Coleman is 9 Months

It is hard to believe that Coleman is 9 months old! He had his shots yesterday, and he was in the 50th percentile for weight, 60th percentile for height, and 75th percentile for head size. We are so proud of his progress!
We spent the evening at the new house so that we could meet a paint contractor for an estimate. While I was getting the estimate, David snuck Coleman away for some pictures in our back yard.

Happy Birthday GJ!!!

On Friday, Coleman went to Clinton while David and I were at work. He spent the day with GJ in order to celebrate her birthday. His Granddaddy and Mimi were also there to play with him. They all had a wonderful day playing together.

Coleman and GJ

Happy 1st Birthday Conner!!!

Today we went to Conner's birthday party. We ate delicious barbeque, ate cake and ice cream, and played. Coleman had a fabulous time watching the older kids play. What an exciting day!

Conner loved his cake!

My Birthday

David told me that we had reservations at 7:00 p.m. at a place where Coleman would be okay to go with us. I was puzzled as to where that would be, but I played along with his surprise. At 7:00 p.m. we pulled into Chuck E. Cheese. I was excited because this gave me an excuse to eat pizza. Carter, Courtney and Conner met us there for the big birthday celebration. My favorite part was watching the boys ride the Chuck E. Cheese car and the Clifford car. I had a wonderful birthday celebration!

The Fourth of July

I want to start off by thanking all of the military men and women who fight for us in order to make our country such a wonderful place to live. We are so lucky to live in such a great country!

David spent the day playing golf with Carter while Courtney and I took the boys to the pool. David and I completed our night by eating some BBQ at Hudson's in Lexington. We had a very relaxing Fourth.

Coleman sending out a salute!

Day 2 at Fairfield Glade

Today David went golfing while Coleman and I joined David's family on a pontoon ride around the lake. Coleman and I also went swimming in the indoor pool with the cousins. Tonight we ate pizza and blew up balloons with everyone.

Coleman needed a little reassurance about the life jacket

The First Day at Fairfield Glade

We spent the first day playing, sleeping and swimming. For dinner we met up with all of the cousins in order to play, and receive some hats from Aunt Nan that she got for all of the children of the family.

Christopher, Kate, and Kinsley are helping Coleman in his Johnny Jump Up

Lauren, Benjamin, Banks and Coleman are sporting their Egyptian head pieces

Coleman, Conner and the Duck

The Hillens and we took Coleman and Conner swimming last night. Both boys had a good time with the duck, and just relaxing in the water. It was nice to wind down after a long day at work

Coleman and the Duck

Conner is practicing his back stroke!

Happy Father's Day!!!

We went to early church on the morning of Father's Day. After church, Coleman gave his daddy a golf bag so that he could play some of the courses that do not have carts. We then went to have lunch with Granddaddy in Clinton. For dinner we wished Pop a happy day at the Fryers' house. What a wonderful day to celebrate our fathers!

Coleman and his Daddy

Coleman and Granddaddy

Coleman, his Daddy, and Pop

Fun in the Tub

Coleman has gotten too big for the baby bathtub, so we decided that it was time to put Coleman in the big bath tub. In order to make the big bath tub baby friendly, we decided to get Coleman a bath seat.

I love playing with the froggies that Adelaide gave to me!

What a Thursday!

We had an extremely busy day today. We really thought we would be packing in order to get ready for the big move tomorrow. We were really crushed when we were told today that our buyer's loan package was not ready. I have been on the cell phone so much lately, that Coleman decided he wanted to learn to use it! :)

Coleman and Mommy's Cell Phone

Memorial Day Celebration

We went to Ivor's and Tracey's for a Memorial Day celebration. We ate lots of good food, and David and Coleman went for a swim. Coleman loved being in the water, dispite the fact it was freezing cold!

David and Coleman testing out the water

Happy Birthday Breelan!

David, Coleman and I went to Breelan's 1st birthday party. The party was at the lake, and it was also a pool party. Coleman had a lot of fun with all of the kids. Happy 1st Birthday Breelan!

Breelan and Coleman hanging out

Breelan is trying out her cake. I think she likes it!

Chattanooga...

I went to Chattanooga this week to attend training at the Komatsu location there. My mother-in-law, Sara, and Coleman went with me. Sara and Coleman enjoyed todays looking at all of the fish in the Tennessee Aquarium (luckily our hotel was right next door.) Sara said that Coleman's favorite attraction was the penguins! One night, we joined some of my co-workers, at the Station which was part of the Chattanooga Choo Choo. The waiters and waitresses got on stage and sang with a band inbetween waiting tables. It was really neat!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

I had the best Mother's Day ever! Coleman slept until 8:45 a.m., which he has never done before. I have not slept that late for a long time. We then went to the 11:00 a.m. church service (well we were actually the nursery workers). Lunch with wonderful with the Davis family and David's family at the Capital City Club. Coleman gave me a candle jar that he made at school, a card, and daddy's credit card for clothes shopping.

Me and Coleman after our wonderful lunch (we forgot to take our camera to the Capital City Club!)

Three Generations of Mothers

All of the children brought dinner to my parents' house today in celebration of Mother's Day. We had a great time seeing everyone, and Coleman had a blast playing with his great-grandmother, grandparents, aunt and uncles.

GJ (my mom), Mimi (my grandmother), Coleman and me

Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My!

The Swann family and the Burrell family met us for lunch and a visit to the zoo today. We started off by eating lunch at Fuddruckers. We then went to the zoo. The weather was perfect; therefore, the zoo was extremely crowded. It was so nice to get all of these boys together. It was so amazing how much they had grown. Our favorite part was the carousel ride. After the zoo, we stopped by the Rosewood Crawfish Festival. We were extremely pooped by the end of the day. Mommy needed a nap worse than anyone.

Coleman and his Daddy on the Carousel

Ryan, Kimber, Holly and me

The Boys Playing

Yummy Yummy for My Tummy

Due to the fact that Wednesday is Coleman's six month birthday, we decided to try him on rice cereal mixed with breast milk. He ate a little bit, but I think it is going to take some practice for him.

Coleman is anxiously awaiting his rice cereal

Coleman is not sure about this!

Weekend in Atlanta

I had to go to a class in Cartersville, Georgia (north of Atlanta), so David and Coleman joined me. We spent last night in Buford, Georgia at Jonathan's and Temple's house. We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Today we went to the North Georgia Outlets to finds some good deals! Coleman had fun hanging out with his Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Temple.

Coleman, Aunt Temple and Uncle Jonathan

Coleman is modeling his new hat!

Lunch at Chuck E. Cheese

Coleman and I met Miranda, Breelan, Ashley, and Neesa at Chuck E. Cheese for lunch. Coleman enjoyed the music and the lights, but he was not quite ready for the cooll toys. All of the girls were following lunch with Disney's Princess on Ice at the Colonial Center. We had fun hanging with the girls!

Breelan and Neesa riding in the bouncing truck