blue-eyed boys

Friday, December 18, 2009

ANNA!

My little girlfriend, Anna came to visit me! Oh, how I love her so. While she was here we exhanged gifts and I got a COOL farm with a Piggy! On Friday, my Mommy made guacamole and Anna ate like a Piggy! She was shoveling that stuff down, I am going to need a SERIOUS job when it comes time to take her on dates!

We got our hair cut, on Saturday well Anna did, I just got a nip here and a tuck there. I hate haircuts and really showed everyone in that place how much! I might be banned from going back! I sure hope so. I have decided that I want surfer hair , Mommy keeps insisting on a shorter style. Well, I think I showed her this timAnna was an angel, of course! WHY do my friends like haircuts?? Strange little people.

My Mommy and I made cookies for Anna and I to decorate. I made the ones above that are sooooo pretty! It was really fun, we liked eating the sprinkles best of all.

Anna likes sprinkles.

This is FUN!

Sprinkles are for hands not cookies!

She is soooooo cute!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Firetruck Birthday Party

This is my friend, Harper, he had a birthday party on Saturday with a REAL firetruck!!!

Here I am saying, "hold you".

I am sword fighting with Kristopher.

All BOYS! Eight toddlers and the house survived!!

Cannon and Daddy.

New Hat

Like my new hat? Mom and I found this HUGE leaf and it was bigger than my head! So we thought it would make a nice hat! Do you like my smile?

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Christmas ADVENTure

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;

from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. -Isaiah 11:1

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We are so excited that Cannon is old enough to begin memorable Christmas traditions. We are spending a lot of time talking about how we are celebrating the birth of Jesus this month. We are already planning a birthday party!!

So we decided to make a Jesse tree to help trace Jesus' family tree.Cannon working on the tree, we needed sand and rocks to hold it up.

The finished product.

Each day we read a scripture about one of Jesus' ancestors and make an ornament to correspond to the scripture.

Friday, December 4, 2009

I can...

finally say "love you". This makes Mom and Dad happy.

count to ten sometimes eleven (but only when Mom says alternating numbers).

know two colors for sure... green and pink. But really everything is green in my book!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Give

Tonight we volunteered at the Palmetto House, a residential facility for the homeless and a soup kitchen. It was a great experience.

When we first got there we joined a little family at the back of the room. The little boy, Dale, befriended Cannon. He instantly became Cannon's friend. He said, " I have a present for you" and brought Cannon a little dog from his apartment. Then he gave him a pudding.

A few minutes later...
"Does Cannon have a Christmas tree?"
"Yes"
"Well, I have something for him, an ornament. He can have it for his tree, because I do not have a tree".

I was so touched by this small child that has so little and was still willing to give. What will you give this holiday season?

Leaves

Cannon and I raked leaves this week. He instinctively jumped into the pile without prompting.

welcome to our pea pod.

This blog is about our family, mostly our precious boys; Cannon and Sutton, but you will find it a window into our lives.

Brett and I met and fell in love over waiting tables at the Original Benjamin's Seafood Buffet in Myrtle Beach, SC. We dated for about 4 years and were married September 2003 at Litchfield Plantation. We lived in Savannah for five years and now reside in Summerville SC.

Our beautiful boys were born 2008 and 2010.

We are amazed everyday by the gifts that are our children. They are a reminder of God's unconditional love for us. Someone once told me that you cannot begin to understand God's love for you until you have a child and it is so true. God sent His Only Son to DIE for us. I am not sure we knew what kind of sacrifice that truly was until having children of our own.

We love the Lord and strive to live our lives in accordance with His will. We are not perfect. Yes, we fail daily but find ourselves back at the cross willing to try again.

cannon.

Our firstborn son. He made me a Mommy, Brett a Daddy! He is beautiful...inside and out! He has a the most gorgeous blue eyes and dimple to match. This kid is going to break some hearts! He is our athlete. He loves anything with a ball. He already has a great baseball arm and can hit a golf ball over our fence! He is spirited and loving. He is a lover for sure! He loves to give hugs and kisses and to cuddle. He will just grab my face and give me a million kisses. He loves books and music and art! He knows more songs that I do. I joke he has music in his bones. I often hear him singing while playing alone. So cute. He has a great sense of humor already and he fills our days with laughter! Who knew having kids would provide endless entertainment. He is becoming an amazing big brother and already tells Sutton that he "loves him so much". He loves to drink chocolate milk. Loves eat pancakes, hummus, edamame, and peanut butter and jelly! He has a huge sweet tooth just like Daddy. He is already showing that he loves God and Jesus and even beginning to relate the things in God's word to our world. Amazing! He is fearless and cautious at the same time. He is often called a daredevil and is usually the first kid to jump, climb, and run.. with no regard to danger (He laughs in the face of danger!! Ha). But he is very cautious around new people. He is creative and imaginative and smart, loves to create and destroy, has more energy than you can imagine, loves to scream and laugh and RUN!!! Watch out, this kid will run away with your heart.