Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations

Well, as most of you know I am on modified bed rest so I enjoyed Thanksgiving at home. Moss took Ainsley to Floyd and Lisa's for dinner. We had to get some pictures of her in her Thanksgiving dress - she looked so cute!

Our house has been decorated for Christmas since the second weekend in November! I owe a huge thanks to Margie Barger who decorated it for me. She is so incredibly talented! I was just too pregnant to do it myself and also didn't have time to shop for new decorations which we desperately needed. This is our first Christmas in Mississippi since getting married and my first Christmas away from my family in Ohio. With Salter coming I'm sure we'll have lots of visitors and now I don't need to stress about decorating it myself and I know it looks great! Thanks so much Margie! Here are a few pics: Here are a few pics Moss took of Ainsley the day after Thanksgiving in front of the tree.

Birthday and a new friend

My birthday was November 22nd and we had a great weekend! Our good friends Chris and Colleen Haley and their sweet baby girl Liza came to visit from Jacksonville, FL! Moss and Chris went to the Ole Miss/LSU game on Saturday which was, and I quote, "The best game I have ever seen in Oxford" according to Chris. Colleen and I had a girls day with our little girls while the guys went to the game - we stayed in Greenwood and had a great time catching up and watching the girls play. Ainsley was very sweet with Liza and would talk to her and give her toys. Let's hope she's the same way with her little brother! While Liza napped Ainsley and I played outside with Scout. Floyd and Elizabeth came over for Sunday lunch on my actual birthday and Ainsley helped me blow out my candles. It was a great weekend! We hope to see the Haley's again soon! Below are some pics from our weekend.

Colleen, Liza, Ainsley and Moss

Chris, Colleen, Liza, me, Ainsley and Moss


Birthday cake!

Playing outside in our lucky Ole Miss outfit during the LSU game.

Old Pictures

My mom scanned and emailed some pictures of me at Ainsley's age since I don't have any here. Ainsley is almost 17 months old. I think the consensus is that she looks a lot like her Mama!

Shannon at 18 months16 months

16 months

15 months

15 months

Fun at home

Due to being so pregnant, Ainsley and I stayed home from most of the Ole Miss games in November - in fact, I think we may have missed them all! While we were home we had fun playing outside and inside and even had a fun playdate with Miller Calhoun. Enjoy the pictures!

Anne Craig came over to play for a little while. Ainsley just loves her and calls her "Keg." She cried when Anne Craig left that day.

Miller Calhoun came over to play with the hand-me-down slides that Floyd and Lisa gave us. They had so much fun! Here he is giving Ainsley hugs - so cute!

Ainsley outside in her cozy coupe.Ainsley and Miller playing with our "new" toys.

Ainsley used to love macaroni and cheese but I think she may be getting sick of it. she decided she'd rather put it on her head than eat it.

Ainsley started throwing fits when it was time to put her socks and shoes on, so I made up a little song that goes "Let's put on our sockies" which she loves to sing with me. But then she decided that putting on her socks is a game so she likes to carry them around instead of putting them on. Once they are on, she takes them off as soon as her shoes come off. Oh well, I tried! Here are a few pics of her playing with her sockies.

Don't ask me why she likes to tuck articles of clothing under her chin. As you can see, she is doing that with her socks here.

Sweet Ainsley

Happy Halloween!

We had a wonderful Halloween weekend. On Friday we got a few pictures of Ainsley before taking her to school in her Halloween costume for her Halloween party. Moss left after that to go to Jacksonville, FL, for the weekend for his goddaughter's baptism, so Ainsley and I ended up having a girl's weekend. We went trick or treating with Taylor, Allison and Miller Calhoun and she did great in her costume! She never once even tried to take off her piggy hat! We had a wonderful time with the Calhouns! We went to Indywood to visit Taylor's grandmother and Lisa Melton's grandfather. The kids were a huge hit with all of the residents. Then we went to the Meltons and their neighbors Mack and Grace Bain came by. And we ended the night at Taylor's dad's house. Ainsley and Miller were the cutest piggy and duck in town!

Moss, me and Ainsley before school on Friday.

Ainsley's 1 year old class at their Halloween party - from left: Wynn Hardin, Emma, Ainsley, Charlie Kimmel, Izzy Hodges (in the same costume as Ainsley), Benz Porter, Kylee Nix

Ainsley at Indywood Miller the duck and Ainsley the pig at Indywood Miller and Ainsley at the Melton's
Granddaddy, Moms, Great Granddaddy, Ainsley and me

Ainsley eating her Halloween treat at the Meltons - yum, Gerber yogurt bites! Thanks Moms and Granddaddy!

Ainsley and Miller both eating their yogurt bites - they can't get enough! Ainsley playing at the Melton's
Ainsley at Taylor's dad's

Ainsley again at Taylor's dad's