Weekend with Will & Gabe

Will & Gabe (and their parents!) came for a visit this past weekend and I didn't take many pictures! I forgot my camera Friday night and then Saturday I forgot...here are a few from the weekend. The weather was supposed to be beautiful and we were going to spend Saturday morning at the farm playing, but it rained and was cool...not good weather for kiddos to play in! Andy, Kathy, Luke, Mary Katherine, and Caroline were busy with Andy's brother's wedding...rehearsal dinner Friday night and wedding Saturday night, but we got to hang out a little while with them!

Will was doing really well this weekend, although he ended the weekend with a fever and low oxygen levels. We always enjoy this little guy so much...he's such a funny boy and SO very happy! He got to go, by himself, with PawPaw to ride tractors at the farm...he was in HEAVEN!

Will made me a crown...he told me I was a princess! =)

He (and Gabe) LOVED giving kisses and being near Georgia. By the looks of her face in this picture, she LOVED receiving them!
Here are the grandkids (minus Georgia plus Kathy) eating lunch together...Mom ended it with a big 'ol banana pudding! YUM!!!!!!
"Mama and Daddy" taking care of Georgia...Will made sure she was comfortable while Caroline sang "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"! What sweeties!

Little People

These pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago at Mom's and Dad's house. We got together for supper and the Fisher Price Little People made their usual appearance! We have quite a bit saved from our childhood (although it is NOTHING compared to what Shelby's parents have saved from Heather's childhood) and the nieces and nephews LOVE playing with them! We have the city building with the connecting traffic light, the Holiday Inn motel, the garage, and the two-story home. Kathy played with Luke and Caroline on this night (Mary Katherine was at dance)...we all still love playing with it!

In the first three pictures Luke put the mayor of the city on top of one of the buildings and gathered the people in the town square for a town meeting! Apparently, there was an evil scientist who buried something underground (under Mom's dining room rug) and it was important that the people of the town knew about it!!! What an imagination--I LOVE IT!

And Caroline ALWAYS gets all the "baby stuff" out to play with...the play pen, stroller, swing, rocking horse, changing table, tricycle, potty, etc. She was SO involved in playing she couldn't even look up for the picture! Oh, Georgia Claire is going to have LOTS of fun one of these days!

"Girly" Outfits

I sure do like to play "dress up" with Georgia Claire! If you attended any of my baby showers you know the amount of clothes that we we were given...LOTS OF CLOTHES! But, her closet and drawers are slowly becoming less and less crowded! She is growing SO FAST and cannot wear many of the clothes that we were given. She is now in size 6-9 month and she's almost 4 months old! WOW! Yes, she loves to eat! Dad even asked me the other day if the pediatrician was worried about her weight! Ha! I assured him that she wasn't! We will be shopping with Mimi (Shelby's mom) next week to get her a fall/winter wardrobe. It should be LOTS OF FUN! I've taken some pictures of her the last few days of some things that I love...

Here she is in a little blue-jean jumper and blue-jean tennies that Mimi bought her...

And here she is all warm and toasty in her hoodie & pink tennies from Aunt Heather and oh-so-soft pants from Mimi...
And here she is in an ADORABLE outfit that was given to us by a friend from church, Phyllis. SO CUTE! Such a sweet girl and such a cutie pie, too! We love you, Georgia Claire!

First Trip to the Park

Shelby has been in West Virginia for a week, so Georgia Claire and I were glad when he got home yesterday! We had game night last night with some friends and decided we were going to spend the day together, just us three. So, we decided to go to Tyler for the day and enjoyed Georgia Claire's first trip to the park. It was a PERFECT day...in the mid 70s, sunny and breezy! Bergfeld Park is our favorite...lots of good shade trees and lush green grass. It's been a favorite spot of mine and Shelby's since we were dating. We used to dream of bringing our baby to that park and today that sweet little dream came true!

Before we could make it out of town, she was screaming...SO HUNGRY! So, instead of taking a picnic lunch to the park, we ate at Sonic so Georgia Claire could have a bottle. Here's a picture of that sweet little "milk mouth" as I like to call it...

And here are some fun pictures of our time at the park. I think it's obvious that we LOVE LOVE LOVE our baby girl!

She kicked and squealed and cooed and smiled while laying on the quilt...I think she loves the park just as much as we do!

I love these next two pictures...look at that sweet little face!

And here she is coming home...I sat beside her and she cooed and "talked" to me the whole way home! I think she enjoyed her day! We love you Georgia Claire and look forward to MANY more trips to the park with you!

First attempt at shoes...and more great news!

Fall is in the air and I know my child is already 3+ months old, but we have not had good luck with shoes! She's worn little crocheted shoes and socks, but no "real" shoes, until yesterday. We met Mom & Dad & Kathy for lunch yesterday and there was a crispness in the air, so I thought Georgia Claire needed long sleeves, pants, and of course SHOES! She is such a happy baby (unless she's hungry) and will really go and do whatever and whenever...we are BLESSED! Here are some pictures of our happy girl...these were taken mid-morning. She slept ELEVEN HOURS the night before!!!! Her sleeping habits are for another blog post...it is CRAZY how good this baby girl sleeps! On average she will sleep 8-10 hours a night.

Here are her little feet in her shoes...she curled up her toes and eventually relaxed her feet. I remember my nieces and nephews doing that, too. It has to be the weirdest feeling to babies to have these strange things on their feet! Although they didn't stay on but a couple of hours, I have no doubt that Georgia Claire will grow to LOVE her shoes...if anyone knows myself AND Shelby you know that we both LOVE OUR SHOES!!!

SO ALERT...

Here her feet are already coming out of her shoes...

AND the whole outfit...little cutie pie!

Other good news (besides Georgia's SHOES!)...Dad was officially released from his surgeon at Baylor today. Dad had a chest x-ray and appointment with Dr. Hebeler and he said everything looked great! He can drive again and he can pick up things up to 10 lbs. Mom and I immediately said, "Sorry...that means no holding Georgia! She's WAY OVER 10 lbs!", to which Dr. Hebeler responded, "Unless it's grandchildren! How can you not hold THAT?!" as he pointed to Georgia. Yea! In another month his chest bone should be 80% healed and he said he could be driving a tractor by Christmas tree season! Music to our ears! He even used the term "hoss" to describe Dad...he said farmers and ranchers like Dad are his favorite patients because they are so strong, have a high pain tolerance, and are overall great patients. I would have to agree...

After his appointment we went up to the 13th floor of the Roberts Hospital...Dad wanted to see some of his nurses and technicians and thank them personally. Mom even made homemade snickerdoodles. It was great to see Dad walk through those doors and stand at the nurses station healthy and feeling so well! Thank you, Lord! They were all so happy to see Dad looking so good...at the end of our brief visit a technician by the name of Donny said, "Have a great...life!" God is not done with my Dad...he's got great work for him to do still and family & grandkids for him to love...and that, my friends, is GREAT NEWS!

KHS Homecoming 2009

Georgia Claire experienced her first Friday night high school football game...it was Homecoming and she was decked out in her Bulldog attire! One word for you "BOWHEAD" or maybe it's two words "BOW HEAD"...however you type it, that bow is big but oh-so-cute! My hairdresser got that for her...one of the first gifts I received for her! Thanks Emily!

Shelby and I went with the Adams clan and had a good time. She did REALLY well...we only stayed until after half-time. The weather was perfect and so was she!

Family Photo--GO DAWGS!

Playing with Aunt Kathy...it's obvious Kathy loves her niece!

And then she fell asleep, and stayed asleep for awhile...even during the cheers and announcer! It seems the whole town is drawn to the Friday night lights. Everywhere we turned people were asking, "Is this Georgia?" And I heard, "Mrs. Braman! Awww...she's so cute!" from so many of my former students...middle school girls are so funny! The boys don't dare say anything! It's evident, not only is our family in awe of this journey, but so many people are, too! Thank you Lord, for blessing us with encouragement around every corner!

Precious Baby!

Everyone always asks, "Is she a good baby?" to which I reply, "Oh my goodness, YES!!!" Georgia Claire is an angel...we know that God planned for her to be in our lives and we are so thankful that her birthmother gave us the opportunity to be her parents. Really, even if she wasn't the best baby, I would still be grateful to have a baby! Here are some sweet pictures that I've taken this last week or so...precious baby!

This morning on our way to church! Shelby is headed to West Virginia for work and he had to leave early this morning, so I had to do the "single mom" thing! I impressed myself! We were actually EARLY for church!

Right after I put her down for the night last night, before I covered her legs, I had to take this picture! She looks totally relaxed...she's in the "spread eagle" position, as Shelby and I like to call it!
Happy girl in her apple outfit...about to run errands with Mama...she did so good, as usual! We were in Target and she started making sounds and then laughing like a machine gun...sort of reminiscent of Elmer Fudd, and she had so many people smiling and laughing at her! One lady even said to me, "I think you have a shopper on your hands!" She got louder and louder and was SO HAPPY! It was hilarious! I love you baby girl!