The Brown Bunch

So at the threats of my friends of being removed from their blog lists, I've decided to post a few pics. I must admit that with the end of the year, having to move my classroom, and being pregnant, I've fallen behind on my mommy picture taking. Thank goodness that Aunt Fabby is usually around with her very nice camera to catch all of Jake's Kodak moments. Maybe now that summer is here, we can talk her into posting some of those pics on her blog for me (hint, hint, Aunt Fabby !) These pictures are some that were taken as a fund raiser for Relay for Life. A local church was selling picture packages to raise money for Relay and we wanted to have Jake's pictures made while supporting this very worthy cause. My aunt was able to secure one of the much desired time slots and we were set. Nanny Nette took Jake with her to the mountains for the weekend so that Jason and I could have a break so the photo shoot took place without either of us being there. Thank goodness...

After Jake's birthday party was over, we were free to start celebrating our Spring Break. I am so thankful that Jason was able to take the week off and we could enjoy it as a family before our new addition arrives. We took off on Sunday, Jake's real birthday, for Nanny Nette and PawPaw's condo in Panama City. Jason and I decided that a few days of fun, sun, relaxing, swimming, and BINGO were just what we needed. It turns out that things didn't turn out as we had hoped. It was rainy and cold most of the time we were there and we all suffered from sinus issues. Jason's favorite BINGO parlor had changed the way they do things (If it aint broke, don't fix it, right?) and at 7 months pregnant, I was needing my own bed. Sooooo ... to make a long story short, we ended up packing up and coming home a little early. We figured we could veg out at home just as well as we could veg out at the condo and Jake would have more toys at home to play with. The trip wasn't a...

We celebrated Jake's first birthday on March 28. We invited family from all over the state and were very excited when many of them got to come. We know it was a long drive for almost everybody, but it meant so much to Jason, Jake, and me to have everyone here. For one of my grandmothers, it was her first time seeing our house. We made sure that she got to see Jake's nursery along with the new baby's nursery because she had been wanting to see both for some time. Jake's latest thing is Elmo. He loves Elmo and grins anytime he sees the red furry creature. There was no doubt that this birthday should be completely devoted to Jake and Elmo. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day. Thanks, Aunt Angie for being my photographer for the day. Your rates couldn't be beat! Nanny Nette made Jake's cakes. Didn't she do an awesome job. PawPaw had an armful when he held both Jake and Jack. He was originally only holding Jack, but Jake got a little jealous a...

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.