The Wiggles

We went with our sweet friends The Salters this weekend to see The Wiggles Live in Birmingham. This was our 4th time to see The Wiggles....I guess you could call us "groupies". I know some people aren't too crazy about The Wiggles, but we LOVE them!! Believe it or not, they actually put on a GREAT show.....I think the parents enjoy it just as much as the kids. I'd much rather see The Wiggles than Barney or Dora. Don't get me wrong, we like Dora and even Barney, but I just think The Wiggles are little more entertaining. Anyway, we had a blast. This was probably one of my favorite shows.....definitely worth every penny. I was a little worried that Brady might think he was "too old" for The Wiggles, but he probably enjoyed it the most. Oh yeah, thanks to my sweet friend, Jennifer, we had amazing seats - 6th row from the stage!! We were able to go up to the stage after the show and Anthony (the blue Wiggle) and Murray (the red Wiggle) actually said hello to us and posed for some quick close up snap shots.

The Wiggles and The Big Red Car

Anthony Wiggle - my favorite Wiggle

Sam Wiggle

Murray Wiggle

Jeff Wiggle

Wags the Dog

Dorothy the Dinosaur

The Wiggles

Captain Feathersword

Up close with Anthony after the show!

Hudson & Ella in complete "awe"

Will & Brady

Ella waiting for The Wiggles

Sweet Wyatt....he loved The Wiggles!

Jennifer & Addie (not the best quality, but still sweet)

Family Florida Fun

Sorry for the lack of posts, but we've been beach bums for the past week!!! This was our first "successful" family trip to the beach.......We went to Destin 3 years ago but that trip didn't turn out so well. Let's just say it stormed (and I mean stormed) the entire time we were there. We actually left a day early and never once stepped foot onto the beach. While we were there running from the rain I feel while holding Hudson and twisted my ankle....needless to say that was a horrible vacation! After 3 WONDERFUL trips to Disney in the past 3 years we thougth we'd give the beach one more chance. I'm glad we did. We had a great time! The weather was absolutely beautiful and the trip was completely relaxing! The kids had a blast. They were a little unsure about the sand and ocean at first, but by the 3rd day they began to like it. Ella even took a nap on the beach the last day we were there.....talk about living the good life!! My friend Lisa and her family were staying in Perdido Key so we met up with them one afternoon and went to dinner and then met up with them again the day we left and went to the Aviation Museum in Pensacola. If your ever in Pensacola I highly recommend the Aviation Museum.....my kids LOVED it. Here's a few (okay alot) of pictures from our trip. I tried at least a thousand times to get a good one of all three of them together and of course that didn't happen.

Hudson starting his daily dig in the sand

Brotherly Fun

Daddy & his little girl!

Sweet, clean babies!

Bathing Beauty!

Ella still not sure about the sand!

Too cute....or is it Mr. GQ!

I love that smile!!

Pool fun!

Life at the beach!

Running from the jellyfish!

Sleeping Beach Bum!

Don't mess with me....I'm a ninja turtle!!

My sweet big boy Brady!

Every girl loves her sunglasses, shoes, & cell phone!

Ella's 1st Date

Ella had her first date the other night! She absolutely loves John Thomas. He lives across the street from us and they are about 6 weeks apart. He is too cute and Ella takes off running to his house almost everytime we go in the front yard to play. Well, the other night John Thomas invited Ella over to play for a while and of course she had a blast and didn't want to come home. Tiffany (John Thomas's mom) went to take their picture and she said Ella immediately put her arm around John Thomas.....she definitely gets that from her daddy! Aren't they too cute....check out all that blonde hair and those blue eyes!

Saturday Picnic

My dad and stepmom (aka Papaw & Deedee) came by Saturday to visit. They barely got through the front door before Hudson and Ella attacked them and drug them into the playroom. We all went into the playroom and visited for awhile and then I went back into the living room to finish sweeping the floor. After about 15 minutes I noticed things were a little quiet and I hadn't seen my Dad or Diane in a while so I went to the play room to check on everyone and this is what I found:

Hudson set up a picnic for everyone. He loves to have picnics and cook for everyone and he says he is the "cook man". Maybe he'll be a really great chef one day!!

Ella turns 2!

Today is Ella's 2nd birthday and we celebrated by having her "Butterfly" birthday party at our church gym, which was the way to go!! We rented a bouncer, which everyone, especially Ella, loved. The kids also enjoyed roller skating and playing basketball. I think there was about 25 kids ranging in ages from 1-10 and I'm pretty sure all of them had a great time! And of course Ella had a blast. I still can't believe my baby is already 2!! She's growing up way too fast. She's definitely leaving the baby stage and becoming a toddler all too quickly. Oh yeah, she's even potty training.....No kidding. For the past week she has been running around the house in her "birthday suit" and tee-teeing on the potty every chance she gets. (She won't wear panties....she just prefers to run around naked, which is fine with me as long as she goes potty.) Today at her party she took her diaper off twice and went and tee-tee'd in the potty....YAAHOO! I hope she keeps this up and will be completely potty trained very soon!! Enjoy the slideshow of her birthday party!

10 Wonderful Years!

Andy & I are celebrating our 10th Anniversary today!! It has been a wonderful 10 years. I'm so lucky to be married to such a caring and giving man! Since our recent trip to New York was part of our anniversary celebration we decided we would keep it low key and just go out to a nice dinner tonight. However, my sweet man wouldn't settle for just that. He went a little overboard.....which turned out to be just fine with me. He surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers delevired to our house and then came home with two beautifully wrapped packages. One was a beautiful chocolate pearl bracelet and the other was an addition to a previous gift. When Hudson was born Andy gave me an "add-a-diamond" bracelet with Brady's birthstone, Hudson's birthstone, and then mine & his birthstone with each birthstone seperated by a diamond. Well, today he come home with another diamond and Ella's birthstone added to the bracelet. Am I not married to the most WONDERFUL man in the world or what??? Andy always does a great job with our anniversary, my birthday, christmas, whatever the occassion he does well, so I had a feeling he would break our agreement and get me something anyway. So, I had a little surprise for him as well. He got a trip to the Indianopolis Motor Speedway for the Richard Petty Rookie Driving Experience. No, we're not die hard Nascar fans or anything like that, but last year Andy was able to go to the Brickyard 400 with some friends who live in Indianopolis and he said it was an incredible experience. Since then he's always talked about how he thougth it would be neat to get to do one of the driving experiences where you actually get to drive a nascar on the track. Well, in August Andy will be at the Indianopolis Motor Speedway experiencing the "Richard Petty Driving Experience". Happy Anniversary Baby! You are the best Husband, friend, father a girl could ever want! I love you!!!

My Beautiful Bouquet of Flowers

Chocolate Pearl Bracelet

Add-a-Diamond/Stone Bracelet

New York City

I'm a little late posting these, but Memorial Day weekend Andy & I went to New York. Our 10 year wedding anniversary is coming up and my birthday was May 24th so this trip was a celebration of my birthday and our anniversary. We had a great time, but were completely exhausted from trying to fit everything in to 3 days. We went to see The Lion King, which is absolutely amazing....a definite must see. We also went to a New York Yankees game, Dinner at the Rainbow Room on top of Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Shopping on Fifth Avenue and Times Square, Ground Zero, Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty, and went to Brooklyn to eat pizza at Di Fara's. While waiting to go up to dinner at the Rainbow Room in the Rockefeller Center we actually saw Conan O'Brien as he was shooting a segment for his show. I was literally a foot away from him and he smiled and said "hello". Then about 2 minutes after that we turned around and saw Abe Vigoda - the grandfather in Look Who's Talking. We had such a great time in NYC. The weather was wonderful - sunshine with temps. in the mid 70's. You couldn't have asked for better weather. I'm already trying to figure out when we can go back just to shop, a few more Broadway plays, and of course pizza at Di Fara's. Here's a few pictures from our trip. There are very few of Andy & I together because we were so busy trying to fit everything in we just didn't stop and ask people to take our picture.


Rink Bar at Rockefeller Center

The New Yankee Stadium- opening 2009

Our view from the very top of Yankee stadium


Yankee Stadium

I think this is Derek Jeter batting? Maybe A-Rod?


Central Park

A view from Central Park

That's not us, but it is the same guy who gave us a
ride from Braodway to our hotel the night before!


The FAO Schwartz Guard

The Ferris wheel inside Toys R Us

A closer look at the Ferris wheel

A little blurry, but this is where we had dinner
before we went to The Lion King

AWESOME!!!!




The Empire State Building

Hey it's my b-day & I'm in NYC


Rockefeller Center



Engine Co. 10 across from Ground Zero

A view of the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park