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!!

Graduation

This past Saturday was a very special day for our family- Seth graduated from William Carey University. He actually finished his classes there in February and has since taken 2 seminary classes but it was still a very exciting day! He started WCU in August 0f 2008. Three years and two kids later, he has his degree! We were very excited and proud.

All dressed up and ready to go to Daddy's school

Seth was on the end of his row so I could just barely see him between the wall the flag pole! The picture I took of him getting his diploma wasn't a very good quality picture so we'll have to order that one from the professionals who were on stage.

After taking this picture, I realized something. Micah and Audrey Claire had both fallen asleep, I could barely hold my eyes open and I caught Seth yawn a time or two on stage. This Brown family needs some rest!

We were happy to have family and friends there to show their support.

AC wearing Daddy's "silly hat"

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.

Supper Club

Last night our Sunday School class got together for Supper Club. Since the couple that hosted it have a baby, Audrey Claire got to go with us. She had fun playing with him but mostly enjoyed playing with his toys. She found his exersaucer and just had to get in it. She jumped and played in this thing for at least 30 minutes!

Where's Audrey Claire?
There she is!
Our friend Pavel really likes kids and wanted Audrey Claire to like him too. Toward the end of the night, she finally started to like him.
Here she is "cheesing" for the camera.

We let her stay up way past her bedtime but it was well worth it. She had tons of fun and we all took a wonderful Sunday afternoon nap!

Weekend Wrap-up

This past weekend was, as usual, very busy. It started Thursday night when we went to Wesson. Audrey Claire has enjoyed getting to spend time with Uncle Hunter who's been here this summer from Texas.

I worked in Hazlehurst Friday while Seth was busy doing this:

I was very grateful to be inside where it was cool:) Audrey Claire spent the day in Crystal Springs doing this:

Friday night, we enjoyed eating at one of our old favorite places to eat- El Sombrero in Brookhaven. We ate with Seth's parents and Tucker. I had every intention of taking pictures while we were with them but my child decided to act like a crazy woman in the restaurant! That could have something to do with the fact that she is now 6 months away from being 2!

We came home Friday night for Seth to work Saturday. Audrey Claire and I had a much needed day together running errands around town. We went to an indoor inflatables place (LOVED IT), the mall, Big Lots, and Cellular South to see Seth. Before getting in the car to go, she had to talk to the cat-cat. She hasn't shown much interest in him lately but that day he caught her attention for sure.

Later that night, we met some friends-Greg, Kay, Zeph and Kati Brooks. We went to church with them when we lived in Cleveland. They now live in Wesson and Zeph made the All-Star baseball team this year. Playoffs were being held in Hattiesburg so we got to go to his game! We hadn't seen them in a little over two years and seeing that Kay was pregnant with Kati Brooks last time we saw them, I was really excited to visit with them!

While at the game, AC found some old pacifiers in her stroller from "back in the day". Haha. She loves playing with them when she finds them.

Here's Miss Kati Brooks. How beautiful is she? Her curly hair and eyes are gorgeous! She cracked me up the entire game. Since Audrey Claire is such a terrible eater, it blows me away when kids actually want to eat. I think KB ate the whole time we were there! Here she is enjoying a pickle. And she never once made a 'sour' face!
I had a really cute picture of the two girls playing together but accidentally erased it from my camera!

Here's the All-Star himself, Zeph, sliding into home!
He has grown up so much in two years! Here he is after the game posing for me:)
Since we seem to be in the car a lot here lately, Madison let Audrey Claire borrow her travel pillow. We've only used it once but on the way home from the game, I looked back at Audrey Claire and she had put it behind her head. It was a little past her usual bedtime so I guess this was her way of saying she was tired.
That child knows what Momma is doing when she gets the camera out. She kept making silly faces at me so I kept snapping.

Once again, we have a busy week ahead of us. Posting will probably be random but I will do my best!