JMU vs. Wofford

JMU was in the national playoffs again this year. It was extra exciting for us because they were ranked #1 and had home field advantage! Every touchdown was accompanied by purple and gold steamers everywhere.

The JMU quarterback is pretty fun to watch. #7, Rodney Landers, can do it all.

The JMU Marching Royal Dukes are a prestigious program. They were in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2 days before this game. They are pretty impressive.

Anyone home?

Yes, we are still here! I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. Please forgive me. :) What a month! I will catch on posting in the next few nights, but a quick outline... Mike graduated {Yipee!!}, JMU football was in the playoffs {Gooooo Dukes}, there were many Christmas celebrations, AND WE ARE BUYING A HOUSE!!!! more details to follow.

The Arboretum

Early Christmas at the Swinson's

Due to some awesome Thanksgiving weekend sales, we got our Christmas present early this year. Since we have been married, Mike and I buy a family gift together...something we "need". We buy one present for each other {something small}. We bought our first digital camera, a computer, a matress and now this camera upgrade. I know that it may be stretching the need category, but our eyes have been on this prize for a couple of years now. We were excited when a great D60 package was on sale at Costco last week. We've been playing around with the camera all weekend...hopefully you see an improvement in our photograhs soon :)

My beautiful TEETHING boy

Henry is usually a happy little guy. He's being a cheeseball here. Recently, he's been going through another round of teething though. We've actually had a pretty rough 24 hours. I think Henry woke every 20 minuted last night. He was not very happy at church today and would have nursed all day if I had let him {it makes his gums feel better}. Then tonight it took a lot longer than usual to get him to sleep. Poor little guy. For all our sake, I hope this molar comes in quickly! In this picture, you can see his rosey cheeks and the drip of drool on the end of his chin :)

Henry has had his fingers and hands in his mouth all weekend. Anything for a little relief!

Look at those eyes! How could I ever be frustrated with him :)

A shiner and some crazy bedhead

Henry got his first black eye on Thanksgiving morning. The night before, he leaned on a box and it popped up and hit him in the face. He got a tiny little cut and a small bruise. He liked to show it off, it made him feel tough :)