Who does Brody look like?

His Daddy? His Mommy?


His Uncle Curt?














His Uncle Bryan?












Everywhere we go I get the same question, " who does he look like?" When he was born he looked exactly like my brother Bryan. I saw it, Adam saw it and everyone else did too. I think it was the little round full face. But the older Brody gets the more like his daddy he looks. As much as I want to say he looks like Adam I have to admit he looks A LOT like my brother Curt. I took these pictures last week. Let me know what you think.

Stomach Virus and Black eyes

Last week was crazy. Last Saturday we had our annual Pine Orchard Fair. This is one of the only community fairs left in the state of Tennessee. When I met Adam I started going every year. It is a time of good food, music and fellowship. Adam and I set up a booth this year for the first time. I took pictures for little souvenirs and Adam had pumpkins and gourds. We had a great time and we did pretty good too.

We rested all day on Sunday and Monday headed back to work. I called home during my planning period to check on Brody and Sandy told me that Anna had gotten sick. My heart sank. I hated that Anna got sick but I was also a little worried that Brody would get it. I decided to stay home and keep him away from Anna and Joseph on Tuesday. We had a really fun day and I thought we had escaped the "bug". I was wrong! Wednesday morning about 4 Adam and I woke up to hear Brody get sick. He was so pitiful. This was the first time he had ever thrown up before. Everytime before he got sick he would start crying and saying Mommy or Daddy in the most heart-wrenching voice I had ever heard. Adam was off that day so I decided to go on to work and get my stuff ready to be off for the rest of the week. I took Thursday off and Brody felt much better. We had another great day full of rest and play. Friday morning about 3 I woke up and noticed Adam wasn't in the bed. Then I heard him. He had the virus too. Joseph and Bobbie Lyn got sick on Wednesday, Paul got sick on Saturday and Sandy got sick Sunday. Harold and I are the only ones that have escaped the plague so far. I don't know if it is inevitable or if maybe from being around all the students all the time has helped me build up an immunity. (i hope)

Once Brody was over his sickness he was just like new. He loves to hop around all the time. He is a little on the clumsy side ( I don't know where he gets it- ha!). It's kinda an on-going joke with us. Brody falls so much that we are a little used to it now. Most of the time he gets up and just laughs at himself. Lately he has noticed more when he gets a boo-boo. Friday when I got to Sandy's to pick him up I noticed his eye right away. It looked awful and I just knew it was going to be black. Sandy was reading one of her home remedy books on how to treat bruises and it said to put preparation H on it to avoid swelling and minimize healing. We tried it and it worked really well. It still had a little bruising but nothing like we thought. I tried to get a good picture but Brody didn't really want to cooperate.

Introducing Miss Emma Genevieve Rue

Trampas, Tabitha and Gracie Rue Welcomed Emma Genevieve Rue into the world this morning. Tab had a C-section. I just talked to Trampas and he said everything went great. She weighed a whopping 9 lb and was 21 inches long. I can't wait to see her tomorrow and take lots more pictures!!! I love all 4 of you all very much.

"Sweet" little boy

Well it is no surprise to me that Brody loves sweets. He has definitely come by it honestly through his daddy. Yesterday when I got there to pick Brody up from his Gramma's house she couldn't wait to tell me a funny story. At about the same time yesterday, Anna and Joseph both had to poo-poo and since they have been using the potty, Sandy rushed them into the bathroom together. This left Brody to play with all the toys by himself. Apparently Brody wanted to play with more than just toys. Anna finished using the potty and went to play with Brody. Sandy said that in just a few minutes Anna came running into the bathroom and said, "Mammy, Mammy, Bobo, Bobo) (Anna and Joseph call Brody Bobo) Sandy said it was like Anna was telling on Brody for doing something bad. She said she went to see what Brody was doing and then she saw him! He had found a Bowl with some freshly made cupcakes for all the kids to share later. Somehow he got the bowl open and licked each one right down the middle while sitting under the kitchen table. Sandy said she started cracking up. When Brody saw her he came out from his hiding place and wanted someone to clean off his hands. She did manage to get this picture and I wanted to share with all of you! He really is my "Sweet" little boy!

Shaving already?

Well of course Brody isn't shaving but one day this week he was feeling a little puny and it was raining so I wanted something for him to do inside. We let him put his hand prints on a t-shirt and he wanted to paint something else. Because I saw what a mess he made, I decided to do something a little different. I got out the shaving cream. It was so funny to watch him play with that stuff. He looked at me like mom, I am getting this everywhere. He loved it. I am going to have to get some of the cheap cans to have for this winter so he can play with it again. I really suggest letting your children play with it too- it's really a lot easier to clean up than paint!! I hope you enjoy the pictures.