Weekend in Baton Rouge

We got to spend the weekend in Baton Rouge with our cousins, the "Baton Rouge" Middletons this weekend for the LSU/Alabama game. We had such a blast...we got to stay in their home in St. Francesville, which was so relaxing! Thomas thoroughly enjoyed himself. He especially loved tailgating...

hanging with Aunt Jane

quite comfy with Aunt Jenna

trying to hold his bottle!

family pic

the girls

Cousin Vernon with dad

we also got to stop by and see Nanee...Adam's grandmother and Thomas's great-grandmother!

Brian's Birthday

We celebrated Brian's 24th birthday. Happy birthday Brian! We went to eat out at the Cub (yummy!) and before we left, we opened presents over at our house.

opening his hunting gear

getting his LSU tickets for the Alabama game

and...drum roll please...

getting his ski boat!!!

Thomas enjoying his fingers

After dinner, we came back over to our house to have birthday cake.

singing "Happy Birthday"...with Brian listening intently

blowing out his candles...make a wish!

the delicious fun-fetti birthday cake Brian requested

Happy Birthday Brian...hope you had a great day!

Costume Party!

We went over to the Morrows for an after-Halloween party to get all of the little ones together one more time in their costumes. We had a variety of characters...from oldest to youngest we had: Ella as Tinkerbell, Jake as the fire man from Fantastic Four, Alice as a princess, Conner as a scary dragon (didn't make the picture), John Kirklin as Peter Pan, Addie as a ladybug, Michael as a duck, Mathis as a tucan, Isaac as a lobster, and Thomas as a giraffe. The photo shoot with all of the kids on the couch was definately a production! Here are some shots from the event.

assembling the troops

all together

tucan, lobster and giraffe...wondering what the heck is going on!

Peter Pan, ladybug, duck, tucan, and lobster

duck, tucan, lobster, giraffe, princess, and Tinkerbell

the fantastic four!

all getting a little tired of all the pictures

Our Little Giraffe

Thomas got to debut several different costumes on Halloween! He was also our little giraffe. Here are some pictures of our Halloween fun at NiNi and Papa's.

serious giraffe

a profile shot

giraffe with mama

one of my favorite pictures ever taken

our friend Isaac the lobster came over and they were sharing how much they liked each other's costumes!

Winnie the Pooh

Thomas's Grammy and PaParazzi gave him an adorable Winnie the Pooh costume for Halloween. Unfortunately, when we put it on him, he was a little too big for it so it kind of looks like shorts and a short sleeve shirt on him but we thought he looked precious nonetheless! Here are some pictures of our little bear!

Here is our little Pooh bear on film!

Baby's First Boo!

This was Thomas's first Halloween! Of course we had to put Thomas in a festive outfit for school that day. Here are some pictures that we took before we left for school that morning.

The Time of My Life

So I got to go down to New Orleans the weekend before I was returning to work...BOO!...to see the New Kids on the Block with my great friends, Kristin, Lindsey, Jordan and my great sister, Erin. We had the best time! I truly can't describe to you how exciting it was to see our boys back together again! We screamed like 12-year-olds. The concert was fantastic, the boys looked unbelievable and we were amongst thousands and thousands of other 20-30 year olds who were able to have a girls night out. Here are some pictures before we left for the concert.

We all dressed from around the 80-90s era...I know we look cute...and Erin and I made buttons of each New Kid that each one of us wore. I wore my man Jon! Thanks for a great weekend girls!