Monday, January 31, 2011

15 months

This baby girl is so fun and constantly making us laugh. She has changed so much in the last three months and I want to make sure I do not forget many things that she is into and doing these days. Caroline is walking all over the place and getting faster each day. That in itself just makes her seem so much older and less baby. She is really into her purse and bracelet (shown below). Lunch boxes and key chains are favorites to pretend with too.


I love to watch her play by herself and begin to use her imagination. She loves the dishwasher She loves to help unload it and close it when it is empty.
C is still a great sleeper. She sleeps with her lovies and paci and soothes herself by twirling her hair. We are still doing a morning nap most days. Some days I think we are getting close to dropping it but most days she still needs it. I am trying to keep it as long as possible too!
Caroline walks into her bathroom saying "teeth" and looking for her toothbrush. She now has 6 teeth. I have to hide the toothbrush during her bath so she doesn't keep asking for it the whole time.
She is so curious how things work. For example, flushing the toilet. Don't worry her hand is not actually all the way in the toilet in this picture.

It amazes me how much Caroline understands when I ask her to do something. Right now, she can only say a handful of words to us... mama, dada, nigh nigh (night night), bye-bye, ball, bebe (baby), teeth, uh-oh, mae-mae (Mimi aka my mom), and car.
Everywhere we go, Caroline waves at everyone. Even if the person is not looking. She is very friendly but still very shy a lot of the time. She has become very cuddly and loves to give hugs and kisses.

Caroline, you bring us so much joy and we love watching you grow and change each day!

15 months.
weight - 20 lbs 11oz.
height - 31 in.

*Sorry for the long post that is really just for me.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Best of 2010

2010 seemed like a very quick whirlwind, but it was a good year, indeed. John and I love to sit down at the end of a year and recap the good, the bad, all of it. It is good for us to look back and see what the Lord has done in our lives in just a short year. We also love to look at the year ahead. We don't exactly make resolutions, but we like to set goals, share desires for the upcoming year, etc. Last year, I made a short recap of some highlights. As I was thinking through the year I think we went to 10 weddings in 2010. There were so many great adventures it was hard to narrow down a list of favorites, but I tried!

Sorry for the very long blog post (mainly just for myself) to document our memories!

I got to kickoff 2010 with my college friends reunion. Caroline joined this reunion and met some of the Auburn girls for the first time.
In February, two of our best friends married each other.
Apparently, I didn't take many pictures in March and April, but we had a great spring attending the Masters, celebrating Easter in Atlanta, a weekend in Birmingham and Lindsey and Blake got engaged!

In May, John graduated from business school.
Mom and I took a girls trip to Orlando for a friend's wedding-
JP's first weekend alone with the munchkin and he did great!

We also bought our first house in May!
On the same weekend in June, John turned 30 and celebrated his first Father's day.
In the spring, summer, and fall, we spent several weekends enjoying the lake with friends and family.

In July, we had a family reunion with John's fam in North Georgia, Caroline's baby dedication, and the beginning of celebrating 4 weddings in 4 weeks in 4 different cities!

We took several summer beach trips.

In September, I flew to DC on my birthday! I met JP there on a work trip and we celebrated my birthday in the Capital for the night.

Caroline made her first trip to Auburn in the fall and the football season was also a huge highlight of 2010 (obviously)!
In October, I began celebrating more upcoming marriages with 2 bachelorette weekends and one wedding.
This baby girl turned one and had fun being a cow for Halloween.
Thanksgiving trip to Seattle and the Northwest.
And I got to close out the year the same way it started...a reunion with college friends for Ivy's wedding!
Happy New Year All!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Champs

So proud to be an Auburn Tiger.
Amazing game.
Snow day #2.
Great start to 2011.
War Eagle!




Monday, January 10, 2011

snow day

I have been on a blogging hiatus. I have to take these periodically. This time I have had the January blues. The holidays ended too quickly. I loved having family around, John at home and nothing to do. It was a quick jump back to reality as John headed to CA for work all last week. BUT, today was just the day I needed. A snow day AND the National Championship game is tonight!!! It has been a perfect day playing in snow, sitting by the fire and watching all the pre-game on our Auburn tigers!!






WAR EAGLE!!!!!!

Be back soon with our 2010 recap!