Kim, Amy and I went to a coffee shop, out to eat at lunch, and then to the mall. We had a good time just hanging out and being silly! For dinner we went to Kims house for Chicago's famous pizza. It was so very yummy!!! I also gave them a taste of the South. Alabama was playing LSU that day. We watched the 2nd half of the game. I tried to be on my best behavior watching the game, and explained to them that just how Saturdays are in the South!! Kim's husband Steve said I could come over anytime to watch football!!

Sunday we went to downtown Chicago and shopped. We also met Sapphire and her little girl Karalee. We walked down by the lake, through some stores, and went out to lunch. Then we headed back to Kim's for dinner and then dropped me off at the airport. I came home late Sunday night.

We hope to make this an annual trip! I am already looking forward to next year!