Everett's cuteness

Yes, we think Everett is just too cute!!! Check him out!!!

Adam may kill me for putting this on our blog...but really, who wouldn't smile looking at Everett in that outfit?!?!

Playing with Dash
They are having way too much fun!

HUG ME!!! I am irresistible!!!
Thanks Auntie Kristen for my outfit! I think it suits me just right!

Random Fact from Adam: "The potato blight organism, which caused the Irish famine of the 1840s, is responsible for annual global crop losses of an estimated $6.6 billion, according to the Financial Times."

Everett's Weekend Fun

On Friday night, we all went over to see our friends Will and Janice and their new townhouse they moved into. It was great to finally see their place and dinner was yummy! Thanks guys!

Saturday started off great as Adam and I made blueberry pancakes, sausage, and eggs for breakfast. Afterwards, we all headed out to the pool to get in a little more time in the water before it's too cool. It was a little cool in there today, but we still had fun! Check out Everett sitting in the water!

Heather and John are in town and we look forward to spending time with them. Heather had bought this outfit for Everett awhile back and he fits into it very well now! He makes a very cute cowboy!Random Fact from Adam: "Fact: bears eat a lot more than beets. To prepare for hibernation, bears consume 20,000 calories per day (!!!) and have to eat 20 hours a day to do it. Apparently, they'll even consider coming into your house to do it, too."

Happy Labor Day!

We had a wonderful relaxing Labor Day weekend spending time together as a family and with some of our friends. On Saturday, we took a drive to Winston-Salem to visit our good friends Matthew, Emily, and their 3 month old son Evan. We enjoyed some western style BBQ downtown and hanging out at their house for the day.

Everett and Evan playing on the activity mat together

Everett testing out the Bumbo seat and practicing sitting by himself! He's getting so big these days!

A fun day together!

On Sunday, we all went to church and Everett is doing great at the nursery. He's too active these days to keep him in the service, so he is in the "Cuddlers" class and gets plenty of cuddling. Everett had his first taste of rice cereal this weekend! It's still a little tricky, but he does great sitting in his highchair and opening his mouth for the spoon. The difficulty comes in with trying to use his tongue to maneuver the food around. We have no doubt he'll get it soon enough! We all ran errands in the afternoon and relaxed in the evening. With us all dressed for church, I thought we'd take some family pictures while it was nice outside.

Okay, I'm all ready in my high chair!

Hmmmm, this doesn't seem too bad

Well, this is definitely different...What is this you're putting in my mouth?!

OH! It's not that bad after all.

A new family picture

Everett and Mommy

On Monday, Adam and I made breakfast together after sleeping in for awhile. Friends came over for a cookout and we had delicious burgers, corn on the cob, watermelon, and more! We had a great time of fellowship, food, and fun!

Taking a break from getting the house clean to play

Do you want to come over and play with me?

Our Labor Day cookout

Everett and Daddy with the same crazy hair!

Random Fact from Adam: "Alaska's Rat Island is apparently rat-free now, which would make it the third-largest island in the world to be freed of rats (out of about 300). Most recently: Anacapa Island in California's Channel Islands National Park . There are about another dozen rat-infested islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain."

A few milestones!

Adam and I celebrated our 3rd Anniversary last week and what a wonderful time it has been! It is so exciting to look back on our 3 short years together to see where God has taken us and how we have grown. We know He has so much more in store for us as He is always faithful. We are so blessed to have started our own family and can't put into words the joy Everett brings into our lives.

Everett is FOUR MONTHS old now and growing like crazy. He had his check up today and now weighs in at 13 pounds even. He is over 24 inches long and catching up fast! Everett isn't lasting long in any of clothes. I've already had to take out some 6 month clothes for him because he's so tall! Some of our favorite things Everett can do now:

• Sleep about 8 hours at night! Yeah! We are coherent and functional adults again without caffeine!
  
• Roll from his tummy to his back
• Have a conversation with you! This makes us laugh so hard! He is really talkative after he eats and really needs to tell you EVERYTHING before you do anything else!
• SMILING!!! He will really steal your heart with this one....

Everett has also made some friends here now! Here are few pictures of him and his buddies:

My good ole buddy Dash...He comes to play with me at my house on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I get to play with him at his house on Mondays and Wednesdays. We're just talking to each other here and helping each other endure tummy time. That's what we get when our moms are therapists.

Kyle lives down the street from me and we even have matching pajamas! It was so fun going over to his house while my Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a potluck breakfast for dinner meal!

This is my new friend Cindy. She is only 6 weeks old, but is great company! I didn't mind sharing my toys with her at all!

Here I am running in place.
I like getting my exercise in when I can...

I just had a bath and I am ready for bed. I can get pretty tired being a perfect little angel all day!

Random Fact from Adam: According to a Cracker Jack prize, "a typical pencil can write 45,000 words or draw a line 35 miles long."