Georgie comes to Toe Toe's house

Georgia Anne came back to Birmingham with me on Sunday and we had many many adventures. First of all, we went to Jump It with Noah, Nic, and Tara. The kids had a great time and Noah was so brave on the rides. Little Nic wanted to play too but only was able to get in the moonwalk.
Noah driving the race car.

Whitney and Peggy met us at Chick Fil A for lunch. Peggy and her Mommy were dressed in matching J-Lo lounge wear.

Georgia Anne and Noah had to sit by each other at lunch.

Nic was happy just to have a chicken nugget and a football!

We went to Whitney's house to see Peggy's new hot pink excersaucer. She was so happy to show us how she can play in it.

Later that day, Georgia Anne, Noah, Tara, and I headed to the movie theater (aka Movieator) to see the Chipmunks-The Squeakeal. It was very cute and the kids had a great time. Noah and Georgia sat right next to each other and Tara and I laughed so hard when sweet Noah, who was so enthralled with the movie, fell out of his seat! He was okay an laughed it off. At the end of the movie, the Chipmunks sang "We are Family" which is the song Georgia sang at our Wedding reception and so she got up and was shaking and dancing!

Our Final adventure occured when we pulled into the driveway and opened the garage door to see 2 RATS scamper up the garage wall into the ceiling! UGGG I am so sick of these varmets! The next day my pest control man pulled out 4 more dead rats from the attic.

I joked with Bryan that he went hunting in Mississippi for 4 days and didn't kill anything and I never left the house and killed 4!!!!

Christmas Day in Tallassee

Christmas in Tallassee was wonderful. It was our first Christmas as a married couple and we had a great time remembering our engagement one year before. The kids as usual were so sweet and had fun with their toys. This pic was taken at the Butler house about 7:00 a.m. Toe Toe made the early trip over and found the kids happy. Santa came to the Butler house and brought the kids everything they wanted. Jack got his basketball goal and race car. Georgia got her show and shine Barbie Horse and art supplies and Daniel got a rock a stack and blocks.

Over at Mom and Dad's house, Georgia and Jack enjoyed thier new Jeep and we all got a kick of watching them learn how to drive it. After a near fatal wreck in the ditch, Georgia Anne got the hang of it and was driving all over the driveway and in the road (our street is very quiet).

My dad is so talented. He is known to be a master wood worker and artist and he painted this oil painting of our home. He took the picture this fall and surprised us with it. It is beautiful and we love it so much. We hung it in the foyer so we can enjoy it everyday.

Daddy also surprised Leigh Anne and Micheal with an oil painting of their home.

Daddy showing off his new Corvette hat. For those of you who don't know, my Dad got a red Corvette for his 60th birthday and enjoys looking at it and sometimes driving it.....he has had it for 2 and 1/2 years and it only has 3000 miles on it!

Georgia Anne got a Wedding Day Barbie.

Daniel had a big day and got new shoes and 3 NEW TEETH!

Bryan loves a toaster oven and I hate a toaster oven. Ever since we got married, he has been dropping hints that he wishes he had a toaster oven for our house. Well, when Leigh Anne said she wanted to get Bryan something that he would really enjoy, I knew exactly what to suggest.....and he loved it!

NEW KITCHEN!!!!

Bryan and I are so excited to reveal our updated kitchen. After almost 2 years of looking at the mirror back splash, rusted sink, and ugly granite, we finally just bit the bullet and got the kitchen done. We are so pleased with how it looks and are very happy to share these pictures. Sorry the lighting is not great.

Our Family

I just want to show this picture to say that I love my husband, my pug, and my golden! Aren't they cute?

One Week-FOUR Christmas Parties!

This was a very busy week full of parties. It all started on Wednesday at Lauren Baugh's house for our Bunko party. Lauren prepared a delicious dinner and then we had an ornament swap. This is our fourth year as a Bunko group. Sometimes, we play Bunko and other times, it is just a supper club and social hour. The Bunko Girls


Thursday night, we attended Amy and Elizabeth's party. It was fun and they had YUMMY food. We had a great time getting to hang out with Emily and Eric and Lauren and Cody. Elizabeth had her house decorated beautifully for Christmas.

Friday night, we went to The Birmingham Country Club for the Birmingham Radiology Group Christmas party and it was wonderful. I love getting dressed up and the Country Club is so nice and the food is phenomenal. They have a beef tenderloin that is as tender as room temperature butter and Bryan and I look forward to it all year long.

Saturday night, we hosted the Radiology Resident party at our house. We watch the Heisman Trophy Show at 7:00 (YEAH MARK INGRAM!!!!)!!!!!!!! and then had a great time until 1:00 a.m. Wow, we are tired today! It was great to use so many of our wedding gifts and serviing platters.

Me, Meredith, Lauren, Audra

Patrick, John, Scott, and Bryan

Lauren and Cody stopped by to join in on the fun.

Our House Decorated for Christmas

Here are some pictures of our house decorated for Christmas. I had so much fun decorating the house this year. I had motivation because we had Bryan's residency party at our home.

Novo Nordisk Christmas Card

These are my co-workers, Fleming Long and John Howard. I am so lucky to have a job with such a wonderful company. I am very very thankful to my work and I have two great partners. This is the card that we sent out to our offices in Gadsden and Cullman.

Hey, I know that Church!

One of my favorite things about my job is going to small towns and driving around the downtown area. I have been going to Centre, AL for a year and a half but it wasn't until last week that I explored downtown Centre. I made two wonderful discoveries. The first one was a store named Willow Tree and I got a beautiful jacket. The second and best was this church. I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around to take pictures and go inside. It is JUST LIKE First Baptist Church, Tallassee. I grew up going to First Baptist and so many of my childhood memories center around Church. I always joke to Bryan that if the FBC church doors were open, the McCaig family was there! I loved choir, GA's, Bible School, Sunday School, Youth trips, camp at Shocco Springs, the Barraca Quartet, Wednesday night supper, candy in Preacher Bentley's office before "big Church", hand bells with with Mr. Bush, and playing the piano on occasion when Mrs. Causey couldn't be there. I hope all of you that know and have memories at First Baptist will enjoy these pictures. First United Methodist Church, Centre, AL

Wow, this sure did bring back some wonderful memories for me. There is one more funny thing I would like to add. For years, our family sat in the balcony with this view. When my mind would wander, as a child's mind often does in church, I would "take names" of those who talked and write them down on the bulletin. My mom would laugh. Now, I know we are all guilty of whispering something to the person next to us in church from time to time. Who knows, there might be a little child in church taking names!

Thanksgiving in Tallassee

We left Atlanta and headed to Tallassee for a couple of days. My mom had waited and cooked lunch on Friday and it was so delicious, as usual. We then went upstairs to watch the Iron Bowl, which was far more stressful that we had anticipated. Roll Tide!

We had a family photo session on Saturday. Well as you can see, the McCaig family is nice and large, the Butler family is a good size...and the Johnston family is struggling. We need to add some people to our picture. I have NO news but maybe sometime next year we will.

Isn't Georgia getting to be such a grown up girl? She has said goodbye to all of the "baby" clothes. She now prefers tops like this and UGG boots! She did get to spend the night with Toe Toe and Bryan on Saturday night which was fun. She told me "Toe Toe, I know you don't want me to grow up, but it is a part of life." We were all sitting on the couch and just start howling laughing! She was dead serious and it was just the way she said it that made it so funny.

Daniel, aka "DanielSON" has grown so much. He is crawling, pulling up, and even moved into Jack's bedroom this weekend. Jack has now retired his baby bed and is sleeping in a big boy bed. I am not sure how much sleeping he is doing but I know he is doing a lot of roaming! Jack is so cute at this age. He is talking up a storm and really is the sweetest little boy. I LOVE getting to spend time with the kids and they absolutely crack me up.