One Month Already?

Where does the time go?!? Haven is one month old today and I can hardly believe it. It has definitely been a quick month. Just today Haven really started to smile at me for a long time. She is precious! Having Haven has been a totally different experience than Brennan. I'm not sure that if it's her or the fact that I have a little bit more of a clue this time around. She is sleeping great (on most occasions) and is fine to go with the flow following her big brother around. I am trying to put her down for the night at 8:30, then she wakes up around 1:30 and 6:30 to eat. Now if only I could get Brennan to stay in his bed all night, maybe I wouldn't be a zombie during the day! Brennan has been a great big brother too. He loves to kiss Haven and tell me to "go get her" when he hears her crying. I haven't seen any jealous moments yet, so I am very thankful for that. Anyways, I will try my best to update more often...I'm just now getting my photos uploaded to snapfish to start putting real photos in albums! The last time I ordered pictures was Brennan's first birthday (So I have a whole year to catch up on!).

Haven's first week at home

It has been a nice week at home with Haven and Brennan! I can't believe how fast time flies. Brennan loves his little sister and has not shown any jealousy as of yet. We have been blessed by our friends and family that have brought meals to the house. It's so nice to not have to cook and still be eating like kings! Here are a few pics from the week.

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.