Friends

Today is a both a sad and exciting day for our family. Some of our dearest friends are leaving Hattiesburg. This morning Donnie, Meghan, Judah, Alex and Michael left Hattiesburg headed to Raleigh, North Carolina to start a new chapter in life. We are very sad they won't be around to spend time with but very excited for them as they start this new adventure. Long story short, they (along with our former pastor at Temple Baptist Church) are moving to NC to help with a new church plant. We will miss them so much but know God has big plans for them.

Before I get too sappy and emotional, here are a few pictures of Audrey Claire and Judah "growing up"~

Best friends!

This will be perfect at their wedding one day:)

I think they are really going to miss each other!

We love you and will miss you Judah!! Hopefully we can come visit soon!!

Happy Birthday Owen!

This weekend we helped Owen celebrate his 1st birthday. I can't believe he is already one! Here is the cute birthday boy in the pool~

Audrey Claire enjoyed having a girl to play with! Owen's cousin Harper came to celebrate too.

The cute birthday boy eating his cake. Yummy!

Audrey Claire couldn't wait to get her hands on cake too. She kept saying "cream" while Owen was eating. She called it "cream" the whole time. I guess the icing looks like ice cream?

Of course Judah and Audrey Claire had to help open presents:)

Here's sweet Harper. She is such a doll!

Harper's mom spent a little time letting Audrey Claire "drive" around the yard. It makes me so happy to have friends who love my sweet little girl:)

Playing in the pool while they boys weren't looking!

Birthday noise-makers... Not sure who thought that'd be a good idea!!

Judah loves his cousin

Miss Priss decided not to take a nap all day Saturday. Needless to say, she was tired! By the end of the party, she climbed on the couch, grabbed a blanket and this is what we saw about three minutes later! She was so tired. I felt bad she was so tired but this allowed Seth and I to stay and hang out a little longer!

Happy Birthday Lydia!

Earlier this week, several of our friends got together to celebrate Lydia's birthday. We really enjoyed getting to visit with everyone as well as eat supper and have ice cream cake! Audrey Claire's favorite part was getting to play with Judah ("Ju-ah"). Since we stay so busy, she doesn't get to see him as much as she'd like. They played together very well-except for the times she didn't want to share! Their favorite toys of the night were definitely two Easter baskets/buckets. It amazes me at what little it actually takes to occupy little ones!

"Where's Audrey Claire?"

"There she is!"

They really do love each other!

Getting a pedicure from the birthday girl herself.

Fun with Judah and Owen

Earlier this week, several of our friends got together for supper. We had great food thanks to Meghan and Donnie and wonderful fellowship. Although we don't get to much, we really enjoy being with all our friends! It was fun to see Audrey Claire, Judah and Owen together. They are all growing up entirely too fast. I feel like I just found out I was pregnant. Now I have an 18 month old, Judah is walking all over the place and Owen is crawling all over the place. How did this happen?!!!

These next two pictures look like Judah is attacking Owen. That's not the case at all! Owen was upset and Judah went over to him to try and comfort him. It was the sweetest and funniest thing!

Don't freak out. We didn't let Owen cry too long. His Momma was fixing his bottle but you know we are never fast enough for them. It was just too sweet not to take a picture of!

As I was choosing pictures for this post, I began to look back at old pictures. It really makes me sad to see how fast they are growing and I know it's only gonna go faster the older they get. Here are a few to show how all the babies have grown!

December 2009

January 2010

Lastly, today AC are headed to Crystal Springs for a few days. It may be next week before I post again!

Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland

How about that snowstorm yesterday? I feel like it never snowed when I was a child and Audrey Claire has seen snow two times already! Well, three if you count the snow we got when I was pregnant with her.

She didn't enjoy the snow quite as much as last time. She didn't really mind it if we were holding her but she did not want to walk in it.

When Seth got up, he walked straight to the back door to see how much snow we had gotten and all of a sudden, CRASH! Here's the result of what he saw-

Guess we'll have to get another table before summer!

Daddy, Mommy, and AC's footprint

Catching a nap before Judah and Owen come to play

I thought it would be cute to get a picture of Judah and AC on her slide... However, they didn't think it was such a good idea.

"Mommy, he's touching me!"

He had so much fun playing!

Owen said "I can't keep my eyes open because snow keeps getting in them!" Haha. He was such a good sport and his momma got some great family pictures!

Nothing like a good bottle and sippy cup after playing in the snow!