Merry Christmas!!

It's been a long week!

I must say that teaching is absolutely insane during this time of year. I truly feel that my second graders eat sugar all day long during December. They have been so wild. I think I can survive four more days, but I am not sure.

We went to the Hernando Christmas parade on Monday with Chris, Erin, and Landon's best bud, Reed. It was so much fun. We are truly blessed to have such great friends. Landon had a lot of fun especially with the cotton candy. Sorry Chad :) He was ready to kill me. I must have cotton candy at the parade.

Landon is now climbing. He climbs in his rocking chair and tries to sing. It is so funny!

Let's eat!

Landon loves to eat if you weren't able to tell from the pictures! I put some cookies for my secret teacher in my shopping cart and I went to grab a drink for my mom and I. When I returned my mom had given Landon the cookies. She thought they were for him. He made such a mess; however, the best part is that he ate the cookies in my mom's car. She is probably to this day digging out Oreo cookies from her seats. During Thanksgiving he ate so much that I do not know how he did not blow up. He is eating chocolate pie with Pop and loving every minute.

Baby it's cold outside! I love his hat and mittens. I try to put them on him every chance I get.

Things have changed since my college days...

Shelley Simpson, Emily Morreale, Margo Scoggins, me, Mary Katherine Ellis, Erin Gapen
I love these girls so much. We never get to see each other any more because we are so spread out. It was a great game and we had a blast with our wonderful friends.
It was a special treat that I got some long over dure hanging out time with LT.

Shelley with Landon

Taxi, Gerry, Michael, Chad with Landon, Chris with Reed, Cooper
The husbands with the babies except Katelyn was gone by this time :(

Mama's Lil Punkin

Landon and I took a quick pic before heading off to the fall festival at our church. Landon and Reed were so cute all dressed up. Check out the Gapen family blog for more cute pictures of Reed.

The 1st Boo Boo, Tailgating, and Friends

Landon got his 1st boo boo this past Friday. He hit his head on our bed. I completely lost my mind. Thank goodness Chad remained calm. We spent 5 hours in the er waiting for them to give Landon liquid stitches. Saturday during the football game he fell and hit his head on the kitchen chair resulting in the huge knot in the middle of his forehead! I am going to check into a bubble to put him in.

We finally made it to our first football game. I am so ashamed; however, we have had a busy year. Landon made it through the entire game and he only cheered for Tennessee a few times. We are working on cheering only for the Dawgs! We will go back for the Alabama game to tailgate with our friends.
This is Landon and his friend Caden. Caden belongs to Chism and Becca Patterson. They came and spent the night with us. They were so cute playing together.
Mrs. Piggy AKA Gretchen Jones and the scarecrow AKA me won the Bunco costume contest!!

Landon's 1st Birthday