Anniversary Trip to NYC

Jimmy and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary with a 3 day trip to NYC. We had such a wonderful time! Jacob stayed behind with my parents and although it was tough to leave him (yes, there were tears from me, of course) it was really nice to have some"just us" time.

We were psyched to be upgraded to the "Ambassador's Suite" because of Jimmy's Marriott status. This was our view.

Saturday night we went to dinner and saw "Wicked". It was fabulous! Ironically, my cousin, Kerry, and her husband, Jay, who live in Boston, were in NYC for the weekend to celebrate Kerry's 30th. They also saw Wicked at the same showing so we met up for drinks afterwards. We couldn't believe our luck and it was so fun to see them!

We spent Sunday eating fabulous food (it was one of my Top 5 Food Days of all time) and walking around Central Park. It was such a beautiful fall day.

We had a drink at Tavern on the Green and got Jimmy's picture with the gigantic gorilla.

Here we are at Times Square on Sunday night.

On Monday we did one of those "hop on, hop off" tours and had lunch in Little Italy. After lunch, I, of course, had to have dessert. We found this great place that had chocolate covered cannolis - YUM!

Visit from Atlantans

The past couple of weeks have been really fun! We've had play dates with Miss Amy and Maddie and Miss Nicole and Abigail, celebrated my dad's birthday with dinner at Sperry's (and left Jacob with a non-Nana babysitter for the first time), had our 5th anniversary which we will be celebrating this weekend, gone to Kindermusik, had Jacob's 9 month pediatrician appointment, visited with Laura and baby Lila, had a weekend visit from the Stanleys, and had our neighborhood chili cookoff. Unfortunately I didn't take as many pictures as I should have but I at least got a couple of pictures of the Atlantans and Jacob bundled up for the chili cookoff.

Jacob and I visited with Laura and Lila at Laura's mom's house. I was so excited to meet Lila!

Here's a closeup of precious Lila!

Anne Marie, Brad, and Ryan came to stay with us last weekend for the UGA-Vandy game. Once again, the men trotted off to the football game on Saturday leaving the women happily home with the children. We all had a great weekend together and Ryan and Jacob continued to be enamored with each other and each other's toys!

Jacob loved Ryan's trucks! Ryan, Jacob, and Brad playing together

The boys did much better this trip with bath time and we were actually able to snap a few pics!
Jacob bundled up for the chili cookoff

Jacob is 9 Months Old!

I can hardly believe that 9 months have passed since our precious Jacob was born. Oh my goodness I love this baby boy! We had his 9 month pediatrician appointment and I was excited to hear that Jacob still appears to be in great health. Jacob weighed in at 18lbs, 15 oz and measured 27 1/2 inches. He is now in the 25th percentile in both height and weight.

Jacob is cruising and crawling everywhere but his favorite place to cruise is under and around the kitchen chairs and table. He think he's such a big guy and he is so fun to watch!

He loves using his push walker although I monitor him like a hawk with that thing. He starts going way too fast for my comfort level!
Jacob also loves his basket of books. He spends a lot of time standing and sitting by the basket pulling out all of the books and looking at them. I love how captivated he can be! His favorite books are "Quack, Quack", "Nighty Night" (because of Big Bird on the front), and anything with Elmo.

Both day and night, Jacob loves standing at our back door and looking outside. He's also so much fun in the bath but all onlookers will get wet. He LOVES to splash!

Some of his other favorite things at the moment are his jumperoo, musical table, balls, clock faces, our fall wreath, and his elephant crib mirror. The crib mirror has a pull that produces funny noises, music, and a mouse to go around and around. He loves playing with it before and after sleep and sometimes even in the middle of the night. It totally cracks us up!

Jacob is such a happy baby and has the most precious laugh! He loves to be bounced, lifted up and down, twirled around, and have his neck and belly kissed. I just can't get enough of his giggles and squeals! I am truly enjoying every day with my sweet Jacob and am so thankful that I am able to be a stay-at-home mom. It is definitely the best job I've ever had and ever will!

Weekend in Atlanta

We went to Atlanta this weekend to visit friends and had a wonderful time! Brad and Jimmy went to the UGA-LSU game on Saturday while Anne Marie and I spent the day at her house with our boys. This was the first time Jacob and Ryan had met and they were really cute together. Anne Marie and I tried and tried to get a good picture of them together but it was near impossible to get a squirmy baby and toddler to sit still, look at the camera, and smile at the same time! Here's the best picture of the two of them I took.
On Sunday we visited Jen and Tyler and their new twin baby girls, Elle and Kate. It was so exciting to see all of them and Elle and Kate are just precious! It is so amazing to think of all that Jen and I have experienced together since middle school and now we are both mommies! Here we are with our kiddos.

The Proud Parents! Jen holding Elle and Tyler holding Kate