Jimbo's 30th Surprise 'Stache Bash

So I've fallen majorly behind in my blog posts -- most that have been coming through have just been a text message from the ol' iphone - but I'm trying to catch up before Wyatt gets here! Back in March we had a surprise birthday party for my sweet hubby, Jimbo! :) 

Although Jimmy had said he just wanted to go to dinner for his birthday, and no party -- I decided what better time to really surprise him than when he specifically asked for no party (haha)! I also just wanted to do something for Jimmy to show him how much I love him and how much he means to not only me but to our family, friends, etc. Thanks to everyone who helped me pull this major surprise off... It was NOT easy. Since we had just moved to Georgia less than three months prior, we were having the party in Greenville, were fairly "newly" preggo, and still suffering through two mortgages and two sets of bills - I can easily say I would not have been able to pull the party off without everyone's help. Thanks everyone for helping me show Jimmy how amazing he is - and how thankful I am that he was born 30 years ago on March 15. Don't know what I do without you, Jimbo!!! :) Love you lots....

Here are photos from the night -- our mustache themed partay!

Here are some pre-guest shots... We had the party at Gigi's fabulous party-throwing house in Greenville:

We had some photos of Jimmy blown up and placed throughout the house (the one below is of Jimmy and James at JCT right near Fripp - a family fav!):

Everyone loved seeing the pics of Jimbo through the years (pictured below, his senior year pic):

We had all sorts of mustaches, pics, booze and food sprinkled around:

Haha, the below picture was compliments of Mary Sims -- she blew up a picture of Jimmy from his first year at E&Y - during busy season. All the guys had a mustache competition since they were basically living in the office and not getting out much. Obviously my Tom-Selleck-look-alike hubby won. We decided to paste the picture on the body of a full body cut out of Tom Cruise that Gigi had in her basement. 

Hahaha... PRICELESS 

"Wet your whiskers..."

Our amazing cake, which was made by an old co-worker of mine. That was one mean, HUGE, mustache on top (made of rice crispy treats!):

We had yummy barbecue: 

My pinterest inspired 80's/90's candy station. 

Once we were all set up - the guest started to trickle in... Those Greers always make a party! 

David decided to take the theme quite seriously and grew out a mean fu manchu (sp?):

Cheryl and Chuck came up for the suprise from A-town:

Everyone had fun trying their staches on while we waited on the birthday boy!

These two were the biggest help for the party ever! 

WE TOTALLY GOT HIM -- DID NOT HAVE A CLUE! :) 

I was so excited he was so surprised! He had gone to check out my parents new mountain house that they had been renovating... And of course my dad put him to work. So they headed to Gigi's from there for a "quiet family dinner" - haha... Gotchaaaaaaaa! :) 

Jimmy just basically kept his mouth open and kept looking around for about 10 minutes after he walked in. He had NO idea! 

Part of the surprise crowd:

More surprise'ers: 

My love who was at that point in time - 30 while I a young (and pregnant) 29! :-) 

Once the surprise wore off - we dug into the food...

Jimmy finally started to relax about 30 minutes after he got there (and perhaps a couple beers later)...

The culprit who helped keep Jimmy out of our hair while we set up all day long (with James in toe!):

Larson / Kircher family shot: 

Family huddled around food! :) 

Part of the night's surprises -- we had found out what we were having (boy/girl), but had not yet told friends and some family (parents and siblings knew). We had the inside of the birthday cake as part of our gender reveal... Jimmy gave me a hard time about not telling people because he had no idea -- we would have all of our friends and family together that night to announce it. 

Jimbo did the honors of cutting and revealing...... 

IT'S A BOY! 

Some were shocked... Others not.

All my brothers with the man of the hour! 

All the cousins and Sandra: 

Jimmy with the mascot of the night, Fu manchu Da'vid!

Craig-ee-poo traveled all the way up from Columbia! 

The night is never complete without a Robin-photo-bomb :)

A Howard-family shot... minus Dad...

My daddy-o and brothers! 

Silly girls...

Frannie and Jimbodia: 

So glad Miss Jessie was able to come! 

Brotherly - love:

Gigi has the best party house ever!

CPA Brothers :) 

Sisters - so sweet!!!

Jimmy... you are so special to me and a lot of people. 

We love you. We are thankful for you. 

Thank you for being you -- an amazing friend, daddy, son, brother(in-law), husband, etc. 

Hope you felt the love that night! :)

Rain Rain Go Away!

So today we are stuck at home.. We are having a new sleeper sofa delivered between 8am-12pm for the playroom, have a guy spraying for bugs at 10am, etc.... (Trying to get it all done before Wy-man makes his debut!).

Well of course the day we are home bound all day -- it is POURING out and our cable is out. So -- time for James (and my) favorite Disney movie, The Lion King!! (A "dbdb" that he will actually sit through!)

So I was changing his diaper right before the movie started and James was jabbering abt the Lion King. Thought I'd share our silly convo. Enjoy:)

J: Don't like dat lion, Simbaaaa...
C: No, remember... Simba is the nice lion.... We don't like that lion named Scar.
J: ((staring off in deep thought.... Long pause...)) Yeahhhh... Don't like dat lion, Scaaaar.
((Another long pause, deep in thought....))
Dat lion stinky.....
((Big huge grin, and made direct eye contact))
Dat lion needs a BATH!

James deep in movie watching mode:

I think I can * I think I can

So sweet Aunt Lindsay has given James gobs of great books... One of my favs from growing up -- "The Little Engine that Could" -- was in the latest bundle from Lindsay.

Well we have been reading this book A LOT lately. (When somebody gets hooked on a book -- he gets hooked on a book -- haha!)

Well I think the message is resonating with smart boy James. Whenever he pushes his trains over the "mountain" -- he mutters, "I dink I can... I dink I can.."

Is that not precious?

Smart boy, you've got a lot to teach baby brother, which I know you will.

19 days to go... But who is counting?!? ;-)

Sweetest Boy in the Whole Wide World

Man... a very good word to describe a toddler is a roller coaster, for sure... But lately - we have been riding on a long stretch of "high" and it has been the best. I am positively sure things are bound to change once this little boy's world is rocked with the arrival of baby brother in an estimated 20 days (hallelujah!). So right now... I'm enjoying the high while it lasts. 

This morning when I got him up - I had already gotten ready for the day because we have lots of running around to do. (So my hair was actually fixed and I had makeup and clothes on.) Well, as I was changing James' diaper James said, "like yo haiiiiiiir, mommy..... mommy hair pitttttttty," with a HUGE grin on his face. So of course I started beaming and gave him lots of hugs and kisses and said, "THANK YOU! MOMMY LOVES YOU SO MUCH!" ((Watch out ladies.... Apparently Jimmy and I are raising a smooth kid! ha!)

Jimmy and I were also talking about some funny things he is saying these days. I wanted to jot them down before I forget:

D-B-D-B: So it is pretty apparent we don't have a child who enjoys sitting in front of the TV -- which is great but then again... every now and then it would be nice to have some quiet time for mommy... Haha... But we bought him some new DVD's and got our car DVD player fixed so on our last trip to Greenville (to sale our Mauldin, SC - whoo hooo!) we put on a DVD and now James always asks for "DBDB peaaaaaas!"

"Where is....?": So whenever James is looking for anything he is quick to ask, "Where is my bebe?" or "Where is dada?" "Where is mama?" But what is so stinking cute about it? He shrugs his shoulders while turning his hands up.... So animated :)

"Need batteries...":So whenever ANYTHING is broken or not working - James announces, "Dat broke. Need batteries, mommy/daddy." The first time I found the humor in this was when he was looking at a book and a page had ripped. He handed it to me and told me that the book was broken and needed batteries. Oh children of such a techy world! Hahaha... Batteries will fix ANYTHING! :)

HONEY BIRDS: He saw his first humming bird at Nana and Pop's mountain house up in Chimney Rock, NC and mom told him, "that's a humming bird, James." Well - the bird flew away because we were all sitting on the porch and must have scared it away... James started immediately SCREECHING, "Come baaaaack honey biiiiiiiird! Come back!" Well of course mom and I started laughing and told him that he couldn't yell like that or the birdy wouldn't come back - but sure enough. James' little "honey bird" came flying back with his yells ringing through the mountains. Haha, I guess he showed us! 

(We finally had our first humming birds in GA -- here is a video of James calling after them while he and I were eating dinner. Excuse the way too tight t-shirt. We had been playing outside and he got soaked so we put on some old clothes for a dry dinner before bath time. :-) The video cut off too soon but I literally got him to eat his entire plate of dinner by saying, "The honey bird might come back if you eat a grape/piece of chix/etc." Sneaky mommy :)

**Oh and another big moment in this boy's life -- he used the big boy potty!!! Mind you it was just a little trickle once and a tiny, itsy, bitsy terd for #2, BUT - hey! I was proud! We aren't really hardcore potty training, but I am just trying to be as laid back about it as possible and we just sit occasionally and whenever he asks - we go. I figured there is no point to put training in full motion when the baby brother is on the way. 

Family Moooovie Night

Our fantastic weekend is concluding with snuggles, Madagascar and hot popcorn. I love sweet summertime!

32 days until Mr. Wyatt's due date! Cherishing our time with our "only child" while we can.... But getting very excited to meet my little man!




Life is so good!

Bad to the bones...

Nananana-na.... Bad to the bones.... Nananana-naaaaa... Ba' ba' ba' ba' bad.....

Weeds don't stand a chance in our yard! :)