Catching Up

Oh man, I'm slackin again!! Last time I posted, Clemson was 5-0 and I was excited! Well, it's three weeks later and believe it or not, Clemson is now 8-0. That's right y'all, we've won our first 8 games of the season and are ranked 6th in the AP polls and #5 in the BCS. WHAT?!!! This weekend we play GA Tech in Atlanta and I found out from a co-worker with a GA Tech connection that this weekend is their homecoming. How dreadful to have to play your homecoming game against one of the top 5 teams in the country. Bummer for the jackets. In other news, Sports Illustrated posted a great article about Clemson which you can read here...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1191563/index.htm

Other things that have happened since I last posted...this little man had his 1st birthday!!!

I'll have to post a more recent pic later, but he is walking (everywhere, he never stops!), talking (he's been saying "ball" for a long time now but he also say "hi" to just about everybody he sees and he's starting to imitate other sounds and words so I'm getting pretty excited about that), and melting hearts all day errr day! 


Finally, I found out this morning (yes, it's only October 26th) that I would get my first snow day of the school year!!! I checked the websites early this morning and didn't see any indication of a cancellation so I got ready for the day and was bout to head out the door but decided to check facebook quick before I left...thank goodness I did because a co-worker's status filled me in on the news that school had been cancelled! Nobody could get a hold of the teacher in charge of starting the phone tree so I didn't get the memo until way late but I'm not complainin! Here is what it's lookin like on my balcony right about now...

I think I'll go make some hot chocolate!! 

Baby Barrett: 3 Months!

Baby Barrett is already over three months old...can y'all believe that?! I went to see him today and he has grown so much. He looks so much like Noah did when he was a baby, that when Holley pulled out an old scrapbook and saw a picture of little Noah, she said, "Yep, there's Barrett!" So cute!! So here is a picture my sister-in-law Lisa and baby Bear...love it!

*Photo by the talented Christa Tippmann

Baby Bear

Ok, seriously...I can't get enough of this little guy! I held him for a half hour while he slept yesterday, and couldn't stop looking at his sweet little face and watching all of the hilarious expressions he made while he was asleep. I am definitely putty in his tiny little hands. Check out this super cute picture of baby Bear in a nest!

*Photo by the talented Christa Tippmann

Sweet Baby Barrett Cameron

Oh man, I am so excited...I have another nephew!! The little guy arrived October 7th, safe and healthy weighing in at 7lbs 7oz! His name is Barrett Cameron and he is the sweetest thing EVER! This is how the whole thing happened...I was almost asleep Wednesday night when my phone rang at precisely 10:51pm. It was my brother Brian asking if I could come over. I was "on call" for when it happened, so I could watch their two other kids, Noah and Holley. Luckily they were sleeping at this point because her labor was progressing so quickly that they had to leave the house about 5 minutes before I arrived. Two hours after labor began, Barrett was born! One of the best parts about it was waking the other little ones up the next morning and telling them their mom had the baby. Both of them had pretty different reactions when they found out it was a boy. Noah emphatically said "YES!" and did a little fist pump. Holley just said "Oh", followed by, "Now there are three boys." I think she was feeling a little out-numbered until about an hour later when Brian came home and reminder her that means that she's still the princess of the family. Later that day I ventured to the hospital to meet baby Bear. He is so perfect! Right now he's just a little bundle that sleeps and eats...I can't wait to watch him grow up! Here are a few pictures from his birthday...

Every good and perfect gift is from above...James 1:17