September Pictures

Cousins Cousins...

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Cole's new cousins!  It will be any day now that this family of 3 becomes a family of 5 with the addition of two sweet baby boys!  We are praising the Lord for allowing my sweet sister to carry these twins to full term.  God has been so faithful and gracious to our family.  Laura always looks amazing and being 37 weeks pregnant with twins is no exception!  (Especially since she's wearing my H&M maternity top with my Gap maternity jeans)  We can't wait to meet you baby boys. 

Cole is going to have so many cousins as we anticipate welcoming a sweet baby girl cousin in December and another baby girl cousin in February!   We are excited about our growing extended family and all the cousins that will be so close!

On the Move

My baby is crawling!  It happened right before bed time.  Hopefully I'll get a better video tomorrow.

Mickey Mouse and Bathtime

Some TV time with friends (watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)

And Bathtime with Daddy

A house divided.

Saturdays in the fall are football days in our house. (as are Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays too) 

This past Saturday was the Carolina/Georgia game.  (I'm sure I don't have to tell you how it turned out) so our house was divided.  Cole go to wear USC gear since the Gamecocks won last year.   We also had 2 of my college girlfriends over to watch it with us.  I'm pretty sure we were the only people in Knoxville not attending or watching/caring about the UT game. 

Ray was trying to get a picture of Cole crying in his USC shirt :)

Menu Planning Week 2

On to another week of Menu planning... my goal is that we don't eat out as much so we can save some money in that category on our budget... There are a few repeats this week.  We got a little off last week with some extra leftovers so I didn't make everything on the list AND a few things were really yummy so I will make again this week since we have the ingredients already... 


Today: Lemon Brown Sugar Chicken
Saturday:  Game Food -- Pizza Rolls, Chicken Wings, & Onion Rings with Chocolate Chip Pie!
Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Cube Steak Sandwiches
Tuesday: Beans & Rice
Wednesday: Chicken and Stuffing Bake
Thursday: Spaghetti
Friday:  Date Night

7 months!

My baby boy is 7 months old today!  He is getting so big and learning so many things. I love his little giggles and can't get enough of his smile.  He is weighing about 16 1/2 lbs now.

Today I put him down for a nap and when I went in a few minutes later to check on him (thinking he'd be asleep)  he was sitting up in his crib.  He just smiled and continued playing with his blanket and passy.  He had never gone from laying down to sitting up before!  I watched on the video monitor as he continued to lay down and sit up, bounce, play with his passy, grab the crib slats, etc.  over and over until he got tired and went to sleep. 

My boy is growing up!