More new haircut pics!

Here are just a few more pictures of Mitchell's new haircut!
Look how happy he is about his new haircut!

Me & Mitch had a photo shoot. I think he was having fun with it!

He LOVES his mommy's kisses!

Drum head!


This is Mitchell saying Three. We will say one, two, then he says three, then he'll blast off. Sometimes it sounds like Tree, sometimes three...HAHA Then he's walking around saying his animal noises. He has moo, neigh, and the elephant sound/motion down, when you ask him what a snake says he breathes in and out of his nose, trying to make a sssssssss sound HAHA

First Haircut!

Mitchell got his first haircut yesterday. Nancy Sawyer (who cuts my moms hair) who also gave me my first haircut, did Mitchell's yesterday. It was hard to tell how he would act because of how good he does at the doctor. I would give Mitchell's performance a 7 out of 10 for his first haircut!

When we first got there he was running around and exploring like he always does, then we got in the chair. He was good for the first 5 minutes or so, then he got to wondering what the lady was doing to him HAHA Grandma had gotten her hair done a little earlier, so she went to Wal-Mart to waste some time and came back with a bag of goodies, good thing or I don't know what we would have done. The first thing he gets when he's sitting in the chair is a sucker...note to self: sticky hands (Mitchell can't eat a sucker right, he licks it then rolls it around in his hand)+ hair that has just been cut= hair stuck to a little boys sticky hands! So we got rid of the sucker, then came the stickers. Those didn't seem to occupy him because he was still trying to figure out what she was doing to him. Then the Dora the Explorer thing came out, not sure what its called, but its the thing you look in like binoculars and you can change the scene on it. That worked for a minute or two. So after grandma's bag of treats was emptied out, he started getting fussy! But we survived and no blood was shed! Here are a few pictures! I took a before but its on my camera!
I just wanted to say a special thanks to Nancy for cutting his hair! It really meant a lot and you did a great job!

BEFORE
Yummy sucker! Let me roll it around in my hand for a minute!

I'm not too sure about all of this!

Notice mine and Nancy's face, this was right before he was about to stick the sucker in his hand!

AFTER so fresh and so clean clean!

Side view

Play date and Mitchell's new love!

Yesterday we had to take a cookie oven back to Hartsville, so we stopped by Pops & Grams. They were keeping Maddie, so we all decided to load up and go play at the Elem. gym. Maddie & Mitch really play well together and they get really excited when they see each other. We put Maddie's car seat in our car and as soon as we put them in their seats they just started looking at each other and they both started doing this funny little laugh. They had a blast playing in the gym. They got to jump on trampolines, play on a monkey bar, kick balls, and just run around like little monkeys. Mitchell ran around so much his face was beet red by the time we left. We ate some lunch, then they both took a good nap! Thanks for playing with us Maddie!

Happy to be beside each other. I caught them trying to hold hands too!

Tell Maddie to say "Cheese" and this is what you get HAHA

The hair is out of control!!! Mitch will be getting his first haircut, VERY soon!

Happy boy!

This is Mitchell's new love! John has had his dad's guitar under our bed for a while now, planning on learning to play it. :0) So John decided to let Mitchell play it one night and he absolutely loves playing it. We were reading a book this morning that had a goose playing a guitar, so as soon as he got out of his seat he headed to our bedroom and I heard him trying to get it out of the case!

Friends!

A few weeks ago all of my high school girlfriends, and everyone's significant other all got together for the first time ever. It's usually just us girls together or maybe two couples going out, its never been all of us at once. So it was nice to finally meet everyone's "other". John and I missed the game of Cranium at the end of the night, because we had a little rugrat that had to get to bed. We had some great burgers thanks to Christy and Matthew! We definetly need to do it again soon!

Pictured from left to right: me, Sarah (due to have her little boy May 24, wooohooo) Kristin, Sarah, and Christy.
You would think we picked each other as friends because of our names HAHA 2 Kristin's,
a Christy, and 2 Sarahs. Since high school we have gone by last names for the most part to make it less confusing HAHA

Speaking of friends, this Sunday my friend Megan and I went to the UT vs. Vandy women's basketball game. John bought me two tickets for Christmas and the only stipulation was that i couldn't take him, so I could have a day free from the boys. I had a great time. We ate at PF Chang's, my first time there and it was great. Then we went to the game. The seats weree exactly half court on the second level, thanks for the tickets John! And also, thanks to Megan for coming along with me. It was fun!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! We don't have any romantic plans, but who does anymore once you have kids?? No seriously, we got a gift card from Mike & Terry to O'Charley's, so hopefully we can enjoy a dinner to ourselves sometime soon! Not sure when that will be though, my parents just left for Galtinburg until Monday, then grandmother and pawpaw are leaving tomorrow for FL. They have no set schedule, so who knows when they'll be back. HAHA Then we have plans already for the weekend. Anyways, hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's, even if you don't do anything special! My hubbie and son are special to me, so thats good enough for me! :0)

An experience to remember a lifetime!

Still no stomach bug. John and Mitchell have had a little cold the past week, but so far so good. I'm not counting it out completely, because Grandmother kept Trevor last Wednesday and Thursday and she ended up having it a couple days through Saturday night, then Mitchell was over there yesterday, so hopefully she had disinfected her house. HAHA Pawpaw didn't catch it, so I'm sure everyone is in the clear now.
Well yesterday was quite an experience, something I hope to do more in the future on one hand, but on the other hand, you wish devastating things like tornadoes didn't happen. Our church pastors and about 20 others went to Macon County to help out with food, clothing, and clean up. Four of John's FCA girls wanted to help out so they came along as well. When we arrived at the church they took us girls and divided us up. Three of them worked on sorting clothes and then the other girl and I worked on making food kits and sorting through new food that came in. I honestly thought that I would be working outside all day when we first got there, but I'm really glad that I got to help out at the church too because they really needed some help. You would have thought those people had won the lottery when they saw us all coming in. They were so excited. One of the first things a man said to us was..."we were so worried today because we knew we didn't have any help, then you guys showed up." God ALWAYS provides! So us four girls were sorting/packing until about lunchtime, then they all had to leave for a basketball game. The guys John, Daniel, David, Craig, & Tommy were all sent to a church members house first thing in the morning to help clear out some trees, so they all showed back up at the church around lunchtime. I think the rest of the church crew showed up around 10-ish and they headed down Akersville Rd, which was where most of the devastation was. So after our bunch all ate we headed back out to the same area. The first place we stopped was at a house that really didn't have that much damage to it, besides windows, doors, shingles, and some foundation problems, but FEMA declared it liveable. But their main issue was trees. It was on four acres and i think about 3 of those were all trees in the back. Noone actually lived in this house. The man that did live there passed away about a year ago, so his family members were there. But the lady said that they think the tornado sort of split there in the backyard once it hit all of those trees, so everything it had been carrying along for who knows how many miles was dropped in their yard. So there was a lot of tree cutting and raking to be done. Side note: FEMA will only haul stuff off if its right next to the road, so everything had to be hauled to the side of the road.
I'm so glad God lead us to the next ladies house. Us 6 were the first to arrive at this house. As soon as we asked a lady if they needed help, her face just lit up and said sure (it wasn't even her house, she was the cousin of the lady who lived there) So when we get out the cousin is telling us how they were just talking about how big of a project it was going to be getting the fence row cleaned up and all of the trees/limbs hauled to the road. She said all her church could really do was pray, and she said we just needed hands. Well we brought them hands, about 40 hands I would say. Later on the same lady was telling us, with tears in her eyes, how we couldn't have picked a better person to help, that she had been a nurse for 35 years (the caring kind of nurse everyone would want), that she had overcome leukemia about four years prior and that she had been a widow for a couple years now. I would guess the lady was in her mid 60's and she didn't put down her rake and wheelbarrow the entire time we were there and to beat it all she had a smile on her face the whole time. Had we gone up there and only helped this one lady out it would have been well worth it. Everyone just kept telling us thank you, thank you, but its really a basic principle. Do unto other as you would have done to you. If my family and I were in the same situation, I would hope there would be someone caring/giving enough to lend us a hand and I know there would be, because God is good. We heard so many other stories from people, but i've written enough. I'm not writing this blog to give myself or my church praise (our reward is in heaven) but just always remember to treat people like you would want to be treated, no matter what situation you are in. Have a great day!

Paranoia?????

My brothers family have all had the stomach bug since last Thursday. Trevor started throwing up last Thursday night, then Nolen started throwing up Monday night, and finally Craig and Jamie started last night. Today I've been feeling a little nauseated on and off all day and have had some stomach cramping, but i don't know if its because i think I might be getting it or me just thinking about it. HAHA I don't do well with myself or anyone else throwing up. I was always the one covering my ears and running away from someone who even thought they were going to throw up. So lets all pray that the little bug stays out of the Carey family household. Trevor is finally over it and I think Nolen pretty much is, now its just the parents who have to fight it off. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid, but i have a weird feeling that I'm not. So on the way home from work i'm going to stop and get a few suppositories for myself and Mitchell. John says he would rather throw up, but not me. Check back in a day or so, and hopefully i'll say the bug missed us!
By the way, Trousdale County cancelled classes the rest of the week because there were over 60 students out yesterday, so i know its definetly going around.