Thanksgiving

The whole crew
Brad and Craig
Tony, Casey, Me, Cole (19 months), Dad, Mom and Kristie
Cooper (16), Kyle, Grandmother, Faye
Grace (10-Dec 3rd) and Olivia (8)

We had a nice Thanksgiving. We went down to "the country", Perry Co. where my dad is from and my grandmother, uncle and aunt still live. This year it was at my grandmothers house. As long as I can remember it has always been at my great aunt June's, but my cousin Chris had hip replacement surgery the day before Thanksgiving so Aunt June was busy with him. It was nice and simple and super delicious. If you ever need some good comfort food, my Aunt Faye is the person you need. She cooks everything and it is ALWAYS so delicious. My cousin Kristie was in town with her family from St. Louis so it was nice to see them, since it had been about 3 years since I had seen them.

It was a beautiful day so we spent pretty much the whole day on the back porch. Cole thought he was so big playing with Grace (10) and Olivia (8). He was all over the place, following them and seeing what all he could get into. Brad also brought his girlfriend, Karen (who took the picture!) so it might just be serious if he is bringing her around all of us! :)

Digging in the dirt with my spoon

In grandaddy Shelby's old truck.

Wheeling around with daddy

Mom, these people really related to us?

Posing like a picture from 7 years ago-being silly

Daylight Savings...Sigh

So I remember people telling me how this affects kids so much, but I do not think it has really been so noticeable until now. Well at least I hope that's all this is :)So this past Saturday we fell back an hour. We had a yard sale on Saturday and had been super busy so Cole did not get to bed until a little later Saturday night, like 8:15-30, which he typically goes to bed around 7:30. So Sunday morning he slept until 8:20 am, well now 7:20am, so I was all excited thinking it had not phased him. Then Sunday he was just fussy. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him? Sunday night came and he was just so restless, he could not fall asleep around 7:30pm. It was more like 8:30pm, but then I had to wake him up for school Monday morning and he was not happy about me waking him up! At school on Monday they said he threw a fit/tantrums at nap time today, which he has never done. Monday night he went to bed fine and woke up Tuesday about an hour earlier than he normally does. Tuesday night he was the same wrest-less kid he was Sunday night. Wednesday he cried on and off for about 10 mins before going to sleep, but woke up at 12:30 like it was 6:30 am and was up until 2:00am and then I had to wake him up again this morning. Whew! Are you following all of this? if not, bottom line is he is OFF!! I was reading somewhere on-line and it said that sometimes it can take up to two weeks for a child to get back on there routine. Oh goodness!!Times like this it makes you appreciate your good sleeper and then makes you think, oh goodness I do not know if I could have another and go back to sleepless nights!! :) hahahaha...here's to hoping he regulates back to normal soon!

On another note...words, words, words... Our little boy is talking up a storm. It blows my mind the things he is able to say and how fast he picks up on things. My new favorite is "love you", so freaking cute! Melts my heart. The other day we were watching a cartoon show, Caillou, and in the theme song at the end it says "thats me!" We had only watched the show once or twice. The show was coming on and right before it said it on TV, Cole said "that me" and then it said it on TV, "that's me!". I was like, seriously? you picked up on that all ready? So watch out people. I have a talker!!