John Thomas Pruitt for Governor

We went to visit PaPa in Montgomery today. We of course had to get John Thomas' picture at the Governor's desk and it looks like he may have been barking out some orders, I know whenever his MiMi is around he makes sure she is at his becking call.

Christmas 2009

John Thomas was a good boy this past year and he got a lot from Santa to prove it. As some of you know Scott and I have pretty big families so we got to see everyone and enjoyed going to everyone's houses. We had breakfast at our house on Christmas morning for the Grandparents and that was one of our favorite times.

Shoes

John Thomas is a boy after my own heart, he loves to wear DaDa's shoes as well as mine.

Picture with Santa

John Thomas and I went to the Galleria (my 2nd home) and saw Santa, he wasn't too sure about what was going on but he didn't tear up or cling to me at all. He is talking A LOT now and would tell everyone at the mall "hi"and he also would yell "Boots" and point if someone was wearing boots. I can't wait until Christmas morning.

EH AH

John Thomas has become very attached to his stuffed monkey who he calls "Eh Ah" . I taught him that monkeys say "eh eh ah ah" and I guess he decided to shorten it and name his monkey that. When we are at home Eh Ah is everywhere John Thomas is and he loves to ride him around on his dump truck. Eh Ah is not allowed to leave the house and he tells him "bye bye, Eh Ah" everytime we walk out the door. When he goes night he has to tell several things "night night" as well. Last night he told his Train "night Night" and then gave it a kiss. I really like this age and love seeing him learn something new each day.

My Christmas Craft

All of my friends are so crafty and it has inspired me to do some crafts and to also find myself a hobby (as if dancing 3 days a week isn't enough). I would like to find some adult dance classes to take but they are all on nights that I teach dance so I can't go. I have started frequenting JoAnn's and Michael's to try to find my inspiration. I learned how to make tutu's and it is fun but very time consuming, I know now why they are expensive. I saw a wreath in the Pottery Barn catalog and thought I coudl make it myself and it turned out pretty good. Scott, John Thomas, and I get TONS of Christmas photo cards from everyone each year and I never know what to do with them, until now. I got a foam wreath covered it in sheet moss and have gold thumb tacks to attach the cards. This way they will be on daisplay and we can enjoy them. The bow is crooked in this picture and has since been fixed but I thought you would get the idea.

Around the House

We have spent the last week pretty much doing nothing. John Thomas wasn't feeling his best, so on Saturday off to the after hours clinic we went, we got a diagnosis if Herpangina and we were sent on our way. John Thomas has had fever, stomach issues, vomiting, and ulcers on the roof of his mouth and down his throat. He has gotten a lot of extra kisses and yummy foods to eat, today he has acted like he is feeling better and even ate a decent breakfast. I am hoping we have been through the worst part of the illness and will be back to 100% soon. We are getting ready to have the week off next week and spend some time with family.

CUTE

Just a cute picture I wanted to share.

How Much is that Doggy In the Window?

Yep, John Thomas was a puppy for Halloween and a mighty cute one at that. He had a PDO party on Thursday and we got to see all the kids dressed up and hang out with our buddy Brooks. Friday night we went to Boo at the Zoo and on Saturday we had a Harvest Festival and went Trick or Treating in MiMi and PaPa's neighborhood. It was a great Halloween and all of us can't wait until next year.

Trip to Kentucky

John Thomas and I decided to go on a little trip last weekend. We packed our bags and off to Kentucky to see Alicia and Hadley we went. I was a little nervous about going on a 4 hour road trip with a 1 1/2 year old alone but we managed fine, we even stopped at Cracker Barrel right outside of Nashville and enjoyed lunch. I love visting with Alicia and watching the kids play together. We went to Chucky Cheese Saturday morning, Hadley and John Thomas road a few rides together and I like to think they enjoyed each other's company.

A Yummy Treat From YaYa

YaYa went out to California last week and brought John Thomas back this treat which kept him occuppied for about an hour. YUMMY!

For some reason this photo didn't post in my last entry. Doesn't John Thomas looked thrilled!?!

Susan G. Komen 5K

Heather and I walked in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 5K on Saturday with a group from her work, we had lots of fun supporting a great cause. My Grandmother had breast cancer and had a double mastectomy back in 1997 and it metastasized last year before she passed away so I walked in honor of my Granny whom I love and miss dearly. Although the weather did not cooperate there were thousands of people that showed up to run/walk, my sister-in-law ran in the race as well and finished in 25 minutes (WOW). We will be walking again next year and plan on having a big team of supporters. I thought it was neat that even dyed the fountain in Linn Park pink.

Watching Elmo

He likes to climb up in Mine and Scott's bed to watch his Elmo DVD, this is how we get calmed down and ready to go to bed, please excuse his hair in these photos, we are getting ANOTHER hair cut this week.