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Week 27

Objects may appear larger than actual size.

I hear the camera adds ten pounds...actually, it's 20...or maybe...

Oh, give me a break...in case you didn't know, I'm pregnant...

and pregnant people gain weight. It's called "growing a baby".

I'm fully aware of it,

so unless you would like an unpredicable pregnant woman to begin sobbing uncontrollably or possibly engage in a wrestling match,

you bes' keep yer comments to yerself! ;)

Just kidding...actually, I'm not...

Gobble, Gobble

Raegen was more than happy to help Uncle Mike prepare his yard for the Thanksgiving festivities. It was his first time on a reel mower.
No, not a real mower, a reel mower.

We are talking professional grade people.

His yard was immaculate...complete with stripes!

It was so pretty I didn't want to step on it...and I didn't!

I would have felt the need to comb it back in place.

Baby Brody...or should I say man-baby Brody...is growing, growing, GROWING!

He is a healthy 15lbs at 10 weeks.

Even better, he's very content and happy.

Here are the women folk, working hard to get all the food prepared...

Raegen and Alyssa weren't afraid to get their hands dirty either...they gave Nana a hand with the dressing...

Uncle Robby helped entertain the young ones with "ring around the rosey",

and a few horseback rides...

I think the men are getting restless...they're inching towards the kitchen!

And at last it's time to eat!

As Raegen and Uncle Robby were playing around, the little king suddenly cried out in pain and wouldn't let anyone touch his forearm. We were concerned it might be broken so I put my "googling" skills to work and got on the phone to my "x-ray/injury guru" {a.k.a. Aunt Jenn}. She told me it was likely nursemaid's elbow and if the pain persists for 30min to an hour, we should have it checked out.
We went ahead and ate lunch, and

thankfully by the end of our meal Uncle Robby was able to contact one of his ER doctor friends and we ran over to his house for him to check it out. Uncle Robby and daddy knew for sure that it was broken because Raegen absolutely refused to move his arm and the slightest movement caused him to cry out in pain. It was so hard to see him hurt so much and not know what was wrong. When we arrived at the doc's house, he had a feeling it was also nursemaid's elbow and came out to the truck to examine my baby. He extended Raegen's arm which led to many tears {from Raegen and me!}, then he turned Raegen's arm palm up and proceeded to pump his arm quickly back and forth. It was a good thing Raegen was still strapped in his carseat because otherwise I think he would have jumped up and kicked the poor man. I had to hold Raegen's head and other hand down as he kicked violently and the tears streamed down {again, from us both!}. Then, just as quickly as the doc started, he was done, stepped away, and said, "He's all better." Raegen let out his blood curdling scream he'd been holding in, I dried his tears, let him out of his car seat, and all was well with the world again. He showed us his muscles, then started running and playing with the doc's kids.
Amazing.
It wasn't even sore!I was so thankful the Lord allowed it to be no more than a dislocated elbow.

God has been good, so good, I have been blessed.

We returned to Mike and April's, Raegen went down for a nap, and Alyssa charmed all the guys into playing "duck, duck, goose"...it was adorable!

Even baby Ashlyn got in on the game...

With our bellies full, and our hearts thankful, we sat around the rest of the afternoon and enjoyed being together...

A BIG thank you to Mike and April for hosting Thanksgiving this year. It's always a lot of work to prepare your home for visitors and they were more than gracious hosts.

Thanks so much!!

"Get off the grass!!" ;)

I love to see Raegen playing with his cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents. I hope we will always be close, though we live far apart. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have so very much to be thankful for.

I painted my belly for this?

***UPDATE***

Alright, Kibster wins! She texted with her guess...and she is right...it's "the Goot" from GBC! Do you see the resemblance now?

Original post follows:

Tuesday night we were treated to a Razorback game, courtesy of Robby {Billy's cousin} and his amazing season tickets {fourth row, half court, oh my!....THANK YOU!!}.

I've always been more of a basketball fan, than football because the fast-paced action keeps my attention.

Well, let me tell ya...it's a whole nother ballgame when you're sitting four rows from the court!

I've never sat so close in my life...talk about a different perspective!

It was close enough the guys could holler all the obnoxious comments they wanted, and the opposing players and refs could hear! Not that these sweet, innocent boys would ever do that, but I'm just sayin'...

Michael, Billy, & Robby

Robby is an amazing host. It's his desire that everyone have a great time when they're in his company and he does everything within his power to make that wish a reality. It really wouldn't have mattered if we were on the first row or the very last, being at the game with Mike and Rob is why we had such a great time.

We're practically standing on the court, it was unreal!

We were close enough to see and HEAR Coach Pelphrey.

Here he is saying, "Boys! Please, run that way!"....or something of the like.

We played Morgan State.

You trying to figure out who that is?

We didn't know and didn't care.

What we did know is "Wooooo Pig Soieeee, we're gonna win!!"

In fact, I didn't realize it was

Morgan State

until just now...

I thought the guys kept saying

Or-e-gon State!!

I wanted to share this pic with all my fellow bloggers...

see all the people in the stands with their laptops?

I'm pretty sure they're blogging. What else would they be doing??

Had they known I was at the game, I'm sure they would have let me join them as well.

And in case you really don't realize just how close we were, we were so close the dude shooting the t-shirts out of the over-powered marshmallow gun was so close...

the shirts just flew right over our heads!!

We had such a good lead over Morgan State, then I'm not sure what happened...

So we got a little pep cheer and I knew things would turn around...

but, boooo!, they didn't.

Despite the loss, we had a wonderful time and I really didn't paint my belly.

Come on...it wasn't even televised! ;) I'll save my paint for another time.

Now, for a little contest...

This is Jemal Farmer.

He's a great basketball player, but he's also a look alike to someone I know.

It took me the longest time to figure it out.

Is it Colt?

No.

A guy I knew from college?

No.

Am I really seeing a resemblence??

YES! But who??

A-HA!!

I've got it, do you?

{here's a hint...my GBC friends know this person very well!}

Show some competitive spirit and see if you can guess correctly!

Giving Thanks

I have many fond memories of Thanksgiving dinner.

It was always a very formal event at our house.

circa 1988

We would spend time setting the table...

polishing the silver...

filling the family crest glasses at each setting...

and occassionally, using the "real" china.

My greatest worry on Thanksgiving day was hoping I didn't break my Grandmother's china, not whether I would eat or not.

I have many things to be thankful for.

"God has been good, so good, I have been blessed."

I have a happy, healthy, wonderful family,

a Pastor that stands on God's word,

a loving church,

better health than most people could hope for,

and a country where men and women stand in my place to protect my freedom.

"God has been good, so good, I have been blessed."

T is for Turkey

We had a great family Thanksgiving over the weekend...

There was plenty of food...

And of course, dessert!

The weather was so nice that we dined outside.

Uncle Justin's golf cart was the highlight of the day...

Seven grandkids and one on the way!

Uncle Justin and his baby girl

{dress courtesy of Aunt Stacy!}

Did you notice Raegen's shirt?

I got the idea last minute...

I used a 3T tee, so you might see it again next year! ha.

And finally, here's a little teaser for ya...

and a big thanks to our photographer! ;) ;)