Tailgate Party!

Last week we once again attended the annual red raider tailgate party at good ole DHS. The weather was great and we love that this has become a yearly tradition of dressing up (Dan made the awesome black uniforms that Caroline and AK are wearing), eating, face-painting, dancing, and having fun with good friends. Jackson LOVED the band and I included pics of Caroline getting her face painted the last three years....time is flying! 2009

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Central Weekday School

Caroline,

You started back to pre-school and Central Weekday School last week. You are loving it!!! You are in Mrs. Donna's class this year and go four days a week. You have already learned so much in the short time you have been back. Here is a pic from your first day and one of your latest writing.

Nine Months!

Jackson,

Now that you are ten months old, I am finally posting your nine month stats! We went to the doctor on August the 3rd and you were 30 inches long (95%) and you weighted 21.2 lbs (50%). Not shots this time so that was great! You continue to be the sweetest, most mild-mannered baby on the planet. I broke my foot six weekes ago and you have been passed all over town and never fretted once. You sleep wherever and are happy with everyone. What a blessing! I have missed carrying you around so bad that I can hardly stand it but I am gettnig the case off soon. You absolutely love bathtime but your absolute favorite thing to do is eat. You have yet to turn up your nose at anything I have ever given you. You consume it all....meat, cheese, casseroles, vegetables....it doesn't matter. You will eat baby food or regular food. You are finally "crawling" even though it is more of an army crawl on your belly. You can get from room to room and your cousin Mills' loves for you to chase him even though he turns around and taunts you!! Your words pretty much consist of da-da, bye bye and ahhhhhh! You love your sister, your cousins, grandparents, great-grandparents, parents, aunts, and pretty much anyone else. You are an amazing baby and I love you so, so much sweet boy!

A Week Of Camps

Whew! Last week sure was busy with Caroline attending two different camps. Monday and Tuesday she went to golf camp at Quail Creek. It was very hot but the camp was so cute. They had a mini course set up and they played with big clubs and balls. Then on Wednesday and Thursday she went to DHS for cheerleading camp. This was her second year to go and to say she was excited is an understatement. They had a performance for the parents the last day and she led the group of three year olds onto the floor! She really broke it down and her whole group was adorable!

THE BIG BLUE HOUSE!

We have just returned from a week at Seagrove Beach, FL. Granny took our whole family on my Mom's side to stay for a week in an enormous, 10 bedroom, blue house. I think there was 25 people in one house! We took two amazing babysitters and the week was such a blast, especially since I actually got to lay undisturbed in the sun for the first time in years. The kids had so much fun with their cousins. Jackson would wake up every morning so excited to see Mills and Caroline and Virginia were basically inseparable. We spend a big majority of our time on a huge, grassy lawn that was in between our house and the beach. We played numerous games of badminton and soccer and the babies spent hours on a splash pad. We also played on the beach, spent a day at the water park, had adult dinners out, had catered dinners in, had a luau, the guys played golf, swam in the pool, got feathers in the little girls hair, shopped around the little towns, and overall just had a blast.