Brennan meets Haven!

Since children were not allowed in the hospital, Brennan got to meet his sister for the first time yesterday when we brought her home. He has been a great big brother so far and is very excited about Haven. He likes to give her the paci, and kiss her head.

Brennan's new sister!

Haven was born Tuesday night at 11:02PM! She was 7lbs 15oz and 20.75 inches long. She is precious and we are excited to bring her home to her big brother. They would not let children up to the hospital because of the H1N1 outbreak, so Brennan has been hanging out with his Mimi and Poppi for the past three nights. Thanks for taking such good care of him Mimi and Poppi!

Halloween 2009

Well, it was a little soggy out, but Brennan braved the elements and got some candy tonight! We had a neighborhood pizza party and then went to about 12 houses to trick or treat. Brennan could have made it to more, but the rain started coming down hard, so we had to call it quits. Mimi and Poppy came to trick or treat with us and they made it tons of fun!

Pumpkin Patch

We got to go to a pumpkin farm today with Grandmom, PopPop, Aunt Lara, Carter, Aunt Melanie, Gabe, and Elyssa! We took a hayride, saw horses, goats, pigs, bunnies, and so much more! It was a blast!




I didn't want to post this picture, because I am in it... and almost 33 weeks pregnant...and very large...but I wanted you to see what my monster was up to. He would not come down from the top of this hay stack to take a picture. I took him down and he pitched a fit, so I decided he could just stay up there. It wasn't worth the fight. Unfortunately he wasn't able to sit in my lap to hide me either! Ugh!

Sept 18th - Moving back in time...

I know I'm going back in time on this blog...but I thought this video was cute (except for my singing). Brennan is talking up a storm and learning so much it is amazing. His favorite questions lately is, "Mommy, what is that?" I answer this question at least thirty times a day.

Go Gamecocks

These pics were taken before Brennan's 2nd birthday, but I haven't been able to post them yet! Brennan got to go to his first Carolina Football game a few weeks ago. He loved it! We made it through 3 quarters then decided we were tired of passing him back and forth...so we headed home. We hope to bring him to many more in his lifetime!

Brennan's 2 years old!!!

WOW! Has it really been two years Lord? What a blessing Brennan has been to our family. He is so full of energy and life and he brings us so much joy. We enjoyed celebrating his 2nd birthday with our immediate family at Monkey Joe's and Pizza Hut! It was great...we didn't have to clean our house! He had a blast playing with his cousin Gabe at Monkey Joe's and loved his pizza, cake and presents at Pizza Hut. We are so thankful to live so close to our families! Here are some pics from the day. I will try to upload some video when I can figure it out!

The beginning of school!

Brennan began preschool three weeks ago and he loves it! It's so fun to hear all of the new songs and bible verses he's learning. Occasionally he doesn't want mommy to leave him, but once she's gone, he's fine. Mommy needs to take some pictures of him at school, but she just can't get it all together!
Brennan made brownies the other day and he enjoyed licking the spoon and bowl...can you tell?



Congratulations to my husband...he is now officially a master! Steven finished his Masters Degree this summer and we are so thankful he is done! No more late nights studying, writing papers or taking quizzes!


New Dancing skills...Brennan still loves dancing.

Life as a working single mom...

I give much credit to all of those single moms out there that work and then come home to their children with zero break in between. That has been me for a week and a half. I really don't know how anyone lives far from family...because I couldn't do it without mine. Life has been busy for the last month and Steven has been in Spartanburg at training camp for almost two weeks now. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it is a small light right now! Anyways, enough of my complaining...I am feeling bigger (yes, fatter) and feel as if the time is flying by! I am starting to get excited about looking on the girls side of children's stores and just bought girly crib bedding that my mom and I fell in love with in a store window. It wasn't the plan to buy it this early, but we couldn't resist...it's that cute! Well, I wanted to post pictures from our beach vacation a month ago...but can you believe this is the only one I have...and it's not even taken on the beach?

Here are some pictures of Brennan at a Knight's (minor league) baseball game with his cousin Gabe. They had a great time!

It's a GIRL!

Steven and I were very surprised last week when we had our ultrasound and they told us we are having a little GIRL! I really thought Brennan was going to have a little brother to push around. We are really excited and I don't think I've quite grasped the idea yet of bows and dresses, but I think it will be fun!