Baby Gul Turns ONE!

Last Friday was Elizabeth's first birthday-where has this year gone?! We enjoyed Lost Pizza for dinner and cupcakes from Creative Cakes. Elizabeth (or Baby Gul, as John calls her) LOVED her pizza and ENTIRE cupcake! We spent the rest of the evening getting ready for a sweet pink party the next day for a sweet little girl. Of course John enjoyed his cupcake, too! Books from Mama, Daddy and John-Elizabeth loves her baby dolls, so Little Mommy was a perfect book for her. My Name is Elizabeth is a precious book about a little girl, named Elizabeth of course, who is so happy a queen is named after her!

Elizabeth is such a joy. She is crawling everywhere-she's super fast! She pulls up and cruises around on furniture. She has stood a few seconds by herself, but is not quite walking yet. However, what she doesn't have in walking she makes up in talking-all the time! She says mama, dada, bye bye and baby really well-and lots of other words we have yet to learn! She has made the transition from bottle to cup and formula to milk really well. She LOVES her new menu of table food-and although she doesn't eat much, she prefers to feed herself completely! She weighs 21 lbs. and is almost 30 in. We visited Midnite Pottery last week to have Elizabeth's 1 year hand prints and foot prints made-can't wait to pick them up in a few weeks! We love "Baby Gul" to pieces and her sweetness is a blessing!

First Day of School

Today was John and Elizabeth's first day back to FUMC Preschool. John was NOT in the mood to pose for photos-but he does love wearing his "Pack Pack." Elizabeth was smiley as always. Both had a wonderful first day-I know it will be a great year! We love our sweet teachers!

Precious

Jason and I walked into the breakfast room tonight and found this:

Our sweet boy even knew to dip the spoon in the fruit after the veggies, because it makes Elizabeth eat it better that way! And how appropriate her bib says "I Love my Big Brother"?! Precious babies!

Labor Day Weekend

We enjoyed a relaxing Labor Day weekend at Darden! Saturday was mostly warm and sunny, and we had a great time outside. However, the rain started yesterday morning and JUST ended a few hours ago-nearly two straight days of rain! We needed it so bad, and enjoyed lots of sitting, talking, eating, playing games and relaxing! The temps. are now so much cooler-such a nice change! Here's a few photos from our weekend. We hope you had a wonderful Labor Day, too!

Back to School

John and Elizabeth had a fun time last Thursday at FUMC's Preschool Open House! We took their supplies, visited their teachers and they got to explore their rooms. They start back to school tomorrow!

John is in the Young Twos class with Mrs. Debbie, Mrs. Nicole and Mrs. Kelly, who will be there while Nicole is on maternity leave this semester. He had a ball playing in his new room, especially in the kitchen and with the farm animals!
Here are the attempts at a photo with his sweet teachers.


Most of his classmates are returning from last year, with a few new friends as well. It will be a great year!

Elizabeth is right at home in the nursery, where she goes on Sundays and Wednesday nights as well. She is with Mrs. Joan and Mrs. Jennifer again, the same sweet teachers she had in the summer. They are going to follow a little curriculum with the babies as well-I love that! She will see a lot of her friends in the nursery, as well as a few new ones, too! We are also very happy that Boss will have a few hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays to herself!