Just the Deakins'

Just some pictures of us being silly oh...and the joys of teething! Molly showing us where her "hurts" are. Turner showing us his HUGE muscles! Molly has been sooo sweet recently wanting to give everyone kisses! I just LOVE it!!!!

Busy Month???

ok...so I'm waaaayyy behind, and guess we will just have to hit the highlights!!! Turner and Molly had their double birthday party at The Little Gym and we had such a great time! they were sooo good to us and did so great with the varying ages there. So then we had just our little family party for Turner and Molly at our house for their actual birthday! Have I mentioned that I do NOT recommend having two children two days apart the week before Christmas??? yeah, NOT IDEAL! but we really did try to make the best of it and next year promise to do even better! I finally got wise that you have to have the birthday at the begining of the month if you want anyone to attend-it's just too crazy at the later part of the month for anything!
So, Molly had her 1 year check up and we are finally 20 lbs! She did great and while only in the 20th percentile for weight she is upper 40's percentile for height and a WHOPPING 97 percent for her big noggin'!
Then she had her ENT apt and passed all of her hearing test and tubes are looking great and are doing their job(even though we've had one ear infection with them in).
So here's the first post! I've got more of our Christmas tree getting put up and other fun stuff!

Turner's First UT Basketball Game

We took Turner to his very 1st UT basketball game last night and he had a blast! Of course his favorite part of the entire game was meeting and getting to take a picture with "Smokey Dog"! He got a foam finger and would yell at Smokey "I'm your number one fan, Smokey!" and was just too cute! Made this alumni momma proud! He sang Rocky Top at the top of his lungs too and got many smiles from fans around us! He had so much fun and we are truly 'thankful' that we are able to introduce him to new and fun situations that hopefully he will remember forever! He did say that when he grows bigger like daddy he was going to play basketball on that court! hey, anything's possible right?

It's not the holidays without a trip to the ER!

so, I hear that you haven't lived unless you take a trip to the ER during the holidays, so we decided to try that out!
Molly fell in the bathtub today and hit the back of her head on the soap shelf-no big deal right? well, when i wrapped her up in the towel she just immediately started puking. ok, panic time! So we called the pediatrician and he said to just bring her in there since she didn't loose consciousness. So we get there and she starts to run a fever-totally random. So he sent us to Children's Hospital for some head scans. Everything was perfectly fine and said she just had a mild concussion. Never would I have guessed that my little girl would've had a concussion before her big brother! He was so concerned about her too! Such a good big brother he is (most of the time)! So she ate a good dinner and went to bed with no problem. Her brother on the other hand, is still trying to talk his way out of bed!
Here's some cute pigtails that didn't last very long at all! She wasn't a fan and Turner was a precious pilgrim at preschool this week!

Great Deakins' Santa Pictures!

Molly's first time to meet Santa! at least Santa's smiling for the photo?!!

This was a few years ago. Still one of my favorites!! Was published in the newspaper for worst Santa pic's also!



So Molly was not at all pleased with Santa, which kinda surprised me because of how friendly she is with most strangers. She will let anyone hold her! Apparently as long as you aren't dressed in a red fuzzy suit, have a long beard, and a goofy hat on!
So, Johnny took Molly away so Turner could "talk" with Santa and Santa says "I'm sorry I made your sister cry". Turner replies "It's ok Santa, it's not your fault". We died laughing.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Clothes????

So, I was getting in the shower and Turner knocked on the door and said can I go play with my tractor on the back porch(remember we live in the country now)....so I said, sure just for a minute..I went to check on him and this is what I found.....

Way Too Much Fun!!!

So, I've been introduced to photo editing and photoshop and am having way too much fun with it!!!It is amazing how you can change a photo with just the click of a button. Most of these were taken when we drove up to the mnts and went through Cades Cove for a picnic. Even more reason to take more photos now! You can edit out what you want to!!!These are some of my favorites!

Natalie's wedding pics

so here's a sneak peek of Natalie and Randy's wedding pictures!!!These are so much better than any I would ever take!!!!Her photographer was amazing and Natalie looked beautiful!!!
www.bellavitaphotos.com
then go to "blog" at the bottom and they are the first ones, there is a video after the photos too!!!Super cute!!!I can't wait to see all the photos!!!!

Happy Fall Y'all part 2

Ok...so we get up to the Smokey's National Park and we're headed to Cades Cove, then we come upon a huge traffic jam; and of course that's when I realize that I don't have enough gas to sit in this traffic jam then go all the way through the loop in Cades Cove...so we sit for a few more minutes and I realized this isn't gonna work with me and two kids and no gas! And a u turn it is and so we had our picnic at a little scenic overlook and had a picnic... Midway through our picnic is when a family walks up and says "did you see those little bear cubs just right down the road?" I responded " um..no!" so she goes on to say that the mom was real close to where we are but then they lost sight of her but the babies are just right down the road. So I took a picture of Turner's face and we jumped in the car and finished our picnic in the car!!! well, I got just a few decent photos but may try again this weekend!

Happy Fall Y'all

Got an itch to go to the mountains today and see if any of the leaves were changing colors for a photo op. Well we didn't make it all the way and little story why is to follow if I can get the pictures to upload!!!Here's a few from my flop photo op. If one kid was looking the other wasn't. If Turner was smiling then Molly wasn't. So frustrating!

Nat Get's Hitched!!!

ok, so I haven't even gotten to upload the pictures from the wedding, in fact, I just unpacked last night! I'll just sum up our trip...we drive down and get half way to destin, fl and Molly starts screaming and has a fever! Only my kids! We end up in an urgent care clinic that next morning bc she was up all night til 5am crying non-stop and that's just not like her at all. Sure enough double ear infection and one ear was really bad. The doctor was great and she's doing much better now but made her first trip to the beach miserable! Infact she missed almost the entire reception because of how awful she was feeling, Johnny took her to the condo and she slept 14 hours straight!
Anyways, the wedding was absolutely beautiful, wonderful and amazing! I was so blessed to be a part of it!!!We are so lucky to have Randy in our family now and I know Natalie and Carly will have a wonderful new chapter in their lives to share with him!
I promise to finish uploading wedding pics soon! She was the most beautiful bride ever!!!

WHOOHOOO!!!!!!

This is about how we are feeling these days!!!!
We are so excited to announce that we have a contract on our old house!!! We were offered 5,000 less than asking price and then the person stated that they wanted ALL items currently in the house! WEll, we flipped out! An antique table and chair set that has been in Johnny's family longer than I've been alive, pictures that my mom painted for Molly, pictures from both my nonnie and Johnny's granny, shower curtains that my grandmother made for me....we just couldn't fathom losing those things to a stranger! so we said we'll accept your monetary offer but no way can you have all items currently in the house! so they came back yesterday with a counter offer accepting as long as the curtains/blinds stay... I cant totally live with that! most of them were from WALMART! so ha, jokes on you! We are signed and in contract and waiting for a house inspection and their financing-finger's crossed!!!
Vol season is in full swing! not swinging the way we're wanting it to,, but swinging! Found this dress for Molly and will have to get a better pic but it says "Go Vols" on the bloomers too! Too cute! She has been "talking" non stop the past few days.. She talked through her nap time today and only slept for about 30 minutes all day long! I'm sure this is where Johnny chimes in and says "she takes after her momma!!!"
we'll keep you up to date on the house

Offense? what's that?

so I've had a ton of flag football pictures to blog about but the website has not been friendly to me at all. These are from today and I'll try last weeks photos tomorrow. Turner is a riot to watch at flag football!!!He wanders around, huddles with the opposing team, then sneaks up and tries to snatch their flag,and sometimes even takes his own teammates flags etc. It's really funny and embarrassing all at the same time. But heck, what can you do huh? He's 4 1/2! He really loves defense. I think he thinks it's a big game of tag or chase!
This is one time he actually did a really good offensive play!!!

Finally A Toothy Grin!

I never thought this stupid tooth would ever come in!!! I've been meaning to get a picture of it and did so today while at Turner's flag football game(pictures on that coming). She's got another little one right next to this one coming in. So we're doing the double whammy teething schedule apparently. Geez, Thanks!