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We recently had photos taken of our family at a special place in Glen Allen, MS..I can’t wait to see them and pick out which photo will be on our Christmas Cards this year…

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I think I will order these cute ornaments this year for Banks and Grant…I love to have a new photo of them on the tree each year.. http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/pewter-ornament

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it's been a while....

Wow..July 25 since my last post. I have been telling myself weekly to update the blog but something else more important always comes up. We have been really busy...now NOV 3 and it feels like back to school is finally slowing down...Grant played soccer for the first time this season and well....he didn't LOVE it, but he liked it. Grant was more interested in playing with grass and picking flowers for me..needless to say i am glad its over until spring. He really likes WS and loves his teachers...Mrs Trammell and RoRo.

Latest Funny-...Grant and some other classmates were playing school on the playground when Suzi Paige (the teacher) found a cup and told Grant (the student) to tee tee in it behind a tree while she held the cup. They got caught...how funny this will be to tell when they are both in high school. I am sure that Mrs Trammell talked with both of them about how inappropriote this was.

Then there is Banks...he is 8 months old now, 6 teeth, crawling, and not far from walking. He is ALL OVER the place. I would love to say that he is sleeping all night but that would be a lie....he did for a short period of time and now gets up several times....wearing us all out! Grant and Banks love each other...I can tell that Banks wants to be just like big brother and do everything Grant does. I wish he would slow down and not grow up so fast.

enough typing...now for some pics

My Boys

Quick update on the BOYS

Grant just turned 4! He is so excited about Washington School and playing soccer this fall. His new favorite movie is Toy Story...all three of them..He has every character from the movies and plays with them just like Andy does on the movie...Sometimes I feel like Woody is sad when Grant takes Buzz on a trip with us instead of him....

Grant loves living in the Delta and sadly never talks about Madison and missing it at all. I still get sad when I think of all his sweet friends and school he went to. He loves his little brother and sometimes gets a little rough but Banks just smiles at him...like "I'll get you back one day..just wait".

Banks is 5 months old....his birth still feels like yesterday. He has adjusted well to the new house and will never know the differance. He is the happiest baby ever...smiles more than anyone I know...he will even smile during an emotional breakdown if you look at him and say "hey little booga booga"' he has been eating baby food for several weeks now and love fruit....vegtables..not so much. he can roll over and weighed 13 lbs at the last dr. visit...I am thinking he is at least 15lbs now... We will find our next week.

I love these two boys so much...I am so proud of both of them and can't believe how sweet they both are...

Moving "Home"

I am excited that I can finally announce that The Nixon Crew is moving back to the Delta. In the next few weeks we are moving to Chatham, MS aka Lake Jackson to raise our kids "in the country". This is something Mark and I have talked about for a long time but did not see happining this soon. It is kinda bittersweet to me because I really love Madison and First Baptist Childcare Center...Grant has made some great friends and it breaks my heart to take him away from them....I have planned his birthday party for June 19 (one month early) so he can celebrate with all his friends here before we move.

Grant will start Washington School in August and I am so excited to see him grow there the same way I did for 12 years. Mark starts on July 1 as a Farm Bureau Agent for Washington Co. and I will continue to do what I love and raise money for the March of Dimes.

Our house in Madison is on the market so if you know of anyone looking for a house let us know...you can look it up at Charlotte Smith Real Estate.

3 Months!

Three Months....oh my! Banks is the sweetest baby. He has such a differant personality than Grant..I can tell he is going to be a tough little mommas boy. He is sleeping through the night and has been off and on for several weeks. I have been feeding him a little fruit here and there (a little early) and he loves it. He is a great eater but still has reflux and spits up ALL the time. It does not seem to bother him so we just wipe it up and keep on going.

I am having so much fun with my two boys! I really don't know what I would do with a girl.

2 months and Hospital Stay

I guess since I am spending night 2 at Blair E Batson Children's Hospital with my 9 week old....I will blog.

Banks is two months old now and started daycare on monday...four days later he is in the hospital with a fever virus. Lovely! On Thursday night he woke up with 103.5 fever and of course I was waiting outside as Children's Medical Group opened on Friday morning....Much to my surprise Dr. Ellison said he needs to go straight to Batson...Since he is so little and on had 1 round of shots he is really not vaccinated from anything so they had to treat it like it the worst... When we arrived they took a blood culture, urine culture, and spinal tap to check for various infections...after 24 hours they cultures are still fine...It is Saturday at 10:00 and we just began our 24 hour fever free count down...Looks like it will be at least monday morning before we will go home.

I had never been to this hospital until I started working for March of Dimes and after making a few visits to some volunteers here I told myself...I hope my children NEVER have to come here...Kids just aren't supposed to be sick...

I am thankful for just a fever virus because I have seen some much sicker kids roaming these halls...One little girl had her door open and they whole room was decorated to look like her room at home...She has been here for a long time and is not going home anytime soon. I don't know what is wrong with her but I can't imagine how her family dealing with daily hospital for such a long period of time.

At Seven weeks Banks got his first set of immunization shots and weighed in at 9lbs 8oz....at Nine weeks he weighed 9lbs 10oz...not much weight gain in three weeks...I hope that is ok.

Magdalena's Feet

I met the Robert's Family a little over a year ago but never got the chance to meet their sweet Magdalena. Julie was scheduled to speak at my March for Babies kickoff lunch on a Thursday in January but the Tuesday before sweet Magdalena went to be with Jesus. Her funeral was held the very hour of our luncheon and Julie had a good friend come to replace her to speak about the Life of Magdalena.

They have become great friends and volunteers of the March of Dimes since the day they discovered their daughter would be born with Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18). In 2009 Magdalena's Feet team raised over $17,000 for March for Babies and are on track to do the same in 2010. BUT....they need your help!

Southern Belle designed a shirt for them to sell as a fundraiser and they want to sell as many as possible. Please leave a comment if you would like a shirt. And....go to http://www.noahandjulieroberts.blogspot.com/ for more of their story...Her version is much better than mine