Lily Grace has been so sick the past two weeks. First it started off as the croup. It was awful hearing your little one cough like that. Then she got a lot better and then got a nasty cold. That lasted for another week. The croup is contagious so I got a "strand" of some type of cold from her. So for the past week we were both sick and stuck in the house. We were about to go crazy and it is so nice to get back to normal life again! Hopefully we will stay well the rest of this winter season.

A funny picture of her watching TV, mouth hung open wide! HA! She is in deep concentration!

She loves being held way up in the air. These were some cute pictures from that same night.

A few weekends ago, Marty and I went with some friends and the college group from church bowling. We had the best time. We always have tons of fun with Heather and Danny! We tried taking a group shot of us four but the picture never worked out. Thanks a lot Danny!!! It was hilarious though and we got a really good laugh!

While we were bowling, Lily Grace stayed with Ty at his house. Caitlin from church babysat them and they had lots of fun. She wants to do everything Ty does. They are so cute together! And Ty is so sweet to play with her and the girly toys. She loves Ty-Ty.

Last night, Lily Grace went to gymnastics for the first time. It was an interesting experience! She did great for the first 15 minutes. I was so excited because she was jumping on the trampoline and jumping in the foam pit all by herself. Then she started fussing. Her attention span ran out and she was ready to do something else. Finally we moved to another station but then Lily Grace decided she wanted to go back to the last one! So she started screaming!! Yes, very loud screaming. I was so embarrassed. I couldn't get her to stop. So I called Marty and told him this may not be for us. I thought I might have to leave early. But then it was time to climb the very tall ladder. She did it twice, all by herself and loved it. She loved it so much, the second time she held on to the top and wouldn't let go! I had to jerk her down which caused more screaming! So we moved to the next station. She really like this one. It was big mats that she could climb on. She got into one of the holes and stopped. She wouldn't get out and she was holding up the line. She looked back to the other little girls and said, "No, no, it's mine!" (Can I tell you how much I hate those words?! She has just started that and it is not a fun stage to go through!) So I finally had to pull her out which caused more screaming. She did a few flips but wouldn't let her teachers touch her. She would say no, no and push them away. She did swing from the poles all by herself and enjoyed that. Finally, it was time to leave! The teacher gave them all stamps. She was so excited and kept saying "stamps, stamps, stamps!" and I don't think she even knew what a stamp was. So the girl gave her one on each foot and one on each hand. She was so happy and I thought maybe she won't cry anymore before we leave. But I was wrong! When the girl put the stamps away, she started screaming again for more stamps. UGH!!!! I was so ready to get out of there! Lily Grace was the youngest by almost a year and this was her first time. All the other little girls had been there for two other semesters. So the other Mommies kept reassuring me it would get better and all their little girls did the same thing. I hope they are right! We will try again next week. Wish us luck!

After gymnastics, we went to the mall to eat. Aunt Kendra was there, too! It was great to spend a little time with her. We love you Aunt KK!

New Year's Day we went to Cullman to spend the afternoon with the James family. Brandi cooked all the New Year traditional food. It was a delicious dinner. Thank you for inviting us! I think it is so great to get the kids together as much as possible! A wonderful way to start the new year off. I hope you all had a blessed first day of the year!

Awwww!

It took her a while to learn how to bounce up and down. She finally got it!!

Marty and I had a great time playing with Madi and Brennon's new games. Madi got a playstation and we danced a lot on the dance mat game. And Brennon got an XBox 360. Marty got to play football games with him. Thank you all for a great time! Love y'all tons!