6 Months Old

Our sweet boy is now almost 7 months old!  I can't believe it, time never goes faster than when you have a new baby.  These pictures were taken on his 6 month half birthday.  He is such a happy boy, I am so in love!!

He laughs with his entire face, I could eat him up!

And because we can't have a post without my sweet girl, here's a few pictures of her from the same day.

She loves to get in the laundry baskets.

LOVE this face!

Grace Turns 2!

The weekend Grace's party was supposed to happen none of the guests could come because of the stomach bug that our sweet girl ended up with the night before. Thankfully we had already canceled the party and at the last minute were able to get a few friends together the following Saturday for a celebration of our precious Grace.

We headed up to the park she loves so much and rented a pavilion where we had pizza, fruit, snacks and of course, cake. The theme this year was Mickey as when her Mimi was here while Tim was being born she was introduced to Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse and she LOVES Mickey. We had a great time despite it being one of the colder days and Grace had a blast! Here are a few pictures from her 2nd birthday!

Playing on the playground

Food, yum

The birthday girl with Mommy & Daddy

Our friends Bethany & Paul, and Leigh-Ann with her daughter Lydia

Dad & my other friend Bethany

Grace's buddy from church - Eliana

Logan & Adam being silly

Tim and Grace's friend Luke

Feeding the ducks!

Mickey cupcakes

Timothy slept through the party

Grace's BFF Tyler

David's Best Friend Jonathan and his youngest daughter Sadie

Lisa & Jim, friends from church

Mama & her girl

So excited about her cupcake!

While we were at Lake Lanier we had a second party for her on her actual birthday (which this year was Thanksgiving).  We always said we'd make a big deal out of birthdays having parties on holidays if necessary.  She felt very loved and celebrated and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the cake.

Cupcake cake a'la Mickey

Blowing out the candles!

Chris, our niece Anne, our nephews Wilson & Bennett & David

Bilbo Vacation

Every year David's folks rent a house for the entire family to get together on vacation.  Since David has such limited time off, we usually only get to go for a few days.  This year we got together over Thanksgiving which worked out great as we were able to go for the entire week.  We visited Lake Lanier in North Georgia.  Beautiful big home, lots of shopping close by (which was necessary since we were there over black Friday!) and the lake in the back yard.  I wasn't as diligent at getting pictures as I normally am, but with a baby who eats every 2 hours, it's to be expected. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Mom, Erin & Grace tossing rocks into the lake

Tim snug as a bug with Daddy

Our niece Erin

Erin showing Grace how it's done

Erin & Grace snuggled up for a video

Grace LOVED her Mickey balloons from her birthday party

My beautiful girl

Beautiful Erin

Mom & our nephew Grady, just hanging.

Blayne & David being crazy

Riding bikes

Mama getting some snuggles with Timothy

Grady, Erin & Grace jumping on the bed

Timothy practicing "vacationing"

Grace pushing our youngest niece Alice

The whole family

Our oldest nephew Bennett

Fall Adventures

We had a wonderful fall full of lots of outdoor adventures.  Here are a few highlights!

Feeding the ducks at the park

Trying to get a picture of Grace on her rocking horse, the start of the "I don't want to smile or have my picture taken" phase (we are still in this phase, grrr.)

The state fair came to town to the park behind our neighborhood in September and we took Grace on bracelet night so she could ride unlimited rides for one price.  She had a BLAST!  We were able to ride the merry go round with her and get her started.  She really enjoyed all the rides and was far braver than I expected.  She also enjoyed the petting zoo, it was her first time seeing animals up close and personal.Her favorite ride was by far this awesome slide where she rode on Daddy's lap as he slid down the slide on a burlap sack.  They did that 8+ times and she could have gone longer if it wasn't already past her bedtime.  She also, being her Daddy's girl, LOVED cotton candy.  She wasn't a fan of how sticky it made her fingers, but she loved the taste.  I fed her most of what she ate to keep her hands clean.  We will absolutely be going back next year.  In case you're wondering, we did bring Timothy, but he mostly just chilled in the stroller.  :)

Hooray for the Merry Go Round!

Ship Captain!

Merry Go Round, again (and again, and again, and again!)

Flying Dinosaur, she wasn't so sure about this at first, but loved it at the end.

David's folks came up to spend a weekend with us at the beginning of October.  It was a beautiful fall weekend and we took the opportunity to head up to North GA and go apple picking.  Grace enjoyed it and caught on fast that the good apples were still in the tree, not the rotting ones on the ground.  :)   Timothy slept on my chest the entire time as he had his shots and was feeling really bad.

Picking Apples with Daddy

Helping Mama put them in the bag

Timothy seems to do everything sooner than Grace.  It's hard for me to pinpoint when her personality started to shine out, but his was around 2 months.  Here are a few shots of him one night after he started to be really expressive.

Sweet Tim - we love all his expressions!

love this one!

We headed back up to North GA at the end of October to go to the pumpkin patch with the Drehers.  Grace had a blast playing with the little "punkins" and trying to pick up the big ones.  It was another beautiful fall day and we had a lot of fun.

Pumpkin patch!  Grace loved the little "punkins"

First official family photo, a little sad since he was 3 months old...

Grace loves her baby brother

Mommy & her babes

Mommy & her sweet Timothy

For Halloween, we took Grace to the safe kids event at the park behind our house where we did a hayride and David took her in her first kid-rated haunted house.  She wasn't terribly excited about it, but did great (much better than I would have I'm sure!)  Then we took her to a party at a church near our house where she got to play games and trunk or treat.  She LOVED it.  For Halloween I just took her to a few friends houses and she enjoyed it.  Timothy stayed in with Daddy and helped hand out candy.

Ready to trick or treat!

Tim stayed home to hand out candy with Daddy

Tyler stopped by, they are such good buddies!

Waiting on the hayride

A few more bonus shots that were just too cute not to include...

Sweet time with Daddy one day after work, love those big smiles!

Grasping and pulling into his mouth for the first time

HUGE smiles!