Timothy's Birth

The day Timothy arrived was wonderful. I was a anxious and terribly nervous about the IV and the Spinal, but I made it through and hearing Tim cry for the first time was amazing.

It was strange going in for scheduled c-section over an emergency one, I had no idea the operating table was SO small and how many people were actually in the room. Plus, since everything was so much slower, I got to "experience" Tim's birth more than Grace's which was amazing. When she pulled Tim out and Dr Hudson said he could call it, David said "It's a Boy!" with such gusto...he was so thrilled it was a boy. I was too, we were so excited that Grace was going to have a little brother.

When I held him for the first time, I was overwhelmed with joy, happiness and peace. He was such a stocky little guy and he was a natural nurser...my arms felt full having him in my embrace. It felt so right. Here are a few photos from our first few days together.

Daddy's all Ready!!

He's finally here!

Meeting for the first time, one of the most precious moments of my life!

Finally in Mommy's Arms

Mimi is so thrilled with her precious boy

Snuggling with MaMa

Uncle Chris & Aunt Carol stopped by for a few squeezes too.

Talking with my little man

Pastor Jim & Elizabeth came buy to meet Tim, to pray for him & our family.

Snuggling with Auntie Bethany

Dr Hudson with Timothy

I'm catching up on my blogging and will have more photos soon!!

KangaZoom

A few weeks ago, we took Grace to KangaZoom - an inflatable jump place here in ATL. I had taken her with my mom a few months ago but I didn't feel comfortable climbing the tall slides preggo and carrying Grace, so we had to go back with Daddy to get to "do it all". We got a pass for her on groupon so it's dirt cheap and alot of fun, both Daddy & Daughter were worn out when we left!
Taking pictures in there was a nightmare, but I did get some good shots and others that I'll keep to preserve the memories despite the low photo quality. Grace really had a wonderful time with her Daddy and over the course of the morning she really started to enjoy the big slides. There's lots of pictures here, but I had to capture all the fun - enjoy!

First time down the big slides - not so sure about it...

Grace loves to run on the inflatables, then crash down

Going again, 2nd time's a charm right?

Still not sure...

Starting to get the hang of it

Racing Daddy down the little slides

Grace wins!

...but Daddy kept on going, too funny!

Head first, why not?!?

Now we're getting it!

Finally loving the big slides!

We can't wait to go back!

Mother's Day 2011

I owe quite a few posts from May since the entire month went by in a blur. I'm gonna try to catch up now that I've loaded all the pictures onto the computer.
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For Mother's Day David surprised my by buying me climbing roses to go the trellises beside our garage.  I've wanted them for a while, but we haven't had the money to buy them or the time to plant them so it just hasn't happened.  I was thrilled when I found out his plans and this is the first cut of one of the 3 different rose bushes he picked out for me. 

I can't wait until the shock from the transplant wears off and they start really climbing and blooming.

North Georgia Fun

I'm a bit behind, as usual, on the posting here but I'll try to catch up this week since we don't have much planned and I can breathe a little. :)

On Oct 15th, we had a wonderful time up in the North GA Mountains. It was a gorgeous fall day and we hit Bert's Pumpkin Patch and R and A Orchards.

Grace had a blast and enjoyed playing with all the pumpkins, HUGE and tiny alike, at Bert's.  The Dreher's met us up there and we had a good time goofing off, as usual, and took a usual load of pictures.  The last time we went (in 2008) there was hardly anyone there...this year it was PACKED out.  It was hard to get good pictures because of the sheer volume of people. Anyway, we did end up with a few decent shots and we're planning to hit another farm, (hopefully a smaller one where the line for a hayride isn't over an hour!) and we'll get more pictures and our pumpkin there.  I couldn't decide which pictures to post, so I decided since this is my blog I'll post all the pictures I want and not think twice about it.  Enjoy!

Love, Love, LOVE this one!  That grin is just too precious!

There was this beautiful tree and wildflowers by our car so I wanted to take a picture of Daddy & his girl. She kept trying to show him the leaves so until he looked up, we didn't get a good picture. She is so funny. :)

I just love this picture.

Our next stop was R and A Orchards. We've been there before and they have the BEST caramel apples. It's not like you think. They actually let you pick an apple, they slice it, put it in a bowl, then POUR caramel over the top until the bowl is half full. It's dreamy. I don't even want to think about the calorie count, but once a year, it's all good. :)

We opted not to pick apples this year since the options for picking weren't apples we were interested in, so we just bought a bushel of Fuji apples (yummo!) and then headed into the orchard for some photos.  Bethany actually got a pretty good shot of all of us looking at the camera...a near miracle with an almost one year old.  :)

Grace was very excited about the tractors at Bert's, but there were lines to do everything there. This tractor outside the store at R and A was the perfect size for her. She loved getting up on the seat and then standing up to reach the wheel. 

With Baby Dreher due in just over a month, we took the opportunity to take a few maternity pictures. We got a few good ones...

Ally wanted to get in on the action, so she stuffed a pumpkin under her shirt and we took a few silly shots. :)

Love this one...

A pretty good picture of all of us

We are certainly blessed to have such good friends!