Santa came to Story Hour today! While most of the other kiddos clambered to get in his lap...not Jack. He made a quick exit to the table to eat his cookie. I did convince him to pose with me, Andrew and Santa, but he never would talk to Santa. We had a great party at Story Hour and Jack participated in the songs. Mrs. Donna read a precious story called, Bear Stays up for Christmas. What a great day!
My family is blessed to have 2 amazing photographers. Most of you are familiar with my sister, Elizabeth’s, mad camera skills. But you may not know that my brother, Dan, is also a great photographer. Here’s a great shot Dan captured of Andrew and me while we were in Memphis last weekend for their going away party:
We hit the pavement early Tuesday morning for the first time since the end of May. Clayton was awake when we got back so he took our picture to capture the moment...good times!
Sunday we took Andrew to church for the first time. He stayed with me throughout Sunday School and the service. As you can see from the above pictures it is not easy getting pictures of three boys, especially when daddy is gone, we are running late and the camera battery is dying. We made it though and at this point that is all that matters!!
All has been going really well around here. Clayton and Jack could not have made this transition any better. Clayton really misses him when he's at school and Jack really wants to be a helper here at home. As per the pictures above you can see that Clayton LOVES to hold him. He wants to hold him before he goes to school and as soon as he comes in from school. While Andrew was in the swing I overheard Jack tell him to wait right there he was coming back with a book. He came running back in the room and sat down with him and "read" the book and showed him the pictures. 
After a few short days at the hospital we left Wednesday morning around 10:30. We drove the two miles home and were greeted by one of the most excited boys you have ever seen!
Jack was waiting at the screen door when we pulled up in the carport. He shouted, "Mommy, You home!! Do you have baby Andrew wiff you?!?" 
Clayton had his fall party that afternoon so he arrived home a little later. He came running through the house and said, "Where is he?? I want to hold him!!" After he washed his hands and changed his shirt he got right to it!
After a few hours of all of us being home together we had a birthday party for Andrew (thanks Beth for the idea!). The boys and Janice made a cake and they also decorated a pumpkin for the celebration.
Clayton is on Fall Break so he and Jack loaded up and headed to Jackson for a few days. They will go to Memphis Saturday and be back Sunday. Fred and I are really enjoying this time together to get to know Andrew. The above picture was taken today. It's a little fuzzy, but you still can get the general idea of how precious he is!!
Christy and Beth had games planned: tasting baby food and guessing what it was, changing a baby diaper and scratch off cards! Clayton and Jack were surprisingly good at changing the diaper...a little rough, but good!
Everyone brought presents for the boys and they were thrilled! It was like Christmas morning!! Melody made both of the boys big brother t-shirts.
Beth and Christy used all the kiddos fingerprints to make this precious picture. I could not have been more surprised!! Priceless!!
We even had delicious cake, not to mention quite the spread of Clifty Farms ribs and BBQ, beans, casseroles and on and on...
As you can see from all the pictures Clayton did not stop smiling all night! Saturday morning when he woke up he asked my mother in-law the sweetest thing. He said, "Was that a dream last night? Because it was so awesome!!" I couldn't agree more!!
