It's that time of year!!

I'm not even a baseball fan, but I was so happy today to head to the ballpark on a warm, sunny day to watch the Vols play ball.  Julia had a great time and was most impressed by: (1) Smokey (puppy gog!); (2) M&Ms; (3) dancing to the music; and (4) playing tag with random kids on the concourse.  Note that none of these things have anything to do with baseball, but that's okay...her mother feels the same way ( =

Sharks are SCARY (=

We had a great day today...took Julia to the aquarium, then we walked around Gatlinburg a bit and went to lunch, and then hit the outlet mall for a few things.  Julia thought the aquarium was great with the exception of the shark lagoon (I think the moving escalator, fish tunnel, dim lighting and ominous music were just too much).  Still, it was a good day for all.  We didn't take our camera, but David did capture this with his phone ( =

Daddy's Little Girl?

Our in-laws came this weekend and babysat for us while we went out for a nice, quiet Valentine's Day dinner and a movie ( =  On Sunday, while Julia was being silly and showing off for her company, Julia's mamaw asked, "Julia do you always get everything you want?"  Julia paused for a moment and looked back and forth between David and I.  Then, as clear as a bell, she said, "if Daddy's home!"  David looked a bit chagrined that she's now old enough to tattle tale on us ( =

Sledding!!

Okay, so yesterday was no good for sledding, but today was much better.  Especially since our next door neighbors had been outside sledding at night after their daughter went to bed (it froze into a great run overnight).  And they had a real sled, so we could abandon our swimming pool and took turns with them.  Also, Andrew built a fire in the driveway, which we all enjoyed, including Julia.  The run started at the top of their driveway and ended about three backyards down the hill...once we convinced Julia that it was fun instead of terrifying, we had a good time (the convincing was difficult since David ran them both into some bushes about a third of the way down the run...).  I could have stayed outside all day, but Julia was hungry and sleepy and so we had to retire to the indoors for a while...

More Snow!

Julia's Big Girl Bed ( =

Since Julia kept waking up and begging to sleep in the queen-sized guest bed (where she would sleep soundly once we moved her) we decided to go ahead and convert her toddler bed to a full-sized bed.  She has been sleeping MUCH better and loves playing on her bed...and jumping, of course ( =

Snow in Tennessee!!

We never get much (in fact, we usually get maybe one snowfall each year where anything actually sticks) so we have to enjoy our snow-dusting while it's here.  Julia thought it was awesome and did NOT want to come back inside...

Christmas 2009

Christmas started this year with a trip to Springfield where Mom made an early Christmas dinner to match our early "Roof" Christmas celebration.  Everything was perfect and the kids (Kaitlyn, Eliza, Andrew, Olivia and Julia) really enjoyed getting an early barage of presents before Santa even had his sleigh loaded.  Pictures of this event are pending (Dad? Can you send some, please?).  After that, Mamaw, Papaw, and Uncle Doug came to visit us at our house, leaving on Christmas Eve.  Julia had another round of present opening and really enjoyed the play kitchen she got from the "Wright" Christmas celebration ( =  On Christmas Eve, we went to the evening mass (where I packed an entire lunchbox of snacks for Julia to keep her occupied) and then home to put cookies out for Santa Claus and put Julia to bed.  Christmas Day we spent opening MORE gifts from the jolly old fat man and playing WII ( =  Finally, on Saturday, Grandma and Pap Pap Roof came to our house to visit and brought Julia even MORE gifts.  It'll be a brutal reality for Julia when she realizes there are no more presents until November 30th of 2010!!

Julia's 2nd Birthday!

Julia had a great 2nd birthday party with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and lots of her little friends.  We can't believe we now have a big two-year old instead of our little baby girl!!  Where does the time go?