First Day of School

Kaitlin Grace on her 1st day of Preschool

She wanted to be sure I took a picture of her matching lunchbox and backpack! Kaitlin was so proud.

Last year we had the wonderful thing called “carpool line” I miss it already! So this year I walked her in her room and she squeezed my hand very tight on the way into school. I took her coat off and she was gone! She never even looked back!

Kaitlin smelling the flowers!

How did she get so big!!

2010 1st day of Mother’s Day Out

 

2011  1st day in the 2 year old room

Kaitlin had an ok day and she said she missed me!!! Kaitlin will need some time getting adjusted to a  new school, new teachers, and new friends! Hoping that Thursday is better and that we have a wonderful year!

Beach trip

We spent the last 10 days on vacation and it was such a wonderful time for our little family! It has been a wild year and we needed some time to relax and just be together. We split the drive into two days and spent the night in North Carolina!

Kaitlin had looked forward to this trip and was so excited! We got to the hotel late and they had hot cookies waiting on us! Kaitlin was so happy. She had never slept in a hotel bed before and she did great! Except she is the loudest sleeper!

We made it to the beach the next day and it was beautiful!

She was so ready to get on the beach!

We always eat at Duffy's seafood shack the first night! It is casual and always good seafood! We had a great meal and a great start to vacation.

 

We realized that the only consistent area in our life has been Myrtle beach in the last few years! With all our crazy moving it has been nice to vacation at the same place!

 

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6 months

Colin you are 6 months old and you are growing so much! It is hard to believe I am writing your 6 month post! You are such a big boy and you look less like a baby everyday!

Your smile lights up a room and you are so happy on most occasions! You are loving eating real food and have loved everything you have tried! You are so active and roll across a room to get what you want! You will be crawling this month for sure!

You are the most active baby and the only time you are not on the move is when you are asleep!

You even smile when you are asleep!

Still not looking like your sister but you love her so much!

 

The past 6 months have gone by so fast! We will be celebrating your birthday in the blink of an eye!

 

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Labor Day Weekend

Didi came up to spend his long weekend with us and we had a great visit! We got to do lots of fun things with him here. Dad helped me Friday while Kory saw Tennessee win big at the Georgia done!

He gave us an excuse to be a tourist in our own city. Schmidts sausage haus is on every list of things to do in Columbus! We went on Sunday and did not have to wait. They usually have at least an hour wait whenever their doors are open. It is in the German village and the restaurant in known for their amazing sausages and all you can eat buffet! These two really really enjoyed the buffet and are already planning a return trip!

They are also known for their cream puffs and they were amazing! It was fun to do the touristy thing in our hometown with Dad!

These were the funny German cutout people at the restaurant! I know it will be fun to take Kaitlin's picture whenever we go there to see how she grows in the coming years! This was her silly face!m

 

We had a wonderful weekend with Didi and can't wait to see him again soon!

 

 

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Game Day

It has been a long off season but today is game day! We are so excited and have worn orange all week! We are ready to cheer for Tennessee!

Kaitlin is so excited and decided that Pom Poms make her happy! It should be a fun season with her so happy!

She will be on the look out for the Chickfila cow on TV!

Colin loves the Vols too!

He looks so cute in orange!

 

 

We are ready for some football! It's great to be a Tennessee Vol! Even if we are the only Vol fans in Ohio!

 

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Big Sister Love

Kaitlin has decided that the best time to play with her brother is when he is ASLEEP!!!!

Family pictures

My amazing friend Bethany took family pictures before we left Bentonville! They are so beautiful and captured such a special time as our family of four!

My sweet boy

I love these of Kaitlin

 

This picture is so special! Such a sweet moment!

 

Such a sweet blessing to have beautiful pictures of our little family!

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