The Slumber Party Continues

How many can you get in one bed? I don't think we've hit our limit yet. Thankfully you can move some of us to the floor after they fall asleep.

Hands and Feet

I love these pictures. We'll have a new set of hands and feet tomorrow! Mommy Haley has gone to the hospital and they'll make sure things happen tomorrow! We'll post pictures of Elam as soon as we can.

In the mean time, you can look at these pictures and see if you can tell whose hands and whose feet are whose.

Oklahoma in August

The trees are a hot, tired green.
The roads are soft as the asphalt tries to turn back to liquid.
The lawns want to be green, but only in places where the sprinklers reach.
We wait until evening to swim when the temperature cools off to 101 at 7:30 pm.

But we're having a great time together as we await Elam's arrival. Here are some of the things we've been doing.

Slumber Party!

Here are some pictures of our slumber party. This is the view of the room from Grani and Papa's bed. (Note to self - chocolate-chip cookies and chocolate milk just before bedtime may be a bad idea.) It's 11:12 and Grani and Papa seem to be the only ones in the room that are sleepy.

Did I mention that it is HOT?!

We went to the mall today to walk. ON the way home the temperature at 4:30 was 108 on the car thermometer. at 7:30 it was still 103. at 9:30 it had cooled off to 101.

We went simming again after our trip to the mall. Now Papa and Grani and Gibson and Haven are at grandma and grandpa's house to spend the night so mom can get a good night's sleep.

HOT!
People in Tennessee talk about how hot it is, but they don't really know hot. Oklahoma knows hot! The weather man says something like 103 or 104 or 108 and that it feels like 130 or 140, but I think it's hotter than that.

So... it's out to the pool!


It's hard work swimming and very tiring and sometimes you fall asleep right in the pool!

Here's video of Boomer teaching the kids how to dogpaddle.


We'll swim again today!





P.S. No baby yet.

Traveling to Oklahoma!




It's time for Elam to arrive so he headed off to Oklahoma. Grani, Papa, Aunt Christy and Hannah left Mt. Juliet at 5:00 on Friday morning and arrived in Tulsa at 4:45. Hannah was wonderful the entire trip. She couldn't have been a better traveler. You may notice that it takes a bunch of stuff for a 5 month old to travel.








P.S. No baby yet.

Happy Birthday, Gibson!

It was four years ago today that I first became a Papa. What a wonderful four years it has been. There is a huge part of my heart that is shaped like Gibson (and now a huge part shaped like Haven and Hannah too). Even though he and Haven are so far away, I think about them every day. I can hardly wait to see them this week or next when Jr. arrives. Here are some fun pictures of the first four years.

Big Girl - Big Girl Hair

Hannah is getting to be a big girl. She spent the night at Grani and Papa's house. She slept the whole night! And this morning Grani gave her a big girl hairdo. Grani says it's in honor of Aunt Haley who has wanted to get her fingers in that beautiful hair for a long time now. She'll get to do Hannah's hair in a week or so when Jr. arrives.

Baby Watch!
Now with answers. Thanks to everyone who played.

Just a couple of weeks and grandbaby number four will be here! I can hardly wait!
To help pass the time we have a little contest for you. Can you name these babies? Put your guesses in the comment section. But don't cheat and look at Grani's answers before you make your guesses. I'll post the answers in a day or two.

A. Haven

B. Christy

C. Grani
D. Hannah

E. Papa

F. GibsonG. Andrew

Chillin' with Papa


Hannah was a bit too little to help with packing, so she spent part of her time just chillin' on the sofa with Papa. Later she thought about starting to think about crawling. She gets up on her hands and knees, but she keeps her head down. Perhaps she is saying a prayer.

Happy 4th!
I hope you have someone as cute as this to spend your day with.




















I wish I had shoes like these.

Hannah Meets Her Great-grandparents
Great-grandpa and great-grandma Littleton came to Nashville for a visit so Hannah and her mom and dad drove down from Louisville so they could meet. We all had a great time together.

Hannah Meets Baylee

Hannah noticed Baylee for the first time this weekend. Here is her response.














Then she burst out in tears, but we didn't want to put a crying picture on the blog.

Phone Calls

When you live a long way away from each other you have to spend time on the phone. Papa got a call from Andrew, Haven and (sort of) Gibson. They sang a song that Papa learned from his dad - the Cuckoo Bird Song. It was fun hearing Haven and Andrew sing. Here are some pictures of Gibson and Haven practicing talking on the phone. These were taken at the zoo when they were here a few weeks ago.

The Scenic Road Home

After attending the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, N.C., Grani and Papa decided to take the scenic drive home. That took us through Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, (We saw Ohio) and even Indiana! This isn’t something out of the ordinary. Today we are celebrating 30 years of this wonderful journey as husband and wife. That’s after dating for about 5 years before that. Wow! 35 years. There are thousands of really cool stories I could tell of our scenic stroll through life, but on this particular past week our travels to Kentucky led us to a trip to the zoo with Hannah! I have a picture I'll scan and add to this.

Then that night Hannah met more cousins, Alyssa and Kari, and her Great-Uncle Roger and Great-Aunt Jayme. They were on their way to Chicago on a youth mission trip and had stopped to stay the night in Indiana just across the Ohio River from Louisville. What a fun day!


Cousins - Kari, Alyssa and Christy






Great Uncle Roger and Hannah