Thanksgiving...

We spent Wednesday through Saturday in Gulfport celebrating Thanksgiving with Matt's family. I could type and type to say what all we did but instead, you can just see what we did for 4 days by looking at the pictures...hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The girls enjoyed swinging on the porch with Pop Pop...

Matt and I would have brought Mary Martin home with us in a second...by far, the sweetest little girl you have ever met! Just precious!

James, Spencer, and Anna Lauren...so weird...they are "big" kids now...almost 4!

MeMe trimmed Anna Lauren's hair...she was so still for MeMe!

She was so relaxed she could hardly hold her eyes open...she would have sat there forever I think...

Uncle Matt / Daddy is fun because he takes kids for "night time" golf cart rides...

Making turkey cookies with MeMe Thanksgiving morning...

James...

Spencer...

Anna Lauren...

Paw Paw (Matt's Grandfather), Pop Pop (Matt's Dad), and Kay (Matt's Aunt)

4 Generations...

Paw Paw's Grandkids...

Kate (Matt's sister) and Jim (her husband)...

Mary Martin and Anna Lauren at the Children's Museum...how sweet are they?

Anna Lauren in the kayak at the Children's Museum...

Cooper just doing what he does...sleeping at the Children's Museum...

Anna Lauren and Matt playing grocery store at the Children's Museum...her favorite spot at the Children's Museum...

Don't you wish all cash register workers had smiles like this?

Mary Martin paying Anna Lauren for her groceries...

Uncle Matt and Mary Martin ringing up Anna Lauren's groceries...

Anna Lauren paying mommy for her groceries...

MeMe giving Mary Martin her first hair cut...

We played lots of riding in different cars / car seats...here Mary Martin is in Anna Lauren's seat...

And James and Anna Lauren are the "big" kids in the backseat not in car seats...what a special treat! No worries...we did not go far!

James playing in the sand at the beach...

Mary Martin at the beach...

Anna Lauren's silly face at the beach...

Once again, the "big" kids!

Christmas Card...

For some reason, I got in my head that we had to have a "traditional" family photo for our Christmas card. So who do you think I call? You are right...my precious friend Jennifer! As always, she managed to get "1" good family picture but for fun, I thought I would share some of the out-takes from our mini shoot...Cooper was easy...the 3 year old...not so much!

Oh...and not only did Jennifer have to take the pictures, Katie had to watch Emily for us...my how I am blessed with good friends to go along with my crazy ideas. Thanks girls!

And sorry...I'm not spoiling the Christmas card surprise...you can see the "good" picture when it comes in the mail.

I mean how precious is this little man?

And of course, the prettiest smile of the day was with baby Emily...unfortunately, I don't think Emily can be on our Christmas card even though we would claim her in a second!

Last MC Football Game...

After Mallory's birthday party, we headed to Clinton for MC's last football game. It was a little bittersweet because it was Anna's last game to cheer as a MC cheerleader...she has decided not to cheer anymore, but boy oh boy, we have sure had fun watching her cheer this football season. And like Aunt Pam said, if nobody else has had fun this football season, Anna Lauren has had the time of her life!

Our Cooper man at his first of many football games...

Anna cheering one last time...

And down she comes...

Love this picture of Parker...the candy necklaces were the "treats" at the birthday party and needless to say, he was enjoying his necklace!

These two are so sweet and at a perfect age...they have been so fun and sweet at the football games...

Anna Lauren felt the need to "stunt" like Anna...

And the highlight of the day...Anna Lauren got to cheer with the "real" cheerleaders at the end of the game. Matt asked the cheer coach if she could, and she said YES! You would have thought Santa had just come to see her...she was the happiest girl I've ever seen. And of course, I had taken my camera to the car because it had rained earlier, and we took most of our things to the car in case we had to make a "quick" run again. Aunt Pam had her camera so we did get some pictures, but I will have to get them from her when I see her again...probably Christmas. However, Matt did get a few with his phone...

Mallory's 2nd Birthday...

This morning we celebrated Mallory's 2nd birthday...it was a fun morning of celebrating her special day, being with our family, and watching all the many cousins play together!

Anna Lauren loving the birthday girl's new car and Parker riding in his truck...

Anna Lauren and Mallory, the birthday girl...

Mallory LOVING her some icing...

They dressed up at the party and Anna Lauren picked the pig costume...got to love this face!

Girls Being Girls...

From time to time, Anna Lauren "sneaks" her make-up into school and convinces her best friend, Holli Grace, that they need to go to the bathroom and put their make-up on for the day. And of course, Anna Lauren has the best daddy in the world...he will not only take the girls to the girls bathroom to apply their make-up but take pictures for their mothers to see. Of course Holli Grace's mom is like me...no time for this...have to go to work...but not sweet Matt!

These pictures were taken with Matt's phone so not the best quality but still fun to see!

A Few Favorites...

Looking back through our pictures, I found a few favorites from the hospital that I wanted to post so they could be included in my "2010" book. Now...don't think Cooper is deprived as I'm actually printing 200 plus pictures just for his photo album...but...I want a few pictures to be highlighted in the 2010 book so when he looks at it, he will not think we skipped over his arrival!

Anna Lauren looking at Cooper through the nursery window...is she a proud big sister or what?