A new friend from Stavropol!

I was so excited to meet my new friend who is from the same place I'm from - Stavropol, Russia! My Mama met his parents awhile back when Mama spoke at an Adoption Seminar sponsored by the hospital. Mr. Dan and Mrs. Tammy decided to adopt from Russia and use our wonderful agency, Adoptions and Aid International. Now Adams is home with his Mama and Daddy. Here are some pictures of us at Cici's Pizza yesteray. Adams is soooooooo cute and soooooooo sweet! We love him!

I had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!

Hi everyone! We had a wonderful Christmas in south Mississippi with my family there! Santa Claus came to see me and I got some great presents! One of my favorites is a TRAMPOLINE from Grandbob and Papa. I LOVE IT! Thank you so much. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy. The first one is me dressed up like RUDOLPH. And, there is one of my Mama, Daddy, and me on Christmas morning.

Christmas pictures

If you don't believe in Santa, these pictures will prove to you that YOU ARE WRONG! He came to see me on Christmas morning to give me my presents. He told me he was really tired, and and I was his last stop before he went back to the North Pole. He brought me lots of presents including "A Snowman and a Snake" - the two things I asked for this year!!!







Papa and I had so much fun on Christmas afternoon!




One of our Christmas traditions is to ride on G-Daddy's Red Neck Sleigh! Here are my Aunt Courtney, Uncle John, and Rachel and John Neil on the RED NECK SLEIGH! YEE HAW!

More Christmas pictures

I got to visit my G-Daddy at his Edward Jones office in Lucedale - he has lots of fun things to play with there!!!




My cousins Rachel and John Neil got a REAL LIVE PUPPY FROM SANTA CLAUS!!!!! Her name is Dottie, or Spottie, I can't remember - but she is really cute and best of all she survived after I played too hard with her. She's a little smaller than our Georgia May!!!



We had Christmas dinner at Grammy and G-Daddy's! It was fun, since I got to watch the "GRINCH" while everybody else ate. Grammy, you are a great cook! I especially like your white pretzels!!!!



Uncle Eric and Aunt Gina gave me a BATMAN and a FLASH action heroes!!!! I love them!! I play with them, bathe with them, and sleep with them, so I guess you can say they are part of the family now!



Grammy shares a secret with me!

Dear Santa......

I want a Snake and a Snowman.
Love,
Keaton

My trip to Jekll Island

My Daddy had a business trip to Jekyll Island, Georgia and Mama and I went with him! It was great - I had lots of fun exploring everything and seeing all the pretty places on the island. We stayed at the Jekyll Island club which is a very historic, beautiful place. Here a few pictures for you to enjoy!

You will see that we also visited the beach - I had lots of fun climbing on the rock wall - I am very coordinated! Just ask my Mama and Daddy!

We also had a very nice visit with our wonderful friends who live on St. Simons Island - John, Catherine, and Julie Rowan. We always have fun with them, and I always like to get a hug from Julia!!!!

I had a fun Thanksgiving!

It was lots of fun getting together with my family in Mississippi for Thanksgiving! I had lots of fun and even ate a little turkey (just a little).

Thank you everybody for playing with me and listening to met say the Pledge of Allegiance 150 times in a row. It is especially good on the 89th time, and I know you hung in there just for that one.

Aunt Courtney, your house is so pretty and BIG and has lots of TOYS! Rachel and John Neil thank you for playing with me so much and sharing your things with me. I love you lots.

A special treat was getting to meet my new friend Irina from Russia! She and her parents Greg and Kathy Ibendahl live in Starkville!

Here are a few pictures from our weekend!

It's DECEMBER!

Okay, Okay......I know that my Mama has done a bad job of keeping up with my blog over the past few weeks. Please forgive her. She really likes to do it, but you know this time of year is pretty KRAZY! So, here are some updates for you on what I have been up to recently.

By the way, I am VERY EXCITED about Christmas! YEA! I have already received some gifts. Thank you Gigi and Mr. James for my CINDERELLA DVD - I watch it just about every day and love it. Mama says I am the handsome prince.

Let me share with you my favorite Christmas song. Well, one of them - I have many favorites, including "Oh Come all Ye Faithful." I call it the "Angel Song." I love to sing "OH COME LET US ADDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEEEEE HIM!!!" Mama sings Christmas songs to me as she rocks me before I go to bed. I know that I am three years old but my Mama still rocks me and she says she will until I tell her not to anymore. Even if my feet are touching the ground!

Let me sing a Christmas song for you now!

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ALL THE WAY
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ALL THE WAY
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ALL THE WAY
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ALLLLLLLL THE WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!

A fun party

Today I went to a party at the Agrirama. I love to go there! It is like walking back in time...but who cares about that...I just like to ride the train and eat ice cream with one of my girlfriends, EMILY!!!! :)

Learning how to pedal!

Today I practiced pedaling my John Deere tractor (thank you Grammy and G-Daddy!!!) and wore my John Deere overalls (thank you Uncle Kevin and Aunt Dena!) I am getting good at this!

A fun visit

I had lots of fun with my Papa, Grandbob, Nene, and cousin Grace who came from Mississippi to see us this past weekend. Daddy and Papa worked on our roof...they took some skylights off our sunroom and I had fun watching them up on the roof! Here are some pictures from our weekend!

My family at the Pumpkin Patch!

A Bumble Bee Trick or Treats!

I had lots of fun TRICK OR TREAKING for the first time! I dressed up like a Bumble Bee and Buzzed around to get lots of candy. My dog Georgia May dressed up like a Bumble Bee, too! We rode in a hay ride around a nice neighborhood with our friends Mrs. Polly, Mr. Charles, and Elizah. I thought I was supposed to go in the houses, and one time I decided to trade my sticky lollipop for a new batch of candy. I didn't think the lady would mind me adding my sucker to her basket of candy, but Mama and Daddy wouldn't let me. Oh well. We went to the Fall Festival, too, and I got on a fun slide and played my own version of lucky ducks! It was a very fun night!

Camping Tips from Keaton

1. Get your Mama and Daddy to take you camping! It is so much fun. The way to have the most fun is to make sure that they do all the work. That's what I did!

2. Pick a fun place to go. We picked Paradise Lakes which is right down the road from us. Make sure your Mama is excited. It helps her to be excited when she is only 5 miles from home. I was really proud of her - she didn't bail on us once!

3. Make sure you go with good friends, like Mr. Charles and Mrs. Polly and their daughter Elizah. "EEEE-WAAAA!" is what I call her.

4. Go with at least one nice dog, but two if you can. Elizah has a cute puppy named Bud, and of course we took Georgia May. They had lots of fun! Their philosophy is the same as mine...let the adults do all work and this adds to your enjoyment of the camping experience.

5. Eat lots of beef jerky and roasted peanuts and marshmallows and get them all over your face and hands.

6. Get so tired that you are crying over nothing. Then Mama will take you to the tent!

7. Get tired of sleeping on your pallet. Grab your Mama and insist on sleeping on top of her to insure that she doesn't get a wink of sleep. This is okay because she would rather work than sleep while camping so that I can have a good time.

8. Wake up at 6 a.m. crying! This is lots of fun. Scream, "I DON'T LIKE THIS TENT!!! I WANT MARSHMALLOWS" and I guarantee you that your Mama and Daddy will take you to the car to sit and warm up.

9. Wear a diaper at all times. It sure beats having to drive to the potty!

10. Stay away from the fire. I heard this at least 50 times during our camping trip. Mama and Daddy, go back to work.

11. Ride in a canoe, but be sure and wear your Scooby Doo life vest!

12. Climb trees and get your nose all bloody. Mix in a runny nose, dirt, and sticky marshmallows and you have the face of a true camper - just like ME!

13. Play with worms that your Daddy is trying to fish with.

14. Take a looooooooooong nap when you get home.

15. ASK TO GO BACK SOON!!!!!!!! :)

Pictures from our Camping Trip October 28-29

The Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch!

Our trip to the pumpkin patch was so much fun! :)