Fall Family Get Togethers

Here are some random family shots from this past fall.  The first couple are from Amy Hudgins' wedding.  

The kids actually did really well.  Em was super excited about the music!

Family shot of everybody :)

That same weekend, we took a trip to Los Amigos for dinner.  Jacob, Emily, and Hannah loved it. I thought this picture was just too cute!

Christmas Card Pictures for Mimi

Mom really wanted to get a good pic of the grandkids in their Christmas pajamas, so one Saturday afternoon, we raced over to her house to capture a few pics in between naps.  They were somewhat cooperative, but not very still.  Hannah really wanted to stand up too, so we let her stand opposite Jacob.

Here we have Emmy telling Jacob how it is. . .

. . . and Jacob is running away.

So, we decided to put Jacob in the middle so that he wouldn't run.

It worked!

Now Hannah gets a turn in the middle.  Sweet babies!

Wagon Rides with Mimi

Last year, Mimi found a great little wagon to pull the kids around in.  They love it and especially like to go for rides all together.  If Jacob is outside, he walks straight over to the wagon and lets you know he wants to go for a ride!

Em was tired of keeping to her own space.  Hannah started crying when Em's feet got to close.  She's little, but still lets you know when you are in her space!

Here are the "sisters" with the kids and Tiger.  We loved it!

My B Day, Nea Visits, & Thanksgiving

I had an awesome 28th birthday celebrating it with family!  Friday night, we celebrated with Steph, Bert, Stanley, mom, dad & our family at mom & dad's house.  I got this delicious caramel cake and  salmon for dinner!  It was super fun and special to be able to all get together.

The next week, Renea came to visit us for a week!  It was so great to see her and she is a natural with the kiddos.  Emily and Jacob already LOVE her and I'm pretty sure Hannah does too.  We all got together for dinner when she came up and she cooked us a feast!  Here's Mimi reading books with all the grandkiddos.

Papa Stan looks as happy as they do!

Jacob is almost as long as Nea is :)

We love Nea so much and really appreciate that she came all the way to GA (from NM) to love on us!

Thanksgiving was great this year with Jacob actually getting to take part.  All the pictures taken on this particular post were taken by my mom.  So, I have no pics from the Sanders house or anything else we did over the holidays.  I realized too late that my cameras were dead and one of the memory cards was full.

Here is Jacob playing on the steps.  That is his favorite place to be at Mimi and Papa Stan's now.

To finish off Thanksgiving night, we celebrated Bert's 30th birthday!  They are getting soooooo old!  :)  Haha!  I am laughing just thinking of Stephanie's face as she reads this :)  Love y'all. . . and I'll be there 19 months after you are!

Beep Beep! Jacob coming through!

The secretary at our church gave us a coupe car for Jacob around Christmastime.  Her kids were 4 & 3 and are done playing with it.  Jacob absolutely loves it and hates it when he has to get out to go inside.  Brett pushes him from behind and they come flying down the driveway.

Here they come. . .

So happy to be riding in my car :)

He had this sweet smile almost the entire time he was riding around.

Cruising through the front yard.

My favorite pic!  Sweet boy!

Computer Cords

We're not really sure how Jacob figured it out, but he is obsessed with the computer charging cord.  We have a two part charging cord, and he loves the part with the battery box on the end.  The first time he pulled it around the house, he did it for like an hour and a half.  The only problem is that he will try to take it out of the computer while it is charging it.  We definitely say "no no" to that!

Happy Happy with the computer cord :)

Aunt Lauren's Tent and Tunnel

Lauren, my roommate from college, came to visit us to bring Jacob some Christmas gifts and check out our "new" home in Toccoa.  She brought Jacob a super great tunnel and tent to play with!  He wasn't sure what to do with it at first, so Lauren hopped in to show him!  I think she's stuck :)

Now he's coming after her. . .

She finally makes it out of the tent!

As the evening wore on, Jacob loved playing with the tunnel and tent.  Now, the tent is one of his favorite things to play with.  He crawls in and sits still in the middle of the tent.  He is waiting for us to scare him by lifting one of the three flaps and yelling "boo!"  You can see him through the cracks trying to guess which door we are going to bust through!

It took him a minute to realize that he had to lift his knee to get in  and out of the tent.  At first, he would just drag it around the room with his knee.

Thanks Aunt Lauren!