Our Love Relationship with the Dishwasher!

So Autumn has a fascination with the dishwasher. Now this is a wonderful thing in my eyes. She plays by taking the spoons and forks out and in the dishwasher basket while I clean up meals. Lately though she has started to put the spoons in forks in random drawers and cabinets throughout the house. You never know where you will find a random spoon!
Autumn in action after church one day:




Here she is being cheesy for the camera:


All decked out for bed and rocking herself!

First Face Plant

So Autumn and I were enjoying the first warm weather we have had in a while and she decides to take a faceplant in the driveway. ..so here is the evidence!
Right after she fell...
The next day...


On happier notes...we had Family Friday today and took Autumn to the Children's Museum in Atlanta. Here are a few shots. The one of her painting is my personal favorite. She LOVED painting.




Last but not least Autumn has developed a love for alone time. She likes to sit in her room play with her two farm sets and read. I captured her reading today!


Funny Story: So I noticed that something had spilt underneath our sink all on the kitchen towels and dishrags so I threw them all in the washing machine. When it finished I opened it up and foam started pouring out - like what you see in a TV show - all over the floor and seeping into the hallway. The bottle of the refill for the JOY dishwashing liquid had spilt on it. Now if I can only get all the JOY out of the towels and I am praying my brand new washer will still work!

Normal Life Pics

Our new favorite activity to do together...brush our teeth!

Autumn loves to "feed" her dolls

Everytime Autumn comes to a stairwell, she squishes her face between the railings and wants to be kissed through it.

Holiday Traditions

YEAH Christmas is Here...and that means fun, Christmas traditions


Thanksgiving Night lighting of the Square in Moultrie




Riding the Pink Pig at Macy's at Lenox Mall



and Autumn's personal favorite this year(HA HA!) breakfast with Santa!

I Love Using a Spoon

This is what happens when you let a one year old feed themself the last 2 bites :)

Birthday Pictures

We had two birthday parties for Autumn - one in Moultrie with my family and one at Swift Cantrell Park in Kennesaw with Keith's family and friends. Autumn loved opening presents but wanted nothing to do with the cake!

Almost a Year!

It is hard to believe that Autumn is almost a year old. We almost made it a year without anything more than one cold back in March, but then we hit the end of September. Autumn got strep throat, then she had a week of horrible teething, and then she had a stomach virus this week! I have learned what it means to drop everything for a sick child and change all of your plans.
This weekend Keith had his DiscipleNow retreat which is the retreat that he could not finish last year because I went into labor on Saturday night. It is hard to believe that a year ago this weekend, we had not met Autumn yet! She had totally changed our lives and brought such joy and excitement. We race to her bed every morning to see who gets to see her smile first and play peek-a-boo!
Here are some fun pics:
These are from our rainy day family outing to Little Bears Indoor Playground. Keith and I took Autumn there to play one cold, rainy Friday. I love the ones of her and Keith at the table...she was so into the puzzles and toys there. She looks so grown up!




These pictures are from our outing with our friends the Chamberlains to Berry Patch farms to go on a hayride, look at pumpkins, and enjoy the fall festivities. Sam is 2 1/2 years old and he and Autumn are big buddies.



Cousin Grace turns 1. These pictures are from Grace's birthday party.


Last but not least, Pam Webb invited us to a Halloween parade for little kids to wear their costumes, walk down Kennesaw Avenue and go do a parade for a nursing home. It was a fun party and Autumn made a cute lion!


Check back next week for birthday pictures!