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!

parainfluenza III & we partied like it was 1999

This week has been pretty terrible, Lottie Sue had a virus that landed her in the hospital for five days. FIVE DAYS! It's a long long long story, but we are so happy that she is on the mend. We came home yesterday but she is still a mess, she does not feel well at all. We are trying our best to keep her comfortable and entertained but it is hard as nothing is fun for her when she feels like poo.

I was so good last weekend, I completed four posts and I was going to post them every other day but that just didn't happen. So be sure to check the blog this week as we'll have new posts up several times. OK, here's our post from NYE...

Jonathan had a NYE party and it was so much fun! He and his lovely Tabby are wonderful hosts. Here's the invite, I say JP never looked better.

looking good

We shipped Lottie Sue off to Gramma and Papaw's, so we only have one of her and here it is.

lottie sue on new year's day, wearing marty's hat

And here are a few photos from the party, doesn't everyone look dapper?

tabby puckers up

mr. and mrs. america

kenley, moi (and matt) and jo looking gorgeous as usual

shonnie bear and patterson

jennifer and tabby strike a pose

marty and shawn

megan dances up a storm and looks very cool doing so

jennifer and will ring in the new year

mr. t and blake

kenley, jo and mrs. t (aka, cheri)

patterson and brad

amy and seth

marty gives it his best shot

We spent New Year's Day playing Rock Band 2 and Mortal Kombat with the Smiths, Gilmores and the Masons. We spent the day in our pajamas. It was awesome. More to come later!

carrie's tailgating photos

Hi all, quick post here. I'm visiting the Apples in Louisville this week, but I started this post a few weeks (yikes) ago...there are no LS photos here but know I have some of her and Harlan in a pumpkin patch coming soon!

These photos are from the Florida game...thanks to Carrie for taking these (I forgot my camera that day).

two major foxes here

the mowrers, what a handsome couple (if i do say so myself)

kat (with a baby boy belly), beth, shon and chris - go vols!

me and megan (i look like a cop with those sunglasses)

beth and clint (sister and brother duo)

carrie, moi and beth - we found a secret bathroom

jonathan and tabby - awwwww

da smiths

kitty kat and shonnie bear

OK, I hope life is treating you well. Post to you soon!

starting to see (finally), miss piggy & tailgating

Greetings! I know it's been a while for me to post, but I haven't been able to see for two weeks now. So right now my face is right on the screen trying to type without messing up. I won't last long. I had to get PRK done instead of LASIK, so that just means my recovery is going to take a while. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel though. Well, sorta.

the morning of surgery, the last time you'll see me in glasses
(no make-up and i still look cute. how do i do it?)

This post is going to be mostly photos, stay with me though. I have other photos to put up!

miss piggy hugging her puppy

lottie sue pushing her hippo around

These photos are from the 8th Annual Big Orange Roundtable dinner, if you don't know what it is I can't tell you. The first home game was the next day.

shonnie bear and moi

beth and megan looking super cute (per usual)

shon and chris
(i took this photo about 8 times, shon is
always throwing crazy eyes - part of her charm)

shon, myself and megan
(notice our official t-shirts courtesy of brandon)

most of the roundtable, copper cellar will never be the same...we had so much fun

beth, a serious megan and then me

Here are shots from the first game. I have others from the last game I need to download from Carrie (forgot my camera but CC saved the day).

emily and her parents (in from Missouri)
preparing the boil for the bratwurst

some of the guys dancing to the bandit band (this was early)

tabby, moi and beth looking good for the vols

megan and myself hamming it up

tabitha, amy, meagn, me, chris, shon with beth in front - whee!!!

shon in the back with chris and jp

OK, that's all I have for now. I hope my vision gets better SOON! Talk with ya later!

Interesting reading:

• The New York Times did a story on BJ Novak (from The Office) - Matt and I love him.
• Read about the rise and fall of Chappelle's Show, Matt and I also loved that show and miss it.