Valentine's Day and Baby Shower fun!

We had a fun-filled week last week with Valentine's Day and my sister's baby shower on the Coast. We'll start with Valentine's Day...let's just say our baby boy was showered with love! He got sweet cards from Nana and Papa, Maddie, Ruby, and of course Mommy and Daddy! He even got a box of candy and chocolates from sweet Georgia (JT shared the goodies with us of course)

JT's Valentine's Day loot 

It was the most wonderful Valentine's Day ever! I got to share it with my two loves. The three of us went for a stroll around the neighborhood, ate supper together, and I got to sneak in a picture with my sweet little love bug!

We both were festive and wore red :-)

Wednesday morning, JT and I loaded up and headed down to the Coast to visit my family and to help take care of my sister, Bianca, who is on strict bed rest. JT enjoyed spending time with Aunt Bianca...he took good care of her!

JT and Polly taking care of my sister on bed rest

It was really good to see my family...our oldest sister, Angie, came in from Louisiana, too, and we threw Bianca a baby shower Saturday.  

Baby shower cake...beautiful and delicious!

My visits to the Coast are never long enough to spend with my mommy, daddy, sisters, nieces, nephew, brothers-in-law, and my friends...but it sure does seem too long to be away from Shawn. He had to stay behind and work, so the trip was too long for him!

Uncle Brad sharing his AWESOME MSU beanbag with JT!

We are home now...trying to get back into the swing of things! 

Bath time is fun and relaxing after traveling!

I have to say...we are so blessed with a good baby. John Thomas slept the whole way down to the Coast and the whole way back home (about a 4 1/2 hour trip one-way). He never cried, fussed or anything! LOVE him!!!! It sure does make the trip do-able.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

I never dreamed we would have snow THREE times in one Mississippi winter...but we did! It was much prettier this time than last. There's something so peaceful about snow flakes falling from God's great big sky and blanketing our surroundings. It's like His love and forgiveness coming down, covering our sins, and making us pure and fresh like the white snow. I LOVE snow!

Front of our house...blanketed in snow!

Back of our house...blanketed in snow!

Patio furniture...blanketed in snow!

We did not go out and play in the snow this time...Daddy didn't get a snow day off from work, and JT didn't need to get out in it (plus it was verrrrrrrrry cold...too cold for the baby!) So we stayed indoors and snuggled!

He's such a good cuddle bug!

It's amazing how much John Thomas is learning, doing and trying these days. He's growing up so fast! Every day Shawn and I say something along these lines, "It won't be long before JT does..." or "It'll be no time and JT will be...". It's amazing how fast they grow! He's trying to sit up, roll over and talk more and more each day. And he can really hold his big ol head up now!

Look at him trying SO hard to sit up! He's so
smart...he's using his legs and ab muscles
to pull his upper body up!

Talking and laughing with mommy...LOVE!

Playing in his new seat! He LOVES this!
Thanks Nana!

Another thing he's getting really good at is jumping and playing in his Jumperoo. Granted, he cannot reach the floor (bless his short little fat legs!) so we have our Grey's Anatomy Trivia board game underneath him....it's wrapped with gripper cabinet liners. Ha! We had to improvise, m'kay?

More fun with Ruby!

John Thomas is really enjoying his play dates with sweet Ruby. Thursday afternoon while I went to my dentist appointment and ran a couple errands, JT got to go over to Ruby's house for a play date again! He had so much fun, and Ruby's Mommy got some really good pictures, too!

Having fun on the play mat/gym!

They played so well together :)

JT snuck in some snuggle time with a kiss on Ruby's head!

I think JT found his Valentine for Valentine's Day this year!

They had so much fun together that they had to see each other again over the weekend. So they partied together for their first Super Bowl game. Congrats to the Green Bay Packers!

We are really enjoying our son, and we are so excited about our good friends and my sister having babies all at the same time. Fun times ahead for all of us!


JT is growing so fast. I weighed him today and he's 18.4 pounds! Such a big boy. And he had a REAL laugh out loud moment today. It made ME laugh out loud! My favorite sound in the world...laughter from babies and children. :-)