Family/Christmas Pictures

Back in mid-November, Sukie took some pictures for our Christmas cards and some just to have...here are a few of my favorites! She did a great job and I really would love to post so many more....


(You'd better not pout....!)



(a most-favorite...)








(Oh how I love this one too....makes me just want to squeeze him and kiss him all over!!!)

(This will forever be a keepsake...)

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth...

...actually Garrison (as of this morning) has 8 TEETH!! Poor baby....he has cut two this weekend. Needless to say, last night was a rough night and we are sure hoping tonight will be better -

Christmas Party Time!

We had a fun Christmas party at Lauren & Destin's house this past weekend - I once again, forgot my camera, so I've stolen a picture from Cortni's blog this time!!


All the kiddos (Braxton, Barrett, SaraBeth, Jack, Garrison, Mallory, & Greyson) - and can you believe they are all sitting and letting us get their picture!! Ha - if you can imagine it, all us Moms were singing 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' to keep their attention long enough to hold them still!! It was funny and worked great (good idea Kayla)!

Tree Farm Tradition

It has somewhat become tradition every year on Thanksgiving Day to go find the Christmas tree! We always eat lunch at Nathan's grandmother's house and on our way back home, we stop at the McDaniel Tree Farm. Sassy & Pop are usually with us too... It has been a fun way to get started in the holiday season and we will certainly miss it next year.

Riding in the sleigh

Hanging out in his stroller... (doesn't he look thrilled?!)

With our tree (Garrison's first Christmas Tree!!!!)

With Sassy & Pop - I wish we'd gotten the picture with their tree...It is 12 foot tall and perfectly shaped, it is so pretty!!!

Catching up - 9 months!

I can't believe Garrison is really 9 months old!!!! It's wild how fast these months have gone. Before I know it, we will be planning a first birthday party. That is exciting and so sad all at the same time. I miss my 'baby' but I'm loving watching him learn new things too! It truly gets better and better every day.

At 9 months, Garrison is crawling & pulling up everywhere. He's also starting to cruise along the couch or ottoman! He has starting saying Da-Da-Da (even though I tried SO hard for Ma-Ma-Ma!!). He is a very happy and easy going baby - unless he is teething! He always wakes up in the best, sweetest mood...loves to snuggle!! He still loves to watch his Baby Einstein videos too (thank goodness because they are a life-saver when you need to be productive)!!

"Is it time to eat yet??!?" - Garrison is a great eater...with baby food - however, we tried giving him some real food at Thanksgiving (like mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, some dressing) and he hated it!! I'm sure he'll learn to love it one day, so I'm not going to rush him.

Poor Lucy....she has to be fast these days! Garrison loves her toys - of course! It's hillarious to watch them 'play together' though....

...and the chase is on...


Hanging out in his play pen - do you think there are enough toys in there to keep him entertained??

Apparently not - chewing on the rail is much better!

All that chewing must be doing some good - he has 5 teeth and working on #6!! (Right now there are 2 on the bottom and 3 on top)

Teasing Lucy a little more....

And still so cute with that little butt stuck up in the air while he sleeps - love it!

Little Turkeys!

We had fun Saturday night with friends over at Chad & Cortni's house - here is a picture (that I stole from Lauren's blog) of all our 'Little Turkeys'!

Gobble-Gobble!!

Mallory, SaraBeth, Garrison, Greyson, and Jack!

How fun is a box....

...Apparently, pretty fun! I got diapers delivered yesterday, and my little crawler went straight to the boxes. He had so much ful pulling the tape off, pulling-up on them, and pushing them around - that is until he was pulled-up on one and fell in head first! Poor baby - not a single whine....he came up laughing! I'd give anything to have had the video camera handy....it was priceless!

Pulling off the tape...

Really checking it out...

Pulling up and pushing the box around...with a little help from Daddy when he got going too fast!

I guess I know what to get him for Christmas this year!! :)

All dressed up...for Halloween!

I must say, Garrison was the most precious ScareCrow I've ever seen!!

Punkin' Carvin'

Last night, we carved Garrison's first pumpkin! It was fun -

Before....

Trying to get started...Garrison really enjoyed playing with the newspaper!

During...

Waiting while Daddy did all the carving...

Yay - Daddy is all done!

He liked the 'lid'....

(Really liked to bang the 'lid' on the pumpkin...)

Happy Halloween Everybody!