Enjoying the Weather

Jack's One Year Checkup

This is Jack's game face.  The one he puts on when he just knows something isn't right and things aren't going to end well.  ;)  This is the face I kept looking at as we sat in the waiting room at The Children's Clinic today.  

He had his one-year checkup with Dr. Sherwood this morning and got a great report.  He weighs 25 lbs. 4 oz. and is 33 1/2 inches long.  His height is off the charts for someone his age and from the looks of his growth curves Dr. S still thinks he is going to be a big boy like his daddy.  We enjoyed seeing Dr. S, as always, and she was very pleased to hear how well he was doing off of all of his reflux meds.  As soon as we finished our visit, Nurse Jill returned with the bad old shots!  Jack's lip poked out as soon as she came back in the room and I knew it was over.  Poor baby, his tears didn't stop until we got to the checkout desk.  He was ready to go!  As always, I can't help but thank the Lord each time I leave that place with a healthy child in my arms.  Truly a blessing!

Disney On Ice: Treasure Trove

Tonight we took the boys to see Disney On Ice: Treasure Trove at the Jackson Coliseum. 

Sam was so excited to be there and couldn't wait to see all of his favorite characters.  

He got some Mickey binoculars but didn't need them at all during the show because we had great seats!  We were only a few rows from the floor and could see everything really well.

This little guy wasn't quite as enthralled with everything but still had fun with all of the bright lights and music.

Jack gave Goofy lots of love during the show. :)

Everything tonight was great and I don't think Sam missed a moment of it.  He had his eyes glued the entire show.  He almost broke our hearts though when we were driving home because he was so sad we had to leave the characters.  I promised him we would see them all again very soon!  

Meeting Brooke Allen

Tonight we went to JA to watch Adam's cousin Will, who plays varsity basketball.  Adam's other cousin Ben was in town from Birmingham with his little girl, Brooke Allen, and we were thrilled to finally get to meet her.  She is only a few month younger than Jack and he was really trying to figure her out during the game.  You know we don't see too many girls around here so that was probably part of what stumped him.  They were too cute together!  Unfortunately we have no pictures of Sam with her though because he was far too distracted by the game to pose for a picture.  I'm not even sure he knew anyone else was around but the boys playing in the game.  :)  

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Shuffie's Rocking Horse

This rocking horse was Shuffie's when he was a little boy and my boys love playing on it!

Blastball Game - Week 7 - Maroon vs. Red

This morning the maroon team played their last Blastball game of the 2012 Fall season.

Sam and Liam warming up.

Kicking with Daddy.

Go, Sam!

Daddy and his soccer player. 

Cute teammates!

Before we know it Jack will be out there playing Blastball too!

The maroon team together one more time.  The YMCA coordinator taking the picture lined these poor things up facing the sun so they could hardly keep their eyes open!

(From L to R - Back: Cruz, Kate Gray, Liam / Front: Sarah Kathryn, Sam, Easton)

It was a great game and the maroon team won!

All of the players got a medal for participating this season.  Sam was so proud of his!

Sam and Kate Gray 

This little boy enjoyed watching his big brother play this season.

Proud of our big boy!

The award for Best Fan of the Season goes to this sweet lady.  At 83 years young she made almost every game we played.  The early games nor the cold weather would keep her from supporting her buddy Sam.  These two sure do love each other!  

Sam enjoyed playing on the bouncing castle every week after the games.  Of course he had to go down the big slide one more time before we left today.

What a great experience this season of Blastball has been for Sam.  He was the youngest child on the team and was such a good sport.  He had an impressive fan base each weekend and we appreciate everyone that came to watch him play.  He wasn't so sure about everything at the first game but got out there for the rest of them and ran around and had fun.  We might not have won every game but that's ok.  I told Sam each week that as long as he was having fun and enjoying being with his friends that winning or losing didn't really matter.  We met some great parents and kids and look forward to more sporting events in the future.
Good job, Sam - we are so proud of you!