A few more things going on

This post isn't the most exciting news, but I had a bunch of miscellaneous pictures on our camera and I thought I would post them below. Hollis has definitely changed over the past few weeks. She is laughing and smiling....in particular when Dad attempts to sing to her.  She is almost rolling over when placed on her back and can even hold her head up.

The non parents who read this blog will probably find this totally uninteresting, but it is pretty neat considering she was less than seven pounds when we brought her home.

A special thanks needs to go out to Hollis's paternal grandmother (who she calls Mama J). We received one of her first books in the mail and it was The Little Engine that Could. Audra has already read the book to her twice complete with emphatic emotion and sound effects.

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Atlanta Sports Weekend

Once again I am tardy on updating my blog. One update that I did want to pass along was the fun weekend Hollis, Audra, and I had a few weeks back when we went to the FSU/Georgia Tech game on Saturday and the Panthers/Thrashers game on Sunday. 

We had our usual tailgate for the Seminoles game. But we were treated to BBQ from Price Dunaway (father or Wes Dunaway) so it was a little bit better than the normal festivities.

Hollis was a good sport and spent most of the afternoon partying with her parents. However, she was not up for going inside the stadium so her Grandy and Grand Pam were kind enough to take her home with them. 

Hollis also got to sport her brand new Tech cheerleading uniform. I am pretty confident that mom was the most excited person to see her in it. Everyone had a great time especially Dad since the Yellow Jackets finally got the FSU monkey off their back with  their first victory over Chief Osceola's tribe since 1975.

Sunday was an afternoon Thrashers game with our Sunday School class at Peachtree Pres.  Although Hollis didn't know much about the Canadian pastime, she was very amused by the sounds and lights associated with the game. Once again the Thompson brought good look to the home team as the Thrashers won 5 to 4.

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Cotton Candy Sweet and Low Let me see that Tootsie Roll

Well Halloween has come and gone and I finally have pictures from the big day. Hollis was a real trooper because she had to change into this hot costumer three times. Once for the faculty and students of Holy Innocents, once for the cube dwellers at my work, and finally for the Mullen family photo.

Our weekend wasn't over, but I will have more pictures of what we did later.

In the Interest of Equal Time.....

I was out of town a few weeks back and it was brought to my attention that I overlooked a very important afternoon in Hollis's life. She spent her first afternoon with the girls watching the Ole Miss football game. Although the Rebels lost to Bama 24 to 20, a good time was had by all (or at least that I was told).

Hollis was very fashionable with a "I'm a little rebel" T shirt. She was very impressed with how Ole Miss came back from an deep first half deficit. She remarked that Houston Nutt was a master motivator and definitely had overreached this year's expectations. She also noted that Ole Miss had the athletes and a potential star at quarterback, but would need a couple of years in order to compete with the elite class of the Southeastern Conference.

Hard to believe she is only 15 weeks.

Pumpkin Carving Contest

Pumpkin A

Pumpkin B

To celebrate our first Halloween as a nuclear family, Audra and I decided to buy two pumpkins instead of our usual one. The idea was that I would carve one and Audra would carve the other. And since I don't have a creative bone in my body we pretty much thought my pumpkin would end in disaster.

Long story.....short. We decided to have a pumpkin carving contest. The winner would be decided by the viewers of our blog. I have the pictures above and you guys can vote on the winner in the poll to your right.