Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween Weekend! Our good friends Tom and Jenny Moore were in town with their son Griffin for a golf tournament the boys played in. Jenny and I had lots at time to catch up, enjoy the kids and even an afternoon of girl time at the spa! Connor Loved having Griffin around and Loved Halloween -He was Lightning McQueen from the Movie Cars -and my mother in law so skillfully made Pierce a "mater" costume so he could match Connor. despite the icky weather we ventured out to trick or treat on halloween with the 3 kids and our nephew Bradford AKA Mickey Mouse - Connor caught onto the concept of trick or treating quickly -especially after he found out what happens when you suck on the Hersheys wrapper long enough! The rest of the weekend was beautiful and I have included some pictures at the Park and of the boys craving their first pumpkin with Popa C

Photo Shoot

Pierce had his first photo shoot a few weeks ago - both boys did great!

UT vs GA

As you all probably know the UT/GA game is a rivarly weekend in our household. Our good friends Mandy & Brian Riley came to visit us for the weekend with their adorable 2 children Madison and Carter and to help me cheer on the Dawgs -obviously we did not cheer loud enough! The weekend was a blast though Connor LOVES Madison and Carter and was in heaven all weekend. Madison is a babysitter in training and even successfully fed Pierce by herself several times - please note she is 3 1/2! Saturday we actually had a brave babysitter that took the 3 older kids and Pierce stayed with my mother in law -out of the line of fire! We had a fun day of tailgating and football kid free despite the outcome. Sunday we took the kids to the park and had a picnic and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Thanks for coming to visit us - as always it was so great to see you all!

Tailgating

We are still adjusting to the world with 2 kids and thus I have yet to go to a football game this year, depsite the 4 home games UT has had this September, don't be fooled my husband does not miss a beat and has been there to cheer on the vols each time. This past Saturday I bravely ventured to tailgate with the 2 kids -being that is was the Auburn game and a night game it was a little crazy. nonetheless we all had fun, and had plenty of help, I still think I will try to go to the next game kidless!

School Days

What a difference a year makes! These are pictures taken on Connor's first day of Mothers Day out last year and this year - He is growing so fast! He loves his class and after 2 weeks last thursday was the first time he did not cry to be left. He still remains the only child of the class that refuses to nap, I can't say I am that upset because it just means he naps at home, but still we need to work on not distrubing the others!

Happy Labor Day

Hope everyone had a good 3 day weekend - we had a very relaxed one. Brian and I actually stole away for a few hours friday night for dinner - thanks to Nonnie and Grandad for watching the boys. Brian did go to the game on Sat to cheer the Vols on for their first victory of the season - wish I could say the same about the Dawgs -but maybe next time. Yesterday we took both the boys to Knoxville's Slashpad in Carl Cowan Park to play and picnic. we really did not know what we were getting ourselves into and had only heard about it - but it is really cool! Connor loved it - next time though we will all wear bathing suits! Have a great week

Life with 2

We have completed our first week as a family of 4~ with much appreciated help from grandparents, uncles and aunt, and close friends. With all of our help I don't think we have really experienced day to day life -but so far so good.
Pierce is such a good baby, a good sleeper, a good eater and getting more and more alert - I had forgotten how much I treasured those early days. Connor is a wonderful big brother, of course he doesn't know his own strength and thus time with little brother has to be monitored! The other morning Brian was holding Pierce on the couch and Connor came over -very curious, he likes to touch and look at all his body parts, he picked up Pierce's fist and gave him a fist bump -too cute!! We definately have some sleepless nights but are adjusting so much easier the second time around. Here is a short clip of some of our pictures over the last week

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