Sunday, February 19, 2012

November Part 5: Horsies

One of Grady's students has horses and she is always telling us to bring Delia out to see them.
Andrew introduced Delia to them all. She was pretty intimidated by their size, and it took a little coaxing to get her to sit on one of the horses for a minute.Not Brooks! He grabbed on!

"Giddy up! Let's go!"

"Yee Ha!!"

Right after I snapped this picture, this horse took off. Luckily Grady grabbed Delia by her coat and slid her right off the back of the horse. We had fun! Like our own private pony ride!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

November Part 4: So much stuff!

Oh man - just found tons of pics on my phone from November! Here's more of our crazy November! And one serene sunset.

Delia had her school Thanksgiving program, complete with songs and outfits they made. This is her friend's Reese's class. Too cute!

Daddy couldn't make it, so we invited our friends Carmen, Amelia, and Charlotte to attend.

Even Brooks got to "skip school" and see sister do her thing.

Our little Native American princess!
Best friends!

Grady and I got to go out one Friday night to Bulldog Bash, the largest free concert in the state. This year it was the Avett Brothers and they drew a CROWD. We have no urge to fight crowds anywhere for anything, so normally we'd skip something like this, especially when we have to pay a babysitter. However, Blufish Design is an in-kind sponsor of Bulldog Bash. We trade out the design work for the poster, shirts, stage banners, etc. for a sweet sponsor package, and the Bash uses us for all the printing. So we watched the show from the VIP tent. Free food, free drinks, good view, and no one else shoved up in your personal space.

VIP is where it's AT!

Speaking of VIP, our friends the Banzhafs invited us to their skybox for the MSU v Bama game. It's the Davis Wade box at Davis Wade stadium. Not too shabby. So Jennifer and I took the kids, sent Grady and his friends out in the rain and never looked back. Hello chicken tenders and ice cream at half time.



And who did we bump into on the elevator ride after the game? None other than Jackie Sherrill!

I helped coordinate a Christmas parade float for Main Street, complete with gingerbread house. Got to work with some really fun ladies!


On parade night, we had freezing rain, so we watched from Mugshots' balcony with the Murdock family.

Must sign off now, as 8 yr old laptop is very hot and making noises like a jet plane.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

November Part 3: Brook's First Birthday!

I went to a friend's son's first birthday a few weeks ago and it was over the top. It looked like the mom had prepared for 2 weeks. Everything was coordinated and adorable. There was a theme and everything fit into the theme, down to the tags on the take-away snacks. There were pictures of the birthday boy each month from birth to 12 months. Brooks' party was not like that, because November was a crazy time. I was getting the office ready for our 2 week trip out of the country (during our biggest work project of the year), we went to 2 Thanksgivings in 2 weekends - again, it was a crazy time. Brooks' first birthday was a small family gathering with his sweet sister, grandparents, cousins, a chocolate cake, snacks, and presents. Just perfect for us. By the way, I didn't make that cake.




One of Brooks' favorite presents was a drum. No lights, no sound effects, no batteries, just a drum to beat on because he LOVES to beat on stuff.

Look at that talent! He's already got trick moves!



Sister helped sing Happy Birthday, then helped blow out the candle.





It was a fun day! Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

November Part 2: Early Thanksgiving in Vicksburg

We met Gerald and Sarah at Nana and Papa's house in Vicksburg for an early Thanksgiving and Brooks' first birthday! I love this picture. I foresee Brooks ruining many a Delia pose.

2 silly bald men

Delia is playing with one of my old My Little Ponies - one of the few toys of mine that Mama couldn't part with. Delia loves them!

Aunt Jennifer and Wesley stopped by for a quick visit. All those beautiful curls!

Cousins!

Brooks opened a few presents early - we couldn't stand it!

Delia helped with this super fun ball popper.

"Just lemme rip this bag up!"

After a tasty experiment last Thanksgiving, Papa grilled the turkey again this year. It was great! No more vats of hot oil!

Green bean bundles. MMM.

One pup shy of a Buford family photo. Where's Sophie? Wait - is that Sophie? Sebastian?
Next post: Party time!