Chop Chop

Bubba has his first haircut on February 9th. His hair was just out of control so we asked Auntie C if she would do the honors. He did great! He held still especially when Papa fed him a cherry Popsicle!!

Happy First Birthday, Bennett!

Bubba's first birthday came and went as fast as his first whole year flew by. We are so thankful to have him in our lives and we cannot wait to see how he interacts with his new baby brother or sister in September (oh, by the way, we are pregnant again and due September 13th if you didn't know...whoops!!) Our due date is bitter sweet as it is 3 days before Grandma Jackie's birthday. She would have been 72 this year. Bubba was her little kindred spirit and she was so overjoyed to know that she had another great-grandchild on the way. In fact, she screamed in my ear over the phone when I told her how close our due date was to her birthday. We miss her every day.

Now that I have made this supposedly celebratory posting a little depressing, here are some pictures from Bubba's first birthday and his first birthday party! On his actual birthday, Mima came over with a birthday donut, balloons and a fittingly loud and obnoxious bear that plays "Happy Birthday to You." The Husband and I took him to the Children's Museum and we had his party on the 16th. We also had a get-together with some of our friends who we met in our birthing class before we had Bubba. All three of the kids are 10 days apart so we threw the three of them a birthday party complete with pizza, cake, and the kiddie pool filled up downstairs. They had a blast!

Christmas and more

Christmastime has been so busy for us that we haven't had any time to post updated pictures and information. But now we are in January, on the cusp of Bubba's FIRST BIRTHDAY(!!!!) and we are finally updating. We spent 3 days before Christmas with The Husband's family and Christmas evening with mine. Uncle Nick got to see Bubba for the first time in a few months and they had a blast! We are having Bubba's first birthday party this Sunday and we cannot believe how quickly this year has gone and how much our baby has grown! He has become such an integral part of our family that it is like he has always been here. We love our little family of three!

Happy Halloween

Here is our "all dressed up" picture from Halloween the other night.

A Little Something for Uncle Nick

We are so excited to see Uncle Nick in a couple of weeks. Since we've been thinking about him, here's a little something for him!

October!!

October has been full of so much fun for us! We have gone to the zoo a LOT and we went pumpkin picking too! We are carving our pumpkins in a few days so we'll post pictures of that soon too. Here are a few pictures to tide you over :)

PS: The little girl in the picture is Cali, Bubba's "girlfriend." He is in LOVE with her! Her parents are the youth pastor at our church and his wife. She is such a sweet little girl and Bubba follows her around like a puppy!

Photo Op!

It is so beautiful outside today! Here are some pictures I took of Bubba in our back yard. Yes, the second one WAS taken mid-sneeze!