Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we went to a pumpkin patch at a local park in Savannah. I thought it would be a fun opportunity for Kerrington since it's her first fall! It really wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It was basically a bunch of picked pumpkins, some bails of hay, and some mums. There were some games for older kids to play, but that was it. We stayed long enough to take some pictures, then decided to head out! Next weekend there is a Family Farm Day that we're going to go to. I'm really looking forward to that!
Kerrington was asleep on the way up to the patch, she was surprised when we woke her up!

Smiling with mommy!

And with daddy!

Posing for some pictures!

6 Month Stats!

Today Kerrington had her 6 month check up! It was about a week late because we had to find a new pediatrician. After asking around to some ladies at church we decided to go with Dr. Keith Seibert at South Coast Pediatircs. He was great today! Very nice guy, reminded me of a younger version on Dr. Bird, our old pediatrician. Lil Miss got a clean bill of health too! Yeah!

I was a little worried because this past weekend, all three of us got some sort of virus. We've been all pretty snotty the past couple of days, but Dr. Seibert wasn't concerned. No ear infections either, thank goodness!

Ok, so here it is... Kerrington weighs:

17 pounds, 11 ounces, bringing her to the 75th percentile for her age. (That's my girl!) 25.75 inches long, 50th percentile for length. Her head circumference for all you medical professionals out there was 42 inches. So...she' basically perfect!!!



Isn't this just too stinkin cute?! She just woke up right before getting undressed to get weighed. I think she wasn't too sure what was going on right at that moment!

And... Grandma came to visit, which meant....

Somebody got a lil spoiled this weekend!!! I had to get a picture with all her loot...she made out pretty good!

And here's my girl. Ah, this is how she is 99% of the time. She's so stinkin cute and funny! She's getting herself quite the personality. I love it. She's yelling all the time now, it's hilarious...the girl can't just talk...she has to yell.

I also wanted to include in her 6 month updates that she's in size 3 diapers, and anywhere from 6-12 month clothes. It completely varies..but forget about the 3-6 month clothes anymore...she's too big (tear) for those!

She's growing like a weed! I can't believe it!

Oh, and I have to share this odd tidbit I found out today. I was telling Dr. Seibert about Kerrington's stuffy nose, and he suggested next time, just dropping a couple drops of breastmilk into her nose...yeah, I said breast milk! Isn't that crazy. He said that it has some great things in it that you can't buy at the store to help clear it up! No way! He also said you can use it for eye drops too! Hilarious!

Does anyone else see an opportunity to make some cash here!?? Anybody with me?! LoL!

Happy 6 Months Kerrington!

Our girl is 6 months old Monday! Wow! These past couple of months have flown by for obvious reasons, but it's been so much fun watching our girl grow from an infant who didn't do much, to a baby with a personality! We've had this child with us for 6 months now, and it's been the most amazing 6 months! I can't wait to see what she'll be doing in the next 6 months!

Here's what our girl is up to lately:

• She's got TWO teeth sprouting up from her bottom gum! They're so cute! She's been so good too, not extra fussy at all with them! Thank goodness! They're not all the way up yet, but you can see them! I haven't felt them yet...lol...
• She's rolling from her back to her belly, and her belly to her back. She'll get across the room in a blink of an eye now. I think she's figuring out that she can get places this way now.
• She's not quite sitting up on her own yet. We've been practicing, but she loves to swing back.
• She's eating...a lot! We eat fruits or veggies three times a day now. She's loved just about everything I've given her so far. I've tried chicken twice now, and so far, that's the only thing that she's gagged on. I'm making her baby food which has been so much fun too. I love to sit her in her bumbo in the kitchen and hang out with her while making food.
• She's got a full time stay at home mommy! With the move down her, Drew and I are really trying to make it work so that I can stay at home with her. We hope to make it work for as long as we can. It's been such a dream for me to do so. I absolutely love it.
• She's talking...well sort of! She will babble (yell mostly) all the time now. It's hilarious!
• She's visited the nursery here at church plenty of times now. I love that she's getting some interaction with babies of her own age and getting to play around other people.
• She's developing quite the personality. She smiles at everyone (just about), unless you see her when she's just woken up or hungry (but that goes for most babies, right?)
• And everyone still comments on her legs and arms! They love all the rolls and chunkiness, but then again, who wouldn't!

We're getting 6 month pictures taken next week and I can't WAIT to see how they'll turn out. I'm so excited for them! I'll post those as soon as I can! Here's her latest 6 month pics:

With pooh bear, she's almost as big as he is now!

She's a big girl now, she can hold her own sign!

Her eyes are almost closed in this one, but she's sitting straight up. My lil angel!

Crinkle nose

Kerrington started something new as of yesterday.... she'll crinkle up her nose and breathe really fast in and out of it...it's the cutest thing I've ever seen. Luckily this morning I was able to catch her doing it while she was eating her cereal and peaches. She's been doing it while eating or when she's playing with me. I think I've got a lil ham on my hands...

Kerrington will be 6 months on Monday. I'll try my best to get a post up of her pics. Right now we dont' have a computer at home so I've just been borrowing Drew's work computer several nights a week to keep everyone updated and check emails and facebook. Here's a few more pics of the babe:

Checking herself out in the mirror.

Ready for church!

Keeping the sun out of her eyes at the beach.

Go Blue!

Ok, all you Ohioans don't hate me for this post! I thought I would bring a big smile to my brother Aaron if I post these pics for him. Obviously, he's a BIG Michigan Wolverines fan and last spring he went up to see a practice and bought this onsie for Kerrington to wear during the fall season. She wore it for their first game and so far it's brought the team luck because they've won their first two games! If you send us your favorite teams onsie, maybe we'll consider representing them...and maybe it will help your team out!

Kerrington says..... "GO BLUE!"

2 Years!

Monday was our 2 year Wedding Anniversary! In no way did I think that we would be celebrating our anniversary living in Georgia! Wow! What an incredible year we've had though! Last time this year we were celebrating our 1st anniversary knowing that we had a little baby growing inside of me. This year, we had our sweet angel to celebrate with us! Drew and I knew that we wanted to start a family sooner rather than later, and God did bless us sooner! We fortunately got pregnant 1 month out of not preventing! We are so grateful and thankful for His blessing us with Kerrington, she's changed our life and made our marriage so much sweeter.

When Kerrington was about 3 months old we were presented with the opportunity to move our family to Georgia for Drew to start a new position here. That was a major challenge for us! We dealt with new things and God challenged Drew and I in different ways. This decision to move and the process getting down here has made our marriage stronger. We had to lean on each other in ways we never did before.

I can't wait to see how God will challenge us and use us in this next year of marriage. I am more in love with Drew today then the day I married him, but not as much as tomorrow!

Monday we had the opportunity to drive up to Hilton Head and spend the day there. We took Kerrington to the beach for the first time and let her experience the sand and water. Afterward, we got some lunch, walked around the outlet malls for awhile then traveled back to Savannah. We got cleaned up and headed to downtown Savannah for dinner. We didn't know quite were to go so the first place we stumbled on was a restaurant called The Old Pink House. It was amazing! The food was delicious!

We had a great day together...here's some pics of our day:

Kerrington and Daddy on the beach!

Testing out the water...not sure she likes it!

Kerrington and Mommy!

After our night out on the town!

We're back together again...in Savannah!

After almost 2 weeks apart, our family was back together again this past Friday. As much of you have heard, we had quite the fiasco with our furniture and the company that "moved" it for us! The original plan was for the moving company (United States Moving Services) to come and pick up our things on Monday, August 24th and Drew was going to leave afterward and travel with his mom by car down to Savannah. Well, they didn't end up coming until that night and Drew didn't get to leave until Tuesday. As well, they didn't end up delivering our things until this past Friday. That delayed our arrival here by a week because we thought it'd be pretty hard to live in a place with nothing and a 5 month old baby.

We're here now and so are our things! We unpacked over the weekend and celebrated our 2 year anniversary on Monday at HILTON HEAD! How cool is that?! As we were driving there, we couldn't believe that we were spending our anniversary on the beach. God is pretty good!

Drew and I really love our new place. It was quite and adjustment going from a three bedroom house with a basement and garage to a 2 bedroom condo with neither a basement nor garage. We're so happy with our lives though, God has shown us SO much through this move. We know that what is most important is that we are together as a family and serving God's kingdom. Everything else is just...stuff!

Since this is my first post since the move, I'll try and post some pics from the last few weeks. Drew brought his computer home from work so I could get on the Internet and post some pics of the baby...we're working on getting our Internet set up here.

Kerrington has done phenomenal with the move! She did great on the flight down, just a small cry before falling asleep on the plane! She's just watched us while unpacking...probably being entertained with all the movement! She's had a couple of firsts already being down here:

• Sunday was her first time in the nursery! I was going to put her in the nursery a couple of weeks ago at Mason, but then when I found out our move was so soon, I decided to just keep her out. She did well though (or at least that's what they said!), she was pretty tired when I got her, I think they were trying to get her to sleep and she was fighting it! Since then she went back tonight for Wednesday night choir rehearsal, I think she'll really learn to enjoy all those ladies loving on her.




• She is cutting her first tooth! Last week I saw what looked like 2 little white things and I thought they might be teeth, and sure enough, there is a little tooth coming through on her bottom gum! She isn't too fussy though, thank goodness! I'm not sure she really even notices it!




• She is eating like crazy...sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans, apples, and bananas to name a few of the things she has tried. She loves them all, not a picky eater...yet!




• She's rolling both ways now (from front to back, and back to front)

Ok..here's some pics:

With Uncle Aaron, getting a bath in the sink at Grandma and Grandpa's house.



Modeling her Michigan outfit that Uncle Aaron got her for the football season.


In her high chair awaiting FOOD!

More pics to come of our anniversary day at the beach!