Extreme Fun!

Yesterday John Thomas turned twenty-one months old!  In case you're not great at math, that means he will be a two year old in three months! OMG!  Our not-so little boy is changing everyday!  He now loves to brush his teeth, much to his father's delight.  He also will repeat anything you say.  Some of my favorites lately are: "Wane wane go way", "Oopy daisy" and "I luv vu." 

We had a full week after New Years before I had to go back to work.  This was awesome because we were able to do all sorts of fun stuff.  One day we drove over to see Mamaw, my 93 year old grandmother.  Considering it was over two hours getting there and two hours getting home, he did great!  And I know we made her day!

We were also able to have some friends over to play and do some finger painting.  I'm sure there were some very happy grandparents and great grandparents who opened up mailboxes to find some of John Thomas' masterpieces this week.

We also built blanket forts and went to the library a few times for Baby Bookworms.  Seriously, we had a blast all week!

And thanks to my friend, Angelina, some of us girls ended up volunteering to help build a house for Extreme Makeover Home Edition this past Friday night.  Please notice all of the clothes.  We all had on about five layers because it was 20 degrees during our shift (8:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.).  We had so much fun carrying stone, drywall, mud, and 2x4s and getting dirty for a great cause!

This picture was taken about five hours in.  Those hats are hot!  Notice Angelina's absence, because she never sat down.  She was practically running the place by the time our shift was over.

In spite of being a little sore, we ventured out to Maggie and Jeremy's Saturday night to watch Tebow get stomped.  They have two little girls, Caroline and Hannah, so I think Jeremy kind of likes having a little boy around every once in a while.  On a different note of interest, some of you may remember a post from the summer that suggested I might get published.  Well, I've been working very hard, and this week I sent in the final edited version to the publisher.  There is still a lot of work to do, but it's starting to feel very real!