funny faces by lottie sue & rowdy is rounding OUT

Lottie Sue really enjoys making funny faces, see below for proof. She'll make a face and then demand (no, not ask) that you do the same. It's just a game we play.

funny times
(for those of you with a keen fashion eye...why YES, lottie sue is wearing an american apparel tri-blend cardigan that is identical to one her mommy owns (twinkies!!!))

I just took these photos about 10 minutes ago, little RowMow is bulking UP. He has grown so much the past two weeks. He really looks like a different kid. If he has his eyes closed he looks so much like Matt, but if they are open it's not as striking. See?

another mini-matt

he actually looks like an hedgehog here

and...he's awake
(note his cleft chin, we think he got this from grandaddy)

The other night Jo came over with a B*TTLOAD of food. I'm not kidding. It was nuts. And delicious.

jo meets rowdy

We had many other visitors this week, Patterson being one of them. She came over with gifts for both kiddies (let me say that Lottie has racked up with presents since Rowdy has been born - if you say the word "present" her head about explodes). Anywho, I give you P-dub and Rowdy!

both are super adorable

And then Carrie came over the other day with gifts as well. I didn't get a shot of her with Rowdy and Lottie Sue was out to lunch with her BB, so I got these of Lottie Sue opening her gift later. Thanks Carrie!

oh boy, what could it be???

it was a baby carrier that she put to use right away (loved it)

baby and rowdy recline

And here are a few shots of Rowdy in his girly recliner.

ole!

say wahhhhhhhhh?

Here we have Rowdy and Matt/Daddy snuggling, I love it.

my boys

OK, that's all for now. Both kids are asleep and Matt and I are gonna play Bananagrams and watch football. BUH BYE!

homegrown, a baby boy bbq shower, marty jumps out of a perfectly fine plane & mrs. c

Hi all! Check out the tomatoes and okra, these came out of Grandma's garden. YUM! The tomatoes have been in lots of meals and Matt made the okra the other night - it was delicious.

grown with luv

So, here I am at week 35 - gulp. I am now on orders to "take it easy." That means I basically have to stay off my feet (with them up) and have Matt be my own personal butler. He is, as always, awesome - but I am pretty bored and feel like a BUM. Oh well, I will have plenty of opportunities to help out once baby boy arrives.

Anywho...Carrie, Patterson, Megan and Shon threw a BBQ Baby Shower for us over the weekend - it was GREAT! The food (um, enough to feed an army) was excellent, the flowers (by Mary Ann) were gorgeous and a great time was had by all. We also came home with a carload of baby gifts. Here are some photos for you to enjoy...

matt and marty chat it up

chris and chris enjoy a laugh

it's kitty kat! she came all the way to knox vegas for our shower!!!
(kisses!!!)

carrie, moi, kat and shonnie bear (nice baby bump!)

marty and shawn (looking so cute, love the dress)
(ps - marty had plans to jump out of a plane
the next day...more on that below)

lila, marty, shawn, mary ann and megan pose for a shot

carrie, p-dub, moi, kat, jo, amy and shonnie bear
(yes, we know we are cute)

this one cracks us up, jo got caught in the flash

here we have matt opening the cutest bibs ever

carrie bought an outfit for baby boy AND one for lottie sue
(yes, they match - awesome)

jo and patterson laughing at something

shonnie bear and kitty kat, reunited

here i am opening gifts and carrie is texting

it's me, my nose and jo

the boys discuss football or something like that

Earlier I mentioned that Marty was going to jump out of a plane - WELL HE DID. What a nut. I stole these photos from his crackbook page.

superman

he made it! he made it!

i think this photo must be marty coming in for his landing

Alrighty, I am about to run out to pick up baby girl from school. This morning she walked into church on her "tippy toes" - just like a balrina. She is too fun, we love her bunches.

PS - I meant to post a photo on this earlier BUT the one I had was not so good. Lottie Sue had MAJOR stink eye and I was waiting on Carrie to post about it. To my disappointment, Lottie Sue had the stink eye in her photo as well. Oh well, can't win them all...

Carrie's mom was in town last month, all the way from Vegas and we had lunch together. Mrs. Conyngham is an avid reader of our blog and it was GREAT meeting her. She had a gift for Miss Thang, thecutestdressyou'veeverseen - a photo is coming. Thank you again Mrs. C!

our meet and greet

Alrighty, toodles!

leisure suits, old and new quilts, jo owns page 35 & other randomness

First, let me open with Lottie Sue in her "pretty shoes" - she loves these so much. Matt and I find them disturbing but oh well.

these platforms were made for walking...

Matt's mom sent these photos over the other day, it's boy Matt and he is SO CUTE. He loved leisure suits as a kid, I guess he always has been fashion forward...

Let me point out HOW MUCH LOTTIE SUE LOOKS LIKE MATT in this first photo. It's nutz.

the clothes make the man

This is a photo of Matt's room when he was a little boy, take a good look at that quilt because it's going in baby boy's bedroom. We have a twin bed in there and it's just perfect! Matt's Grandma made it for him when he was little and now Matt's son will have it in his room. I love it.

i need to zoom in on this photo to see what all is in here, i see matt's
star wars spaceships and a tootsie roll bank on the windowsill

Gramma/Matt's mom/Linda made Lottie Sue a throw quilt for her new bedroom. It has the alphabet on it along with an object that matches. It's so pretty! Lottie Sue likes it a lot, she won't let us put ANYTHING in bed with her but she'll let me put this in there. So thank you Gramma, we LOVE it!

i loves me some quilts

If you live here, be sure to pick up this month's Skirt! magazine. Jo is featured on page 35 - she looks so GREAT and they blurb they wrote is super cute. Love it!

click on the image to see it bigger, por favor

Let me take a moment to talk about the arts. Matt and I have seen more movies at the theater the past month than we see in a year. We are on FIRE.

• District 9 - thumbs up (I've never seen a movie like this and the special effects are rad)
  
• Harry Potter and the half-Blood Prince - thumbs up (you know I loves me some HP, I am still sad about the fact I've read all of the books)
  
• Funny People - thumbs up (but I'm pretty sure I am the only one that liked it, I think JP said he "hated it" if memory serves)
• The Proposal - thumbs up (I probably like Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds better than I liked the movie if that makes sense)

Now I have several random photos I'll share with you, enjoy!

I found this photo on my phone, it was taken at the beach one morning. Lottie Sue's pack-n-play was right next to our bed so if she woke we'd pull her on in with us. How sweet is she?

zzzzzzzzzzz

Brandon sent this photo out the other day, it's almost football time in Tennessee! I'm not sure how much football fun I'll have this season since we'll have a newborn moving in with us soon, but I'll find a way I'm sure.

lane kiffin is younger than me (wah)

Jonathan's mom gave these photos to Jo and she let me scan them in. Boy, someone we know REALLY likes to pose for photos. JP blamed the red robe photo on his sister coercing him into doing it but now that I see these I'm just not sure...

yeahhhhhhhhh

i'm pretty sure jp still wears this shoe style
(what was old is new again)

And here's the last photo, I took the trash down to the road this morning and came back to this.

i guess it could have been worse?

Have a great hump day, toodles!

a shower for jp and tabby (banana hammock, anyone?) & a crush for lottie sue

This past weekend we threw an shower for JP and Tabitha, it was an intimate affair with the big day coming up in October - it will be here before you know it - WHEE! It was a very nice evening. I regret that I don't have many photos to share, I may steal them from crackbook if any go up. Megan blogged a great post here, and it includes the shower (PLUS the Heartland Series Homecoming event - looked like fun).

Let's get on with the photos! Matt made this photo of the lovebirds, we had it on the table tents - awesome!

jonathan and tabitha, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

here is a shot of some of the food

(pardon the blurriness, i didn't have the flash on and
couldn't hold the camera still enough for the artsy shot)

this is a photo of the party favors, i took the leftover
fabric from the garland and made little baggies

patterson, jo and baby cassady party it up

now jo has him all for himself

here we have beth with baby boy (he was quite popular)

megan and amy chat it up

jo, blake and shon hang out while brad munches on the munchies

shon practicing for january

here i am with the bride-to-be, mrs. palmer

As a gag gift we gave Jonathan a banana hammock for the honeymoon. We told him it was a gift for him, but also a gift for Tabby ifyouknowwhatimean...

I bought it on ebay and it's supposed to be swimwear but it's so see-through - I am not sure what beach it's meant for but I'm sure JP will rock it.

jp loves his gift

oh my, and so does tabby it seems

On to more photos!

a group shot with megan doing her patented funny pose

jo and jp are warming up with their
robot moves, dance party to come...

We moved the party outside later on and the regular hilarity ensued (banana hammock dance plus regular dancing)...

a meeting of the minds, finding the
right song in which to break it down

brandon does his karate kid inspired dance move
(please notice beth's admiring gaze)

Then the banana hammock came out again, who knew it would cause such a frenzie? Amy and Megan were equipped with dollar billz.

jp ended up with three dollars and megan's phone number
(don't tell tommy)

And then there was more dancing, if you know us then you know we love to break it down. There is always dancing at parties and tailgates.

beth and brandon win the dance contest, hands down

I'll post more photos as they reveal themselves. Everyone is so happy and excited for the couple, can't wait until October!

This photo came in the mail the other day, Kat sent a card to me but Jasper requested this message get to Lottie Sue.

jasper, the answer is YES. a million times YES.

Alrighty, in other news for you...

• Mourning the death of handwriting...
• NPR asked listeners for their favorite beach reads, here is a list of the top 100.
• Mad Men premieres the new season on Sunday - icannottellyouhowexcitediam. Check out the Vanity Fair spread and then you can read the A.V. club's interview with Jon Hamm here.

Coming up in my next post: kid Matt in leisure suits (ADORABLE), Lottie Sue loves shoes only a hooker would wear and Jo is featured in Skirt! magazine (supahSTAR). Alrighty, happy Monday to everyone. Buh-BYE!