Pictures!

I've had a few people complain about not having many pictures since we got the Flip camera, and to make it worse I haven't posted (or taken) many pictures OR videos lately. Geesh! I've got to get on the ball. We've been pretty busy lately. Brandon has been out of town a lot, and Bonnie has either been sick or getting over being sick. I hate to complain because they are all minor illnesses in the great scheme of things, but it sure will be nice when Spring gets here so that hopefully all the germs will go away, we can spend more time outside, and Daddy will not be on the road as much.

On another note, it is hard to believe that Bonnie will be 11 months old Friday. I find myself doing a double take sometimes because she is so big and doing so many things. It seems like lately someone has pushed the fast forward button! I can't believe that this precious girl crawling around and babbling is my little baby. People warned me, but WOW! Time really does fly!
Sitting pretty. Note that she has enough hair to (barely) hold a real bow!

Oops! The point of this cup is to hold the goldfish IN!

Playing with toys and oh so big. Did I mention she is getting 4 new teeth?

After bathtime....she loves taking a bath in the tub, but she doesn't like getting on her pjs when she's done!

Peek-a-boo

Okay, I promise to slow down with the videos. We've just had so much fun recording Bonnie's antics the past few days. I need to remember to get out the regular camera every now and again! But, here's one more for now...enjoy!

Baby, it's cold outside

Well, the weather has been interesting this week. It has been so cold for such a long time. They've been calling for snow all week. They called off school last night (yipee!), AND.........we got a dusting. Seriously, a dusting. I have been looking forward to taking Bonnie's picture in the snow for the first time, but I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to tell if it was snow or if the film was just bad on the camera. It wasn't worth Bonnie or I getting out of our pajamas, which is where we have been all day. Don't get me wrong. I will never complain about getting out of school. And to make it even better, we are out again tomorrow. We have never gotten out two consecutive days in my 5 1/2 year tenure with Metro, so that in itself is exciting. I just always pictured it would be because we had at least 3 inches!

So, anyway, I hope this video warms you up a little. It's Bonnie playing with Duke, Guerry and Sallie's dog (Samuel's dog). He is so sweet-and he can clap! How many dogs do you know that can clap?

Videos!

Brandon and I got a really cool flip video camera for Christmas (thank you Mom and Dad), and we've been making a ton of videos of Bonnie. I am pretty sure that was the point-we upload videos of Bonnie for Grandma and Grandad! Here's the trial run. I am still trying to figure it all out. But, if you are in the market for a video camera, I would highly recommend the flip. It is really simple to use, and it has really cool features. I am just trying to figure out the editing! Best of all, it is really small so you can always have it handy. There will be more videos to come for sure!

This is one of Bonnie and her friend Ansley playing at our house. They had such a great time together. Of course we didn't have the camera handy when they did the really cute stuff like hug each other!

Simply having a wonderful Christmastime

We're having a wonderful holiday break. It started out kind of rough with Bonnie having bronchiolitis and an earache, but she was on the mend by Christmas Eve. Now we are in Morristown for a few days spending time with Grandma, Pappaw, Uncle Dex, and Aunt Mel. We hope that everyone has had a great Christmas as well. We love you all!



We went to lunch with our friends on Christmas Eve for Aunt Sallie's birthday. Here's a picture of Bonnie with her Aunt Gigi.

She kept getting distracted by the bow, but eventually she opened her first present from Aunt Gigi.

She's getting the hang of it!

It's a piggy bank! The perfect gift from Aunt GiGi-the accountant!

After she opened her first gift, she was ready for more after her nap!

Cousins Nick and Hayley are so sweet!

Bonnie got a really cool phone from Aunt Connie and Uncle Wayne on Christmas Eve.

Aidan and Bonnie on Christmas Eve

Daddy and Bonnie by Nana's Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.

Bonnie was impressed with Aidan's train station on Christmas morning. He was so sweet. He wanted Bonnie to play with it, too!

Thanksgiving and Such

We had yet another great Thanksgiving at Pap's house. It is so wonderful when all the family converges on Meadow for a great time, fabulous food, wonderful company, and a friendly game of kickball. It just doesn't get any better!

Eating lunch with Colton on Thanksgiving. She loves it!

Bonnie and Cousin Camden-She was only one day away from being born on his first birthday. It looks like they're plotting something in the picture!

Sweet cousins!

The annual cousin card game-this year we branched out and played Catch Phrase as well. And, we had to go out to the barn because of sleeping Bonnie at Pap's house.

Mommy attempting to catch a fish with Daddy on Pap's really cool pier-he can even drive his golf cart out on it!

Uncle Dex is giving Bonnie a bath in Pap's sink.

From Thanksgiving to Christmas. "Okay, Mom. I'll sit for one picture with my first tree."

"Okay. That was it. See you later!"

Samuel came over to watch the SEC Championship game. He's really into the game. Bonnie is really into him!

They say we're young, and we don't know. We won't find out until we grow...

....So put your little hand in mine. There ain't a hill or mountain we can't climb.

Adventures in Crawling

Well, Little Miss Bonnie has been into a lot since I last posted. Most of all, she has been scooting. I would not call it crawling, as she is not up on all fours. But she is becoming very effecient in getting from one place to another. Most of all she just wants to get somewhere that she can pull up. She's getting very good at this as well!

On another note, I hope all of you have had a great Thanksgiving, and are geared up for the Christmas season. We had a great trip to NC for Thanksgiving, even though we had to take Bonnie to the ER for an ear infection on Friday. Of course none of the pediatricians' offices were open in a 5 town radius, so we ended up in the ER. But, being our little trooper, Bonnie did well. And most importantly she is feeling much better!
How proud is she for pulling up like a big girl? I love this picture!

After awhile she gets tired of standing up and needs help sitting back down. But she immediately pulls up again!

Another pull-up picture. You can tell that the coffee table is her favorite prop. I like this one because she's wearing her red boots that Aunt Mel bought her in NC.