pumpkin patch

richard and brooks hit a huge pumpkin patch last weekend and b-man loved it! unfortunately kate had a fever and the girls had to stay home.  brooks rode on a big tractor with a cart behind it, walked through a real pumpkin patch and picked out his own little pumpkin - green & orange.  he also enjoyed the ponies and seeing a buffalo at the farm.

happy fall everyone!

Big Boy

Last week, we went to a last minute Braves game when we arrived in Atlanta.  We had promised Brooks a trip to a game when he was totally using the big boy potty, but the Rockies season ended before he was ready.  Luckily, the Braves had one more game!

Nana and Papa took us to a game and we had a great time.  the free tomahawks were a big hit with both the kids.  kate ate hers and chopped everyone near us!

At the end of 9 innings, we were pretty tired and headed home.  the game last 13 innings but the Braves couldn't pull out the win.

can't wait for next season!

First Camping "Trip"

Richard took Brooks "camping" last weekend in the backyard - so cute.  First, Brooks said that it was too dark and that he "wanted to go camping when the sun comes up."  Then he got a flashlight and loved his big sleeping bag.  I thought they would make it about an hour before coming inside, but they made it almost the whole night.  When I asked Brooks the next day why they came inside at 5am, he said, "because daddy kept seeing my eyes."  love it!

the first of many camping trips to come...

8 months

happy 2/3 birthday to baby kate last week.  she is getting so big and so cute!

highlights from the last month:

• kate weighs about 18 pounds and still has all the chub you could dream of!
• she got her first two bottom teeth. 
• we took our first trip as a family of four to dallas and loved seeing family and friends.
• while in dallas, kate got her first virus (roseola) and had a fever followed by a rash the whole time we were there.
• kate is adding new foods to her diet all the time but still loves sweet stuff the best and can't get enough mum mums!
• she is "talking" all the time and brooks says that she is saying "da da" - lucky for richard.
• kate spent her first extended time in the nursery at church away from mom during our first MOPS meeting of the year.  while she didn't nap like at home, she did find a sweet woman to rock her for two hours!

end of summer

just a few pics of our end of summer days.  brooks started his 2 day a week parents day out last week and also enjoyed doing some painting at home.  he is really into airplanes right now and we painted some foam ones together.  kate just hangs out happily while her big brother is so active!

baptism weekend

we had a fun weekend celebrating kate's baptism with mimi, granddaddy, nana and papa.  kate wore this sweet dress that mimi made with her monogram (also mimi's monogram). 

kate's precious silver baby cup - a gift from the fuquays.

getting ready to go up on stage for the baptism.  both kids did great!

watching the next family - there were about 10 little ones getting baptized.

all tuckered out after the service.  we never got around to a full family picture.

brooks in his church clothes after playing at the sand table - not the best combination! 

we had a fun lunch celebration with family and friends sunday afternoon. 

7 months

a little late, but we celebrated 7 months with our sweet kate last week.  we were flying home from canada on the 16th and just got around to taking her pictures this weekend.

highlights from the month:

• - started eating more baby foods including sweet potatoes, squash, pears, apples, bananas, peas and prunes.  the prunes are not only a necessity but also her favorite!  still won't eat the rice cereal or the oatmeal but at least is giving the other foods a try.
• - a fun trip to canada to visit great grandma ellen and other family and friends.  already kate's third plane trip with four more planned this year!  unbelievable!
• - more babbling and making lots of cute sounds
• - officially taking 2 solid naps on the days we aren't on the go and still sleeping well at night about 8-7. 
• - loves anything brooks is playing with, especially all of the "little people" and puts everything in her mouth.  i keep thinking a tooth is coming in, but so far nothing.
• - learned how to "trick" mommy and daddy into letting her get out of bed occassionally and last week we laughed that she just wanted to watch "Friday Night Lights" with us!

 

brooks is turning into more of a big boy everyday.  i love talking with him now that his words are so much clearer and his sentences and stories are so fun. he narrates everything we do and repeats everything i say.  he loves reading books, always wants "two books" before bed, and will "read" stories back to me turning the pages on his own.  he finally got his cast off last week and has been so steady on his feet.  these days brooks is really into his "little people" noah's ark, firetrucks, baseball, golfing in the yard, asking to play with the 7 year old boy who lives next door, tigers, motorcycles and all "things that go."  today he spotted two motorcyclists who were actually wearing their helmets (not as common as you would think) and he said, "wearing helmets.  I'm so glad."  This guy is totally into helmet safety and not "going boom."

It's been a great summer that has really flown by.  The kids are still really sweet together and both very happy.