Frost Bite 5k

This year was the second annual Vicksburg Chili Cookoff Frost Bite 5k Run (whew that is a mouth full). My sister is the official organizer so it goes without saying that there were a ton of family and friends who helped make the event a success. We had over 180 runners and raised over $1,000 for the local food bank.

Thank you to everyone who participated/volunteered/donated. You are all awesome!

The organizer & her assistant.

Volunteers

More helpers

Participants. Good job guys!

Baby's First Soccer Ball

Natalie got her first soccer ball as a Christmas (yes I know it's been a long time since I've posted, but I lost my camera. Don't worry it has since been found) present from my good freind Jess. She thought it was the greatest thing for about 10 minutes until she realized she couldn't fit it in her mouth very well. But I give her an A for her persistent attempts at eating the soccer ball.

Tula was very jealous I might add, since soccer ball chasing & chewing is a favorite past time of hers. She was sitting by intently giving pointers to Natalie on how to best enjoy her ball.

Yum, this is really good..

Well, maybe another angle might be easier.

Ok, how about this way?

Forget it, I'll just eat that camera... gimme

Good Morning Sunshine

She's on the Move!

A week or so ago now (my time has gotten away from me) our little girl finally made the big move. That's right folks, she's crawling! I've suspected she could crawl for a while now, she just needed the proper motivation. Come to find out, all it took was a TV remote control to motivate her to mosey her way across the room. Since then she has been a girl on the run, I mean crawl.

Her favorite past time (which scared the begeezuz out of me the first time it happened) is to crawl under the coffee table and hang out. Then once that is complete, she moves on to Tula, where she plays with her feet and gets some nice kisses. After a rest, it's on to "help" dad read the newspaper and then back to her mat to play with some toys.

Man this girl is busy! Why did I want her to crawl again?

Occasionally she will take a "rest" after she's made it to her destination. It's hard work being a moving machine!

Christmas Recap

Christmas was a bit of a blur this year, like most people it was filled with family, fun & lots of food. We celebrated with Nona (Phil's Mom), Phil's dad and the Maltby family. Natalie made a haul, getting a ton of presents (thank you everyone!). She really enjoyed all the chaos and the wrapping paper was a blast! I think her favorite presents included the touch & feel Christmas book and all the awesome hand me down's from her favorite second cousins.

I won't bore you with the details, but I will say it was a wonderful Christmas and I can't wait until next year! Here are some photos of the fun:

Tree decorating with Dad. (don't mind the drool covered shirt)

Christmas with Nona.

After a quick nap, she was back in action. She spent the rest of the time reading her new touch & feel Christmas book (thank you Uncle Jeff & Aunt Laurie) with Grandpa.

Everyone got into the holiday spirit!

Not gonna lie, this beard is a little creepy, sorry honey!