eight is great.

Eight is G R E A T!

Happy Birthday to our kind, sports-loving, knowledge-seeking, discerning, obedient, respectful, tenderhearted boy. You light up our hearts and touch those around you with your sweet and gentle spirit. To love and be loved by you is a privilege, one that we will never take for granted. 

You are one of my greatest gifts, John Brooks. I am so proud to be your mama. 

To celebrate, you chose to spend the afternoon with your friends Raj and John Michael. We took y'all to Top Golf and you sweet boys had a blast!

We capped off your special day with dinner at Mexico Lindo (your pick) and Oreo ice cream cake for dessert! You are so loved!

ate, drank, and were merry.

No big Christmas party for the Thames this year, so we improvised.

Last night, the Robersons graciously hosted a festive, more intimate gathering instead.

We ate the most delicious four course meal prepared by a private chef, drank, and were merry!

It was a top notch night with top notch friends.

playdate.

A first "real" playdate for Camp this morning with Carter and Henley, two precious friends in his class.

 I mean, does it get any cuter?

different this year.

The Homewood Christmas Parade looked a little...okay, a lot different this year. But, it's a tradition that we are here for, always. Even if it means sitting in dead stop traffic for an hour to see five floats.

We are thankful for sweet friends who make everything more fun!

We love you, Homewood!

best night with my best friends.

I have really been missing my best girlfriends lately, so I reached out to see if we could come up with a date to get together over Christmas. Luckily, we found a date that worked for everyone and before we knew it, they were in Birmingham!

We started the afternoon off catching up over charcuterie and cocktails. Then, we headed to Queen's Park for a Christmas cocktail before dinner at OvenBird. We topped the night off back at home, fireside, drinking wine and talking about all the things.

 There's always a blurry pic or two in the mix with these three. So much laughter, so much love. Having them in town for the night was just what my heart needed.

Best night with my best friends!

who you are.

Being the only friend chosen to celebrate your friend's birthday is a testament of who you are, Brooksie!

These best buds had fun at Top Golf celebrating Tucker. Happy Birthday, buddy!

post-season flag football.

Flag football is officially over. It was a fun post-season run. I am so proud of these boys for all of their hard work and grit!

I also enjoyed watching these precious girlies cheer on their brothers.

I'd say a good time was had by everyone. Until next year!