Happy Birthday McKennon!!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet, beautiful, amazing little girl.  Elizabeth McKennon this year has flown by for your mommy and daddy and every moment of your existence has been a blessing.  Your smile and laugh can lighten any room, your bright blue eyes melt our hearts and your tiny little feet make us giggle. 

Here are just a few things that are special about you on your birthday:  You can say Mama, Dada and “all done” (sounds like ahbun!)  you can say “more” in sign language and other than that just point for whatever you want.  When you crawl you drag one leg and we appropriately call you “scooter”!  You can pull up and are becoming quite a pro at cruising around the furniture… you are my little climber and I have to keep a close eye on you because you are very sneaky! 

Your sleeping habits are not the best and you like to wake up early in the morning… much to mommy and daddy’s dismay.  You give the most amazing little wet kisses and snuggly hugs.  You love cheese and fruits and only will eat veggies if they are in a baby food jar.  When you are done eating you simply start throwing food off your highchair while laughing (not funny to Mommy!)  You adore your big brother and I’m pretty sure that Pops is your favorite person in the whole world!  You love to sing and dance and your favorite toy right now is a little green John Deere tractor!  McKennon your Mommy and Daddy want you to know that you brighten our world and we love you with all our hearts.  Happy birthday Sis and we can’t wait to celebrate with family this weekend!

Beating the Heat!

To say that we have had a hot Tennessee summer would be a small understatement!  Temperatures have stayed in the 90’s and hit the low 100’s recently… the only way to beat the heat is play in the water of coarse!  We love our little fishes!

Watts Barr

Early in the summer we were so lucky to be invited with MeMe and Pops to Watts Barr to visit Pops’ “Ole Beer Business Buddies”  at the Hannah’s lake house!  To say we had a blast is an understatement!

And what weekend with a few families in the beer business wouldn’t be complete with your children swimming in a silver bullet Coors boat!!! 

Thanks to to Scotty and Debbie for a great weekend!

Catching up… Spring!

Here are some of our spring pictures we spent lots of time at the park, Enjoyed a wonderful Easter with family, had a blast at Mule Day with friends, learned how to play in the Tupperware cabinet at Ginna’s and even finally found out what was causing McKennon’s eczema!

 

Checking out what the Easter Bunny brought!

1st Pez!!!

Daily piano lessons from Ginna!

Eating just like rabbits!!

 

Mule Day with Riley!

 

Too much fun with Tupperware!

And the infamous allergy testing!  McKennon’s eczema had become so bad that we were at the dermatologist every 2 weeks trying different creams, lotions and steroid therapies… nothing was working!  Mckennon was miserable, wasn’t sleeping and was scratching herself silly to the point of oozing and bleeding…. oooyyy… so eventually we were able to see a wonderful allergist in Nashville and after 39 skin pricks and lots of tears from Mommy and baby the verdict was Garlic and Eggs… and since I was still breastfeeding whatever I was eating she was too!  So after 9 months we finally knew what was causing her terrible rash!  We are now garlic and egg free and I cannot tell you how much better her skin looks… it is a total turn around… Thank you Lord! 

 

One happy Egg and Garlic Free baby!

1st day of school!

Today was the first day of preschool (well mother’s day out for Mckennon)!  They are attending Pleasant Heights Baptist Church 2 days a week, where many of our little friends are going too!   Houston’s in Miss Lindsay’s class and Mckennon is in Miss Melissa’s.  Getting a picture of them together is near impossible these days so I take what I can get!

 

McKennon’s Baptism

Today we were blessed to have McKennon baptized!  What a glorious moment to cherish!  May God Bless you my sweet baby girl!

 

How much damage can a Geo do???

Oh blog how I missed you and it is now time to catch up.... so how much damage can a Geo do? Well, It can crack your foundation, ruin your kitchen and cause a a little family of 4 to have to move out for 2 months while the repairs are made! Thankfully we were blessed enough that no one was hurt but on March 8th at 3:30 in the morning I can tell you I have never been more terrified in my life. I had been up with Mckennon not long before so I was not completely asleep when I heard a glass shattering, crashing noise that rattled the house. Not knowing what it was I instinctively screamed bloody murder, which in turn caused Brooks to scream (he is a very deep sleeper) and we both jumped out of the bed and ran into the kids rooms where we snatched them out of bed and returned to our bedroom and locked the door. I honestly thought someone had broke in our house and Brooks was so disoriented he was just doing what I told him to. I immediately called 911, I can't explain how hard my heart was pounding, how fast I was breathing and the fear that was flowing through my body... I'm not sure I will ever forget that feeling. The dispatcher assured me that the police were on the way and that we did the right thing by locking ourselves in our bedroom. The children were sleepy and quite as we held them tight and the very few minutes it took for the police to arrive seemed like an eternity. It wasn't till the police ran around to the side of our house with their guns drawn (they thought they had caught a burglar because they could see his tail lights) that they realized someone had driven into the side of our kitchen and ran off!! To make matters worse gas was hissing from the car and the vehicle was beginning to catch on fire. At this point the 911 dispatcher is telling us to wrap the kids in blankets and go out our front door Immediately.... we hurried down the hall still oblivious to what was going out ran out the door the the front yard to see a car on fire suspended over our basement stairs and knocked into the side of our house. The fire department arrived next while we woke up our neighbor across the street to bring the children inside to be warm. Luckily the fire department arrived just in time to extinguish the fire that was now engulfing the entire car and quickly about to spread to our house... how blessed we were that only minimal smoke damage was done. A case of beer was found in the passenger side of the car and when the tags were ran we found out the the vehicle belonged to a man with prior DUI's.... figures he must of passed out and ran off the road drove in between 2 trees that only a geo metro could fit through and right into the casa de Jones!
At first glance I wasn't sure how much damage had been done but after the contractor arrived and engineer assessed the damages the estimate quickly rose up to $20,000 in damages. The pictures don't do justice and I'm not sure where my photos of the kitchen went but we ended up with a new exterior brick wall, window and and entire new kitchen!!


















































So what may you ask happened to the driver?? He was picked up a few weeks later and charged with recklace endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident... that went along with his 13 prior DUI's and the $40,000 in back child support he owed... needless to say he will be in jail for next few years!