December already?!?!?!?

In true blogging fashion...here is my monthly post! Sorry, and I know I say this every time but it's been super busy around here.

Let's see...over the past month we have celebrated 3 birthdays (Brice, Bob & Brandon), taken the boys to their 1st Auburn game, helped my mom recover from surgery, eaten turkey with our family, visited the casino to bring home some bacon and watched the Auburn Tigers go undefeated and beat those stinkin Bammers. What a month, huh?!?!?!?

I think in my last post I talked about Brice turning 4. This child just amazes us more and more every day. Thank you Lord for blessing us with this little guy. He's definitely not a baby any more and it is so fun (and kind of sad) watching him grow.

In true Brice fashion, we had a "jungle party" this year for his birthday. We celebrated at home (WHAT WAS I THINKING!?!?!?) with tons of family and friends. Brice is very much into animals these days, specifically jungle or safari animals, and all year he's been talking about a "jungle party." He got just that and I think he was very happy! Grammie made cupcakes for the event (delish...as usual), we had jungle juice (aka...punch), face painting, a bouncy slide and a pinata. All in all, I would have to say A+ for the party! I think Brice was happy! :)

I must admit that I am very thankful for my Auburn Tigers this year! Man, what a ride it has been!!!! I mean, I am certainly thankful for them every year but this has been a super special time. I had been plotting and planning to try and take the boys to an AU game this year. I thought "surely they could handle homecoming." Well, it was an experience to say the least. We went down to the lake on a Friday night with our friends Chris, Amanda & James Watson. The boys had a super fun time playing in the condo and getting ready for the AU game the next day. Of all the games played this season, we picked the COLDEST game of all. It was homecoming, a 12:00 kickoff, and down right freezing!!!!!! However, it was gameday "on the plains" and you sort of forget all that. :) We got to Auburn early enough to take the boys to Tiger Walk. What an AUsome tradition this is and if the boys saw nothing else all day, I wanted them to see this. Before Tiger Walk started, some of the band and cheerleaders came through the crowd but the biggest suprise of all was Aubie. Aubie actually snuck up behind Brice and scared the mess out of him!!! When Brice turned around and saw him standing there, he ran behind Brandon's leg. I couldn't get to my camera fast enough to document, but the look on his face was PRICELESS!!!

The game was fun, Auburn was putting a hurtin' on UTC so we left at halftime. The boys loved seeing the eagle fly before the game, the band was great (as usual) and Cam Newton was pretty fantastic! I must say that I "heart" Cam...and so does Brice. Gigi (my mom) taught Brice to say "Cam New-ton is the best football player ever! Cam New-ton is #2." She's so proud of herself and so is Brice when he sees Cam. :)

So, my mom...poor thing! She was attacked by a dog while checking her mail one night. :( The dog bit her, and she is ok from that but the worst part about it was she fell and broke her arm while trying to get away from him. She's been a trooper, but the break was so bad that she had to have surgery. They inserted a plate and 3 screws right below her wrist. She will be out of work for at least 3 months, maybe even 6. :( :( :( Please keep her in your prayers as she has a long recovery ahead of her.

With that being said, I helped out with a lot of the Thanksgiving cooking this year. Let me just say, that is so tiring!!! I really had no idea, but I have a whole new appreaction for those that do it every year, year after year. WOW! So, we had Thanksgiving lunch at my parents with my grandmother and aunt/uncle from Atlanta. After we stuffed ourselves silly, we then arrived at Brandon's parents for Thanksgiving dinner. We were pretty much in a coma afterwards, but it was all delicious. Brandon's aunt and her husband visited from Columbia, SC, as well as his cousin and her family from Athens, GA. There were 5 children under the age of 4 (Brice-4, Louisa-3, Cooper-2, and Myers & Graham-1) in that house, and boys was it crazy! :) So crazy, but so fun. Brice & Coop loved playing with their cousins and have talked about them non stop since then.

You know the year is not complete without celebrating a lot of birthdays in Nov. & Dec. Most of you probably know that Bob, Brandon, Carol & my dad all celebrate birthdays within 3 weeks of each other. Well, Brandon has been itching to go gambling and for the most part you never have to ask Carol twice if she's ready to go. So, the Sun. after Thanksgiving we packed up (minus the little ones) and headed to MS for the day. It was super fun! We had a great time and I think B got his "gambling fix." We had an amazing dinner at Miko (the new Indian chief's signature restaurant) and even came home with some winnings. I will give B all the credit...he was the big winner of the day!!! We would have come home with more, if he hadn't of given me some of his winnings to occupy my time while he was still playing. HA!

As I type this, Auburn won the SEC championship game tonight!!!! That means 13-0 and we are headed to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in Arizona. :) :) :) It's great to be an AUBURN TIGER!!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr EAGLE!