Happy Thanksgiving

Kara Jane's first Thanksgiving was spent in Madison at Khaki and Q's house. The cute turkey shirt was from Nana.


To say Mama Rains is smitten with the newest addition to the Hughes family is probably an understatement.


With all the excitement, Levi did NOT want to take a nap. He was finally coerced into "resting" on his daddy. I think he was out in less than 10 seconds.


After nap, we all went to a new Veteran's Memorial in Huntsville. Khaki and Q had bricks engraved - one for my grandaddy Greer and one for my papa. The kids are sitting / standing near the bricks. Can you find the names?

Hints - the picture above has my grandaddy Greer's name AND don't let Levi's look fool you.

Christmas Parade

We went to the Christmas parade again at the nearby outdoor mall. This year, Daddy didn't get to go with us, because he was visiting Dee Dee - and Nana and Papa. Instead, Kara Jane and Levi's wonderful caregiver and her husband met us there for a fun evening.


I think Levi waved at every single person in the parade as they passed us.

And of course, CC and Audy met us there, too, for Kara's first Christmas parade.


Levi loves attention from his aunts!

First Field Trip

Today was Levi's first field trip with school. When I heard about the day, I knew I was going to take the day off to spend the day with him. Then, we found out if a parent / guardian didn't go, then the child didn't go.

The field trip was a fun day at Old Baker Farm - where we have gone the past two Halloweens to get our pumpkins.
Levi got to pet a baby chick and a baby duck, a rabbit, a lamb, and several goats.


We worked our way through a hay maze.

He found an old rocking chair to rest for a minute.


He also climbed the hay bales.



We even got pumpkins again. He was a little nervous on the hay ride to the pumpkin patch that the "desperadoes" would come to get us like they did when we went to get our first pumpkins. This time, no desperadoes... So, he quickly became focused on the fact that he wanted a green pumpkin this time. His teacher was a little nervous that he wouldn't find one... He wasn't disappointed, though. :-)


All that fun meant one tired boy.

Rolling Video

A quick video of Levi and Kara Jane.


Finally, a video of Kara Jane rolling over.


PS - don't you love her dress? Daddy picked it out from Janie and Jack - and it was less than $13!!