The Brown Bunch

It's been a while since we've posted. Life with a 10 month old is always busy so I don't get very much time to sit at the computer. Sorry! I will try my best to do better! Here is a quick update on what has happened with us since our last post: I haven't posted anything about being pregnant, but most of you know anyway. In late October, Jason and I were shocked to find out that baby #2 was on the way. While it took me a while to get used to the idea, Jason was excited from the get-go. I guess that's another reason we haven't posted in a while, mommy is tired all of the time! Anyway, we found out last week that we are having a GIRL ! We were both thrilled and I know Jake will be a wonderful big brother to his little sister. We don't have a name picked out yet, but she will be here sometime around our anniversary in June. What an awesome present that will be! I know that most of you check this to find out the latest with Jake. So here it is... He is a MONSTER!...

Now that we have a little one in the family, Nanny Nette has decided that we need to start some holiday traditions. On Sunday, we left after church and went to Warm Springs for their Christmas festival. After a wonderful lunch at the Bulloch House, we hit the shops. The most exciting thing we found was Santa. Along the way we also found several photo ops. Basically, the day was just a chance to take some cute pictures of Jake. Enjoy! Jake getting ready for some fun. Jake riding the reindeer with PawPaw . Jake with Daddy. Aren't they handsome? Jake and PawPaw rode " PawPaw's Express." This was Jake's favorite moment of the day! Getting ready to ride Do you see who the head of our household is? Jake tried to drive a tractor. The wheel was bigger than he is. (Ignore the bubble in my hair.) Daddy played Superman in the old fashioned phone booth. Back at home, we realized we didn't have any pictures with Nanny Nette . Thank you PawPaw and Nanny Nette for a fu...

Halloween was extra special this year because we had a little stinker to celebrate with. Although we started the week off with double ear infections, Jason and I were determined to make this a special day for Jake. Jake celebrated Halloween all weekend with Friday with Nanny Nette & PawPaw , Saturday with Nana & Papa, Saturday night with Nanny Betty & Nanny Shewbert , and Sunday with Mamew & Pop Charlie. With all of this partying, Jake was exhausted by Sunday night! Here are just a few pictures of Friday. Jake woke up bright and early ready to celebrate with Luke. Aunt Becky brought McKinley and Addie by to trick-or-treat with us! Jake was really impressed with Peter Pan. Maybe Aunt Becky can make him a costume next year. Mom and Jake (Jake is still staring at Peter Pan.) Jake with Nanny Nette , PawPaw , and Casper Jake with Nanny Nette Nanny Nette with our little stinker Jake with all of his Halloween loot. He got lots of goodies from Nanny Nette and PawPaw on F...

Nana & Papa with the grandkids Papa helping Jake with dinner Jake with Nana Jake looks almost as big as Alex in this picture Jake is all decked out for the Georgia game Jason was off for the weekend so we decided to tackle a few things on the list of "Things We Wish we could do, but never have time for...." The two main things that this included were going to visit Nana & Papa and going to tailgate with friends for the UGA/Tenn game. Having a baby sure does change things and we haven't been up to Royston or Athens as much as we'd like to. Friday was Papa's birthday. He and Nana were "campering" with Sarah and Alex for the weekend. They wanted to be close by for the Brown family get-together. Jake was able to spend a lot of time with them while Jason and I headed for Athens for a few hours to catch up with our tailgating buddies.

My cousin Dede turned The Big 4-0 on September 5 so we celebrated with a surprise party. She didn't feel like celebrating so we had to force it on her just a little bit. In the end, I think she enjoyed herself. In fact, it was a happy time that everybody needed. Here are a few pictures from the night. The Look-Outs Dede with Nanny Betty and Nanny Shewbert (The good looks run in our family!) Dede with Dikey and Lori (The good looks just keep coming!) The four granddaughters: Andrea and Lori (the babies) and Dede and Allyson (the big girls) :) No post on this blog is complete without a picture of Jake. Of course Jake did what Jake does best. Isn't he precious?

Football season is here! Jason and I are so excited to have Jake here to help us cheer on the Dawgs. As you can guess, Jake doesn't quite understand the excitement yet, but he is getting there. He really loves to watch the games and actually fusses if you turn him away from the TV or block his vision. I guess he's going to be just like his daddy. I caught this shot last week. The Bulldogs were fighting off Central Michigan and Jake couldn't make it through the 3rd quarter. He loves to watch, but it sure does wear him out!

Nanny Shewbert , my great-grandmother, is 98 or 99 years old. (She says she is 98, but the family Bible says 99.) She lived with us some when I was a child to take care of Allyson and me so that Mom could work. Because of this, she and I have always been very close. In fact, I like to joke with my cousins that I'm her favorite. So when Jake came along, I wanted him to be around Nanny Shewbert as often as possible. She lives in Helen, so we don't see her (or the rest of our mountain family) often enough. Jake is incredibly blessed to have 1 great-great- grandmother, 3 great-grandmothers, and a great-grandfather to all welcome him in to the world. For Labor Day weekend, Nanny Nette and I decided to take advantage of the long weekend and get up to see the family. The Nannies felt like getting out so the 5 of us piled in the car to go visit family that we never get to see, do a little tourist watching in Helen, and made quick stop at Dairy Queen. During our 3 h...