Updates continue... Winter 2014

The holidays were a sweet, albeit busy time for our family, per usual! Sawyer had so much fun and delight in everything! However, he is still terrified of Santa, whom he calls "Claus". 

Christmas
(Holiday Market, Lights at the Zoo, cookie baking, and Christmas celebrations with family)

Wow, Time Flies....Fall 2014 update

Clearly it's been a while since I posted an update! Let's see where we left off..... Fall 2014. 

2nd Annual Apple Picking Trip
On Saturday, October 4th, we made our annual trip to Grandad's Apples in Hendersonville, NC. We had a great time picking apples and selecting a pumpkin! It was a chilly day, but nonetheless, we made fun family memories! 

Halloween
We found out the gender of baby #2 right before Halloween, so we knew we wanted to incorporate the reveal into Sawyer's costume. He ended up with two costumes really...one for pre-Halloween festivities and one for actual Halloween night/Trick-or-Treating. 
Our little pirate at our church Trunk or Treat and at Boo at the Zoo:

The big reveal on Halloween! Sawyer is going to have a baby SISTER!!! We are just thrilled! We can't wait to meet our sweet Mary Walker in March! His costume was a big brother superman shirt and cape with a fluffy pink puppy dog. 

Thanksgiving
We have so much to be thankful for: our amazing, supportive families, our good health, and our precious babies! 

Big Announcement

Our family has some news to share...

Sawyer is going to be a big brother in March 2015!!! We are thrilled and excited to welcome a second baby to our family! We found out back in mid-July when I was about 5 weeks pregnant. We told our immediate families pretty soon after, but kept the news quite from everyone else until I was 12 weeks pregnant, right after Labor Day. I am now 15 weeks pregnant and starting to feel a little less queasy! I am still really tired though, I guess I better get used to that with two kiddos ;)

Stayed tuned for more updates through out my pregnancy. Hopefully, I will stay caught up on the blog and not have such a long hiatus! 

Back to School and Labor Day Weekend

Sawyer started in the twos class at Kilbourne Park Baptist Church Preschool on August 25th. He will go Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the mornings. We have a great system worked out where my mom will take, pick up, and keep him for the afternoon until we get off work. On Tuesdays and Thursday, he will go to Nana's house for the full day. The best of both worlds! He loves his Sassie and Nana!! It turns out he loves school too! The first week was a little weepy, but now, he goes right in without a fuss. 

Directly following his first week of school, we headed down to Atlantic Beach, Florida to visit Will's grandparents for Labor Day weekend and to celebrate Granddaddy's 85th birthday! We got down there late Friday night and stayed until Monday. We visited with Will's family, played on the beach, watched plenty of football, and managed to squeeze in a side trip to St. Augustine for sightseeing and outlet shopping! 

St. Augustine- man was it hot that day!

Playing with Papa's childhood toys

June and July 2014

June
In June, we celebrated Will and Sawyer's birthdays, as well as Father's Day. It was a real treat for me to get to do extra special things for my boys! 

Father's Day 2014

July
We started off July with our annual Edisto Beach week! This year, our week actually started on the 4th. Sawyer and I were able to stay the whole week, however, Will had to work most of the time, so he only came a couple of days. We sure did miss him! He started his new job back in May with Bojangles. His hours and work days have been long. It is taking a lot of getting used to for our little family. Hopefully, it turns out to be worth it in the end! While at the beach, we enjoyed spending time with my family, playing in the pool on the porch, riding in the boat, and playing in the surf/sand.