Full circle....

Santa brought some brand new bedding for Luke's big boy bed. So, Monday after Jeremy got off work, Luke helped Jeremy take his beloved crib down! Luke is such a big helper these days. We were excited that Mom kept Uncle Paddy's old bunk beds and that the bottom "bunk" was the perfect size for Luke's first big boy bed!



Luke was so excited about his bed that he couldn't resist trying it out before it was completely made up! (And yes, that is my 6 month pregnancy belly, and yes, i have 3 more months to go, and yes, i am as HUGE as a house already!)


As soon as we had it made, he jumped in the bed and got in this pose all by himself and said "Now THIS is a big boy bed!" He is such a ham for the camera!

He FINALLY did it!!!.....

Last Monday morning, it FINALLY happened..... I was awoken at 7:45am to the sound of Luke saying "I did it!" and it WASN'T from the monitor... Luke was standing right beside my side of the bed. He said "Mommy, I was calling you! I climbed out and I didn't bump my head!" Up until this point he would never even try to climb out because he didn't want to 'fall and hit his head' (not sure where he got this, but we were happy to keep him in his crib as long as it lasted.) He has been asking about a big boy bed for a few weeks and we had already decided to move him to a BIG BOY bed after Christmas, so timing couldn't be more perfect. He has done amazingly well with his new found night time freedom and only had one night in two weeks where he kept getting up. Just one more milestone to mark off his list and it's always bittersweet :)

MeeMaw and Papaw's Visit

MeeMaw and Papaw came to visit us from GA this weekend, so they could come to the This is Christmas presentations at our church. I was so excited when they pulled up in the drive way!


Since it was so close to Christmas they came bearing all of the Christmas gifts from that side of the family! On Friday night, we went to the mall and I got to pick out a $15 dollar toy from Granny Plank. I decided to get a Cars plush Lightening McQueen and have slept with it every night since. On Saturday morning before we headed up to church, we had the Payne side Christmas. I got a cool new kitchen like my cousin Emily has!


I was also totally excited about my Cars themed underwear!


Aunt Alyssa, and my cousins, Madison, Jared, and Emily got a huge goodie bag. I LOVED the snoopy clock and silly bands, and my Cars hat and gloves. I also got a Cars chalk board and crayons and Snoopy kleenex!



My Aunt Christy also got me a goodie bag! I was excited about my new dinosaurs and my Snoopy lamp! I had my mommy set up the lamp in my room as soon as I opened it!



I was so happy to spend some time with Meemaw and Papaw and I was especially glad they (along with GM) were able to take me to the first This is Christmas performance so I could see my Mommy, Daddy, Mimi, and Doc sing! Even though the performance was over an hour and a half, I was a perfect angel the whole time!

Another one of the highlights of the weekend was watching Home Alone for the first time! As you can see, Mommy didn't know who was enjoying it more, Papaw or Me!

Thanks to all of my family for the wonderful gifts and getting Christmas started off right!!!

Thanksgiving 2010

I didn't take nearly as many pictures for Thanksgiving this year! It was our year to celebrate Turkey day up in GA and Luke was super excited to see his cousins and Mamaw and Papaw!


Here's the whole Thanksgiving gang!


Luke REALLY enjoyed playing with his cousins all weekend long. They had SO MUCH FUN!


Emily and Luke were two peas in pod!


Luke and Jared were TOTAL BOYS! Luke was big enough this year to "rough house" and a couple of times I had to look the other way, take a deep breath and remember they are B-O-Y-S!

The weekend flew by and as we were pulling in the drive way after our 6.5 hour drive Luke said "Let's go back to Mamaw and Papaw's!!!!" I replied "When?" Luke said "RIGHT NOW!" :) Guess we will be planning another trip up there SOON :)