Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day was a lot of fun.  GJ and I picked up Coleman from lunch bunch at school, and then we visited Target.  Target was Hampton's very first outing, and Coleman did a great job showing him around the store! 

Hampton posing for a picture in his Valentine's gown...Coleman changed clothes before we could get a shot of the two together!

Coleman and Hampton...Sweet Brothers

Coleman has loved being a big brother.  It is amazing that Coleman can bounce the basketball and run through the house, and Hampton just sleeps right through it!  Hampton also loves when Coleman talks to him.  He just stares at Coleman in amazement.  I think this little guys are going to be great friends!



Hampton posing for a picture

Coleman and Hampton smiling for the camera

Hampton's First Sponge Bath

A few days ago, we gave Hampton his first sponge bath.  He really did well considering he was probably really chilly during the bath.  After the bath, I put lotion on him, and he really liked that.  I am ready for all of the peeling skin to be gone!  

Hampton really snuggled in his little towel

Hampton's New Home

I finished Hampton's nursery at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 3, which was the day before he was born.  I was so glad to have this completed.  The them was frogs and other whimsical animals.  The colors are blue and lime green.  I really had a great time putting his sweet room together.  Of course he is sleeping in a cradle next to my bed, when I finally lay him down, which is very rare.  I just enjoy holding him all day long.  He is such a sweet addition to our family.  

His crib and skirted table

My feeding chair and his changing table

I had to include the bow on the mailbox announcing his birth!

Welcome Hampton Joseph Fryer

On Friday, February 4, at approximately 6:15 a.m. David and I arrived at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital, so that I could be induced for labor.  This was actually two days before my due date, but my doctor was on call, so we were thankful to be able to have him to deliver our little bundle of joy.

Hampton arrived at 5:31 p.m., and he weighed 7 lbs, 4 ozs. and was 20 inches long. Coleman is so excited to be a big brother! I is doing fine, and she is so in love with the new family member. I am having trouble putting him down. He is such a sweet baby!!!

Our Doctor (Dr. Hutchinson), Hampton, me and David

Baby Hampton

 Coleman and Hampton (with Misty in the background)

Christmas Eve

We attended the 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service at church.  We then came home and prepared for Santa's arrival with a cookie and some milk.  Coleman was so excited that Santa Claus was coming to town!

The McGregor Preschool Christmas Program

We were so proud of Coleman at the McGregor Preschool Christmas program because he sang every song! He really was a great performer. After the performance we ate the cookies that the children had baked earlier in the week.

Coleman is the first one on the second row, followed by Mollie, Charlie, Nitya and Skyler

PJ's with Santa

We attended the annual Junior League of Columbia's PJ's with Santa and met Conner and Andrew there.  The boys had fun playing and eating.  The boys spent a lot of their time out at the Little Gym play area while the moms shopped for Christmas gifts, which was so nice!  We ended our night by Coleman graciously sitting on Santa's lap and requesting a tuba and a football helmet.

 Conner, Coleman and Andrew

Santa and Coleman

All Aboard!

We drove to Bryson City, North Carolina to take Coleman to the Polar Express.  This was our second year attending this fun event.  We boarded the 5:00 p.m., and the conductor punched our tickets.  The train then departed toward the North Pole as we drank hot chocolate, ate muffins and cookies and listened to music from the movie.  We then were read the story of The Polar Express.  As the story ended we arrived to a lit up area with elves throwing packages and Santa sitting on a chair.  It was the North Pole!  The next thing we knew, Santa entered our train car with an elf and a bell for each child.  We then sang Christmas carols on our way back to the station.  Coleman was asked by the crew if he would like to stand up front to sing his favorite song.  Of course his request was the "ABC's".  Everyone sang the "ABC's to his lead.  Before we arrived back to the station, Santa paid us another visit, and we were given a photo opportunity.  Finally we arrived back at the station and headed down the street to eat dinner.  We all had a wonderful time!

 Coleman posing with Santa

Coleman singing his ABC's

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving lunch with my family and Thanksgiving dinner with David's family.  We enjoyed our day of lots of food and fellowship!

Coleman and Cousin Reese

A Time of Thanks

McGregor Presbyterian Preschool celebrated their annual Time of Thanks program on November 22. The children sang songs and donated food and other items to a local charity. It was a sweet program!

The End of the Season Soccer Party

We celebrated the end of the soccer season at the Hawn's house.  The boys played in a bounce house while there.  After the boys bounced around, they were presented with their soccer trophys.  We then ate hotdogs.  What a wonderful soccer season!

Coleman was in admiration of his trophy!

Happy Birthday Callahan

We celebrated many birthdays this Fall that did not make the blog, and I apologize! In the beginning of November we celebrated Callahan's 5th birthday. It was at his house and he had a dinosaur dig, a marshmellow roast and several other cool dinosaur things. Thanks for including us Callahan!

Coleman's First Day of School

Coleman's first day of school was August 30 at McGregor Presbyterian. This year, Coleman will be in the 3 day 3's class and the 2 day 2 1/2 year old class. We are so excited because he teachers will be Miss Kellie and Miss Suzanne. The first day of school was much harder for mommy than it was for Coleman. There were no tears!

 Coleman posing for a pic...

Mommy posing with Coleman

Halloween at School

On the Friday before Halloween, parents were able to volunteer to help with games and to watch the cool parade that the kids were in while wearing their costumes.  I had so much fun hanging out with the kids and parents in Coleman's class.  After school was over, we met Skylar and her mom at McAlisters for lunch.  What a fun day!

 The parade

Skylar and Coleman posing for a picture

Halloween

We began our Halloween night by going to a party in the Estates at one of Coleman's preschool friend's houses.  We had a blast and he had a blast too!  We then came back to our house, and David's parents stopped by to see Coleman's costume.  After they left, Coleman I went trick or treating while David manned the door at our house.  After a few minutes of trick or treating, we met up with Jack, Will and Madison.  Coleman had a blast walking from house to house with them!

 Charlie and Coleman playing football

 Our family Halloween picture

Coleman and Madison walked around the whole time holding hands...they had the best time!

Trunk or Treat

We went to the annual Trunk or Treat at our church.  This event consists of various cars that the children visit and collect candy.  There were also bounce houses and games for the kids to play once the trick or treating was finished.

Tucker and Coleman posing for a quick picture

Coleman's 3rd Birthday

We celebrated Coleman's birthday with a few friends at Monkey Joe's in Lexington. Our theme was based on primary colors and bounce houses, and our party favor was a bubble gum machine. Coleman had a blast bouncing with his friends!

Coleman blowing out his candles 

 Breelan and Samuel on the slide

Bradley, Faith, Skylar and Mollie

A Day at Country Adventures

I have been so behind on my blogging these days, but I thought a good place to start would be our visit to Country Adventures in Blythewood. We joined several other moms and their children.

We started our visit by going to the petting zoo. The children were able to brush the donkey, pet the bunny rabbit and to pet various other animals. We then took a hayride to the pumpkin patch, in which the children were able to pick a pumpkin to take home with them. We then continued on our hayride to the eating area. We ate hotdogs, and the children were able to roast marshmellows.

We had a wonderful time hanging out with our friends and visiting such a fun place before Halloween!

It's a Boy

We are so excited to be having another boy!  His name will be Hampton Joseph, and he is due on February 6, 2011. 

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Hampton Joseph Fryer