James and Spencer reading!

Spencer and James got to play today and were "reading" books. It's very fun to watch the boys learn new things and explore...

Forward Rebels!!!

Well-it's that time of year again. Can I get an AMEN??? Football season is upon us and I'm so excited. I love it-I love friday night football, I love SEC football on saturday and I love watching a FEW teams in the NFL. Spencer sat down and watched part of the Florida game with his Daddy today and I suddenly saw into the future of many saturdays of Michael and Spencer watching football, talking football, sharing the love of football-what fun! "Well there's a feeling in the air. Just like a friday afternoon..." Anybody remember that song by Better than Ezra?? See if you can find it and just try not to reminisce about football weekends..
I am very excited because at this very moment the Ole Miss Rebels having a WINNING record!!! This is exciting stuff considering what happened the last couple of years in Oxford. FORWARD REBELS. We can do it-we can make it to a bowl game maybe even the Sugar Bowl (maybe I'm getting ahead of myself)....
My only question: Why in the hell is MS state on TV tonight and Ole Miss is NOT??
HOTTY TODDY!!!!
Oh yeah and GO TUCKER TIGERS!!!!

The calm after the storm....or maybe before???

As you can see from the previous blog, Spencer was attacked by a giant can of peas last Thursday. Well, a few days later he dropped a mint julep cup on the SAME toe. Both grandmas said "maybe you should leave shoes on that boy!" Thanks.
Anyway-this past Wednesday I got a call from Mrs. Anne saying that Spencer had a fever and I needed to come get him. That was at noon and all went downhill from there....I've never seen him so miserable-all he wanted was to snuggle with a warm body. We went to the doctor and he just had a really sore throat. I'm thankful that it wasn't his ears or strep throat but he really was miserable. Last night and today he has been much better...back to being Spencer and not so miserable. So all is well again-for awhile at least.
I find myself thinking alot about the MS Gulf Coast and hoping for the best with the big storm that might be coming that way. I think about the couple of hurricanes that I witnessed. I remember Eliana(?) and walking outside with my Dad while the eye of the storm passed over us and then the pile of debris on our front yard that was higher than our house. I also remember a storm that toppled over a tree in our backyard that we played on for years. Then, I remember the night after Katrina and listening to my mom cry as I read her some of the news reports that we were getting in Atlanta. I remember going home a few days after Katrina-to the devastation of the coastline. There was nothing left-I mean NOTHING. For you Georgians-imagine how weird it would be if Stone Mt suddenly disappeared..I remember how COMPLETELY exhausted my dad was trying to clean up and secure the house and how happy my parents were to get back into their house. The three year anniversary of Katrina is Monday and ALOT has happened in my life-the joy of Spencer and of my niece and nephew, the heartache of losing Daisy and then the joy of getting Hailey and the ups and downs of the last year. And then I think about all those people who's lives stopped that day in 2005 and for many-life hasn't started again. (Meme is fixing that, though!!! Go Meme!!) Anyway, it's late and I'm rambling but my thoughts are on the coast, my prayers are for those that are trying so hard to rebuild. I just pray that everyone is safe and that this storm will have mercy. But then again trying to "reason with hurricane season" is as easy as finding a sober freshman in the student section at Vaught Hemingway on Saturday. So, though I considered Atlanta my second home, my heart belongs to the Gulf Coast. I guess I'll always be a "coast rat" and hurricanes are a part of life and you learn from them and try to prepare for the next one. So, I'll prepare by praying for the storm to weaken and that everyone I love will be safe....I do know one thing-if Jim Cantore shows up in your backyard-you better run!!!

Bad Peas, BAD Peas!!!!

So, tonight we exprienced what it's like to see your child hurt-I mean REALLY hurt. Spencer was helping me fix dinner-he likes to take the cans out of the pantry and then put them back. Well, a big can of English peas slipped out of his hand and landed directly on his big tongue. Now, we all know how bad that hurts...can you imagine what a 17 month old must think-he doesn't even know any curse words to say to make it better. We had to have a grandparent consult-so Big Daddy came to comfort and then Grandmommy came to make sure Spencer was still alive....We all survived...Spencer is sleeping (thanks, children's motrin!), I have had a drink and that can of peas will now go on a higher shelf! I wanted to post these pictures tonight so that people would actually believe my excuse for not going to PTA tonight at school!

Helping Out Around the House.....

As you can see from these videos-Spencer is not crazy about "chores" yet. He does like to help unload the clean dishes and lick all the dishes as they come out of the diswasher...so we have opted to let him skip that chore for awhile!! He can now find his head, his tummy and his ears. He signs: more, open and eat and does a very good impression of me telling him "no!" by shaking his head back at me! What a character this one is.....

Hey, Mr. Tamborine Man.....

Spencer has taken to carrying around the musical part of a ring stack toy. We get hear that delightful music ALL day long!! As a matter of fact, while uploading this video (and a brief moment of silence as Spencer had forgotten where he left his music maker)Spencer heard the music from the video and ran to look for his beloved music machine. He is getting smarter by the day!!!! Notice Hailey in the vidoe-she has managed to tune out the music and sleeps through anything!
This video is extra long for YOU, Annie Barclay :)

We are off to John Michael's wedding (my youngest boy cousin!) in Starkville, MS. Here is a little video of the boys sliding last weekend at Meme and Poppy's condo! They had so much fun!