Family Pictures

 We had our family pictures taken at White Oak Park in Dallas a couple of weeks ago.  A friend of ours from high school's wife took them for us.  Her name is Amanda Lovelace and she is so talented.  Here are a few pictures.

Caden's eyes are piercing blue and Grayson looks so grown up!!  We had a lot fun and the pictures turned out great!

Fall Festival and Halloween

  We had a blast at our church's Fall Festival Saturday October 30th.  Our small group had to games for the kids to play: frisbee golf and knock the cans.  It was so much to hand out candy and help the kids play the games.  Grayson got plenty of candy and enjoyed playing, bouncing and eating :) 

  Halloween was spent with family and friends.  We went trick-or-treating around our house.  The Estabrook, Gresham, West and Thornton Families all joined us!  The boys had fun walking... I mean running around collecting candy!  Grayson was Darth Vader and Caden was a monkey. 

Apple Picking in Elijay

    Fall is one of our favorite times of year.  We have had so much fun with family and friends.  To start off we went Apple Picking in Eliay with our friends Ben, Candice, Allison and Kent and their sweet kids Aiden and Reagan.  We had a great time picking and eating apples!  Grayson along with JR and Ben enjoyed shooting apples through the apple canon.  Lastly, we visited the petting zoo at the farm where Grayson let a rabbitt loose! 

Grayson loved the apple cannon!

                                                                   Best Friends

Caden loved eating apples

Grayson starts 2nd Grade

   Words can express how proud I am of who Grayson is growing into.  I honestly can not believe that my little baby is now 7 years old and starting second grade!  WOW how time has flown.  Grayson goes to Westside Elementary in Marietta City and is in Mrs. Herman's Class.  He loves his teacher and all of the friends he knew and is getting to know!  He decided this year he wanted to be in Cub Scouts, Awanas and Science Club at school.  So we will have a busy and fun year!

Grayson is so proud of his flower that grew from a seed

Daddy getting ready to walk Grayson to school

Seven and Eight Months

  Time has flown by since summer ended and I returned to work!!  Caden is doing so well adjusting to me being gone during the day.  I have really enjoyed these past couple of months because I eat up every second with him when I get home from work.  Here are a few new things:

- You are crawling every where
- You have began to pull up in any and everything you can
- Rarely do you wake at night sleeping from 8 pm- 8 am most days
-You have 4 top teeth coming in at once! 
- Yogurt melts and puffs are your favorite snacks
- The first time you tried cheese you did not like it at all
-You spend your day with Ms. Lindsey at our house with your cousin Elijah
- You LOVE your brother... your whole face lights up when he walks in the room
- You have learned to enjoy our hour long walks
- You graduated to the crawlers room at church!

We adore every second of being your parents!  You allow us to be reminded how precious life!  We can't believe how close you are to turning 1!

Fun in the Bath Tub

Caden learned how to pull up

His pensive face

Playing at Nana's House

Beach Bum

Such a happy Baby!

Happy 1/2 Birthday

We had a half birthday party for Caden

(JR wanted an excuse to buy an icecream cake!)

I loved being home with Caden all summer!  We had so much fun going to the park, whitewater, library park and many other places!  I can see his personality starting to bloom... he laughs and smiles when he see us and his big brother.  Here are a few highlights:

1.  Caden started sitting up all by himself for long periods.

2.  His weight was a lot better

3.  He tried new foods like:  Puffs (apple and sweet potato), garden vegetable, and mixed vegetable

4.  We started giving you water in a sippy cup and he actually does really well with it

5.  His Mar gave him a Jeep walker and he moves all over the hardwood floors

6.  He sleeps a lot and takes great naps!  (9 pm- 7:30 am with 3 naps)

7.  Grayson adores Caden and loves helping however he can

8.  We went to the beach for the first time as a family of four and he did great!

At the pool with his friends Aiden and Dylan

Trying out his new sippy cup

At the blueberry patch

Caden and his birthday cake :)

Beach Trip

        We were able to take a trip to Panama City Beach with friends and family this year.  Our good friends Allison and Scott were able to let us stay at their families condo.  The condo was perfect, it was on the first floor and led straight out to the beach.  Dana, Justin and their two little girls, Harper and Kylie came, along with my sister Allison and her little boy Elijah. 
       The trip was planned for JR and I to be down there for our friend's wedding Kacee and Biannca Holmes, JR was a groomsmen in the wedding.  It meant a lot to us to be able to celebrate with them because without Kacee, JR and I would not have met!  The wedding was on the beach and the weather turned out perfect! 
    The rest of our trip was spent with the kids and friends.  We had a canapy tent that the babies sat under and a blow up pool for the older ones to play in when we at the beach.  Caden loved the wind in his face and the sound of the ocean!  He spent most of his time in his swing or bouncer under the tent!  Grayson also had a great time playing in the ocean and finding animals.  He is a great swimmer so I do not have to worry too much when he is in the water... I just do not let him get too far away.  We also were able to spend time with just Grayson by taking him on a banana boat ride.  Grayson really enjoyed his time with just us without Caden.