Christmas Part 3

For Christmas Part 3, we packed up and flew to Baton Rouge where we had a slew of family to meet! The Curry's were anxiously awaiting their 3 grandsons/great nephews to arrive! We got in LATE Wednesday night. By the time we got into Baton Rouge (after an hour drive from the airport in New Orleans) it was almost 1:30 am, and yes, the boys were still awake at this point. Around 2:30 we finally got into bed. Here is Quin on his first plane ride!


Thursday morning started like EVERY morning should...at COFFEE CALL eating beneits and drinking cafe au lait. YUM. Basically a funnell cake for breakfast. Who could say NO to that? It's one of my favorite things about Baton Rouge. It's probably a very good thing that Lubbock does not have somewhere like this...good for the waistline anyways. That day consisted of going to Granny Curry's to pick oranges and to visit, a little last minute shopping, a LONG nap, and some gumbo for dinner that night. After dinner, there was a knock at the door. SANTA CLAUS came to visit! He brought the boys a present and told them that he'd be visiting and leaving thier gifts at home in Lubbock. What a special treat! We love Santa!







Friday morning....yep, you guessed it. Back to Coffee Call! After stuffing our faces with fried dough we went back to Granny's and the boys raked her leaves for her. There were a LOT of leaves! Quin and I watched from inside, but John and Braidy were all over the place...jumping in piles of leaves, swinging, running, eating, you name it. Ryan and Uncle Dan did a great job and I know Granny was so thankful for them to help her get all the leaves up off the yard! Later that day after another LONG nap, Todd, Marci and Noah arrived! The boys had alot of fun playing together. Noah is getting so big and is as cute as can be! After a yummy fried shrimp dinner, we all just hung out. The boys went to the hotel with Nena ane Pops and had a fun fun time.

Saturday morning...Merry Christmas! There were a TON of gifts under the tree, and most of them belonged to the boys. Talk about spoiled! Everyone was so good to us, now we just had to figure out how to get everything back on the plane! We opened presents, played with new toys, and had an amazing Christmas lunch consisting of ham, fried turkey, gravy, lasagna, salad, spinach madeline, dressing, and tons of delicious desserts! YUM! Later we went back over to Granny's to celebrate Christmas with her.








We had a wonderful Christmas with Ryan's family! We loved spending time with everyone who we don't get to see nearly often enough. Again, it was so nice and so special to spend time with family that we love dearly. Looking forward to our next trip to Baton Rouge...and no, not just for the Coffee Call!

We flew back EARLY EARLY Sunday morning. These last few pictures will show you just how much fun (and NOT how much sleep we all got) we had on our trip!




And I almost forgot...my utmost moment of failure as a mother thus far. We were lining up to board the plane and Ryan was talking to a friend he knew. I go to throw something away in the trash and this man walks back into our "waiting area" carrying my child, sweet Braidy. He apparently had taken off running down the airport, quite a good ways the man tells me. Mind you, he had done this earlier, but I had seen him, and I chased him a good 20 yards. However, this time he saw his moment of escape and took off. This poor guy had a daughter and he left her with a stranger to go chase my child. Proud moment. Braidy kept saying "I run away"...and he was so proud. I promise he loves us...he just likes being a little turd even more!

Christmas Part 2 + Christmas Card 2010

Christmas Part 2 was at the Curry house with just us FIVE! We gave the boys their gifts on Tuesday night, because we were headed to Baton Rouge for Christmas the next day. The boys each opened their presents from mommy and daddy and played the rest of the night! It's funny to me because out of all the gifts they were given, they each played with only one, and really could have cared less about the rest. Braidy played with his Mickey Mouse choo-choo train (I could have guessed that) over and over and over and over. John played with "Toothless" the dragon from How to Train a Dragon. The other toys are still sitting where they were opened. Hopefully they'll all get some attention eventually! Again, sweet Quin slept through the festivities, but he did get some cute clothes from momma and daddy!





And a late "MERRY CHRISTMAS" from our family to yours!

Christmas: Part 1

Yes, our Christmas will be divided into 4 parts. Part one is Christmas with LuLu, Papaw, the Stone's, and Aunt Rachy. We celebrated the weekend before Christmas. On Saturday, LuLu took us on the Polar Express! The boys were so excited to go on the "choo choo" and we kept talking about it until it was time to finally go! Braidy was sure that he would see cows on the choo choo, because of course, Mickey Mouse sees cows on his choo choo. I hope he wasn't disappointed. The elves sang songs, we got to see Santa, we drank hot chocolate and ate a cookie and we read the story of the Polar Express. The boys had a great time and looked so cute in their jammies. Towards the end they all got a little restless, but it was so fun and I know they really enjoyed it! Thank you LuLu for taking us all on the Polar Express! We had a great time!!!






After the train ride we went to LuLu's for some yummy mexican food and presents! The boys all dug into their gifts and it was a wild place to be...and it's only going to get crazier from here on out! John got a marshmallow gun that was a hit (literally), there were blocks and pretend food everywhere. They had a fun time opening and playing. Sweet Quin slept through most of it, but he was spoiled too. What a fun first, first Christmas it was for him!





As always, everyone was so good to us. What really made it fun and special, was having 4 sweet boys there to watch have the time of their lives. I have so many wonderful memories of Christmastime with my family. I love watching my kids make memories of their own with each other. This whole Christmas season has been especially special having a newborn baby boy. Remembering why we even celebrate Christmas in the first place is really put into perspective when we have our very own baby to celebrate with.

one month old!

Happy One Month Birthday to YOU!
Happy One Month Birthday to YOU!
Happy One Month Birthday to Quin Joseph!
Happy One Month Birthday to YOU!

Wow. Already a month! This has been such a great month...such a fast month, but amazing too. Little Quin is just the best baby. Braidy was a good baby, but Quin is a dream baby. Here's what's going on at ONE month old:

-wearing 0-3 and some 3-6 month clothes. Goodbye Newborn stuff!
-wearing size 1 diapers...but those too will be gone in the near future!
-weighs about 12 pounds...he's a CHUNK!!!
-has 2 chins, and has since birth =)
-sleeps GREAT! The first "stretch" at night he'll go 5 or 6 hours before he wakes up hungry, and then 3 after that, lucky momma!
-he nurses great. During the day he'll get lazy and fall asleep while eating, but he definitely makes up for it at some point!
-is staying awake a little more during the day.
-LOVES to cuddle. I could hold him all day long...you know, if I could.
-likes his swing alot!
-likes bathtime, finally!
-LOVES riding in the car. Never hear a peep from him!
-Still has dark blue eyes.
-gets 123,456,789 kisses per day from Braidy!
-makes the funniest noises. He is such a GRUNTER! He'll grunt and grunt before he falls asleep. The sweetest noise he makes is when he's nursing or trying to fall asleep, he'll just make a sweet sigh at every breath, and it could just melt your heart.
-Makes really funny faces after he's eaten. He'll go from a huge smile to a huge sad face in a matter of seconds. Eyes roll every which way, I love to just watch him and wonder what's going on in his little head.
-Has a very prominent dimple on his right cheek, and one on his left cheek that will show up if he smiles REALLY big!

Happy One Month Birthday sweet Quin. You are just as sweet as can be and we are all in love with you. Thank you, Lord, for this precious blessing! Here are some pictures from his first month of life!

Visitors

Since our little man came into the world, we've had a whole slew of visitors, and I wanted to post about them! We're so thankful for everyone who made an effort to come meet the newest Curry!

Visitors #1: Poppa and JJ.
It was funny, because when dad was here BEFORE Quin was born (patiently waiting, I might add) dad said he'd see us at Christmas. Then, when I called him telling him we were on our way to the hospital, he said he'd probably be up in a couple weeks. Then when I talked to him after Quin was born, he said he'd be there Saturday. He had to come meet his newest grandson! We were really happy to have them come up! Jan cooked a great lunch for us on Sunday. Although the trip was short and sweet, Quin loved meeting his Poppa and JJ!


Visitors #2: Aunt Jess, Uncle Chris, Crockett, Aunt Rach, Uncle Tim, Aunt Darla and Meredith
Jess, Chris, Crockett, and Rach all came to spend Thanksgiving in the LBK, but it just so happened that it was one week after Quin was born! Although it was a wild weekend, we were still so happy they came! My Aunt Darla, Uncle Tim, and cousin Meredith came to meet Quin on Thanksgiving Day. They stayed a couple days, and we were so happy to have them come to Lubbock!!!




Visitors #3: Nena and Pops.
Nena and Pops came on Friday night to stay for a while. All the boys were happy to see them, and Quin was excited to meet another set of grandparents! What a lucky little boy! Pops had to head back to Baton Rouge on Monday, and Nena stayed until Thursday. We really enjoyed their visit! Braidy and John got to go to Chuck E Cheeze with Nena on Wednesday...definitely a tradition with their Nena and Pops (Pops got out of it this time :))


Visitor #4: Uncle Mike.
Uncle Mike had to come meet his newest GREAT nephew! We were so excited for him to come stay with us for a weekend. We had a great time with him, and tried our hardest to brainwash him into loving Texas Tech...with no success. He loved getting to love on little Quin...and the big guys had fun playing basketball with Uncle Mike!