Mimi's Visit

My Mom came into town this past weekend from snowy Chicago, here she is sitting on the stairs with Parker just before she left. You can compare his size to the pic I took of them on the stairs in August (I couldn't find where I had saved it so I couldn't do a side-by-side). He looks like a toddler in this pic compared to August! A bald toddler. He has just about lost all his hair except for a strip at the bottom of his head, like a Monk would wear his hair...too funny. He has quite a little personality now too, he's very silly, a natural born comedian...

Thanks Mimi for all the bottle washing, bottle feeding, diaper changing, re-outfitting, & head kissing you did on your trip! We miss you already!

A Howell Family Thanksgiving in Boone

The Howell Family (us), the original Howells (Ace's parents), Mom Ruthie, & the Baker Family all went up to the Mountain house in Boone, NC for Thanksgiving this year. We are actually making a tradition out of it, this is our 3rd year going for Thanksgiving. The guys even got to ski this year, a Thanksgiving miracle to ski in Boone this early in the winter (actually late fall...)! We definately filled up our time, below are pics of going to Blowing Rock for their annual Christmas festival, the day after Thanksgiving, cutting down our very own tree on the RRR Howell Tree farm, and even enjoying a nice bonfire in the front yard, ahhh the joy of the mountains!

Parker ready to ride on the 5 hour car trip to Boone, he slept the WHOLE way!

Santa Baby

Are we too matchy-matchy?

Parker, Knox, & Ann Tatum

My little snowman bundled up on the hayride up the mountain

on the hayride...


This is the tree!

Around the campfire

At the Christmas Festival in Blowing Rock

The boy cousins in their matching jammies, AT had some too but not its not as easy as you think to prepare photo ops with little ones...

3 Months Old

Parker turned 3 months on the 18th. Here is our cute boy with the giant girafe...

I'm bringing chubby back

4 Generations of Averys - Avery Young, Avery Tatum, Avery Christian, & Avery Parker (in age order)

I'm ready for the mountains!

Parker is getting so big! He is smiling all the time, including when I am feeding him his bottle, he can't help but smile at me...it melts my heart but if I smile back at him, it's all over & he won't finish his bottle. He is almost 3 months old already too, we can't believe it. And the best part...he sleeps at least 10 hours straight each night, we even got 12 hours one night. Have I convinced anyone else to have one yet? If you have hung out with me lately, you will know that I am on the recruitment team for having babies, What? You just got married? You should have a baby right away...its easy, I promise...did I tell you my baby sleeps 10 hours a night???

This 1st pic is of Parker sleeping on the couch today, he was so warm & toasty in this heavily heated house.

Daddy & Parker / Parker in the Bumbo, sitting like a little man in his recliner...

Parker's 1st Halloween

Parker was a Pumpkin for his 1st Halloween...Ace & I got dressed up too, I was a cat (I know, not very original) & Ace was Joe Dirt (kind-of). Ace's costume was so funny, I couldn't look at him without laughing, the mullet wig was awesome.

We went to Johan & Elaina's for a costume party, here's Ace dancing during cherades...check out the whole costume

Fall Pictures

Happy Fall Ya'll! I am so excited about this cooler weather, living in Atlanta you get tired of it being so hot pretty quickly - especially when you are pregnant during the summer... Here are a couple of pictures of our family this fall.

Here we are at one of the Greenville Street Park in Newnan - this is one of the parks Ace's company did

Parker posing with the mums on our front porch

Pop, Erika, Amma & Parker at the Grand Opening of the new portion of the Roswell Greenway - Ace's company did this too. Pop is pumping up the tire on the stroller in case you were wondering...

Life is a Miracle

Yesterday this was on Oprah - about a boy who was born with Trisomy 18 - a chromosonal abnormality where the child doesn't usually live more than a couple of days after birth. This baby's parents made a video tribute to him, documenting his 99 days of life. Just warning you, it will probably make you cry, but it really does remind me what a miracle life is & how you should celebrate every day & how much of a miracle it is to have a child. It is a very touching video. After they showed the video they talked to Eliot's parents & they are pregnant again with a healthy baby & are due in a couple of weeks...

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=qILw1iFzmIE

Don't forget to thank God everyday for our precious babies.