Brandon's Thumb

In response to a comment that questioned the awesome black brace on Brandon's left hand, it would be appropriate to share that in early September Brandon chipped a portion of his thumb bone off while playing soccer. It seems to be healing with this soft brace, but he'll head back for more x-rays on the 14th of October. He hasn't slowed down too much with this brace, as he continues to play soccer on Sundays and also work at the computer everyday at Lifesprings- his ability to use keyboard shortcuts has been limited some, but he is coping well.

So, that's the nitty gritty with the brace. He so eloquently calls the brace his "Titan Thumb" and while he says that he makes a super hero motion slamming his "Titan Thumb" down onto an imaginary surface, furrowing his eyebrows and scowling like a mad man. That alone is entertainment enough for me to ease the thought of how much this "Titan Thumb" and my superhero husband is going to cost! 

Blackout in Athens

And then...

After the excitement of the movie and shopping, we met friends for dinner.

Brandon's birthday continued

Since Ron and Karen were unable to come down to visit during Brandon's birthday, we had to switch our plans pretty quickly. So this is what Brandon's celebration day looked like: 

We drove to Buford, Georgia (~45 minutes) to the Mall of Georgia to see the movie "The Dark Knight" in IMAX. 

You KNOW that Brandon was excited for me to take this picture, but he was a good sport about it.

We walked around the mall a bit and Brandon thought this helmet was rockin'. For some reason I feel like when we have children of our own, we'll have lots of little boy or little girls photos like this.

As it happened we also were up for a new phone with our cell phone provider, so on the birthday Brandon got a new phone! Can you see how happy he is? His old phone had lived a long life of nearly 4 years!

Just in case you couldn't figure out what he was doing in the below picture!

This was the bubble wrap in the package from Brittney, he didn't know I was video-taping which makes it even better!!

A Start to a GREAT Birthday

It's always hard to decide what to do for one's 27th birthday... but you always know it's going to be  a good day when you catch Brandon enjoying his gift from Brittney...

It's that time again!! Go Dawgs.

We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends!! Chad, Karla, and Piper are so wonderful to have in our lives. We are cheering on Coach Chad/Hubby/Daddy at the home opener v-ball match again GA Tech. It was such an exciting match and a bonus was that I got to hold Piper!! 

This is the first photo of B and I in front of Sanford Stadium on the tracks. The tracks run north to south of UGA's campus; and before the stadium was added onto people could watch the Dawgs play from the tracks. 

Coach McCartney made sure the Jones' got matching Georgia volleyball shirts! This means we are superfans!

This is UGA VII, he is the newest member of Bulldog Nation... and probably the most popular and pampered.