black friday...11.28

instead of braving the crazies on black friday, the kids and i hung out at mimi's house while various family members ran out to stores the get "the deals" of the day. it was actually the first day after thanksgiving since 2004 that i haven't worked...it was MUCH nicer to sit around and eat leftovers this year :) the kids enjoyed having LOTS of family to perform for and play with!

thanksgiving afternoon...11.27

after our fun morning with tim's family, we headed over to my parents' house for the afternoon with "the franklinton crowd". my mom's entire family came to memphis for thanksgiving. the only person missing was my brother andy (boo!). we enjoyed a lazy afternoon with lots of baby jacob lovin', movie watching, and gingerbread train making...check out these pics from gingerbread house making 2 thanksgivings ago. boy, sarah has grown up A LOT!!!

thanksgiving lunch...11.27

we headed over to aunt marcell's house after our photo session to enjoy the beautiful day with our family. the kids were in heaven since it was nice enough for them to play outside! the kids played in the leaves, jumped in the bounce house, played hide-and-seek, and generally ran around wild! they had too much fun! we were also able to capture a big family photo! we ate too much, as is required on thanksgiving, and enjoyed each other's company! what a wonderful start to our thanksgiving festivities!

p.s. the family photo is about 1/4th of tim's mom's family! BIG family!!!

my christmas wish came true this year!!!

oh. my. goodness! my FAVORITE restaurant in the world FINALLY made it to memphis!

i LOVE st. louis bread co. aka panera bread! i seriously ate there 3-4 times a week while i was in st. louis at st. louis university! it is heavenly! i tried to convince my dad to bring the franchise to memphis...that's how much i love it! when we go to st. louis each summer, we sometimes eat there twice a day much to tim's dismay!

the cordova restaurant opened this week (!!!) and the sign is up less than 5 minutes from my house where the collierville one is going to be built! tim actually knows the marketing manager for the memphis franchise and she said there are TWELVE restaurants being opened in memphis!!!

so, that's my christmas present this year...i don't need anything else. well, except maybe some gift cards to panera! (hint, hint!!!)

thanksgiving morning...11.27

i'm glad we got pics of the kids first thing in the morning on thanksgiving...tim brought our bounce house to the pressgrove's and sarah and drew looked like ragamuffins within seconds! glasses, bow, socks, tights, shoes all came off...and the hem on sarah's dress even came out! like i said, ragamuffins!!!

couldn't you just eat him up?!? look at that booty!!!

jacob's sip-and-see...11.23

my sweet friends mary and amy had a sip-and-see for all of our friends to come meet baby jacob. i told them they were spoiling me rotten...its my THIRD child after all! of course they would hear nothing of that!!!
the decorations and food were divine! these girls should be professional party planners!!!

mary, me, rhonda, and nina

deana, me, and bekah

me, my mom, mrs. brister, tim's mom, and tim's sister becky

mary, me, and amy--the fabulous hostesses

me and my mom

sweet baby jacob...he slept in his carseat the whole time!

nina and me

me and donna

gelena and me

jacob made a TINY little peep and mary "rescued" him from his carseat!

alison and kacey's sweet baby cooper

rhonda and me

allison and me

kacey and me

me and alison

mary and amy opening their hostess gifts

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it was WEIRD to have so many pictures taken of me...usually i'm the one behind the camera! it was a really fun afternoon! with jacob asleep the whole time, we were all able to visit for a long time...something that never happens when all the kids are around! i am blessed with REALLY sweet sweet friends!

just another day as a princess...11.22

jacob's first tub bath...11.22