Two for One...

So, here are two updates for the price of one. That means two slideshows too! (You can roll your mouse over either show and it should give you the option to pause till you are done with the other one.)

Last weekend we went to Murfreesboro, TN to celebrate our niece, Ronnie's, birthday. She turned one and we had a fabulous time celebrating her on her special day. While we were there we also had their pictures made together. Which was really funny to watch. Actually, it was humorous to watch them all weekend interacting. Needless to say Christmas is going to be wild... especially if AG is walking by then. :) Ronnie was not too keen on having her fingers "dirty" in her cake. Andy and I are curious to see how AG will act in just a few short months to his first cake.

This weekend has been action packed. Friday, we had a horrible storm come through and take out the power for most of the evening and into the middle of the night. Limbs fell all over the yard due to 45mph winds. Fortunately, God was watching out for us and our 100+ year old oak tree in the front of the house didn't budge.

Yesterday, we were planning to do some painting but our plans changed because Andy had to cut down part of a tree and clean up the debris from the night before. AG and I had a lunch date with Julie, Briggs, Ginny, and Emma. (Laura you were missed!) Briggs and Emma are running around and crawling which is a great motivator for AG. He's close to crawling. Rocking back and forth and he creeps both ways now. (Friday, I caught him going from rocking back and forth on his knees to pulling himself to his knees. He was holding on to the twin bed in his room. Heaven help me because he'll be running all over the house before we know it!) Last night we babysat Emma so Ginny and Josh could go to a surprise birthday party. Emma and AG cracked us up all evening long. After they ate we stuck 'em in our big tub together. They played and splashed to their hearts content. I discovered how invaluable our deep tub will be in the months to come...Emma could stand up in it but couldn't get out! Every time I pulled out the camera Emma showed off her toothy grin. AG on the other hand was chewing on his ABC letters (thanks Andy!) like they were going out of style. Almost as if to say "will you leave me alone I'm trying to get some teeth like Emma." Once we had two squeaky clean munchkins we all settled down on the couch and Samson hopped up to join us. Andy had AG and I had Emma...Samson was in between us. I wish we could have taken a picture of all of us together. Emma was snuggled in with her paci and blanket wrapped around her and her hand resting on Samson. It was one of those moments where in that brief split second all is right with the world. All was quiet and still. It was perfect. That moment also confirmed to both Andy and I that we know our family is not complete with just AG. We look forward to adding to it in the years to come. Till then we are enjoying our little man.

Today, we had church and then lunch at Schroder's New Deli. We came home and watched the Braves before packing up and heading to campus. We took AG to do his 7month pictures at Ford. (For those unfamiliar with Berry the Ford Buildings are a group of English Gothic stone buildings. Built in the late 20's and 30's with money from Henry Ford. I spent much of my childhood summers in these buildings and they hold a special place in my heart.) Today we discovered grass! He was more interested in touching and playing with the grass than smiling for the camera. :) We got a few good shots and we'll give it another go next month. Afterwards, we headed up Stretch to mountain campus to the Campus Outreach annual Slip-n-Slide. AG enjoyed taking a nap, being passed around, and playing in the grass on mtn campus. We had a great time visiting with students past and present. Hard to believe another school year starts tomorrow! This evening we had a late dinner on our porch and Andy even brought AG's high chair out for him. The weather was perfect today and I can't wait for fall!

Well, in other news the kitchen is almost done. Hopefully, after tomorrow we can finish the painting, cleaning, and organizing. Electrician and drywall man are due to come out to finish a few things. Also, hopefully, this time tomorrow night we'll have recessed lighting in the den and living room! Pictures forth coming when it's all done. Hope everyone has a great week. Hard to believe that August is almost come and gone.