It’s nice to be back home. Alex started the morning with his favorite balloon (thanks Kristy): Then I got him ready for Mother’s Day Out: There was time left over to play with Alex’s new rocking chair. It’s actually an old rocking chair. It was my dad’s when he was little. Alex loves to sit…

I love pajamas. They are comfy and warm and you can never have too many. My current favorites are pajama pants from Aerie. Not only are they flannel and a GaTech plaid, they have cute cuffs too: And my favorite shirt to go with them? Gap’s featherweight waffle crew. It stretches out after a little…

Today was a typical day in Paducah. We got up early to go visit with Grandma. Alex is not much of a cuddler, but he was content to let Grandma hold him for most of the visit: Then Kate, Scott, Taylor, and Anna came by for a visit. Alex was already down for a nap…

Alex did pretty well for his first Thanksgiving. He stayed at the table for the entire meal: Alex has recently discovered balloons so we were sure to take one with us to Granny and Papa’s. It proved to be an entertaining toy most of the afternoon: A few hour after lunch Alex was down for…

I’m going to come home from Thanksgiving with all of my Christmas decorating done. We started in the living room: Then the kitchen: Then the dining room: Then the downstairs bathroom: There are quite a few more Christmas touches around the house, but I figured eight pictures was plenty. To celebrate the end of decorating…

I love to have my Mom put the finishing touches on most of my rooms. She has a knack of taking what I have and putting it together just right. This year I asked her to help me decorate for Christmas. We worked on the house quite a bit today, but didn’t quite finish (pictures…

Wade and I always string popcorn for our Christmas tree. It’s a tedious project so we also pick a movie series (normally a trilogy) to watch while working. We decided The Godfather II would be sufficiently long (and we have already seen the first one). We worked most of the day, but the tree is…