Fall in Georgia

Hey! We had a great weekend with Ben getting in some guy time with a camping/fishing/shooting trip with his brothers, dad, and uncle in mississippi and I got to hang out with my parents and the hatch in alabama. We both had a really good time! It really showed that I enjoyed the good food over the weekend because I went to the doctor on Monday and weighed in 6 pounds heavier than I was 9 days earlier! haha...I'm finally putting on a little weight! I guess Elsie enjoyed it too! I have now gained around 20 pounds and I only have less than 3 weeks until my due date, so it is coming up soon! We are excited to meet little Elsie! Here are a few pictures we have taken recently. Here is Hatcher helping me make some apple bars for Ben to take on his "man" trip. Hatcher LOVES to be a part of anything we are doing. He wants to do it exactly like we do. Even at the table he wants his own plate, spoon, fork, and napkin just like mommy and daddy and today he even wanted a cup, not a sippy cup, but a real cup with water in it like mommy. We are having many table manners lessons on not banging our spoon or cup, not playing with our plate (which always leads to dumping it over), not playing with our real cup (which was spilled twice today), etc. It is such an adventure to teaching a little one everything! :) he is such a sweetie and loves to learn and be like us and challenge us. Everyday I am praying for patience and wisdom! Here is a picture of Hatcher snoozing on the way home from Alabama on Sunday. and here are a few pictures from Sunday a week ago here in our house in Georgia. Hatcher was dressed up in his fall outfit and Ben was chasing him around the pumpkins to make him laugh. Hatcher pronounces pumpkin like "puck-um" and I think it is so cute! :) he loves to play with his daddy! He loves to get up in the morning and ask me to read to him before we do anything else (and I'm usually starving and ready to go eat breakfast!) but I love to take the time and snuggle and read with him on his big stuffed giraffe on the floor. Anytime you say ouch he says, "a boo-boo...kiss" and he gets really close to kiss your boo-boo. so sweet! ben and i chuckled at him yesterday as he was sitting on a little stool (like 4 inches off of the ground) and he fell over backwards off of the stool onto the carpet, but it was like he was moving in slow-motion as he fell over with his arms and feet going up in the air. It really just scared him more than anything but he immediately got up crying a little saying "a boo-boo, a boo-boo" and wanted a kiss. :) we are more than happy to give our sweet little guy a kiss even if it is not really a bad boo-boo.

I am continuing to unpack and make the house cuter and cuter, so I'll have to take more pictures sometime soon! oh, and many have been asking about seeing a pregnancy picture of me. I don't really have a good one, but at least you can see my belly in this one. These pictures were taken the friday before last when we went to see my new little niece in the hospital on her birthday! Here is my brother andy with hatcher...congrats andy, jess, and jaden on your sweet addition of little shayne! hatcher had a great time seeing the tiny baby and was very interested in helping her out with her little hat and pacifier. Here is Hatcher, Shayne, and my dad, Papa. He is going to be a great big brother to little Elsie when she comes! Thanks for stopping by!