Stammpede

Olivia spent some time with the Stamm family while Lauchlin was at an art show in Atlanta. It was cousin Maggie's 40th birthday, and what better way to celebrate than to grab 20 or so of her closest friends from the Dallas metro area and make a weekend of it in Vicksburg?! See below, the photo the girls took at Cedar Grove.

Here She Is:

Introducing Virginia Burke Fields...

7 lbs. 7 oz. 21 in. and beautiful!

Plus One

9-9-09 —
Today is the day! The Fields Family will be adding another precious girl to the mix. We can't wait to welcome Virginia into the world. She joins a motley crew of little princesses...

Lydia will be a great big sister...

We will be visiting Virginia (the baby) in October on our way to Washington, D.C. (see how that could be confusing?!)
We can't wait!

Where the Wild Things Are

This will likely come as no surprise to most of you, but when the bug man comes to visit, one certain cat has to be put away!
This time she was banished to the bathroom, which is kind of like a vacation for Clemmie. She likes to hide behind the door on any normal day.
Still, locking her up - to spare the life of our bug-killing friend - felt a bit cruel. So we made sure she had all of her favorite things close at hand (or paw as the case may be).
Here she is in her safe-haven:



Not pictured: her litter box, of course, and two towels she promptly knocked off the towel rack.
Gotta' love this cat...unless you're deathly afraid of her.


-- Post From My iPhone

Hats off to the new El Sombrero!

We abandoned our Weight Watchers dinner plans on Friday and ate at the new, way bigger El Sombrero. It was a Mexican paradise, tile and all!


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Newsworthy

From The Vicksburg Post:
WOW
St. Francis Xavier Elementary teachers, dressed as characters from “Wizard of Oz,” greet students as they arrived this morning for the first day of school. Speaking with third-grader Mae Spangler, the daughter of Stephen and Lucy Spangler of Vicksburg, are Mindy Giambrone, as the scarecrow, left, and Caroline Gatling, as the Tin Man. Principal Jennifer Henry said the teachers were trying to “wow” the students.

Stop the Press! May Spangler is in first grade!
And, lucky for us The Vicksburg Post captured the moment.
They did, however, spell her name wrong and mistakenly say she is entering THIRD grade. She's already growing up fast enough!
Here is M-A-Y:


We spent some quality time with the first-grader this weekend while Aunt Cookie (aka Katherine) and Grandmama were in town. We watched Mary Poppins and had a slumber party at our house:


When May learned school would be starting this week, she said, "I think I want to break up with school!" She also demonstrated her need to stay in school when we dined at The Ware House, where, upon receiving her menu, she exclaimed, "I can't read!"
She's a funny girl. And, she seems to just get funnier as time flies by.

Six and Sassy!


She's also a superhero in her spare time.

The Year Was...

With bloggable moments scarce this week, we followed the trend or, in this case, the, oh so many trends, and yearbooked ourselves. Here are the results:


1950

1952

1960

1962

1966

1970

1974

1978

1984

1992

1996

1998

2000
We can all be glad it's 2009!