Happy 5th Birthday Jude!!

Happy Birthday Jude!! We love you and hope you have a wonderful day (despite the rain :)!

With much much love,
Bobby, Heather, Hannah & Samuel

Can you believe it's been a whole year since we took these pictures?

Pumpkin Moon

A friend of ours sent this to me and I thought it was absolutely hilarious! You've been mooned...

Last night...

I was making chocolate Friendship Bread which is Hannah's favorite. I promised to let her eat some before bedtime so she was anxiously waiting for a piece. The timer for the bread went off and Hannah yells, "The Friendship Bread is calling!"

State Park Pictures

"My butt's cracking up!"

Sometimes Hannah's "butt is cracking up" and decides to "eat" her underpants.

It's the 23rd. You know what that means...

Sammy is 8 months old today! We "celebrated" by going to Oconee State Park with my mom. We had a picnic, played on the playground and walked around the campground. Hannah brought Lulu and pushed her around in her little stroller. Check back this weekend for pictures from the park (I have to wait until Bobby brings Lappy home from work:) We ended the evening by eating supper with Jessie. It was great to spend time with her because we don't get to see her very often.

Samuel's accomplishments to date are...

• Obviously sitting unsupported
• He is on his way to being "potty trained"
  
• He has 3 teeth (two bottom front teeth and one upper eye tooth)
• He can crawl!!
• He's pulling up and we will often find him standing up in his crib
• He can say "Da Da" and "Ma Ma"
• He's starting to imitate sounds...like blowing raspberries
• He's eating solid foods and loves table food...he's also drinking water with his meals.
• Last of all: simply being absolutely adorable and loved by all of us :)
  

Thank you Emily!! - Part II

Recently our neighbor Emily went on a week long trip. These are the gifts she brought back for Hannah & Samuel.

Thank you Emily!! Hannah loves her new plate & cup. And Samuel is so sweet when he cuddles with his blanket - he rubs it on his cheek when he's nursing, it's too cute.

Hannah's new plate.


Hannah loves drinking from her new cup...it's easy to hold with the two handles.


The Cowgirl enjoying her supper.


Samuel's new snuggle blanket. He takes the corners and rubs them on his cheek.