The cats are loose!

Lions and Tigers....we had 'em at our house tonight! A few weeks back when we asked K what she wanted to be for Halloween (mind you, I am pretty sure she had no idea what 'Halloween is), she said a Tiger, and when asked what Kellan should be, she responded, 'a roar' (Lion). So, Gigi sent some o-so-cute costumes their way! I was a bit nervous because when it first came in the mail our lil miss wasn't so keen on putting the thing on. We had a few other opportunities to wear a costume, so she eventually warmed up to the idea and I'm so glad because as you'll see below, she's the CUTEST tiger you'll ever see!

Tonight we got together with a great bunch of friends, our small group and had a Patchville party complete with games, a fire pit, food, and candy! It was a great night and we are so blessed to have wonderful people to be around!



Is it just me or does he resemble the cowardly lion from 'The Wizard of Oz'




Ferocious, aren't they? 



She is on the prowl...

The cutest Snow White!

This was.....fun

love.

I wish I could have heard what they said!

Spiderman!

It's rough being a lion

Weekend Away

Seeing as Drew is a Worship Pastor, our weekends away are very few and far between. We're okay with that. This past weekend we were fortunate enough to have Drew all weekend so we thought it would be fun to take a weekend trip up to Atlanta to the Georgia Aquarium. It was quick, but very fun! Saturday we drove the 4 hours to Atlanta, got some lunch and then headed into the aquarium...

Daddy and sis ready to go see the 'fishies'

These tanks of fish were right when you walked in to the aquarium...she was fascinated!

I got the ebbie jeebies just looking at these guys!

There were many colorful fish in this tank, K would say 'loot at the blue one, (gasp) lellow! (gasp) orange!'

Big, ol whale shark. They have 4 total!

Gigantic sting ray

Our sweet guy took a short nap while we were watching the whale sharks being fed.

Funny looking fish!

After the aquarium, we checked in to our hotel the Kerrington's uncle Aaron who is going to grad school in Athens, met us to get some dinner. We enjoyed some CPK (California Pizza Kitchen)...it was yummy! After dinner we headed back to the hotel to settle in for the night. By the time morning came, all 4 of us were sharing the king sized bed...let's just say we didn't do well all sleeping in the same room!

Sunday morning we visited a church of a worship pastor Drew knew. After church we scouted out a very important place to eat... CHIPOTLE! Oh my goodness... it was heavenly. After our delicious meal, we started the trek home. We made it back safely, and boy were we all ready to be out of that car. It was such a great couple days to be together as a family.

The artist

Every so often we get out the finger paints (thanks mom) while brother is napping and have us a good ol time. My sweet girl is not afraid to get her hands dirty, or her arms, or her feet for that matter. 'Dainty' is not a word in her vocabulary. She has fun, that's all that matters to me, and we usually get some interesting art work out of it!

Showing me her messy hands

This is her 'cheese' face!

Concentration

'come on mom...stop askin me to look at you while I'm making a masterpiece!'

Got it! Love this smile!

She was thrilled to pieces that I let her play with scissors...I kept a VERY close eye on her so that we wouldn't have any hair missing...

Happy girl!

Happy 10 Months Kellan!

Our sweet KB is 10 months old today. It's not right that he is in double digit months and I have to start planning for a 1st birthday party. What on earth happened to this year! (I can tell you what happened...its' two kids 2 and under...I dont' know how those mommies with 3 or more under 3 do it!)

Here are his pictures for today, his update is posted below!



The stinker was trying to go for my camera...hence the close picture...



He was wrestling with Pooh as well...notice the progression of pictures:

"I can take him momma!"

"Annnnddd he is down! Booo ya!"

• You're in size 4 diapers and 9 to 12 month clothing.
• You eat like a horse. For lunch today you had two jars of baby food, a strawberry (I sliced it in half and you ate both pieces...it was your sister's), half a small banana, a couple handfuls of Cheerios, some of your sister's bread. I even breast fed you not too soon after before your nap. You eat three meals a day and a couple snacks and are breastfeeding just 3 times a day now. You cut down significantly I feel like almost overnight!
• You are now sleeping through the night and no longer get up to eat. Praise-alleluia! I knew you'd figure it out eventually. You sleep from about 7:15p.m. to 7a.m. You also take two naps. One at about 9:30 or 10 in the morning and another about 2 in the afternoon. You go down really well these days. I'm thankful we stuck with letting you cry it out.
• You also learned between 9 and 10 months how to crawl on your hands and knees. You were definitely getting where you needed to go with the army crawl and still use it when you have your eye on something (or someone) but you also have mastered 'the crawl'.
• You pull yourself up on everything...and are starting to walk along furniture. I think you'll be walking before your first birthday.
• You're not talking yet. You just yell. Even then you don't do that too often. I think you have too much competition. I'm not in any hurry for you to talk, you sister does it enough for the both of you :)
• You love your momma (and I love that you love me so much). I hope you stay that way for a long time!
• You are getting your third bottom tooth. That makes a grand total of 7 so far.

The other day I was making the bed and things were pretty quiet (never good) so I went to check on you. As I was walking out of my room your army crawled out of the bathroom with an old diaper (wrapped up, and not poopy). I instantly knew you had gotten in to the trash so I went to check it out. Oh my. You had stood up at the toilet. Got the toilet paper roll off the holder and dropped it in the toilet along with pieces of a torn up magazine I had thrown away. I hope this isn't telling of the future... it sure was cute then though!

We love you to pieces. I wish you would stay this age forever. You are so much fun.

Pumpkin Patch

The beautiful fall weather prompted us to go out the the Richmond Hill Pumpkin Patch today! This is our third year going...it must have officially become a tradition. Although it is quite small, it was fun to get out for just a little while this morning and soak in the fall festivities!

Me, K, and Mamaw...three generations

Papaw and KB

my pumpkins

We are all looking...well, almost!

our kiddos sure are loved

Thank you Lord, she actually will 'smile' for pictures now!

last year, she was NOT having the face paint...quite the change from this year...she couldn't wait!

our little super star made it through the hole each time!

um...handsome?

Sleep

For a glorious two weeks (give or take) now this guy has been SLEEPING through the night. Praise Jesus. Yes, my son is almost 10 months old and just now sleeping through the night. I'm not one of those moms that stresses or worries about my children sleeping through the night at 12 weeks. Thank goodness, because if I were...I'd definitely have lost it by now! I also am one of those moms that can't stand to hear my baby cry for too long. I always tell my self, this is just a season... soon enough they'll be leaving my house for college...I'll take the getting up in the night, I'll cherish EVERY moment.
KB has had his sicknesses too..if he is sick, there is no way this momma is going to let him 'cry it out'.  He pretty much weaned (night feeding) on his own, it wasn't too much of a struggle. I think we'll definitely make it to 1 year strictly breast feeding. That was my goal. After that...we'll see. Kerrington was done at 1 year, she was too busy. I'll let my lil guy decide.

I thank  God for blessing me with these two. My cup runneth over.

Family Fun

Friday we had some family fun. Drew is off on Fridays so we decided to go to downtown Savannah. We ate a yummy breakfast at a restaurant called J. Christophers. It was delicious! Next we walked over to a cemetery (a little odd I know) and snapped a few pictures with our fancy smanchy camera Drew got me for my birthday. We had fun together, then got to swing on a nearby play ground. My idea of a great day!