Dea's elf

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Oh the weather outside is frightful...

But the



Is so delightful. I'm lovin' our gas logs!!! We have had them on all day today.
We also got a new Christmas glad and put up our window ornaments.



I have one in each of the front windows too.
And our tree is decorated.



(notice the two red branches sticking out of each side)


Complete with antlers and a naked cowboy.
Porter's favorite ornament is the pirate Santa claus.



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Request from the peanut gallery

I found out why people spend so much on running shoes when recently bought a less expensive pair. Cheap. And my right foot went numb.
Porter and I braved cordova mall Friday and I tried on a few pair in lady footlocker. One pair was literally twice the price of the other I tried on and I decided not to get either pair. On our way out of the mall we passed right by a finishline, and we scanned it quickly and saw they had the same shoe for $40 less, and that wasn't half off, if that gives you any idea at how much they were. They are supposed to be really good shoes and last longer than most running shoes, and the salespeople at both stores were wearing them and believed in them. *sales*people being the key word. They did sell me an expensive pair of shoes. Anyway, bill and brooke wanted to see them...

Iron bowl? What's that?

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All thanksgiving-ed out

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Happy thanksgiving

....redneck style. Doesn't this look like a trauma alert waiting to happen?



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Reading the abc book

Also known as the acd's.

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Moo cow book

Current favorite book: Happy Birthday Thomas.
Lines from the book that you will hear:
Back and forth. Back and forth.
Oh no! A cow's in the way!
Move, says Thomas. Not moo.
He carries wood. He carries people. He carries grain. He carries goats.

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Welcome Callee Jo!!!

We got word about an hour ago that Miss Callee Jo Ingram Williams has made her grand entrance. My cousin Brooke (Ward) Williams, daddy Steven, and brothers Langham Ward, and John Barrett have been anxiously awaiting her arrival for what seems like forever. She was supposed to be induced tomorrow. I hope to have some pictures soon.


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PIctures with Hotdog/Mickey Mouse at Animal Kingdom

Oh this was hilarious. Maybe it's peer pressure: toddler edition. Any time we had his picture made with a character, as soon as you put him down he literally froze. Didn't move at all. Occasionally he would cut his eyes, but wouldn't dare move his head to look another direction. It was kinda like he was thinking, "if I don't move, maybe they can't see me (or hurt me, or something of that nature). Whatever it was, it was funny.





That was the last thing we did at Animal Kingdom. Back to the room we went for a long nap. We had supper that night at Artist Point, a very upscale restaurant at our resort. It was great! They even made Porter a little 3 oz steak, which he went right to work on. We all actually put on decent clothes and I had intentions of getting a nice family picture, but we just didn't go through the hassle of getting someone to do it. Oh well, that's what we have Vicki P for.

The anticipation of seeing Hotdog

Waiting in line to get pictures made with Hotdog/Mickey Mouse at Animal Kingdom. Every time Porter would catch a glimpse, he would say, "It's Hotdog. I see Hotdog."

Monkeys at Animal Kingdom

Porter was actually content for a few minutes watching the monkeys. It was the only thing he slowed down for in this park that is supposed to be taken more slowly to be able to appreciate all the animals. We savored the rare few minutes that Porter just sat in his stroller watching... and then he was done with the monkeys and it was time to move on. Sound familiar?

Animal Kingdom: Another trail

I don't remember the name of this trail, but it's the same concept as the other. You walk through different areas that have animals from a certain area of the world. I think this one was Asian things, but I can't remember for sure. Anway, there were giant fruit bats, which were HUGE. When you think of bats you think bird sized, but these were like cat to medium sized dog big. Kinda disgusting really. But interesting to see. There were also tigers to see, and lots of cool birds. Those were hard to get any good pictures of. By this time in the trip Porter was getting the hang of getting his picture taken and started posing a little bit, so I was able to get some cute pictures.

Rafiki's Animal Watch and Petting Zoo

This was a train ride through where the animals live when they are not "on duty" at the Kilamanjaro Safari. We got to see lots more of the animals from the kilamanjaro safari. The train takes you to a little trail that leads to a petting zoo. It was a little disappointing when you have in mind that you are going to a disney petting zoo. You kinda have a certain expectation, and while I thought it was kinda puney, Porter apparently didn't. He *bothered* every animal that would get within reach multiple times. And after he was done petting them all, Jared introduced the brush, so then he had to brush them all too. He thoroughly enjoyed this and would have stayed all day. The animals were very very good and were obviously used to toddler torture.