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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Fathers Day!
We had a very fun day celebrating Toby's first Fathers Day! The day started with some group singing early in the morning.....
Followed by dressing Annie in Toby's favorite outfit...
Annie and I made pancakes for breakfast, and we went to Toby's favorite Indian restaurant for lunch. Much lounging followed in the afternoon. Happy Fathers Day, Toby!
Annie and I made pancakes for breakfast, and we went to Toby's favorite Indian restaurant for lunch. Much lounging followed in the afternoon. Happy Fathers Day, Toby!
PS - If anybody knows how to make a baby smile for the camera, please let me know. :)
Friday, June 18, 2010
Nana and Grumps visit from England
Nana and Grumps (formerly known as Mum and Dad Cooper) visited us for two wonderful weeks recently. We had a fantastic time showing off the baby, traveling to the Smokies for Memorial Day weekend, visiting Carnton, shopping and just hanging out together. The weather was a bit miserably hot, but then again we've never had very good weather when the Coopers have come to visit.
Annie was absolutely fascinated by Grumps and his beard! He would "fly" her overhead, too, which she loved. Sally spent much of the trip behind the camcorder lens, so they should have some great videos.
We took a quick trip back to Carnton, which has some new plants in the garden and a wonderful new visitor's center. The center has huge, air-conditioned bathrooms (which is only important if you want to get married there and don't want to have to rent your own). It also has a permanently installed tent out back, so we're not sure if they still allow receptions in the location where we had ours. Toby, Annie and I took some photos under the orange ossage tree but I don't seem to have them on the computer to share. Here are Nana and Grumps out front of Carnton, surrounded by trees that we don't remember from 2 years ago.
We spent a wonderful Memorial Day weekend in Wears Valley, TN in the Foothills of the Smokey Mountains. It was the same cabin where we spent Christmas with the Thorntons in 2008. The view is gorgeous!
The hot tub was used a bit more this trip...the Cooper men love their hot tubs!
Toby was super excited to see a Copperhead on one of our hikes. I was not so excited, especially since he had Annie strapped to his chest and he kept trying to get closer and closer to the snake.
A fabulous time was had by all! We can't wait to see ALL the Coopers for Christmas this year. It is going to be especially joyous as Beth and James will be getting married while we are there. We absolutely can't wait!
Annie was absolutely fascinated by Grumps and his beard! He would "fly" her overhead, too, which she loved. Sally spent much of the trip behind the camcorder lens, so they should have some great videos.
We took a quick trip back to Carnton, which has some new plants in the garden and a wonderful new visitor's center. The center has huge, air-conditioned bathrooms (which is only important if you want to get married there and don't want to have to rent your own). It also has a permanently installed tent out back, so we're not sure if they still allow receptions in the location where we had ours. Toby, Annie and I took some photos under the orange ossage tree but I don't seem to have them on the computer to share. Here are Nana and Grumps out front of Carnton, surrounded by trees that we don't remember from 2 years ago.
We spent a wonderful Memorial Day weekend in Wears Valley, TN in the Foothills of the Smokey Mountains. It was the same cabin where we spent Christmas with the Thorntons in 2008. The view is gorgeous!
The hot tub was used a bit more this trip...the Cooper men love their hot tubs!
Toby was super excited to see a Copperhead on one of our hikes. I was not so excited, especially since he had Annie strapped to his chest and he kept trying to get closer and closer to the snake.
A fabulous time was had by all! We can't wait to see ALL the Coopers for Christmas this year. It is going to be especially joyous as Beth and James will be getting married while we are there. We absolutely can't wait!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Three Months!
Our sweet baby girl is growing up! Annie is a champion hand-sucker, a super smiler (though you wouldn't know it from these pictures) and she is starting to enjoy looking at books. I think she weighs about 13 pounds, and she just graduated into size 2 diapers and size 3-6 month clothes. I can't believe how big she is! Here are some photos we took tonight:
Here she is looking very concerned that we put her down on the ground outside.
Goofy face!
Here she is looking very concerned that we put her down on the ground outside.
Goofy face!
And Toby's favorite photo - demonstrating Annie's size relative to a beer. Judging by this photo, I would guess that she is approximately two and a half beers long.
I have hope that she will eventually look like a girl, rather than Toby in a dress. One day.... :)
I have hope that she will eventually look like a girl, rather than Toby in a dress. One day.... :)Saturday, June 12, 2010
Catch up - Law School Reunion
I've been terrible about updating the blog lately. We had a fabulous two week visit from the Coopers, and I will be posting lots of cute photos soon.
In the meantime, scoot on over to Jess' blog and Autumn's blog (see Harris Telligman and Witt Boyd blogs at left) for highlights of our law school reunion in Asheville. Six good friends plus six husbands plus three babies made for one awesome and exhausting weekend. Annie was an angel, except that she was not as cute and smiley as usual and she still refuses a bottle.
I have to admit that some of our exhaustion was from seeing the older babies and how active they are! You can't leave them alone for a minute! Right now I can put Annie under her gym in sight of the bathtub and take a 15 minute bath, but it appears as though those days are numbered. Maybe she'll be a late crawler. :)
In the meantime, scoot on over to Jess' blog and Autumn's blog (see Harris Telligman and Witt Boyd blogs at left) for highlights of our law school reunion in Asheville. Six good friends plus six husbands plus three babies made for one awesome and exhausting weekend. Annie was an angel, except that she was not as cute and smiley as usual and she still refuses a bottle.
I have to admit that some of our exhaustion was from seeing the older babies and how active they are! You can't leave them alone for a minute! Right now I can put Annie under her gym in sight of the bathtub and take a 15 minute bath, but it appears as though those days are numbered. Maybe she'll be a late crawler. :)
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