Music City Bowl

Doug and I made a trip to Nashville,TN to the Music City Bowl to watch the Ole Miss Rebels play Georgia Tech. We left early that morning and got back late that night.

Ole Miss beat Georgia Tech 25-17. So excited for a Hotty Toddy win to finish off the Rebel season.

It was freezing inside the stadium so we bundled up and had a great time cheering on our Rebels. Little boss man, Will, stayed in Tupelo with the grandparents where it was warm. 

So glad we won! Looking forward to an exciting year of football next year! Hotty Toddy!!!!!!!

Year in Review of Will

I thought I would do a year end review of all the accomplishments and milestones Will has reached in 2013. Since this is where I keep up with the majority of his life, I thought it would be fun to see how much he's grown up this year. Enjoy!

January

- Celebrated Will's first birthday

- Will's first tooth appeared on New Years Day

- Will started crawling shortly after his first birthday

- Will started table foods

February 

- Will has a total of 3 teeth

- Will started occupational and physical therapy

- Will started pulling up on furniture

March

- Will was given his last RSV shot

- Will started standing with the help of something to hold onto

- Will made his first appearance at the Tupelo Country Club for Easter lunch

April 

- Will started Mother's Day Out at Harrisburg Baptist Church

- Will started whole milk

- Will went to church nursery for the first time

- Will made his first trip to all of our favorite restaurants because he was FREE from being inside the house since coming home from the hospital

May

- Will had his first dip into the swimming pool during water babies class at the wellness center

- Will had his first ear infection

June

- Will was dedicated in church on Fathers Day

- Will discovered his new favorite food which was cheese puffs

July

- Will made his first major road trip to Destin,FL and experienced the beach and the ocean 

- Will started WALKING 

- Will discovered his love for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

August

- Will began drinking from a straw cup

- Will began climbing in the refrigerator and on the dishwasher

September

- Will experienced his first game day experience in Oxford,MS and also his first football game

- Will got his car seat turned around

October

- Will got released (unofficially) from occupational and physical therapy

- Will visited the pumpkin patch at St Peters Church in Oxford,MS for the first time

- Will was Batman for Halloween and got to go trick or treating to daddy's office for the first time

- Will made his first visit to Drew's grave to take flowers there for him

November 

- Will enjoyed his first carousel ride at the Galleria Mall in Memphis

- Will had his first visit for speech therapy

December

- Will had his first visit to see Santa at the mall

- Will met the Budweiser Cylesdales horses

- Will enjoyed his first Brunch with Santa at the Tupelo Country Club

- Will went to a new sitters house for the first time because momma went back to work full time

Wow! My sweet Will sure has done a lot in 2013. Here's to more experiences and new adventures for Will and our family in 2014. Happy New Year!!

Christmas with the Smothers family

 

Christmas day afternoon with all my family was fun! All the kids had a great time opening their gifts and seeing what Nana and Poppa all got them. We had a yummy dinner prepared by my mother and enjoyed being with family. 

 

All the grands dressed in their matching reindeer shirts

Maddie had to be included in the picture

My little family

Poppa Bill and Will anxiously awaiting presents

Michael, Peyton and Anna Grace

Will checking out his trucks in his stocking

This boy LOVED the trucks

Peyton and Anna Grace opening their presents

Checking out his race car set from Nana and Poppa

Will got a Mr Potato Head

Will got more clothes

Anna Grace and Peyton still working on presents

Will got a hooded dog towel and immediately called it "Mae Mae"

Will got a lawn mower too so he will be available to mow yards this summer

Anna Grace got a baby doll

And Aunt Mary and Uncle John had to baby sit her doll while she finished opening her gifts

Will and Peyton took a break to watch Mickey Mouse with Poppa Bill

After presents, Anna Grace and Will thought it was fun to play in a big box

Anna Grace and Peyton got bikes from Nana and Poppa Bill

Will loved his sound Mickey and Thomas the Train books

Christmas with the Penny's

We had Christmas with the Penny's last Friday night. We had a great time! Santa even came by to visit and helped hand out gifts!

Waiting to open gifts

Kalyn got a make-up set

Ross got a remote control car and Avre got a doll and a suitcase

Will got a weed eater

Will and Nic got matching applique shirts because Nic always makes fun of what Will wears so I got him back!

Nic's bunch

Will, Nic, Santa and Ross

Kalyn and Ross talking to Santa

My family

Will sat in Santa's lap for all of 2 seconds

But he gave Santa a high five

And touched his fur coat

After Santa left, we opened more gifts from the family

Will got a fire truck

Avre got clothes and a barnyard toy

Will got a little Mickey to go with his big Mickey. By the reaction on his face he LOVES Mickey Mouse

Ross and Kalyn got more clothes

 

We enjoyed our Christmas with the Penny's this year!

Christmas Morning

Santa came to see Will this morning. Will woke up at around 8am to see what all Santa had brought

 

Santa brought Will a cozy coupe car, tool bench, cleaning set, tee ball set, basketball goal, bowling ball set, sweater, Thomas the train, john deere tractor, and race cars. Obviously Santa thought Will had been a good boy this year:)

 

 

 

After Will got his gifts, Mommy and Daddy opened theirs. Mommy got a calendar of Will and six packages of her favorite Peppermint Mochas from Starbucks she can make at home. She also got custom frames from Delta Girl Frames that are already hung on the wall that display pictures of the family. Daddy got a pair of black sweat pants, black shorts, calendar of Will, and a few Cutco knives. After that we had breakfast with Doug's parents, Lou and Steve, and Will took a nap and then we left to go to my parents for late lunch and more presents. What a wonderful Christmas we've had!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

from our family to yours!