just a swingin'

finley's first time in a swing

 "i'll push her mom!"

my sweet girl

sweet finley

today was finley's dedication day.  what a special day for us, to stand before our church and dedicate her to our awesome God.  what a gift and honor it is to be her parents.
we are blessed beyond measure, finley girl, to call you are own!  you are our daughter of peace and you have brought such joy to our lives.  you brought peace in a time when we needed it most.  you complete our little family and its hard to remember what life without you was like.  i can't wait to see you come to know your Father and i pray you always walk in His path.  great things are in your future, my girl, and i can't wait to see what's in store!!

her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. 

proverbs 3:17

caedmonisms

caedmon is so very funny and always making us laugh with the things he comes up with!

my friend sarah had her baby savannah back in august.  caedmon was chomping at the bit to go meet "baby sabannah" so i took him over there one friday morning.  i asked him if he wanted to hold her and he eagerly said yes.  so i got him all ready, with pillows around him, and went to put her in his arms.  he immediately backed away, shaking his head no.  i asked him "whats wrong? is she making you nervous" to which he replied "yes she's making me nerbous".  the funny part was when his daddy came home that afternoon, the first thing he said was "daddy, i met baby sabannah and she nerboused me!"

on labor day, chase and caedmon met roddy (c's pops) at sams.  apparently he wanted to get a playdoh set (something we don't have at home...playdoh messes freak mommy out) and pops told him he had to call mommy and ask.  he promptly pulled out his mickey mouse cell phone, "called" me and proceeded to have a conversation with me, complete with "uh-huhs" and "oks". he hung up and said "she said its ok" yes he came home with it and yes i'm accepting playdoh messes.

(this was from back in january)

bathtime!

first day of school!

c started pre-k3 tuesday at his new school!  he had so much fun.  they learned the sound of the letter "a" and read "the kissing hand" and brought home a handprint craft...my favorite!  he identified everyone to me by the color they were wearing "that green girl"  "the blue girl". it was too funny!

finley 4 months

can't believe my finley girl is 4 months old already!! time flies even fast when you have 2.

currently she is:

• wearing 3-6 month clothes
• wearing size 2 diapers
• sleeping about 4 hour stretches at night and naps well during the day (though she slept much longer stretches the first 15 weeks-usually 7-8 hours a night!)
• sleeps in her crib at night and swing for naps.  must be swaddled!
• smiles all.the.time. we love it!
• is her brother's favorite thing ever! 
• can roll both ways but rarely does from back to front (probably b/c she hates being on her stomach)
• LOVES bathtime

she really is the sweetest girl and such a joy to have around!

tomorrow is the day....

that my husband has looked forward to since july 31st, 2007...the day we found out we were having a boy.  he's taking caedmon to his first alabama foot game!!!  they are both so very excited and it warms my heart! c is running around the house as i type saying "roll tide! number 1! alabama football game!"

lots of pictures are sure to come!

my princess

in her dress made by daddy!