Congrats Aunt Wee Wee!

Last Saturday Aunt Wee Wee (Whitney) graduated from Mississippi College with a degree in Elementary Education.  Of course we went!  The keynote speaker was in education, and he was actually interesting.  His speech was based around Dr. Seuss' Oh, The Places You'll Go, which is one of Whitney's favorite books!  You should have seen the smile on her face when he started!  (Not to take the attention off Whitney, but when Taylor and I graduated we had a professor from the MC Law Department and he was horrible, boring, self centered, and so much more!)

She is also excited because she will be a 2nd grade teacher in Byram this next school year.  Yay!!!  Let me just tell you that she is going to be the best teacher around.  I know I am partial to her, but she just has so much love and passion for these kids.  We need more teachers like that!


I am super sad that I didn't get any pics of her in her cap and gown, but I did get a few pics during the ceremony and quite a few afterwards.  Whitney is in the middle of this first pic.  She is sitting to the left of the girl with blue cords.  Please note that Aunt Wee Wee has white cords -- she worked super hard and graduated with honors!  Yay!

And here are a few I snapped of us in the bleachers before (ok and one during...  but please don't tell haha!)

And this is one of my favorites!  Aunt Wee Wee looks sooooo excited and relieved to be finished!

And now for pics of Aunt Wee Wee with lots of family.  Somehow Lily Kate snuck in quite a few!

This is another of my faves!  Taylor and 2 of his sisters, Whitney and Kasey (better known as Aunt Wee Wee and Aunt K K).

Ok and you know I have to throw in a family pic.  Not the best, but hey it's memories!

After graduation we had a reception for Whitney at Aunt Becky's house with even more family and friends.  And good food!  Then that night we went to eat at O' Charleys.  What a great day.  Congrats Aunt Wee Wee, we love you!

Some time for Green Pea!

Everybody tells me that the 2nd baby doesn't get as much attention as baby # 1.  Green Pea is baby # 2.  Yes, it is already happening so that is why this entire post is dedicated to Green Pea... and there will not be anything in this one about LKG (you know we love her though!!!).

First of all, why is Green Pea's name Green Pea???  We found out we were expecting again and I wanted  to give Gage and Ella an idea of how tiny baby was in my tummy.  I found a website that gives you a weekly fruit or veggie that was about the same size so you could get an idea...  and at that point Green Pea was the size of a green pea and the name just stuck!  Today marks week 18 and Green Pea is the size of a:

Sweet Potato!!!  

He/She weighs about 6.5 oz and is about 5.6" long from head to rump, not counting legs.  Wow, that is amazing huh!  I am just starting to feel Green Pea move around and it such a special feeling.  I know soon that I will be groaning every time he/she moves around, but for now I am enjoying it.  And do ya want to know what all Green Pea is doing?  Green Pea is passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking, and swallowing.  No wonder I am so tired, he/she is never still!!!

And the countdown is on -- 16 days until we know if Green Pea is a boy or a girl!!!  These 16 days will take forever, and then it will seem like forever until Green Pea gets here (due date is October 12, but Green Pea will be arriving about a week early).  So I will be counting the days on any posts for the next 16 days, but until we know for sure please leave a comment and let me know what you think.  Will it be pink or blue??? or maybe green...  after all his/her name is Green Pea!!!???

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my very special Mama!  Thank you for all that you do for me and my family.  Taylor, Lily Kate and I love you so much!!!



Here we are at my baby shower for Lily Kate...

and sitting on the front steps at my parents house...

visiting Aunt Ann in Houston...

 And a Happy Mother's Day to Mrs. Darlene, Mamaw, and Grandmommy.  As you know, these are Taylor's Mother and Grandmothers.  I love them dearly and the love me too... even though Mrs. Darlene has let me know that when she comes to visit, it's to see Lily Kate and not me!  But that's ok, she and my mother say that there is nothing like grandbabies!!!

Mamaw, Mrs. Darlene, and me at another baby shower for Lily Kate

Mrs. Darlene, Me, my Mama

Taylor, Lily Kate, and Grandmommy





So happy mother's day to all the wonderful mothers in our lives!!!

Happy Easter!

Well Easter was 2 days ago, but I hope and pray that you and your family had a wonderful and blessed Easter.  Easter is such an important day as it is when our Jesus Christ rose from the grave.  He is not there anymore, and it's because of Him that we live!

Us Gibsons had a rather busy Easter Sunday.  Our day (or I should say my day) started at 5am!  That is so super early for me!!!  Taylor and Lily Kate woke up at 6 and we made it to our church's sunrise service at 7.  Just in the nick of time I might ad!  We had a wonderful service, thank you  Bro. David and Bro. Todd.  Our service was over at 9 and we stopped by our house to get Lily Kate's milk.  Then it was off to Clinton to go to church with Grandmommy, and we made it just in the nick of time!  Another great church service!  So then it was lunch with Grandmommy, then off to see Mamaw and about 40 other family members.  Lily Kate participated in her first Easter egg hunt, but was more interested in the leaves than in the eggs!  After Mamaws, we went back home and had another egg hunt and supper with Ninnie, Poppy, Uncle Phillip, Gage and Ella.  Let's just say that after that was bedtime and Lily Kate was whipped!

 This was Lily Kate's first Easter, so of course I have a ton of pics!  Here ya go!

Lily Kate's Easter basket...  that I painted!!!

Lily Kate had to stop and talk to the little girl that was getting her picture taken too!  She is quite social...

Lily Kate even had a basket at Ninnie & Poppy's house...

Lily Kate and Teague were after the same egg..  Oh no!

Well that was a recap of our oh so busy but oh so wonderful day!  We missed seeing lots of our family, but hopefully we will see them soon.  May is a super busy month for us, so hopefully there will be more good pics and good blog topics...

2 years and counting!

Happy Anniversary Taylor!

Taylor and I got married 2 years ago today, and here are a few pics of that oh so wonderful day.  I love you Taylor and am looking forward to many many many more wonderful years together!

and here we are getting ready to get on our cruise!  we had a fabulous time cruising around the Bahamas, and I am so ready to go back!

after our cruise we spent a night at The Blue, a resort in Miami...  wow!

Lily Kate can...

***Walk!  She started walking about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and hasn't stopped!  Her little legs are still bow legged, and she is super cute toddling/walking around.  She can't walk in shoes yet, but we are working on that!

***Climb on and off the couch.  Yep I was cooking last week, looked up and she was on the couch!  She had a few falls off the couch before she learned how to get down without a bump and a bruise!

***Say lots of words:  Mama, Dada, Ninnie, Mimi, No No, nigh nigh (night night), Meow, Gage, choo choo, Bye Bye, Hey, kitty, baby, juice, bite, who's that, what's that, uh oh, yum yum, good good good, get back, mine, ball, boon (balloon), baba (bottle), roll it (for patty cake), whoa (she gets this from her daddy!), thank (she usually leaves of the you!), O (hello)...

***Feed you a bite of her snack!  The other day she fed Ninnie some goldfish, and yesterday she fed me some cheese!

***Give you sugar & blow you sugar.  Sometimes it is quite slobbery, but that's ok!

***Cheese for a camera!  Ok, maybe I have taken one or two pics of her and she knows what to do!  She can also flip thru the pics on an Iphone!  Crazy!

***Hold her bottle!  Yes finally, she can (but doesn't always) hold her bottle and sippy cup.  This morning she tried to feed her daddy a bottle!

***Bite!  We are working on that too...

***Squeal!  She is not a big laugher, or a big giggler, but the girl can squeal!  I love it!  And it's all thanks to Aunt Wee Wee!

This is just a small sample of what all this little miracle can do.  She amazes us daily, makes us laugh daily, and we thank God daily for her daily!