Christie and family visit from Atlanta

My best friend, Christie, came up from Atlanta for the weekend.  It is amazing how you can squeeze so much in to such a short visit.  Of course, Saturday was extremely rainy and cold.  However, we made the best of it by doing a little shopping, making pizza, and having the kids play dress up, trucks, and trains at home.  We love seeing the Williams, but don't get to see them often enough.  We look forward to another visit from them closer to Christmas.  Next time though, there will be another little Williams in tow.  We miss you guys already, and we can't wait to meet Sweet Pea!!

Just a little singing

Recently, Taylor has been a singing mood. Every day on our ride home from school, Taylor tells me what happened at school, who went to time out, and who he played with on the playground. Then, he wants to sing, count, or comment on every single man and truck that he sees. It is quite the eventful ride home! Of course, when I try to get a singing moment on video, he doesn't want to perform as normal. I was at least able to get a little bit of singing out of him on Saturday night. Unfortunately, you will have to hear my terrible voice in the background, but I promise it will be worth it to see Taylor's facial expression and arm movement when he sings the word "strong." It is just too cute! I even started laughing in the video because of his expressions. When he realized that I was taping him, the look he gave me made me laugh. Pardon my laughing in yet another video!

Moments I Love

There are times in my life when my heart melts. Listening to Taylor sing "Jesus Loves Me" is one that will bring tears to my eyes. Watching Dave read to Taylor is one that I can watch forever. Seeing my father with my child is another. Oh how I love to sit back and watch those moments happen. I just want to savor them forever!

Fun with Kirk and Melissa

My brother, Kirk, and his adorable wife, Melissa, flew up from Florida on Thursday evening for a visit. It has been an incredibly fast trip, but we have packed in many fun things with them. On Friday night, Dave, Taylor, and I visited with Kirk and Melissa at my parents' house. On Saturday, we ate a great breakfast at Soby's On the Side, walked through the market downtown, strolled through Falls Park, watched the movie Julie and Julia, and then topped the evening off with an amazing dinner at the Lake Lanier Tea House. I am exhausted, but thrilled to have spent so much time with everyone!

Taylor absolutely adores his Uncle Kirk. He talks about him constantly. He really loves theStetson Law School bear that Kirk brought for him. Taylor sleeps with it each night. I think that Kirk is trying to start Taylor off early with a law school influence from his dear alma mater. We are going to see Kirk and Melissa for one last visit this evening. We will miss them dearly, but look forward to seeing them for Christmas!! We love you guys and miss you already

Bye Bye Sippy Cups

We are taking the "big boy plunge" left and right these days. Last week we said goodbye to the crib and this week we are saying good bye to the sippy cups. The bed was a piece of cake compared to this! Yesterday when I picked Taylor up from his new class, the teacher told me that they do not allow the children to drink from sippy cups any longer and today would be his last day to drink from them in class. Oh No! I didn't panic (amazing). I just had to get a little crafty and creative to coax him into giving up his cups. I talked to Taylor in the car about giving up his sippy cups and giving them over to a baby so that he could use his "big boy cups" now. He was completely fine with it. He kept asking me when the babies were going to come to our house to pick up the cups...uh....I then told him that we would need to mail them to the babies instead. He was a little skeptical at first, but then he was completely fine with it. We bagged up all of the cups and headed out to the mailbox. He was perfectly happy to toss them in the mailbox and not look back! Woohooo! Well, right before bed each night, he gets a sippy cup of milk while he watches t.v. in my lap. He kept asking for milk and "mommy's lap". He cried and cried when he realized that he couldn't do this any longer. Of course, this broke my heart. I stayed firm at dinner when he requested juice. I gave it to him in his "big boy" cup and he did really well. A lot ended up on him and the chair, but it went very well overall. However, when it was bed time, I did give in a little and allowed him to drink from his "big boy" cup in my lap. I have to wean him slowly, right!? And I am not willing to give up my cuddle time with him in my lap quite yet. All in all, things went swimmingly. Now we just have to work on the potty training. I asked him if he also wanted to give his diapers to the babies as well. His response? "Ummm...no thanks...my diapers."