Cancun

This is a picture of a picture we bought at Xcaret. The water is that blue in real life. This is a ocean river that goes through caves. Solomon actually enjoyed it. He didn't even mind the life vest. He would swim back and forth between Neall and me. The float/swim lasted about an hour. The water stays an average of 75, so it was nice. Getting out was tough. It was windy and chilly.










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Neall, Solomon, and I went to Cancun for a long weekend. It was way too short. We had a wonderful time. We stayed at The Great Parnassus. This is a great resort for families. We took a one day trip to Xcaret: a nature reserve, Mayan ruin, ocean, theme park kinda place. Solomon was very good on the plane and enjoyed eating and swimming. Solomon learned a lot of new words such as "look", "air plane", "ocean", "walk", "poot", (Neall slipped up on that one). Solomon ate red grapes at every meal and tried fruit punch for the first time. He drank so much punch that he threw up! I must admit it was very good. We let him eat lots of sugery things- it was vacation. As I said before the plane ride went well, I mean suprisingly very well. We sat by the window and Solomon would "Pat, Pat, Pat" like the Litte Einstiens as we took off. The portable DVD player didn't work on the way over, but we survived without it. He wiggled around and then fell asleep without a peep. Other passesngers commented on how good he was- phew! On the way home he fell asleep during takeoff. By that time I was so sore from carrying him for 4 days. We made the drastic mistake of forgeting a stroller. Sol only wanted me to hold him most of the time so my hips were sore for a few days after the trip. When we went to Xcaret we rented a stroller, Solomon was happy to ride in that for a day. I think he was even sore from being carried so much.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Dancing. Raising the roof.
Solomon and Mary Margaret are going to fight over karaoke.


Couch potato.
Blue water. If were were only in the Caribbean.

Laura gave Solomon this helmet that makes race car noises and has a steering wheel. He loves it and makes everyone else do it too. He and the helmet say "all done" when you turn it off.
I came home one night and the girls had decorated Sol. He loved it.

Future Rock Stars!

Love the baby. Solomon has been mocking us more and more. He has really loved babies since he spent so much time with Maggie.
Emmy and Solomon ready for the trip to Batesville. Emmy fed Solomon cheerios. It was so precious.


Merry Christmas. We love you.

Happy Birthday Parker!

I forgot my camera, so I didn't get any pictures at Parker's first birthday party. We had a blast! The monkey decorations were precious, the food was great, and the party favors were precious. I wish I were that creative. We were very glad that Solomon didn't trow-up at this party! We love you Parker!

Christmas Parade

The red stripe out of the ground is Parker's head! He was so bundled up he couldn't stand up.

The Wynne Christmas Parade was last night. It was very cold!! Julia, Parker, and Solomon gathered in front of the FUMC to wave on all the tractors.

Christmas lights

Solomon had fun playing with rope light. Kristen Dunn came to the rescue of my house. I am Christmas decorating challenged. Since I am hosting Neall's office party I wanted it to look like we have some holiday spirit. Now that Kristen has spent a couple of days working on the house we even feel the Christmas spirit. I can't wait to show pics of all the work she has done.

Julia's 1st Birthday

I hate there is no picture of Julia! Solomon vomited all over her bouncing horse, so we had to leave before we sang Happy Birthday. He seemed to be fine after vomiting, but we left. I am scared to death that we will be the breakout monkey of the group. We had a lovely time while we were there. Solomon made his first ornament as a party favor. The Shepard house looked wonderful and everyone was in great spirits!

Thanksgiving

The house got quiet and we found Solomon in his old baby bouncer. He always loved this thing.
Just chillin' in Julia's wheel chair.
Solomon and Levi. They were very sweet to each other.
At the Jackson family Thanksgiving (sans Linda), Tara made a wonderful dinner and then did the heavy pulling. These babies have so much fun together.

Children's Museum

Solomon's first trip to the Children's Museum in Memphis. He squealed when we walked in the doors. His favorite part was a fisher price basket ball goal. He loved the fireman's hat and especially the dancing room. When we let him lead he always went back to the disco room. Rayford's get ready for Solomon.

First Grizzly's Game

e:throwing a fit because we took the ball away. He fell out a few times in the lobby.

Solomon lasted about 30 minutes of the Grizz game. We had 5.00 tickets, so the seats were scary way up high. But we did get to eat and stop by the gift shop to get a new basketball and t-shirt. After that all Sol wanted to do was play with the ball. He loved the opening act with all the fire and music. Whenever he saw the Grizz he would roar.... very cute.
this is the intoduction to the game