Pumpkin Carving with Daddy

Simms and Dru had such a good time carving our pumpkin Sunday night. I was on camera crew and clean up crew but we had a nice evening making fun memories!

Ready to carve her pumpkin in her new pajamas from Dru's Aunt Katherine, and my heels. Thank you Aunt Kaka!!

I drew the face..ready to turn him into a jack-o-lantern

Helping Daddy clean out the seeds..she loved this, which is obviously why we lost the shirt

She was a great help, although we did have seeds EVERYWHERE!

Simms got really stressed out about the eyes and nose missing, so she tried to put the pumpkin back together..by this point we've lost her pants too. What was I thinking dressing her to carve a pumpkin?

The finished product..Simms LOVED it!

I love making memories with these two!

Ta-Da! There he is...Our jack-o-lantern!!

A Fab Fall Weekend

What a wonderful weekend we've had. We started out Friday in Auburn, with a great dinner at Laredo's, then on to Bobby and Beth's for the night. Saturday of course was spent tailgating in the COLD, WINDY weather. Well, most of us stayed on the bus the whole time, but some of our crowd actually sat outside of the bus ALL day. We had a great time despite the weather and the loss. Sunday our family went to Uncle Bob's Pumpkin Patch for our now annual pumpkin picking trip. We had such a great time! Simms had so much fun and enjoyed being able to run and run in the beautiful sunshine. We didn't think we'd ever see it again! It was cold too but at least the sun was shining! We carved our pumpkin last night and Simms really loved that (post coming soon). Enjoy the pictures!!

Sweet Daddy getting Simms' sweater on

I think I like this one

Bennett and Adaline were there too

Simms and Bennett{in his signature winter hat} being silly

2009

2008 {she couldn't even walk yet}

Poor sheep

Simms and Mommy in the corn maze

Simms and Daddy with the pumpkin she picked out

AUBURN PICTURES

Simms had a great time with cousin Lilla. This particular feeding wasn't going too well..

So we handed Lilla off to Gigi, and Simms got a little upset. Poor thing.
Overall, she did GREAT with Lilla and I have complete confidence that she is going to be a wonderful big sister!!!

Pumpkin carving with Daddy Post coming soon!

23 months

Our precious little girl is 23 months today! That means the countdown is on to her second birthday! I am absolutely amazed at how fast the past 23 months have gone by! No period of my life has flown by faster than Simms' first 2 years, which is bittersweet! Just in the last month she has grown up so much and is even putting 3 and 4 words together! It is so much fun for us to communicate with her and she gets so excited when we understand what she is saying!

We are about to take her nursery apart and get her big girl room ready, which blows my mind! She knows her baby brother is getting her crib, changing table and comfy chair for his room. She kisses my belly every night and says, "Love you Cope," and its just so sweet to us! She sleeps well but still likes to fall asleep late, and her eating is throwing me for a loop these days! She has gotten picky again but Dru isn't worried and until he does, I won't. She loves lemons, pickles, and I know, I know, french fries. She still eats broccoli, cauliflower, butter beans, chicken, spaghetti and she loves my taco soup!

We are taking in these next 13-14 weeks with our precious daughter as our only child in the house ! She has given us the best 2 years we could have ever imagined. They've been hard too, don't get me wrong, but being her parents is definitely something we both thank the Lord for every single day! We can't wait to see her as Cope's big sister!

Sadly I don't think she will be able to come to the hospital when he is born due to H1N1. They are limiting entrance into the hospital during flu season to those 18 and older. I'll have to find a way to sneak her in. I have an incredible doctor who will probably pull some strings when she sees how emotional I'll be because I miss my Simms. And speaking of H1N1, can I say I'm terrified of getting it? I am planning on getting the vaccine when it is ready. It is so dangerous for PG women! I hope people who have it will STAY at HOME and keep kids at home who have it and not come in public! Okay, off my soap box! Happy 23 months Martha Simms!
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26 weeks {tomorrow}

Since I will be 26 weeks tomorrow I wanted to record some things about this pregnancy up to this point. For the most part its been the same as when I was pregnant with Simms except for I feel bigger at this point than I did with her! People say its because I'm having a boy. I've changed my name to Large Marge by the way. My heartburn is out of control, and sleep, what is that? Poor Dru, our bed is a mound of pillows, and Tums are all over the house. Those things are so small though and worth all of the discomfort for this miracle in my belly! We love him so much and cannot wait to meet him in about 3 months. Some sweet friends are throwing me and Sissy a joint shower in late November which will be fun because I've hardly bought him anything! Javis Davis is doing his bedding. I had all of Simms' stuff custom made when I was pregnant with her. Silk window treatments, silk bed skirt, you name it, I went all out. And while her nursery was beautiful, I didn't think it was necessary to break the bank in order for Cope to have a sweet nursery too! I love the fabric I picked out and I love their prices even more! Of course I'll post pics of both of their rooms when they are done! We feel so blessed to be having a son to welcome into our family! A baby boy! I still tear up sometimes when I think about that! We pray he remains healthy and keeps getting bigger! I can't wait to see who he will look like! And just so you can visualize, a couple of belly shots. I will remain headless in all of these.