Pumpkin Patch

Nathan's first trip to Burt's Pumpkin Farm! We had a BLAST and got the perfect pumpkin. We are going to carve it this week for Halloween! :)

Fun to be one!!

Well, my baby is a year old!

I can't believe it...I have so many emotions today. Happiness, sadness, love...I could go on and on. He has grown sooooo much and it breaks my heart! I'm planning on writing him a letter today and putting it in his baby book.

Brendan and I are going to take him out for his birthday tonight. I know he won't remember it, but it will still be something special for our immediate family.

Here are some recent pictures!

I'm A Bum

I know I have been horrible about posting and I'm sorry! I have no excuse other than the fact that we have been on a few vacations. Nathan is going to be 10(!) months old on Thursday. Time has FLOWN by! He is standing all by himself, eating tablefoods, and saying, "Momma" and "Dada" all of the time!



I got a new camera for my birthday, so poor Nathan has had to model for me a lot. I'm posting a picture that shows his reaction to me when I bust out the camera. See if you can figure out which on it is. Hehe!



I'll try to be better about posting from here on out!

Ok, I kept trying to add pictures and it won't let me today. I'll try again tomorrow!

Father's Day - A Little Late

I know Father's Day was Sunday, but I couldn't post this because I didn't want Brendan to see it! Nathan was the creator of his own gifts this year. I bought canvases and Crayola fingerpaints and he went to town! They turned out so cute! I bought easels to display them on and I really think Brendan and the grandpa's liked their gifts!

We did a cookout for the dad's at my parent's house Sunday night. We cooked ribs, chicken, potato salad, baked beans, rolls and my sister even cooked two cheesecakes before she headed back to Athens! All in all, I would say it was a successful Father's Day!

First Time in the Pool

The great thing about hot Georgia summers is cooling off. We went to our friend Chris's house yesterday and took Nathan for his first swim! He loved it from the word, "go!" He was even trying to swim AWAY from Brendan at times! It was so funny!

His cousin, Isaac, come over and swam with him, too. Now that Isaac is older, he isn't too sure about the pool. It took him awhile to warm up to it.

Overall, it was a success! I can't wait to take him again!

Oh, and FYI, if the swim diapers are a little too big, they will leak. Yep, found that out the hard way!

New Pictures

We had a little July 4th photoshoot the other day with Nathan. By photoshoot, I mean me with a white sheet drapped over a couch and a point and shoot camera. I thought they turned out really cute! Denae Hutson, a great photographer, was kind enough to photoshop a few of them for me to make them look better! I'm so excited!!

First Post in Awhile

I haven't had much time to post now that we are home. It is so wonderful, I can't even tell you. I have grown a deep appreciation for Sam Walton. No more homemade diapers from me! Haha!

We went to Nashville over Memorial Day weekend to visit Brendan's grandmother. It was a wonderful visit! We even went to a basketball tournament at Vanderbilt, which was so bizarre! I don't think I've been to that part of Nashville since we left. It was so long ago, yet it seems like yesterday! I really liked Nashville and I hate that we had to leave. Though, I must say, Charlotte was a fabulous experience.

Isaac is starting to get used to his new cousin! He is so gentle with him and gives him little baby kisses on his forehead. It is sooo sweet! Nathan loves to pat Isaac, and he is really patient with him. It warms my heart!

We're Home!!!!

We made it! We took the 9 1/2 hour flight from Frankfurt to Charlotte and then the hour flight from Charlotte to Atlanta on Friday. It actually went very smoothly! We were worried, not only because we had an 8 month old with us, but we also had a thousand bags we had to lug through the airport. Brendan's teammate helped us get the bags to the first counter in Germany and then a very nice lady in the Charlotte airport helped us get our bags to the second check-in there. She was a LIFESAVER!

Nathan was absolutely perfect through the whole flight. He took his naps right on cue and never cried! It was so funny because Brendan would walk up and down the aisles with him and he would get so excited whenever he saw people. He would start swinging his arms and legs! Everyone he walked by would "dab him up", as Brendan would say. It was pretty darn cute!

We were exhausted by the time we reached Atlanta, but we perked right up when we saw Brendan's parents and brothers (they picked us up in the Suburban...we had to have a big car to get all of our junk in it). They were so excited to see Nathan!

On Saturday night, Brendan's grandmother hosted a "Welcome Home" party for us. We had a BALL!! We had BBQ from Sticky Fingers (YUM!) and everybody played football and Croquet. They even had the house decorated with American colors and balloons!! It was perfect. We are so lucky to have such great families.

WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE HOME!!!!!!!