Christmas Photos at Ann's House

We usually take the Brightman family Christmas picture during Thanksgiving. Since Todd and I are taking Mary Bradford to Decatur for Thanksgiving to spend some time with my family, we had to go ahead and take the Christmas picture. Although it is a little early, I must admit that I have already put up AND decorated my Christmas tree as I have gotten into the season early this year. As she always does, Mary Bradford had a great time running around her Nana’s house (making a mess) and pulling out many, many, many toys. I had another proud mommy moment as Mary Bradford told us all that she had to go potty. We watched her go inside and assumed she was using her potty, but you know what people say when you assume. Ann normally keeps Mary Bradford’s potty near the living room, but since she was having the family over, she moved it to the guest bathroom. When Mary Bradford went inside to go POTTY, she wandered through the house looking for her potty and when she could not find it and could not hold it any longer, she finally decided to go on Nana’s floor. She promptly came outside and told me exactly where to find it in front of everyone! At that moment, I knew that being a mommy was a very important job…

Bass Pro Shop on November 22, 2008

We had dinner with our good friends, Stephanie and Matt, and their little boy Evan the other night. We then took Evan and Mary Bradford to the Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort. They were amazed at the huge fish tanks and real-looking stuffed animals that are all over the store. Mary Bradford ended up taking a Barbie fishing pole as a souvenir after of course, she dropped her entire Vitamin Water in the checkout area. As soon as the clerk paged maintenance over the loud speaker and said that she needed a cleanup, I knew that motherhood was definitely among me, but surprisingly, I was not embarrassed as it was truly an accident. Anyway, the picture shown is Mary Bradford willingly sitting in Santa’s lap. She asked him for a dollhouse and a fishing pole which is quite interesting.

Auburn / Georgia Game on November 15th

We loaded up in the car and took another trip to stay in the camper at Auburn and had so much fun that it almost obliterated the memory of yet another loss by the Auburn Tigers. Well, at least for me it did. Now, Todd, Brad and Ryan are another story… For this trip, we were joined in our camper by Ann, Brad and Ryan and in the camper beside us were Todd’s cousins, Sherry, Alan, Ashley and Joey. The weather turned out to be soooooo cold and Mary Bradford was entertained by having hand warmers in her pocket. She even made a few friends with some little girls and boys who were tailgating next to us. They all enjoyed playing with Sherry’s portable basketball goal, which by the way, was a great find. Tailgating will be even more fun when Todd’s cousin, Ashley, has her little girl tailgating with us. This ends our Auburn season as we will not be attending the Iron Bowl. Thanks again to Sherry and Alan, we have “winterized” our camper and will most likely not visit it again until the cold weather has passed. We are looking forward to making some more family memories in our camper….