Chelsey and Clay's wedding weekend

Doug's cousin, Chelsey, got married in Arkansas on January 9th. She was a beautiful bride and we had the pleasure of witnessing her and Clay join each other and as husband and wife. We pray for a long lasting marriage full of great things. It was a cold and rainy day but we survived the weather and were able to enjoy a beautiful wedding! 

Family wedding picutre

Luke's first wedding

Chelsey and Clay exchanging rings

Chelsey and Clay putting the unity heart together

The wedding party

First kiss as husband and wife

Doug's family

Chelsey's brother, Justin and his fiance, Lauren. They are next to get married this year

Mr. and Mrs. Clay Smith

First dance

Chelsey and her father, Mike, dancing

The cake (very delicious too)

The garter

Champagne, because we have 2 kids and survived the night with them at a wedding

While we were in Arkansas, we were also able to visit Doug's family and let them see the kids again. We were in Arkansas in July and haven't been back so they were glad to see the kids and how they have grown up so much. 

Stop at Cracker Barrel for dinner

Nothing like a good ole sink bath

Angie reading to the boys

Angie successfully rocked both of my boys to sleep. She was in heaven and had so much fun with these two! 

Happy 8 months Luke



My lovable and chunky little Luke turned 8 months old on January 6, 2016. He is such a happy baby and full of life! He loves to be held and can sit up by himself. He's wearing 9-12 months clothes and is in a size 3 diaper. He loves, loves to eat and his sleep too! He is beginning to want to play with his brother and see what all he's got to play with. He isn't crawling yet but getting up on his knees and trying to figure it out. We love our chunky little man!

 



 

Happy New Years

We celebrated New Years at home this year. We slept in, had a lazy day, and enjoyed a great lunch of hog jaw, black eyed peas, biscuits and slaw that Doug cooked. We watched football all day long and enjoyed some great games. Later that night on New Years Day we got to watch the Ole Miss Rebels play in the Sugar Bowl and WIN. We opted not to travel to New Orleans this year but rather stay at home and watch it. We were sad we didn't get to experience New Orleans and the Sugar Bowl but we were also blessed to be at home with the ones we love, our two boys!

 

New Years Day meal

 

Pregame prayer before the Rebels play

 

Will and I ready to cheer on the Rebels

Luke is ready too

December iPhone pics

2015 was an incredible year! Will turned 3 and Luke was born in May after a successful pregnancy and birth. We are blessed to welcome in 2016 and see what God has in store for our family.

 

In the meantime, here are some pictures I took with my phone that I needed to post. 

 

 

Luke's new way of eating

Will fell asleep with his new John Deere hat on

Luke enjoying the Christmas Tree

Luke just a bouncing

Cracker Barrel attire!

 

Will and Papaw watching Mickey at Cracker Barrel

Sitting up in a high chair at Chick-Fil-A

Thankful for these two every day!

Christmas Day with the Smothers

After breakfast we headed to my mom's house to have lunch and Christmas with my family. All the kids were there and it was WILD. Nana and Poppa Bill's always buy way too much for the kids but it's all about the kids. Plus us girls have to have our stockings and so that has been something they can't stop doing. This year, my mother gave my sisters and I mink earmuffs made from our grandmothers mink coats. So we had to take a sister pic with our new mink earmuffs. LOL! 

Anyways, lunch was good and the kids and older kids had a blast! 

Here's the recap:

Sister pic with the mink earmuffs

Nana and Poppa Bill's and all the grand kids

Will's stocking

Luke chilling in the swing

Opening presents

Lots of presents

Will got a pad of his own

And new John Deere boots

More trains

Even a new Mini Thomas the Train track

Tucker had a fun first Christmas

Luke tried to eat the paper while Nana opened her gifts

Will got another new train from my parents and we hooked this all together and made a HUGE train track

Christmas was so much fun and we had a great time! 

Christmas Day Morning

Will was so excited that Santa had come. He woke up at 6:45am but we made him stay in bed till 7:15am. Unfortunately, Luke wasn't up yet so we had a little bit of Christmas with Will before Luke joined us at 7:45 or so. Luke enjoyed his first Christmas and didn't really understand what was going on. It was around 70 degrees and rained all day on Christmas day that it kind of put a damper on the feel of Christmas this year. We made the best out of the day and luckily we didn't have any outside toys to play with. 

Will wanted presents from Santa. He didn't care what was in them just presents. Will got a Thomas the Train Avalanche Express train track with about 5 different Thomas the Train trackmaster trains from Santa. He also got clothes, shoes, a new red robe and alligator slippers. 

Luke got some new toys, clothes, and shoes too. We didn't really know what to get him because he has so many toys and clothes that were Will's but we decided he needed a few new things. Luke got a play table, a musical train, and some other learning toys too. 

After we opened presents we had breakfast with Doug's parents and they brought the boys more presents. Will got a harmonica and Luke got more clothes. 

Christmas was so much fun this year and it's only going to get better with these two crazy boys! 

Here's the recap of the morning:

All the presents left by Santa

Will, Maddie, and Luke's presents

Yes, even Maddie got a stocking

Will checking out his Santa presents

Santa left everything in boxes due to unplanned events of the week

Checking out the presents

Dad putting the train track together

Maddie enjoyed her new bone from Santa

Luke playing with his new musical train

Will opening presents

Will's new red robe and alligator slippers

Opening more presents

Luke just hanging out in his bouncer

Will helping momma open her gifts

Momma got a new MK red purse, jewelry, a new top from Loft, and a caramel macchiato kit from Starbucks. 

Doug got a new desk calendar of the boys from 2015

Will helping daddy open his gifts

Doug got a nice pair of Ray Ban sunglasses because I was sick of buying the cheap glasses from Walmart and them breaking all the time! 

Will's new harmonica

Loved Christmas with these two boys

Luke's first Christmas 

Testing out the new train track

In awe over his new train track