Where Does He Learn This?

Last night while we were watching television and folding clothes, Collin took off out of the playroom on a mission. He came back a couple of minutes later carrying his frog potty. He sat it down, then went over to his bucket of books and picked out one. He then proceeded to sit on the toilet and read all of his books. Where in the world does he learn this stuff? Such a little man!

Date Night

Last night Patrick and I got a much needed date night. We headed down to the Fox Theater in Atlanta to see the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. It was so good and definitely got us in the Christmas spirit. After the show we ate dinner at Wildfire near Perimeter Mall. It was nice to be able to sit down and enjoy our meal rather than trying to put it down as fast as we could so we could tend to Collin. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Collin had a blast too playing with Grandmommy and Granddaddy at home. We are pretty sure he ruled the house and got to do things Mommy and Daddy don't allow:-)

Happy Thanksgiving

Today Collin celebrated his second Thanksgiving. Grandmommy and Granddaddy came up to visit us for the holiday and this morning we headed over to Papa's new house in Newnan. Collin LOVED going to see Papa! However, I think it was Papa and Robin's dog Abby that he loved the most. Collin spotted the dog as soon as we pulled up to the house and wanted to go see it. Collin and Abby played together most of the day in the yard. Collin would throw her tennis ball (with help from Daddy) and she would go and chase it. It was very cute! They also went on a hike around the woods by Papa's house with Collin and the dog Abby leading. We also got to visit with Aunt Brittany and Uncle Jon. We had a great time! Everyone brought their speciality dish over for us to feast on and it was delicious!

Reflecting back over the past year, our family has so much to be thankful for. First and foremost we are thankful for God's grace. We are also thankful for our precious and healthy son, Patrick's job, our wonderful families and friends, and good health just to name a few. We are all truly blessed when we take time to stop and reflect on all that God has given us.

Fall 2009 Pictures

On November 7th, we headed to Poole's Mill Park in Cumming for a photo session with Jen Hanley. We decided to try someone new for Collin's year and a half pictures and absolutely LOVED her.

Fall Fun

Collin absolutely loves being outside and this weekend the weather was perfect! Patrick and I took turns pressure washing the driveway while Collin had a blast playing. He kept going from his swingset, to his inflatable, to the big pile of leaves in the neighbors yard. He kept stomping on them to hear the crunch and laughing so hard at the sound they made. Collin is also quite a popular little guy on our street. Every time he goes outside all the elementary aged boys and girls run over to play with him. They treat him so delicately like he is a little baby and he eats it up. He chased them up and down the street today laughing the whole time. It is so cute to watch him try to keep up with the big kids and play whatever they are playing.

Jump Around, Jump Around

Last night Patrick and I headed to Toys R Us to buy Collin an inflatable. Collin is obsessed with playing outside and loves playing on our neighbors inflatable, so we decided to get him one of his own. The plan is for us to set it up in the garage throughout the winter so he can still run around and get his energy out without him or Mommy freezing. We are going to buy a space heater and let him play out on it as much as he wants.