Happy Birthday Alderman Rhys

Alder turned one on the 17th of this month. We celebrated with friends and family with a brunch to rejoice over this boy's first year of life and his baptism on that Sunday. I will add more later, but the change that occurs from newborn to toddler is astonishing.

Happy Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

Theodore Hume Wingfield

Sweet little T.H. was born on Dec. 29th to Jackson and Lesley which makes this their 3rd boy, 9th Wingfield cousin, and 7th boy cousin. He is beautiful and sweet. I only got to see him briefly before we left to come back to Demopolis, but I hear great things about him. He sleeps a lot and is very loved by his older brothers. We went to the hospital to visit and all 9 of Yaya's grandchildren were photographed together. Number 10 is due in mid-April and #11 (ours) is due late May. This means there will be 11 grandchildren/1st cousins under the age of 7 or 10 under the age of 5. Pretty amazing isn't it. They are all healthy and wonderful children. God is so good.

Christmas Morning

So once again we barely got our camera out for any of the Christmas Festivities. Now part of that is due to the fact that Jared and I came down with a stomach thing on Christmas morning and it lasted a good two days. We missed all Wingfield fun on Christmas and barely saw my family as Jared and I were both laid up in bed. Jared got it far far worse than I. Bless his heart. However, Alder loved the day, the fun, the paper and bows, and he is just such a joy. I have fallen in love with him in a new way. I cannot explain it. I wonder if it has something to do with the fact I have stopped nursing and I am starting to see that he is so incredibly bonded to me regardless if he is nursing or not. Does this make sense? He needs and wants me because I am his mother. Its a wonderful feeling.