Happy Birthday Granny!

Alyssa and Joe

Alyssa and Landon

Aunt Traci Reading Me Fanny and Blue

There it goes!!!!

First Time Bowling

Last weekend we went bowling with our friends Eddie, Dedra, Noah and baby Caleb. Alyssa had a great time. They have a rack for kids that helps them keep the ball in the center so it will hit the pins. This way adults can play too without bumpers. It was so much fun. Alyssa and Noah were so cute. She was his cheerleader. Every time he did good she would say Good Job Noah! We had the best time. This weekend we have the circus so stay tuned for updates on that!

This is Fun huh Noah!

I can do it Myself!

Here's the Ball Noah

Alyssa and Daddy Bowling

Good Christmas

We traveled to Arkansas to see my grandparents for Christmas. We have been going every other year all of my life. It was good to see them and spend time with them. Alyssa had a great Christmas and it was a blast watching her open presents. She had us all laughing. We made cookies for Santa and she was so excited when they were gone along with the milk. I think she was more excited about that then her presents. Our family did something different for Christmas this year. With the lovely economy and the fact we have everything we need and want, we decided not to exchange presents with each other. We only bought for Alyssa. I was afraid it might be weird not having anything to open on Christmas morning but Alyssa was so much fun it was just as good if not better than opening my own present. This idea also allowed us to spend money on less fortunate families and to me that is what Christmas is all about. It makes me feel so good to know our scarifice helped someone who really needed it. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too! Happy New Year!!!!

Thanksgiving Program

Here are some more pics of Alyssa at the Thanksgiving program at school. A guy that works with Jon was there b/c his kids go to school with Alyssa. I am sad to say he got better pics of our child than we did. Enjoy!

Alyssa's Trip to see Santa

I took Alyssa to see Santa and was concerned about how it might go. She told me before we went that Santa was grumpy. She has a fear of people dressed up lately. She cried when Jon dressed up like Elvis b/c she did not know who he was. We got to the mall at 10:00am and we were the only ones there. Santa took time to talk to her and calm her down and after that she was okay. So this pic is our result. Merry Christmas everyone!

November Blog

November was a crazy month for the Chessers. Alyssa had her first program at school. They were all so cute. We went to the Chessers for Thanksgiving lunch and then headed up to Gatlinburg for the rest of the weekend. We took Alyssa to Ober Gatlinburg, the Aquarium and downtown Gatlingburg. Her favorite part was playing putt-putt with Paw and Noni and Mom and Dad. We had a great time! But the best of all came on Saturday when Alabama gave Auburn a good little SPANKING in the Iron Bowl. Got Seven? Auburn does 5 and 7!!!!!!
ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Little About Us

I wanted to fill everyone in on what has been happening in the life of the Chessers. My name is Amber and my husband is Jon. We have been married for six years and have a beautiful daughter Alyssa who is two. I quit work in January of 2008 to stay at home with my little girl. It was a hard adjustment at first but now it is great. She goes to preschool two days a week and is loving it. We just got finished with Halloween. We went to three different carnivals and then went Trick or Treating on Halloween. It was a happy and sad occasion b/c my brother left on Saturday for Antarctica. He is the adventurous type and not to mention 25 and single. He returned from Alaska in August and then left for Antarctica in November. He will be there until March. We miss him already. Now that Halloween is over we are looking forward to Thanksgiving. We are taking a trip to Gatlinburg and very excited about that. Also, we are huge Alabama fans and may I say ROLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!! Number one and hanging on. Until next time!!