Who knew that Santa could be so scary!!???!?!

Nathan and Jordan - (just a little terrified of this sweet Santa!)

Home from Surgery and He's Doin' Great!

Nathan - Nater Tot - Nate Dawg - Nate - Nate Monster... lived up to all of his nicknames this morning. He smiled at every nurse and doctor and was quite a champ! I dressed him in his Monster PJ's last night to help him be monstrously brave! We were in and out of that surgery center very quickly this morning. Dr. B said his surgery went great and there were no complications. The stent will stay in his eye for at least six months and if it doesn't fall out on it's own, she should be able to remove it in a regular office visit. He is asleep in his own crib right now and loving his good nap this morning. Oh, by the way, it snowed at our house this morning. Didn't stick of course. It's Texas. But, it was pretty as it fell from the sky!

Here's my brave boy at 5:00 this very chilly morning before we got in the car.

Nathan was very busy trying to take the nurse's pen, clipboard, papers, and anything else he could get his hands on! It took several tries for the nurse to get a good blood pressure reading since Nathan was so busy!

And, after the surgery...he was a little agitated but with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse video on Daddy's iPhone and a good hug from Mama, he finally calmed down.

All bundled up for the ride home in the snow! Sweet baby boy.

Thanks for thinking about us and praying for us this morning. Praise the Lord for a great doctor, sweet nurses, and a healthy baby boy.

Much love,

Becca

Think About My Nathan on Wednesday Morning

Hey Family, Friends, and Blogging Friends,

If you are awake at the early hour of 6:30 central time on Wednesday, send up a special prayer for my Nathan. He is having eye surgery tomorrow to place a stent in his tear duct. You might have noticed in some of his pictures that his left eye gets very swollen, puffy, red, and tears easily. His tear duct is blocked. The Ophthalmologist has probed it twice and it has closed up again so now he has to have surgery. Poor little guy! If all goes well, we should be back home after just a few hours.

Thanks for thinking about us. (I'm not sure who will be more "out of sorts" tomorrow morning...me or Nathan?!)

Much love,
Becca

Peek-A-Boo!

Can you see these two curious faces peeking between the sofas at Gram's house? They crack me up!

Whew!

We just returned last night from a 14 hour road-trip to visit family in Georgia! The boys were awesome. Nathan was just a little cranky the last few hours of the drive home on Friday. In fact, when we finally pulled into our driveway on Friday night, my sister and I looked at each other and said, "That wasn't so bad." :) Jason (my brother-in-law) and Bryan sat in the front seats, Jenn (my sister) and Vivi (my niece) sat in the captain chairs, and I sat in the back between Nathan and Jordan. It was a wild and crazy road-trip but we sure did laugh a lot! We definitely got a good laugh when Jenn spilled a whole box of Mike-And-Ikes in the floor of the van, when I spilled a bottle of milk in my lap, when Vivi thought Bryan's "flatulent"App. on his phone was so funny, or when Jenn and I both admitted that we didn't tell many people that all 7 of us were driving in the same car to Georgia for Thanksgiving! We were too embarrassed to tell anyone because we thought everyone would think we were absolutely CRAZY! And, we might be. But, we made some great family holiday memories. :) Believe it or not: All seven of us are still friends after our week of family fun.

We finally made it to Memom's house and Aunt Laura had a special surprise for Princess Vivi...her very own "Fancy Nancy" crown, a "Fancy Nancy" tutu, and a new "Fancy Nancy" book. Vivi thought this was the greatest! Thanks for always making us feel so special, Aunt Laura!

Jordan and Nathan in their turkey shirts on Thanksgiving Day sitting in front of a BIG magnolia tree in my grandparents front yard.

Jason, Jenn and Vivi on Thanksgiving Day.

Grandaddy and Nathan :)

Mama was cookin' up a great meal! I should have worn elastic waste pants that day. We come from a family of women that know how to cook! That kitchen smelled so yummy.

While we were waiting for lunch on Thursday, Vivi got to run around in Memom's HUGE yard...brought back great childhood memories!

We tried to get a picture of the three cousins at my Memom Beam's house. When we told Vivi to put her arms around the boys, this is the picture we got. HA!

Memom Beam had her tree up. YAY! I LOVE Christmas decorations on Thanksgiving. :)

Memom Beam had a special early Christmas gift for Nathan and Jordan. Betsi (my super sweet cousin) helped Nathan open his present.

New toys!

Walking to the backyard to see the hunting dogs...The boys love dogs. Vivi thought these dogs were the 101 Dalmations. She cracks me up! 3 dogs or 101? She has quite an imagination and I love it!

Jordan loved the windows in Memom's sun portch. Thank goodness we had really great weather while we were there.

We had a special Thanksgiving and I hope you did too.

Much love,

Becca

Just a Morning at Gram's House

Every morning, Bryan takes the boys to Gram's house. (Gram is Bryan's mom) Bryan keeps telling me that the first thing Nathan and Jordan do is crawl over to Bear's bed to pet him, follow him around the house, and probably terrorize him til they make him crazy. :) Thank goodness Bear is the sweetest little Yorkie ever! Yesterday, he finally took some pictures with his phone. They just love this little bitty 5-pound dog to pieces! Poor Bear...gets A LOT of lovin' from these two crazy boys!

How do you like that bed-head?

Thanks for taking such good care of my boys, Gram! I am very grateful for you!

A Special Birthday Message from the Cutest Boys Ever!

Bryan and the Boys posted me a very special birthday message on Facebook today! Isn't this the sweetest and most thoughtful gesture you have ever seen?! (I think I accidently deleted it from my Facebook wall today when I was looking at it on my iPhone. I could just kick myself! I'm not quite comfortable with the sensitive iPhone screen yet.)