Made Me Glad

I will bless the Lord forever
I will trust Him at all times
He has delivered me from all fear
He has set my feet upon a rock
I will not be moved
And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Whom have I in heaven but You
There's none I desire beside You
You have made me glad
And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need.
-Hillsong

Drama

 

I think they should be cast in the next production at the Pell City Center! Ha!! They are SOOO dramatic!

Mopping Spiderman

Brayley, AKA Spiderman, decided to help me mop.  He did a web-slinging fantastic job!!

Princess Pigtails

Addyson's first pigtails :-)  She loved them!!!

First Hair Cut

After 2 years and 3 months we decided it was time for Addy's 1st haircut!  She wasn't too excited about it but she did good.  Hopefully now her golden locks will thicken a little!

 

(Sorry, my camera phone isn't the best)

MVP

 

Brayley in his Uncle Brian's football helmet ;-)

Water...

Our daughter is a strong-willed, tenacious, brother-hitting, tantrum throwing, shoe loving, bow-in-the-hair at all times, princess of a little girl.  Addyson hates to be dirty in any form or fashion.  However, she hates, Hates, HATES water!  The normal hand washing is fine, but when ANY part of her is submerged or even close in proximity to a body of water, she FREAKS!!  As you can imagine, this complicates bath time.  We have tried everything to calm her. Toys, bubbles, washable bath crayons, etc.  and nothing works!  She still, to this day, sits in an infant bath tub because she is even more scared in the regular tub.  Well, the kids got an art easel from Santa Claus this past Christmas.  He even remembered all sorts of markers, chalk and paint.  Brayley decided that today was a great day for himself and his sister to paint.  I wasn't too excited about the idea given the fact that we are stuck inside from the cold and Addyson is 2. So, being the creatively allowing mother that I am, I told him they could paint in the bath tub.  He was SOOOO excited.  So, into the bathtub B and A go.  I gather the watercolor paints and paintbrushes and head to the bathroom hoping for the best.

Brayley enjoyed only about 5 minutes of painting the walls of the tub and then his sister before he was bored.  Addyson, on the other hand, fell in love!  She painted her hand then washed it off, painted her hand then washed it off, painted her hand then washed it off.  It went on and on and on... I could not persuade her with anything to get her to agree to get out of the tub.  The normal 5 minute "I want ay-out" bath turned into a 45 minute watercolor art session.  Brandon and I are thrilled that she might actually start liking water!  :-)

"Cheeseburger"

 

(A Random Sunday morning photo shoot)

Pizza Night

Christmas "Break"

This is a BIG, HUGE  

THANK YOU

to Uncle B & Aunt Ashley, MawMaw and Nana & Papa for letting the kids play with them during Christmas "break" (a week long break for the kiddos but not the parents).  We don't know what we would have done without you!  There were some silly moments that took place during this week and lots of fun stories that were shared with us.  However, I do have one photo.  Nana Punkin took this pic of Papa and 'Addy Girl' while they napped in the chair.  For those of you that do not know Addyson's mannerisms, she is not one to let you hold her while sleeping much less snuggle.

:-)