Thanksgiving and Ava's 1st B-day

We'll start with Thanksgiving!  We went to Macon this year and had a really nice time.  The weather was perfect.....we even ate outside.  I wish I had take a photo of the tables set up outside.  It was right out of a magazine!

Ava & Honey

Carson counting Ava's piggies:)

Ava turned 1 over the holiday and we were excited to share in the day with everyone.  She is such a sweet little girl and we are  blessed to be her Godparents.

Honey and The Birthday Girl~

Kendra & Carson (and Honey hiding in between them)

The Birthday Girl and her Mommy

Her cute cake that was delicious!!

I think she likes it~

Halloween

Well here it is the day before Thanksgiving and I'm writing about Halloween!  2011 is gonna be a whole new deal:)  Sure it is.......Better late than never.


Yep, Halloween fell on GA/FL this year.  We had a great time watching the game with Carson.  She would say GOOOO Bulldogs!  Dissapointing game but hopefully they could hear us cheering them on.



My Witch hat I bought for $2.00 this year in hopes I would dress up.....sadly I did not.....good thing Carson put it to use.



 

Carson and Cady (in Carson's class who happens to be one of our neigbor's)

I really wasn't sure Carson was going to be into dressing up.  As you can see from the above pic. it took her a bit to warm up to the idea.  She kept telling people she was going to be a lion for Halloween but then was not so sure about the actual costume.

Yay!

Our other neighbor's from next door came over and we ended up rushing out the door with them....hence why Carson has on what she does underneath her lion costume.  It was still super cute.

From the back was too cute!!

The aftermath.....sorting candy w/Daddy

Carson was really a trooper.....she walked around the whole block almost.  The later part Cooper carried her.  She just loved going to the door saying trick or treat and saying "Thank You."  My goodness I hope she continues to use the great manners she has!!


Until next time (hopefully not next month).....Happy Thanksgiving~

Giveaway Time from Shutterfly

So I read on one of the MANY blogs that I read that Shutterfly is doing this amazing giveway for Bloggers.  They are having a promotion where bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly.  Wow!!  Perfect in time for the holidays.  You can go to this link-http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards and look at all of their great holiday cards.  Of course a calendar is always a great idea for a Christmas gift and you can look at Shutterfly's here-http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars.  And I think my favorite this year are their story cards-http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-story-cards.  Can't wait to pick out one of the story cards for our card this year.

We have always had such great luck using Shutterfly and I can's wait to get a jump start on this years!!  Don't forget to go to this link to get your 50 free Holiday Cards......http://bit.ly/sfly2010

It's Fall Ya'll!!

Again overdue but you know.....life get's in the way.  If I had it my way I would have tons of time to blog and post pictures but that's not in the cards and that's alright too:)

We went to Cagle's Dairy Farm early in October and it was HOT! Daniel was recovering from a stomach bug that we all got that weekend so he didn't go with us.  My Mom and I took Carson and met the Fitzgerald gang there.  I thought we would want to do the Farm tour but again it was a hot fall day so maybe next time.  It is really adorable out there.  Great photo ops!!  Here are some fun photos of the day~

Seriously....she could not get enough of this tractor.

Love this one!!

Riley & Emma were not into having a family photo made this day:)

Such a great day!   Halloween pics. to come~

Carson's 2nd B-day Party.....Ladybug Style

Well this is only 1 month overdue but it has been a busy, busy fall.  So mostly I'll just let the pictures do the talking.  We had a great time at Carson's 2nd b-day.  Celebrating the day with friends and family.  Carson was so excited that it was finally her birthday this time.  Mostly she was excited about eating cake.  What can I say....Like Mother, Like Daughter:)

The birthday girl right before she ate one of the fondant ladybugs off of the cake....can you blame her?







So happy to see her Aunt Kendra!



Riley and Luke having a great time in the Bounce House~

Happy 2nd birthday sweet Carson!!  You are an absolute joy and the light of our life.  All the love in the world-  Mommy and Daddy~

And just like that.....we are a family of 4:)

Now don't be silly.....I didn't mean another baby:)  But we did get a fish for Carson.  It was fun to take her to the pet store.  She seems to really like animals.  She loved looking at everything they had there.  We let her choose the fish and she wanted an orange one.  We asked her what she would like to name it and she said with no hesitation....."Nemo".  Well alrighty then.....Nemo it is.

Labor Day and Carson turns 2 in South Carolina

Carson and Sarah when we arrived....I think they were about to run across the room:)


We had a great time visiting our very good friends the Tillers in South Carolina over Labor Day.  I met Melissa and Josh in Athens while they were living there for Josh to attend UGA for his masters.  Melissa and I worked together and became fast friends.  She was a bridesmaid in our wedding.  She is the kind of friend that you don't need to talk to every day (though sometimes we may) or even every week and can pick up exactly where you left off.  I treasure these kind of friends.  She is my friend that I affectionately refer to as "Martha Stewart":)  This is because she is super crafty and such a domestic goddess!


It has been fun to watch our little girls together.  They seem to play very well together.  When we arrived on Friday Melissa and I took the girls to Fun Gym.  This is where you can take your kids to a free play gymnasium.   They had a blast!  It was great for Carson to be able to run around after a long car ride.

Carson on the balance beam:)

Walking down the trampoline with some help from Melissa

Ms. Sarah jumping on the trampoline

We told them to do the same pose and it's just too cute~




The next day was Saturday and Melissa and I planned to take the girls to the beach.  Melissa and Sarah had made these adorable cupcakes for Carson's b-day and we let the girls have one for breakfast:)


 It was the first time Carson had ever seen the beach.  She wasn't real sure about it at first (in fact I was a little worried that we'd have to leave).  She kept saying "I wanna get down".  Not sure if she thought we were up some place high:).....but she warmed up to it.  She walked around in the sand more and then eventually went out to the water with me.  Carson didn't want to leave the beach.....when it was time ago she was looking out at the ocean and said "Bye ocean.....I'll see you tomorrow:)"

Aren't they adorable?

Happy 2nd B-day sweet girl~

Fun in the Sun!




We had such a great time visiting and catching up with the Tillers.  Of course our trip would not have been complete without one small trip to urgent care:)  Carson developed pink eye on the day before we were supposed to leave.  We took it in stride and got her to the dr. and got the eye drops and we were good to go. 


A good time was had by all!