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Singing Loud For All To Hear
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”
I’m quoting Bo’s favorite Christmas movie (this year), Elf. Its not my favorite but it has its funny moments. So after being poked and prodded by some non-Facebooking family I figured I better update the blog with some new pictures 
Here are our Christmas pictures:
Santa Baby – this is the only santa we saw.
Mad Santa. He didn’t like the hat very much.
Reading the Christmas story before bed.
Morning sleepy heads.
Not wasting any time.
Learning fast.
Dr. Bo is now accepting new patients.
Still working.
Duck! Not the bird kind, the train kind.
Don’t rush me!
Decorated, Levi opens up a stuffed elephant (his favorite animal).
And he loved it…until it made an elephant sound. Now he won’t go near it.
What’s next?
Play time.
Oh Food! Aww nuts, they are plastic. Still tasty though.
Next we headed to Uncle Chris & Aunt Erin’s house for Christmas Breakfast. Of course I forgot to clear off the camera’s memory card and it was full so I only got a couple (check Erin’s Blog for more )
Cousin Gracie with Bo & Levi
Cousins Paul & Anna
For lunch/dinner we headed to Mimi & Papa’s (these pics are from Mimi’s camera)
Table Decor @ Mimi’s
Peppermint is Bo’s new favorite candy and he seemed to find it everywhere.
Levi thought Daddy needed a new hair style.
Mimi cooking the lasanga.
Gooey Goose
Cookie Love
Chocolate frosted Bo
Papa & Mimi
Uncle Brian & Daddy
Papa John & Granny Gloria
The Butlers (Lee, Jimmy & Ed) joined our family for dinner.
There’s a house on your head, Levi.
The Charmer – just as we were leaving Levi finally let Ms. Lee hold him.
So our house is packed with all the great gifts we got. Levi’s elephant is going to Grandma’s for surgery on Tuesday. Please pray that she can get the sound chip out and that the elephant will recover it’s place as Levi’s favorite 
New Family Photos
Okay so I’ve been absolutely HORRIBLE about posting new pictures and stuff. I promise I will post our vacation pics soon. Editing all those pictures has me cringing in horror but in attempt to pacify your need for updates we had some family pictures taken last week and they sent us the thumbnail versions in case anyone wanted to order more. So here they are
Umm…Chip I don’t think we’re in Georgia anymore…
What is white, wet, yucky and pretty all at the same time? Snow of course! I should know. We’re covered in about three inches right now and it’s still coming down. So less than 24 hours ago I was complaining about it being 60+ degrees in February. God really does have a sense of humor and said “Well Sara since you can’t be happy with warm weather in February, I’ll give you snow in March!” and He did. So this is what our house looks like.
Our poor horses are shivering. Who would think we need a barn when this happens once every 3-4 years?!
As I type this I can hear branches breaking under their icy coating.
Chip is out on the 4-wheeler riding the back roads clearing trees that have already fallen.
Dancing Waters
Having not been in a blogging mood lately it makes it hard to play catch up We have all been pretty busy lately! Lets see…
Bo, since turning three has had a healthy report from the doctor – measuring 37.5″ inches tall (95th percentile for his age) and 34 lbs (average for his age). He has also hit an eating slump and a for a while it was a daily struggle at meals, but Mommy & Daddy finally wised up and realized that he will (and does) eat when he’s hungry. The doctor assured us that he will not starve. We have set rules about eating though – once he says he’s all done and leaves the table, no snacks between meals, so he has to wait even if he changes his mind about being hungry. Sounds horrible to some, but anyone with a toddler who’s been through this knows it isn’t.
Bo also has grown up a little in his interests. He now loves monster trucks! His favorite is Grave Digger and knows “Bad to the Bone” (by George Thorogood) by heart, well most of it, and sings it all the time. I even bought the iTunes version for my iPod and added it to Bo’s Playlist He still loves his Thomas the Train table and trains as well as Lightening McQueen. He also enjoys doing his daily “school work”. We have already started homeschooling him and he does so great! He can already count objects up to 13. He can recognize all the letters of the alphabet and knows most of the letter sounds. He conquered shapes and colors a while back and we’ve started to build on those foundational skills.
Today’s blog title is also a tribute to Bo. He has a simple fascination with foaming hand soap. This is very helpful as he reminds me that he needs to wash his hands instead of the other way around. His current favorite soap is Dancing Waters by Bath and Body Works.
Keeping with normal toddler behavior he refuses to have his picture taken so I don’t have any of him to show off :p
Levi is growing way to fast for my tastes! Having just turned 6 months old he had a doctor check up this past week and he got a glowing report. He weighs 21.5 lbs (Bo weighed 19.3lbs at this age) and measures 27.5 inches. The nurse didn’t chart his measurements while we were there so I’m not sure how he compares to others his age. I’m sure its almost off the chart though.
Levi has also started eating solid foods and he loves them! From day one he has eaten the solids like a little piglet Adding one new food a week we are up to rice cereal, squash and apple sauce. Of course since adding the other foods he won’t eat the rice cereal alone so we usually mix it. Here’s a picture of Daddy feeding him:
Levi also has his first tooth! I hadn’t really been expecting a tooth to pop through and he had no trouble cutting it so I was surprised to see it in there one day! I was like “where did that come from?” – he laughed at me in his usual way. It came through February 10th. Here’s a little picture I snapped with my cell phone. If you look really close you can see it.
Still loving his bath time, Levi really likes to chew these rubber numbers/letters, especially during his baths. They are one of his favorite toys. Here are some pics I shot the other day. I’m also happy to report that his eyes are officially green (like mine!) and even though he doesn’t look like me (or Chip or Bo) I’m still glad he has my hair and eyes.
Chip has been keeping very busy. He works twice each day in the chicken houses for some of my distant relatives (we call them Uncle Gene and Aunt Carol) and also tends to their cows. Chip will also be doing lots of training and classes for work over the next month. He was starting to pack a bag for his trip to Las Vegas. Apparently he decided he would miss the boys too much and was taking drastic measures! I happened by and saw something very strange.
And this is what was inside…a sock monster!
Okay so he wasn’t REALLY going to take Levi and the suitcase was NOT closed. Please don’t call anyone on us!! We just thought it would make a cute picture.
As for me my biggest news is my new computer! Chip got me the PC of my dreams!!!! The HP TouchSmart 20″ all-in-one computer is awesome! It arrived last Saturday (the perfect Valentine’s Day present!) and I’m still getting use to the touch screen and large display. I love the features it has and just the overall coolness of it.
My business is doing well. I stay busy but, thankfully, not overbooked. I just finished up with my 19th website design!
As a family we are all looking forward to a much-needed vacation in April to Florida. Mimi and Papa will be going too. Mimi found us a great house with a pool and lots of space for the boys to play.
Well that’s about all I can think of for now. TTFN
Happy New Year 2009!
We spent new year’s eve at Mimi’s house. We ate way too many cheese straws (and other stuff) and drank lots of sparkling grape juice Daddy also put on a great fireworks show ($80 worth). Sorry no pictures of the fireworks as my camera doesn’t take good night-time shots.
Bo really enjoyed “toasting”
Daddy
Mimi and Levi
Our 9th New Years together
Christmas Pictures
Here are lots of pictures from our Christmas
Bo was super excited about his new Thomas train table.
Levi, showing us his new movie.
Daddy wearing his new leather fire helmet.
Mommy got some new SUPER comfortable Mammoth Crocs.
Bo – the official Gift-Passer-Outter
Levi still wasn’t sure what to think about all the commotion.
Working on his unwrapping skills.
“Not sure what you want me to do here Mom.”
“Oh!! I can eat it! Why didn’t you say that in the first place?!”
Unlike his little brother, Bo knew exactly what to do…and did!
Mommy also got a mommy bracelet with each of the boys names and birth dates.
You’ll be seeing these again
This past week we had our official family pictures taken like we do every year. I’m sure you will see these pics again when we send out Christmas cards. Our neighbor “Mr. Josh” took these for us and they turned out great!
Bo is becoming more and more camera-wary and usually refuses to smile but he did well enough for us to get a few with him smiling and/or actually looking at the camera Levi did well too considering we woke him up from his nap to take them.
Harvest Fun
As most of you know we don’t celebrate the typical “halloween” but we do have our own special family traditions this time of year. We pick and carve pumpkins and the kids dress up in their costumes, usually 3 or 4 different times to see all of our family. This year Bo was a monkey (complete with banana) and Levi was a “chubby bunny”. Here are some pictures.
Picking punkins:
Bo insisted on holding his pumpkin in his lap on the way home. That lasted all of 15 minutes before he started saying “It’s too heavy!” (one of his favorite sayings).
In their costumes
University of Georgia Fans
Our whole family loves the Georgia Bulldogs, but Bo seems to have the most fun dressing out for the games. We usually listen to the games on the radio since they are usually on ESPN and we don’t have satellite or cable, just local channels. Here are some pictures of our “Bulldog” family
