lottie's babies, grandaddy has a birthday & the apples and carsons meet rowdy

Lottie Sue is VERY helpful when it comes to Rowdy, she has been just great with him. If we are doing something with Rowdy she often has one of her babies and will do the same. See evidence below...

matt is feeding rowdy, so lottie sue is feeding her baby doll as well

rowdy is napping, and lottie sue's
baby doll is napping as well*

Daddy/GranDaddy celebrated a birthday on Friday and we went up the lake for dinner. It was our first outing as a family of four (besides going to the doctor's office for Rowdy's first visit). We had a very nice time and it went well. And let me tell you that Lottie Sue fell the other day on concrete and has a busted up nose...she's still super cute though.

rowdy and his dad

grandaddy coming over to blow out
his candles, harlan was way excited

grandaddy holding his newest grandson

harlan was also way excited about cake

Then on Saturday the Apples visited with us for a while, the Carsons were in town for the game and they came over as well. Becce and Mike had to leave to head back to Louisville but Matt and the Carsons headed over to the football game. It was my first time alone with both kiddies and it went very well - no problems! But anywho, I didn't get one photo of the Carsons - ugh!!!

here is auntie b with rowdy

smooch time

Lottie Sue and Harlan stole my Sprite Zero and were in heaven, they took turns sharing though...

what a gentleman

two straws, just like they're at the soda shop

And LOOK at this! Farkie holds a BABY! John hosted Matt at the game and he came over early to hang out for a while and meet Rowdy - lots of love to Farkie!

it's the most natural thing in the world

OK, that's all I have for now. I need to get some sleep before baby boy wakes up for nourishment! We had so much fun this week with Matt being home, tomorrow he heads back to work and I enter life at home with two kids. Pray for me!

*notice the pink basket think rowdy is in, this was lottie sue's and instead of buying a new one we are plopping him in the pink one. he's secure in his masculinity, he can handle it.

yes, it's a midriff jersey but the gun is the best part & becce is all business up front but partying in the back

Dear Matt and Becce,

I hope you both know how much I love you, but I found these photos and couldn't help myself.

Big hug,
Jen

OK, I think this is the most embarrassing photo of Matt. Ever. I assume that Matt cut the football jersey himself. My favorite part is the gun. I think the first time I saw this photo I didn't think it was real, I thought it was a funny photo but no - this is his official senior year football picture.

Stick em up

I think everyone would agree that Becce is very fashionable...today. Maybe not in the 5th grade. I give you, "Becce with Front Butt-Cut Mullet."

Business up front, party in the back

I'm in the process of scanning in lots of photos. Any that I find embarrassing will have to go up. And don't worry, there are bad ones of me as well. I will share those with you - I can laugh at myself (proof).

Ooh, I just found this one of Sara/Cera*...this is her "Wilson Phillips" hair style. She REALLY wanted to look like one of the singers in that group (the blond one with the super short hair). She was obsessed with the song "Hold On." This photo isn't too embarrassing...

Hold on to your curtain dress

And here are new and old photos I scanned in during Lottie Sue's nap. First, current-day Lottie Sue...

Lottie Sue is now 10 MONTHS OLD!!!

And now a few old photos...

This is a photo of Grandpa and our mom

Me with the tambourine and Becce playing in the driveway

A Halloween photo, I think maybe we are 6 & 8 (I don't know if it transfers, but Becce was so HAPPY to be a bride for Halloween)

This is me at 6 months old

Me again, not sure of the age

A YOUNG Josh and Matt (babies practically!), they bought a car to maneuver around their six-month stint in Europe in 1996

Matt and I are just dating here, on a visit to see Mike and Becce - we are at the horse track

I dream of Jeannie

Here's to a great week! Today is just a GORGEOUS day, makes me happy.

*I've had some of my friends question the spelling of Sara's name, it is actually S-A-R-A. When Cera was little she was obsessed with dinosaurs (this is pre-Wilson Phillips) and a movie came out titled "A Land Before Time." There was a triceratops in it and her name was C-E-R-A, once Sara saw that she wanted our parents to change her name legally to spell it like the dinosaur in the movie. I remember a particular crying episode in the JCPenney parking lot over this topic. Momma refused her plea and she pitched a major fit in the parking lot. This was around the time she was also demanding a rat tail, I think our mom was o-v-e-r her ill-intentioned requests.

Anywho, that's why we write her name as Cera...