Merry Christmas

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

We are on the road to South Carolina for the holiday.

Stay tuned for pictures of Joshua's first Christmas!

11-months old

It has never been easy to get a picture of Joshua, and 11-months old means more of the same. Joshua's new favorite pastime is picking up and throwing anything he can get his hands on, including things that are almost bigger than he is.

Naughty and Nice

Amelia and Joshua were able to go to Jackson this week and visit the Gladneys and Hunsbergers (who live there now!). Joshua and Abigail enjoyed their new found mobility as seen below.

We are certainly celebrating the Christmas "season" by opening presents wherever we go. Nana allowed Joshua to open a present from her so he could use it on our upcoming trip to South Carolina. We plan to pack his clothes in this bag but it is good to know that he will fit in it too if space gets tight. (That's right, the bag says, "That's it! I'm going to Nana's!)

Additionally, Joshua met Santa this week. The two seemed to get along just fine. Although Santa seemed more impressed with Joshua than the other way around.


We assumed a free Santa at a local bookstore in Starkville, Mississippi would be pretty bootleg but were pleasantly surprised by his real beard and nice suit.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

A little elf was rumaging through Aunt B's bathroom cabinet

Then the little elf threw a fit when he was told to stop pulling the towels out of the bathroom cabinet.

Joshua and Dave ready for church

Joshua and Dave putting the tree together

Amelia and Joshua hanging a baby's first Christmas ornament

Joshua and Dave topping our Charlie Brown tree with the star.

There's nothing like being there

Dave and I got tickets to the SEC Championship game as early Christmas presents from his parents. We had a great time and enjoyed our baby-free day. (Thanks Aunt B for keeping JP!) Here are a few sites from the game:

A Family Thanksgiving

Every other year we get together with 60+ of our closest extended family members. We all meet at Camp Dawson and spend the better part of 4 days eating, sleeping, playing games (all sorts), talking, eating and watching football. While all of the excitement can be exhausting, we are already looking forward to Thanksgiving '11 when everyone will come with their sleeping bag and favorite Thanksgiving dish to share and catch up on the last 2 years.

The traditional "big" group photo

Coach gives Joshua a lesson in the rules of the game before heading up to the softball field

Picking teams for the softball game

Uncle Gully showing off his batting skills

Uncle Tom Tom and Uncle Gumby survey the huge mud puddle surrounding 3rd base

Joshua and Dave brave the cold to watch part of the softball game

Travis trying to catch up on the sleep he lost the night before thanks so the snoring of countless unnamed family members.

Joshua and Monica Lee getting to know each other.

There will always be hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch on Friday. You never know how many people will be out there "getting the fire ready."

Captain Uncle Gumby and First Mate Joshua
(I bet you didn't have pirates at your Thanksgiving celebration.)

Ready for an afternoon of football games.

Abigail and Chad

Travis wasn't the only one catching a nap where ever possible. Joshua made the most of Nana rocking him and got a few extra minutes of shut-eye.

The food line

If we could read Joshua's thought bubble it would say, "I can't believe how much food he got on that plate."

Look Out, Here He Comes!

Saturday morning Joshua woke up with a third tooth. In celebration of this addition to his mouth, he started walking.

He has been pulling up and cruising for several months. We got him a walk-behind toy that he loves to push around. After a week of pushing his toy around, Joshua let go of it Saturday morning and walked to Dave. He has put together as many as 15 steps in a row to walk across the whole room.

Joshua enjoys "doing laundry". We will hire him out to help with your laundry, for a small fee, anytime you need assistance.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

10-months old

Joshua is 10-months old!

He loves music, throwing things (mostly his food and paci) and going to the playground.
Below are highlights of a couple recent trips to the playground...

enjoy!

Heisman Watch

Here is a repost of a story that ran on espn.com early this week:

Tim Tebow, Colt McCoy, Mark Ingram...and Joshua Nolen?
Since there is no front-runner for the Heisman Trophy this year, why not consider a 10-month old? Reports out of Starkville, Mississippi, claim that Joshua Nolen has been spending the last few months putting on weight and working out consistently. As shown below, he has been working on pull-ups (including one-arm pull-ups), and, as seen in the video, he has also been working on his ball skills. With skills like these, he has to be considered in the thick of the Heisman race-watch out Superman!

Josh-o-lantern

Last Halloween was our first Halloween in Starkville and we unprepared for the number of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. This year we got bags of candy "buy one get one free" and were able to feed the masses.

We were visited by 2 dragons, 3 cowboys, numerous princesses, a bunch of grapes, football players from almost every SEC school, and countless unidentifiable scary creatures among other things. The unfortunate moment of the night was "Super Woman" running down the driveway and falling into the street spilling all her candy-I guess super powers don't cover all moments of need. Joshua started his 1st Halloween by "treating" several families. We made and iced cookies to be delivered as treats. He donned his pumpkin suit and off we went. It was fun to know on the doors and give of some of our friends and give a treat.

pumpkin carving

Josh-o-lantern

"OK folks, I think I am way cuter the this google eyed pumpkin on the chair."

"Actually, I think I'm cuter than most anything right now."

The final product. Dave voted for google eyes and a triangle nose. I voted for 2 bottom teeth since Joshua only has 2 bottom teeth. We had one trick-or-treater say, "I like your cross eyed pumpkin" which made Dave very happy.

Halloween 2008

The carved pumpkin and Josh-o-lantern still cooking.

Halloween 2009
Wow, time goes by quickly!

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