Let's Party

So Beau turned one on Thursday, April 26th! I can't believe it has already been a year! Time sure flies by, especially with the second child. We had a party in our neighborhood park on Saturday. It was a ton of fun and perfect weather. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us! A picture's worth a thousand words, huh?

Ball anyone?

I loved drinking the ice cream out of the ice cream cup! Yummy!

Cake anyone?

This is the hilarious face that Beau made the entire time everyone sang Happy Birthday to him. He is just really not sure about the whole thing.

The face painting table was popular.

The party venue - Azaela Park. A great place to party! God blessed us with beautiful weather despite the 60% chance of rain in the forecast the night before.

Uncle Berry and John with baby Davis - our youngest party attendee.

The birthday boy in the jumper.

This is Ella - is she not the cutest thing? She turned one in February.

Big sister Abby and her friend Addie with matching "scaredy cat" faces. They got the scary part right!

Abby getting her face painted - very intense!

My friend Amber and her sweet baby Andrew came all the way from Chattanooga to party!

Check out the cake! Cool, huh? Beau's Aunt Ann has this incredible talent that we benefit from. She is incredible, and can do pretty much any cake you can find!!

Happy Birthday, Beau

Here is our little man over the weekend in the cutest little jon-jon my sister-in-law Courtney's mom made for him. I could not wait to get him in it! His cousin, Will, has a matching one!

A few more days and I'll be 1!

Playing in Abby's room - 11 months.

Bathtime with Abby - 10 months.

Swinging with Papaw on the porch in Butler. Check out my hair just prior to the first cut!! ) 9 months

Hanging with Aunt Jody - 9 months.

Christmas Eve 2006 - 8 months.

Church directory pictures - 8 months.

Thanksgiving weekend in Jackson, MS. This is my cousin Will. Isn't he so cute? He is only about 2 weeks old in this picture! 7 months

I love bathtime! - 7 months

This picture was taken on a trip to Gatlinburg during football season. Can you tell? Mommy says when I play football for Tennessee she is going to leak this picture to ESPN right before I play in the National Championship game!! - 6 months

Happy Halloween! I was a rooster for Halloween if you can't tell...6 months

This was taken on a trip to South Carolina in September. Abby is eating ice cream and I was very content leaning against her and watching - oh how things change!! - 5 months

My first try at cereal. I hated it and kept spitting it out. None too thrilled - can you tell?

4 months

Quite the poser! - 3 months

Looking over mommy's shoulder - 2 months

This was my birth announcement picture - about 6 weeks old

Mommy propped me up on the ol' boppy for a little picture session - aren't I cute? 5 weeks old

Chillin' on the couch with big sis - I'm a few weeks old.

So sweet. Mommy and Daddy loved me from the moment they knew I was in mommy's belly! Look how handsome I was - even at such a young age!! It only gets better from here!!

Aren't they sweet?

A couple of recent pictures... Our little cookie monster. This kid loves her sweets...just like mommy...

Isn't he getting so big and non-baby looking? It makes me so sad!!

Chuck E Cheese

A couple of weeks ago Toby and I took the kids and met some friends of ours at Chuck E Cheese's. That place has so much stuff for the kids. They love, love, love it - both of them! The picture says it all!

Abby's Pictures

Happy Easter everybody!! We had a fun weekend in Johnson City with Daddy's family. I will put more pictures of the weekend later. I had to go ahead and put on some great pictures Abby took with her new camera (that she loves) that the Easter Bunny brought her! They are hilarious - and these are the good ones!! Cheesin' for the camer on Easter morning - I think Daddy actually took this one...

Easter morning action shot - mommy cleaning scattered toys in Aunt Jody's new condo as Abby's cousin Sydney watches the excitement.

Mommy's big booty...getting ready-not a view I'm used to seeing! At least it fit on the camera screen.

Action shot of Beau. He is a fast crawler-can you tell by the picture?

Playing Around

Here are a couple of pictures I took yesterday morning while the kids were playing upstairs. Beau likes to play in Abby's kitchen as much as she does, and he loves to push the baby stroller! We really need to invest in some boy toys...

Huntin' Eggs

Beau and the gals! Ella and Abby enjoyed sorting through their eggs and were so sweet to their younger siblings - letting them hold their eggs and play in their baskets! Abby letting Beau look at her loot.

Abby counting her loot. She found 14 eggs to be exact!

Ava and Beau wondering what in the world all of the excitement is about.

Beau managed to find an abandoned bucket for a little while and steal an egg at the church egg hunt! We're so proud...Toby says I can't dress him like this forever. I can't imagine what he means-can you?

Huntin' Eggs

Hey everyone! We have been gearing up for the Easter Holiday around our house the past week or more. Abby is so excited about the Easter Bunny coming to visit her. We will be in Johnson City and Butler to visit Daddy's family but I assured her that we would let the Easter Bunny know where to find us! This is a picture of the kids I took Sunday prior to out church's egg hunt. It is next to impossible to get a picture of them both looking at the camera and smiling, but I thought it was still a cute picture.