A Surprise

As we sat in church yesterday, we saw a SURPRISE in Caleigh's mouth!  We thought she only had one tooth, but guess again!  She has TWO little teeth on bottom right next to each other!  I couldn't believe it!  She is getting to be such a big girl!  I wish I could get a picture of her two little teeth, but I haven't had much luck yet!  Oh well...I'll try again tomorrow!

Here is a video of Caleigh in her jumper!

Caleigh's Baptism

What a wonderful weekend we have had!  My parents, brother, and Jennifer came down on Friday night!  We didn't do much...watched TV and talked.  On Saturday, we got up had breakfast, picked up Caleigh's cake, went to the store, the boys changed out the plugs and light switches, hung the TV with a cord hider, and then we went to eat lunch at Five Guys.  Before we went to lunch, Dad said something about playing Train (one of our family favorites).  After we ate, we went to Target and bought dominoes to play!  We had such a blast teaching Jennifer and John how to play.  And as I'm writing this, John says...we need to play more Train!  Anyways...with three rounds left, Aunt Beth, Uncle Ken, Mamaw, Papaw, and Aunt Lisa showed up!  So we finished our game and hung out with them!  We decided to go eat at Farmhouse and it was yummy!!! :)  We came back and Aunt Beth and Uncle Ken taught us a new game called Snafooey.  We played for hours!  Yesterday was such an amazing day!  I love having my family in my home (even if it is a little cramped!). 

On Sunday, we went to church and had a great time with Mom, Dad, Dub, Katie, Bubba, Jennifer, Mamaw, Papaw, Uncle, Aunt Beth, Aunt Lisa, Kellie, Jason, Char, Kevo, Brian, Brandi, and G!!! After church, we went to Margarita's and came home and had cake and ice cream.

The BIG Secret...My Peanut!!!

So I can finally share the amazing news.....my best friend and her hubby are expecting!  We are so excited for Kellie and Jason!  What amazing parents they are going to be!!!

So...for several days weeks....Kellie wouldn't answer my phone calls, but she would text me.  After a while I began to get suspicious!  Let me give you a little background knowledge on this....when Jason decided to propose to Kel, he asked if I wanted to come and of course I said yes. There was one condition...I COULDN'T talk to Kellie!  I don't know how I made it for several weeks without talking to her, but I did!  Kellie had planned on going home for the weekend and we had talked about going, but Caleigh had been under the weather and I didn't want to risk it getting worse.  We decided to stay home and not head to the double R that weekend.  So, one Thursday morning on February 2nd, I texted Kel and said, "You must have a secret to tell me cause you won't talk to me! ;)."  We setup a Skype date for Friday and I thought that Mama Sue and Kel just wanted to see Caleigh, but this is what I saw in the screen shot....

Kel...don't kill me for this!

I couldn't believe what I saw and had to ask what is it?!  Then she said, well what do you think it is and I said, "a ONESIE?!?!?!?!"  And for the rest of the weekend all I could say was MY BEST FRIENDS PREGNANT!!!! I'm sure John was tired of me talking about it, but I just couldn't help being so excited for them! 

I was talking about Baby Alford and decided that their nickname was going to be Peanut!  It just flowed so well AND Kel's nickname growing up was Goober, so I knew the Peanut would fit in perfectly!  I am so anxious to meet my little Peanut and shower them with love!!!

It seemed liked everywhere I went that weekend was something that reminded me of her.  For example...

I am so blessed to have her in my life and I just can't wait to see her as a mom!  She is going to be an absolutely amazing mommy!!! 

I'm totally not good at this!

I don't know why, but I can't seem to keep caught up with this blog!  I guess I'll just have to make it one of the "chores" of Saturday morning!  Caleigh is getting to be such a big girl!  I can't believe how much she has grown and learned in the past two months!  She has eaten avocado, banana, sweet potato, and green beans. She LOVES her avocado and sweet potato, but she isn't too sure about the green beans.  I really do enjoy making her food for her.  I love being able to provide good food for her.  I hope that one day I will be able to teach her good eating habits, unlike the ones I have.  These bad habits weren't horrible until I quit playing ball.  I have the BIGGEST sweet tooth EVER!  When I was pregnant, I gave in easier to my sweet addiction and now that I am not preggo, I am often in an awful predicament!  Oh well...like my dad always says...Do as I say, Not as I do!  :)

We have had such a busy couple of weeks!  Caleigh is sitting better than ever and is loving her Baby Einstein jumper.  She will stand up as long as she has something to hold onto, but she still dislikes being on her tummy.  She doesn't even roll as much as she was because she loves to be standing or sitting up!  I think I'm going to have to just toughin' up and let her cry it out.  I know it's going to be EXTREMELY difficult! 

Cal had her 6 month appointment a couple days ago and of course those pesky ole shots had to come out!  She handled it like a pro and cried for a little bit, then she was done!  She weight 17.5 pounds and was 28 inches long!  Her height was in the 99th percentile for height for her age!  One of two things are going to happen... 1. she's growing fast now and it will eventually stop or 2. my next one will be a shorty like me!  If the next one is a boy, I hope the later isn't what occurs.  :) 

We celebrated John's 30th birthday with a Stock the Bar at his parents' house (thanks again Mama and Papa)!  We ate, talked, shot guns, and shot skeet.  Yes, for the first time I shot a gun (other than a bb gun!).  I enjoyed it more than I EVER expected!  One of my gifts to John for his birthday was that I was going to take him to the range, but he decided this would be the perfect day for it!  I am so glad that I tried something new with my sweet hubby! 

John's Birthday Cake

 So, I got a 1.5% one time pay increase at work in December and decided to get new carpet in the living room.  Before there wasn't even a much of a pad and the carpet was EXTREMELY cheap, so after talking it over with John, we decided to put new carpet in the living room (originally I wanted new doors for the house). It was more important for Caleigh to have nice carpet and padding in the living room because she was starting to sit more and soon she will be crawling/walking. We absolutely love having the new carpet. Maybe one day, we can finish the rest of the house!! :)

 One beautiful day, the three of us went to The Woodlands to have lunch with Char and Mama Joe Ann!  We had such a great time! I hate that so much time goes before we see each other!  How I wish that the weekend was longer!!!

The Valentine Caleigh "made" us!