Halloween

Thanksgiving and Christmas are usually a whirlwind of seeing relatives and traveling... Halloween is usually not. However, this year was different. We were at the cabin and I didn't want Andrea to miss out on dressing up and trick or treating on Halloween night. SO, we got the babies all dressed up and had an agenda that included a group picture at Wal-Mart with my first cousins, Jen and Matt's kids (7 of them altogether), then trick or treating at one grandmother's and then at the other one in Newport, TN. It was crazy, but we got a cute picture with SEVEN adorable, dressed up babies in it (ages 6 months to 4 years), and saw a lot of family. Andrea thought it was great! Hopefully I will get the crazy Wal-Mart professional picture up here soon! Stay tuned... Debbie got some more pictures of the photo session and of Andrea on Nana's front porch. Aunt Jena decorated, so that was pretty neat!

Tennessee!

We got to meet Eliana, finally! Today she will be baptised in her church, so we hope that all goes well and wish we could have been there. She is a beautiful baby and has wonderful parents, and she is my favorite NIECE! I loved her at first sight, as did Andrea, David, and Michael. We had a great week in Tennessee with Gma and Gpa Grogg. We carved a pumkin, went shopping, ate, played games, and Andrea opened (and played with) some early christmas presents!

David's second haircut

Yes, we had to have it cut AGAIN! This time we went to the place that does it for a penny the first time you go... I also have included som pictures of my babies playing together because they are so cute when they do!

Boo in the Zoo!

This afternoon we went to Boo in the Zoo at the Greenville Zoo. We went with our little playgroup. The girls had a great time strolling and getting yummy treats! David just kind of hung out... maybe next year he will be more into it! This year Andrea was much more involved, she walked the whole way at a pretty good pace and opened up her bag eagerly! She was so excited to be Dee Dee Doodle. Aunt Debbie made this costume for her birthday, and I added to it so she could really get into character! I bought the boots and tights, made the hairpiece, and painted her face. So much fun!

Clemson Gear

Ready to watch the football game! Unfortunately there has not been too much to cheer for this year :( Hopefully we can beat the Cocks and win a few more games with the new coach...

Family Day at GE

We went to Michael's work on Saturday where they had food and tons of fun stuff for Andrea to do! We had a blast! Andrea rode on the Train, the Giant Strawberry, the Cars, and the Hot Air Balloons (3 times, twice with strangers).

Tennessee

We ventured to Tennessee last week. We hung out with Jennifer and her babies quite a bit! We even all piled into the van to go to the mall to play at the playground and eat. I can't believe I didn't get a picture of all 5 carseats installed in the Oddysey, it was crazy! On the way back, Jen and I laughed because this is what we heard coming from the back... "No Efan!", "She's talking during Ninga Turtles", "He's covewing my mouf", and so on and so on... It was hilarious! We helped babysit Corey, Kari, and Ethan while Jen was at work, and Addison and CG while Matt and Candace were away for a bit. Andrea loved every minute! I can't believe I didn't get any good pictures of Corey, he was almost walking by himself (he did take a few steps) and into everything, so cute! He also kept saying, "moon", meaning that he wanted to be outside where the moon is... he is an outdoor lover like his daddy already! It is such a blessing to see Jen's premie twins doing so well! Kari gave me a few hugs and can eat her puffs all by herself. She also says a few very clear words! She'll get to all of that walking stuff sooner or later!

We spent the night with Mammaw, then Nana and Daddybob, and had a great visit with all of Andrea and David's great grandparents. We ended the trip by going to Knoxville to a really neat consignment sale with Aunt Debbie. I found lots of great deals along with David's halloween costume!

We are going back up to TN for Halloween, it will be fun to see all of the kids dressed up together! Hopefully we will get some good pictures!

6 months pictures preview

I dressed the babies in their "outfits" for pictures tomorrow just to see what it might look like...

HAIRCUT!

Well, it's done. I had to do it. I was afraid he would hate me in 16 years if I took too many more pictures with his crazy hair. Here are some pictures of the event... Andrea got her bangs trimmed as well.

Life's sweetest moments...

I am blogging right now because my family is asleep... yes, I took these pictures a few minutes ago...

Congrats Ryan and Jane!

Ryan and Jane just had their baby girl! We are so excited! Now Andrea and David have their first FIRST cousin! YAY!!!! We can't wait to meet her and see lots of pictures! These pictures are from a while back, when we went down to Sarasota. I don't think I posted these, they are from Jane's baby shower that we went to while we were down there.