Will's second birthday 12/17/09

We celebrated Will's 2nd birthday party at the Sports Mall this December. We had our friend Emily cater food, and we had a big cookie cake and cupcakes. Because Will's birthday is so close to Christmas, and because he has every toy he could possibly need - we had his guests bring toy donations for Jarrett's Joy Cart.

http://thejoycart.com/

The kids seemed to really appreciate buying a toy for kids in the hospital. It's a great charity, and we received the nicest note from Jarrett's mom, Jennifer, who is friends with Billy's mom.

Will did get a few presents of his own including a big race track with a loop, a stomp rocket and his first cowboy boots! Here Will sits and plays with his new race track while we watch Mark Ingram win the Heisman! Roll Tide!

Thanksgiving in Mississippi

This Thanksgiving it was time to spend time in Jackson with my family. We flew on connecting flights with a restless toddler and had the awful experience of a two hour delay on the runway. Luckily the pilot finally returned to the gate and let us run around a bit. Will was a bit restless, but considering all, he was pretty well behaved thanks to watching movies on mom's computer.

We were reunited with my cousins Bo & Emily and Will's cousin Gibson. We also got to meet my cousin's baby, Burton for the first time.
Thanksgiving day was spent at the BEAUTIFUL home of mom's cousins Tommy & Linda Peaster. It was a gorgeous sunny day spent with my mom's side of the family - our closest 60 cousins, aunts & uncles. No one knew I was very early pregnant, but it was nice to indulge in all the Southern food with no guilt!
Will had a ball playing on all Tommy's John Deer toys.
As soon as Thanksgiving is over, we pretend it's Christmas so my mom and dad can snap a few Christmas Card pictures. Here are all of us together. My sister Jennifer, her husband Matt & their 3 year old daughter Gibson. Susu and Pop-pop and the Hoskins family.