The state of education in Mississippi

Philip and I often banter back and forth who has a better public education system, Alabama or Mississippi. My argument was made stronger when we saw this sign in a gas station bathroom in Mississippi. Click on the picture to see a larger version. That way you will really appreciate the effort the first person made to "correct" the original author.

Too excited to nap

We've learned to stand up and walk around coffee tables, adult legs, and most important, we've learned to stand up in our crib. The mattress is now lowered to its lowest possible level. Little Philip is so proud of himself he stands in the crib squealing to keep himself awake instead of falling asleep like a good little boy. Renie crawled in on her hands and knees with the camera after an hour one night. When she looked up, this is what she saw.

Hailstorm in April

The weather has been pretty terrible lately here in Alabama. Afterall, it is tornado season. This is what Renie drove home from work in. This picture is of our deck just after she ran in the door with Little Philip. It hailed for about 15 minutes straight.

Baseball

The Mathews family, on spring break from Covenant Seminary, were in the Starkville area. We went over on Wednesday for a baseball game against Birmingham Southern College. The Bulldogs won easily. It was great to catch up with Michael and Hillary. Michaels sister, Betsey was also at the game and told us the exciting news that she is moving to Birmingham. It is always nice to have more Bulldog fans here. A former roommate of mine from college, Gary, was also able to drive from Jackson to meet us at the game. We had Little Dooeys and enjoyed catching up with old friends. I wish that I had pictures of the two Mathew boys. They were decked out in their MSU wear and looked really cute!

Happy 23rd birthday, Ellen!

8 month portraits

The last time we had professional pictures taken of Little Philip was 8 weeks old. He pretty much cried the entire time so we only bought one pose. For his eight month portraits, he was such a ham! He smiled the entire time. Here are a few of our favorite moments.

New Toy

Last week Renie went to Kids Market and bought lots of "new" clothes for Philip. However, Philip's favorite purchas is this school bus. There are also two bags of books that Philip loves to put in his mouth.