Christmas 2009

I what you are thinking..."Did Santa visit the Grimes household or did they just skip Christmas?" No we did not skip Christmas. Yes, Santa came to see us! Hunter and I have always loved Christmas and there is something about having a little one to share it with that just makes it so much fun. We had a wonderful Christmas. We listened to the Alabama Christmas CD...specifically "Thistle Hair the Christmas Bear" for days and loved it. We bring out that CD while putting up the tree and don't dare stop listening until the day after Christmas. WHG was a little under the weather Christmas Eve and pretty cranky Christmas day, so at first he was not really interested in his loot. And because we videoed most of Christmas morning, I don't have alot of pictures. We spent a lot of time visiting with family and friends which just makes Christmas for me.

WHG and his friend Grover playing during our Sunday School party.

WHG helping Daddy open gifts at MawMaw's Christmas Eve.

Do you see his boots? John Deere sponsored WHG's Christmas (ha, I wish). The boots are from his Mommy and Daddy and I must say they are a hit with this little man. There have been only a handful of days that he has not worn them since he opened the box! He wore them all morning with his Santa on a bucking Bronco PJ's. He brings them to you and says boots!! as he sits down in front of you for you to put them on.

My friend Lynsey turned 30 and we celebrated the day after Christmas with a surprise party.

I could not leave out this last one. We took this before Hunter and I went to a New Year's Eve party. WHG was saying "cheese" and notice of course his boots!

Hope that you are having a Happy New Year thus far!!

Clampet Christmas

I'm really not sure if I am spelling Clampet correctly, but anyway we kicked our Christmas off Clampet style this year. After a wonderful Thanksgiving, and a nail biting Iron Bowl (WDE!!!), we decided to buy our Christmas tree from Aunt Leigh and Uncle Dale's friends, the Mims. They have some beautiful, large Frazier Furs that were freshly cut. However, there was just one problem, we were picking this tree out in the Loveliest Village on the Plains... I know, we are nuts, we drove 200+miles with this tree tied to the top of the Tahoe....Clampet Style!!

WHG picking out the perfect Christmas Tree!

And much to my surprise, the tree has survived thus far, It really is beautiful and I love our ornaments that we have accumulated over the past 6 years. WHG loves to "look" at the tree. He points to different ornaments and says, "ball?", "deer?". It is precious.




We had a visit from Santa last week while cousins, Winston and Sam were here. The visit was not appreciated by Winston or WHG...they screamed and went running. I feel terrible, I thought it would be so much fun...needless to say it may be a while before either of them are ready to sit in Santa's lap. (I 'm not sure I would have sat in that Santa's lap either...)I did manage to get a picture of all three boys though in their sweet shirts....made with LOVE by Smitten and Co. aka Aunt TT!!

Santa did bring some trucks for Winston and William that help their feeling afterwards. Sam is so sweet, always content...I'm not sure he is real fired up about be sandwiched in between these two though.

This is just a funny picture of William yelling at the trucks as they pass by in front of the house. He loves trucks and he loves our dogs...hence the special tee as tribute to Jack and Lucy.

Thankful

We have so many things to be thankful for on a daily basis. I love that we take the time to give them special notice this time of year. I am especially thankful for this little man and his ability to constantly entertain his daddy and I. WHG is now 18 months old. He is all over the place and is attempting to repeat everything we say. You can see the wheels turning in that head of his. He will nod yes or no when you ask him just about anything.

WHG, loves to eat. Every afternoon he comes in the house and digs in this draw to find bread or cookies. He loves a cookie and would eat bread for every meal if I would allow it. This draw is in a terribly convenient location for him and he has had this figured out for quite sometime. I finally got tired of telling him "no" after he had almost a whole bag of animal crackers last night and after he got into the box or Triscuits right by himself; so I moved everything out of the draw. A little while later I heard him in the kitchen whining and this is what I found.
I hope that everyone has a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

You know we love some AU Football!

WHG sported his jersey to school the day before the first game.

And for those of you who don't believe that WHG is not ready for a sibling...see below.

He will however guard the beer boxes for his daddy at tailgate!

And this is his new shirt he wore today to get ready for the AU v. WVU game! See you on the plains. Oh and good luck to Aunt Kat tonight...we love you!

The Church Street School Project

For those of you that know me, you know that my sisters and I have a long history with the Andalusia Ballet. My sister Ashley and I danced for 13 years each and now my sister Kathryn is dancing with Andalusia Ballet. The City of Andalusia and the Andalusia Ballet Association have joined forces to renovate the Church Street School so that it will house Andalusia Ballet and be a center for the arts in Covington County, Alabama. The Andalusia Ballet Association is selling bricks and cornerstones for a patio that will be constructed on the premises. If you have a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling that attended Church Street School, was involved with Andalusia Ballet or if you simply want to help support this renovation project; please consider being a part of the Brick/Cornerstone Campaign. Bricks are $100 with 3 lines/15 spaces per line and Cornerstones are $500 with 6 lines/15 spaces per line. Hurry, our campaign ends September 28th!!



Please feel free to email me ginnygrimes@alaweb.com or call the ABA office at 334-222-6620 for more information. Here is a link to ABA website...http://www.andalusiaballet.com/ and yes, that is my beautiful sister on the homepage!!

Where have we been???

Swimming at Nanny and Pop's...

Great Granddaddy's birthday party...

Checking out cute girls!! (Towns and Cate McLendon)

Playing with TP....

Eating Ice Cream...dipped in chocolate....

Doughnut Hole in Sand Destin for some yummy pancakes while at the beach with Nanny and Pop...this is just for Daddy...(mom is ready for me to grow out of this one)

Gantt Lake for July 4th!! (I have some great pictures of the "grownups" from this day...how much not to post them????)

what? Corn on the cob is good mom!

Meeting Braylen Nicholas Chapman, July 10, 2009



To Panama City Beach with Daddy for work at the Southeastern Peanut Conference
tired baby...


playing with the Flemming Boys' tractors at the beach...

Meeting Aubie at the Auburn Club of LA Annual Meeting (along with offensive coordinator Coach Gus Malzahn)...

WHG was just a bit scared....I am sure he will grow out of it by football season, maybe he just did not want his picture made???

Samuel Wright Martin

We caught our first glimpse of this sweet little boy late Thursday night via camera phone...immediate consensus was that he looked just like Winston. However, after meeting Sam today, I think he looks a lot like his Mama. Either way he is one handsome baby and we so very proud to call him nephew and cousin. We love you Sam!!

7lbs 6oz, June 4, 2009, Proud parents, Hannah and Joseph, proud big brother, Winston.