Christmas

Christmas Day was so much fun this year with two little boys! This was the first year Noah was really excited about Santa. We had our own little family Christmas before heading up to Winchester. Santa Claus brought Noah a Fire truck and fire house! He loves it so much! Nate got some pretty cool toys from Santa as well. We are so blessed!
We had a wonderful Christmas visit in Winchester. Noah and Nate were showered with more fun toys. Jeremy was shocked and very happy when Misty and Jeff gave him a Wii System! He almost started crying. Thanks Misty and Jeff! Grandma Pat made a very yummy Christmas dinner. One of Noah's favorite parts about Christmas was holding a tiny little puppy at Grandma Pat's house. He was so sweet and protective of this little dog. Noah is such a loving child. :-) We had a great Christmas! Thank you Jesus for wonderful family and so many blessings!

Catching up to Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve my parents came over to celebrate early with us. My dad made a wonderful feast! Afterwards we opened some presents! The boys got so many wonderful gifts! Aunt Lynn and Uncle Sam in Nashville sent some really fun toys! This year Noah enjoyed opening his own presents and helping little brother with his.
We then headed out to the Christmas Eve Candlelight service at Church. It was so nice to have Jeremy off. Poor Noah passed out on the way there and slept through it. Nathaniel seemed to really enjoy all the singing and lights! I wish I had my camera for that.

Thanksgiving

Jeremy had to work Thanksgiving Day this year so the boys and I went to my Uncle's house in Lawrenceburg, TN. We rode up with my parents. It was so nice to see all of my cousins, aunts, and uncles. We do not get to see them enough. One of my cousins has a little boy that's 2 yrs older than Noah. This year Noah was old enough to play with the older boys! He loved it! He also loved playing outside on a toy tractor. Cousin Isaiah and Noah rolled around on those tractors in the freezing wind. My dad tried to talk my Uncle into selling him one for Noah but it didn't work. So if anyone ever sees a green ride on tractor like in the picture, please let my dad know! ;-)
Nate seemed to enjoy his First Thanksgiving. He loves to eat! He was quite happy tasting many different flavors. It was a very nice Thanksgiving.

6 months old

Nate is 6 months already! I can't believe it. He's such a good baby! Lately he's been trying to crawl across the floor. Noah loves that he moves around now! So Noah has been trying to help teach Nate to "crawl". This is so funny to watch! But they have a lot of fun. Nathaniel has a tooth coming in! Just in time for his 1st Thanksgiving.

Halloween

So I'm thinking our blog will never be caught up to current events! Hopefully one of these days! We dressed Noah and Nate up as Tigger and Pooh for Halloween. I was not able to get many good pictures. :( Noah did not really enjoy Halloween this year. We think he was a little scared of the dark. We took him trick or treating for a short time but he hated it. He did however enjoy passing out candy from his front door. Silly boy!
We also went to a Fall Festival with my parents this year. These pictures are from that festival.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Noah loves to help us cook and bake! So for Halloween Noah, Mommy, and Nate made yummy cupcakes! Noah loved mixing all the ingredients, icing, and adding sprinkles. I think his favorite part was sticking the little pumpkin toothpicks on top. Our cupcakes were so yummy that daddy ate them for breakfast the next morning!

Cabins and Bears

We stayed in a really nice cabin between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. We actually had to switch cabins because the first one was nasty. The second one was really nice. We had a huge upstairs loft/game room were Jeremy and Noah liked to hang out. Downstairs we had a hot tub and a whirlpool jacuzzi. It was really nice and peaceful. The morning we left to come home we made a stop at the Three Bear General Store. This is a neat store that helps rescue bears and keeps them in a nice habitat for public observation. So for $3 we got to see and "feed" live bears. Noah fed them fruit through a plumbing pipe into their home. This was cool!

Fall Trip to Gatlinburg

Jeremy had vacation time to use so we headed to the Smokey Mountains. This year we did something a little different. Our good friends Kristi and Marie came with us! We had a great time. This year Noah wanted to DO EVERYTHING... Every time we would pass by a golf course, race cars, bungee jump, he would say "DO THAT". It was pretty funny but we were glad he enjoyed the trip. We spent a whole day at Dollywood. Noah loved riding the kiddie rides and the big choo choo train!

Aunt Misty's Wedding

On August 15, 2009 Misty got married! Noah was her cute little ring bearer. Misty was a beautiful bride! We all had a great time. Here are a few pics.