Crockpot Thanksgiving

I was very worried about having Thanksgiving at our house this year. We had only been in the house for a little over a month. The house was a wreck and for the last 2 weeks our children have split that time being very sick. Wyatt didn't break his fever until the night before thanksgiving. This is where my amazing Mother steps in. She said don't worry about a thing. I will take care of everything. She wasn't kidding. The night before I realized I didn't even have any drinks for everyone. She said no problem, she assigned that job to my sister. So the day of, my mom came over with all the food to prepare and put the majority of everything in crockpots to cook and warm. I really didn't have to do a thing but clean (a.k.a. throw everything that was laying around, in the garage). I will say, I was a little leary of the crockpot thing but the food this year was THE BEST!!!!! So Mom, thank you very much for EVERYTHING for being there for me when i had a breakdown, and cooking and cleaning up after the best thanksgiving meal. It meant the world to me!!! By the way, can you do the same thing at Christmas? Just kidding, I'll take care of that one.

Our little Thanksgiving Princess!



2 peas in a pod


This was the only smile I could get out of Wyatt for "posed" pictures. He just wasn't into it.


Whitney cracks me up in these pictures. She was smiling like crazy at her Great Grandad. Notice her outfit change. She had 4 outfit changes that day. She had some spitting up issues. This Mommy had no problems changing her though. LOVE all the girly outfits.

Here she is cracking up at her Great Grandad again!

My little photographer. I've trained him well.

My Grandparents with their grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Their telling Whitney about taking her to the beach.

I think she's excited about the beach!! Me too! Do they make waterproof bows?

Wyatt and his Uncle John playing the drums on my mom's ipad.

The last 2 weeks in our household have been to say the least exhausting. Weekend before last Whitney was sick with a high fever for 4 days and the croup (again)! Right as she was feeling better Wyatt went home on Thursday afternoon with the stomach bug and woke up with a fever on friday am. He's been running a 102 fever for 5 days. He finally broke his fever last night at about 3 am. Poor baby woke up drenched in sweat with no idea what was going on. He's about 70% better. He still ran a 99.6 today, so hopefully by tomorrow it will be completely gone. This has led to SEVERAL sleepless nights for the entire family. We are soooo looking forward to a long and lazy weekend.

Whitney is 5 months old now. She amazes us everyday. She is a completely different baby than Wyatt. He was a happy baby but Whitney is a VERY HAPPY baby. She is the best baby to wake up from a nap. She wakes up and stretches real big then looks for you and smiles her biggest smile ever! Wyatt would wake up crying, and demanding his bottle immediately. She is very patient. She smiles ALL the time. I just love it. I don't know if it's the girl thing or not but I just LOVE HER TO PIECES! Here are some pics of her from this evening.....

Oh those baby blues.

Smiling at her Daddy!



Happy Girl!

MS. Amber snapped these pics of Wyatt. Love them so much! Thanks Ms. "Mammer"

Wyatt and his best bud Van.

Daredevil Wyatt jumping OFF the playground set.

Have a very happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The rest of Whitney's Pics

I received the rest of Whitney's 4 month old pics within a week of her getting her pictures made. I ABSOLUTELY LOOOVVVEEEE them. I have been asked over and over for the photographer so here you go....also to see the rest of Whitney's pics go to www.mlapuma.zenfolio.com/whitney. Password is Whitney. After you see her pics check out Mandy's portfolio. She is an amazing photographer discovering her new hidden talent. I am anxiously waiting for Whitney to start sitting up so we can get the kids Christmas pics made.

I pinch myself everyday! Whitneys Pics

So I found out that a mom at the school has started a photography business. I saw her work and immediately made an appointment for Whitney. These are just some of the pics from last Saturday. I absolutely can't wait to see the rest. I'll post the link as soon as I get the rest. Love my beautiful blue-eyed baby girl sooooo much!!

My Punkins

Whitney's favorite thing to do is stand. She throws a fit if you try to make her sit, but gets sooo excited if you stand her up. Here she is checking out her first pumpkin!


Wyatt sure looks like a proud brother holding his baby sister. Whitney on the other hand is giving me a look like "Really Mom. Do you really think he can hold me!" Too cute.


My baby girl in her cowboy gear!


Go Cowboys!

Wyatt holding the Mr. Potato Head skeleton pumpkin we made.

Helping scooping out the guts. This lasted for 1 minute. Thanks Aunt Lindsay for finishing the job!

Final products.

Part 1 Mississippi Trip

So about a month ago (wow I'm behind on blogging) David, myself and Wyatt took a trip to The University of Southern Mississippi. David's dad was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Football and Baseball. Notice Whitney's name wasn't listed above. Whitney stayed with my mom for the 4 longest days of my life. I cried like a baby when I dropped her off. I know it's healthy to take trips without your children, but we haven't done that yet. And probably won't be doing it again for awhile. That just about broke my heart.
We went to the Football game on Friday night and the induction was on Saturday. It was quite an eventful weekend. It was great to see the university, meet all the people that came to support Charley and have some one on one family time with Wyatt. I couldn't post all the pictures because their are a ton so here are a few.....

I think Wyatt's favorite thing about the trip was his very own suitcase on wheels.


Charley with 2 of his granddaughters Katie and Erin. I love this pic because you can see the admiration in their eyes.


Diana with her girls...Katrina, Erin, & Katie.


At the pre-party. Wyatt couldn't wait to get out there.

...Part 2 Mississippi

Katie & Blair


Look who LoVeS Sprite! Or at least I think he does. Most of it looks like it ended up on his shirt.


Blair. Look at that gorgeous red hair.

Getting ready for the game. The other 2 are David's brothers Chuck and John.

Before the game we got to go on the field. Wyatt got to see the Football players warming up.

Show Time!

Wyatt really got into the game. I don't even think the game was started yet in this pic. He was just clapping because he was soooo excited.

Watching the kickoff!!

The Southern Miss Hall of Famer Charley and his Bride Diana.

Charley went on the field during half time.

Here's Wyatt cheering "Good Job Pawpaw" at halftime.

Katie, Erin, & Blair having a good time at the game.

Wyatt getting some lovin before the Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday.

Family shot before the ceremony. (Note to self..make sure belt stays up higher. :( Looks like I'm pregnant).

Family shot #2. Wish Whitney was here.

Wyatt was running around right before the ceremony. Made me a little nervous but he did great!

So stinkin cute!