Saturday

the past two weeks...

we have had a busy couple of weeks, so i am just now getting to update the blog. and i'm doing it all at once, so bear with me - there are a ton of pictures on this post. first up, we've got some pictures from the rayner family reunion in starkville two weekends ago. i had to steal some pictures from ginger's blog. thanks ging!

the whole family. back row: freddy, betty sue ("B"), craig, angela, pat, chris
seated: patty, mamaw, me, laurel, ginger, warner
front row: cole and sydney

laurel in an ooooold state jersey. go dawgs.

ginger and warner

it was so cold! thanks, chris, for bringing us a heater. mamaw certainly appreciated it.

we basically had a whole section to ourselves. patty was able to get away from the cowbells to give laurel a (very short) nap. thanks, kissy!

little girl was happy ALL day. what a trooper!

AND, the bulldogs won. icing on the cake. we had a wonderful weekend in starkville. can't wait til next year!

then sunday the stomach bug attacked. poor little angel!

if she wasn't asleep, she was cuddling. soooo sweet!

tuesday morning we got a visit from B and mamaw, craig, angela, sydney, and cole. we loved getting to spend some more time with them.

tuesday night we flew to texas to spend thanksgiving at patty and freddy's house. wednesday morning, i woke up with the dreaded stomach bug. 12 hours later, pat was down. friday - patty got it, sunday - chris got it! nevertheless, we had a great time visiting with our family. thank you, patty and freddy, for loving us and taking such good care of us.

this must've been friday, because i'm wearing red, and everybody else is wearing maroon and white. i think i had a better day than they did. go rebs!

Christmas came early at kissy and buddy's house. warner was SO cute opening all of his gifts.

tired (sick? sad over football game?) daddies

warner and laurel "played" so well together



see? this exersaucer is wonderful. warner would say "gibson, put baby laurel in the hole!"

beauties

warner and laurel love the wagon buddy and kissy got for them

"cheese!!"

happy girl


we tried to go to some outdoor festival to see santa, but it was cold and raining, so we ended up at the mall. patty got these christmas outfits for warner and laurel.

at first, laurel just sat and stared at santa.

i should've just gotten out of the way and let them snap a photo.

warner wanted NO PART of that man. then laurel figured out that she should be scared of him, too. so we didn't get the picture we wanted. oh well -- i think we got some pretty good memory shots!

and some precious ones of them in their outfits. warner LOVES baby laurel!

the last few pics came from ginger's blog, too. thanks lil roo!

going to church sunday morning

at church. laurel adores warner. look how she's watching him!


here is laurel opening her christmas presents from kissy and buddy. how cute is that hat?


that daddy is a goner





i love this video. thank you, kissy and buddy, for all of the incredible gifts!


back home. little bit is learning to hold her bottle by herself.



yep, on december 4th, our little one turned 10 months. i cannot believe it!


hey baby!! we love you so much. you light up our lives and we treasure every moment with you! thank you, Jesus...

2 comments:

The Lively's said...

awwww! let's go back.....WITHOUT the stomach bug!! love y'all!

Emilie said...

we miss you guys so much! I love all the new pictures!