The Beach!

Our week-long trip to the beach was such a fun interruption to the rainy fall we have been experiencing here! Cooper loved the beach and playing in the sand, and Reese Ann was perfect! Six weeks is a great age to take a baby to the beach or on a road trip in my book! Dan and I enjoyed good friends and food and the mostly beautiful weather!


king of the sand hill!


what Reese Ann did best on the beach


our family of four on a night out


kite-flying- the favorite new beach pastime


beautiful sunset


a good book and sleeping baby at the beach (with a yummy margarita next to me)- pretty perfect!

First stop on our fall vacation...Birmingham!

All four of us made a trek to Destin for a week with some of Dan's college friends, and on the way down we were able to stop and visit with some great friends in Birmingham! The boys all had a great time playing together while the adults enjoyed catching up over lunch!


the four little boys- Matt, Cooper, Henry, and Read- best posed picture we could get!


Cooper, Read, and Henry having a great time playing!


my lifelong friend, Allison, and her son Henry

more to come from the beach!

A little boy's dream parade!

One late afternoon last week, my mom called and said she heard about a parade with firemen & police officers going on in town that evening. We scrambled to get in the car and made it to see all kinds of civil servants with their lights on, driving and waving! Cooper loved it!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy Birthday, Daddy! Hope your day has been wonderful! You are the greatest, and we love you very much!
Love- Cooper, Reese Ann, and Mama, too

1 month old!

Reese Ann is one month old today! In some ways it has flown by and in others, it seems like she has been here forever! I thought I would try to do a monthly update on the blog throughout her first year of life- mainly so that I can keep up and remember!

A few things about this little girl at one month old... she is a good sleeper except after being fed at 10- then she likes to be up! I think she might be a night owl like her daddy and her G-Chip. She makes some of the funniest faces many of them accompanied by grunts! She goes through more diapers than I could have possibly imagined! She has started smiling a little bit (as the above picture taken by Nan shows)! She loves to have her arms right by her face unless she is asleep on her back and then they fall to the sides. Her newborn size diapers are starting to get a little snug- she has been so tiny! Lots of her newborn size clothes are just now starting to fit! She tolerates Cooper's "rough love" pretty well- including him bopping her on the head to turn her into Sleeping Beauty. She has been quite a joy and a great baby! We are so thrilled to be on this side of the baby process, and look forward to everyday and each change that it brings!


Cooper loving on his "baby sister!"


asleep on daddy's shoulder


hanging out with Granny


on the floor with big brother


Dan with his little ones!