Chap's Surgery

I LOVE this photo!

Sleeping soundly in the car on the way there (still dark outside)!

We were up SUPER early this morning to take Chap to Surgicare to get his tubes for his precious little ears. He did SO GOOD! We were praying that the weather would be okay so that we would have a safe journey to and from Jackson! It wasn't too bad...definitely could have been worse! It started to sleet and snow really heavily just as we were leaving Jackson. The surgery went well...not a big deal. It took literally 5 min. for Dr. Gordon to perform the actual surgery. And unfortunately we weren't new to this. Sam had a set of tubes when he was about 1 year old and had a tonsillectomy soon after that. We LOVE Dr. Gordon and Healthsouth Surgicare and would def. recommend them both! Chap was the only baby (out of 5) that wasn't fussy before surgery! We were praying that he wouldn't be too crabby because he wasn't allowed anything to eat or drink after midnight last night. He did SO well and had all the sweet little nurses wrapped around his fat little fingers! I took a few photos of him asleep in the car and in the hospital waiting for the surgery. He looked absolutely PRESH in the hospital gown!

Okay so the second funniest thing I've seen all year!

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What a BIG BOY!

Chap is growing up SO FAST! He's pulling up on everything! He is crawling to different rooms instead of staying in the living room. Which is NOT GOOD for me! If I take my eyes off of him for one second he is in another room! He is a very cautious baby though! Thank goodness! Sam was NOT. I love to see Chap "inspect" things before he really touches it. He's our little professor! You can just see him thinking "now what is this, and what does it do????". PRECIOUS! Here are a few photos of Chap standing with the help of his trusty toy! Also, another video of him laughing at Sam. This is becoming a regular nightly occurrence! WE LOVE IT!

Christmas Memories

Last night Sam and I were reading a bedtime story when he looked above the bed where I have antique fishing lures hung in a shadow box. He has always been interested in them and enjoys hearing the story of how we got them. So I told him (like I've done so many times before) about how his Paw Paw collected them when he was a professional fisherman. Sam LOVES to hear stories about Chivas' grandfather who passed away on Christmas of 2004. Sam (who was named after him) was so special to Mr. Reaves. He had been fighting esophageal cancer for years and we always knew that he struggled to live just to see his first great-grandsons precious face. It's impossible for me to explain how wonderful Mr. Reaves was. He was (in our eyes) a perfect Christian man. This picture was taken only a few months before he passed. So Sam and I talked about his Paw Paw and I always have to explain that he went to heaven to live with Jesus because he was really sick. Sam looked at me with his sweet little innocent eyes and said "Mommy we need a bigger ladder so we can go see Paw Paw". I simply replied with tears streaming down my face "yes we do..."
Isn't is precious to hear the thoughts from the mind of a child??? Christmas is really hard for us and Chivas' family...especially his Mother, Kathy. We hope that everyone takes Christmas as an opportunity to spend time with the people you love.

Christmas Pics

The SUPER talented Natalie and Shane Ivey took these Christmas photos of the boys last week! SO SWEET! Sam was up to his usual behavior which made it ultra difficult to get a good shot. Photos shoots always make my blood pressure sky rocket!!!! Thank you so much Nat and Shane for your patience and understanding with my child! Also, thank you Marlin and Nelma Ivey for letting us use your gorgeous home for the setting!

Officially Christmas TIME!

The Christmas tree was a success! I absolutely love it! I was worried about Chap at first. I just knew he would go directly to it and attempt to tear it to pieces! But as usual he surprises us with how wonderful he is....He crawled to it and touched a tiny spot on it for a few seconds (like he was studying it) and decided it wasn't a big deal. SO PRECIOUS! Thank you Kat-Kat for helping with our tree and taking care of the boys while I was at the hospital! Hopefully I will be able to get all of the other decorations up this week! Here are a few shots of our tree!