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09 November 2009

lots of love

and support was shown to our family this past weekend. Friday night, Allison, Tricia, Katherine, Sue and Deirdre hosted a wonderful baby shower for Baby Vaughan. It was a dessert/coffee shower ... what could be better! We missed Sue and Deirdre, but they were there in spirit. It was a relaxing and lovely shower! We are well on our way to purchasing the double jogging stroller we hope to buy for the boys.

Thanks again ladies for showering this little fellow with lots of love!

Nancy, Tricia, Emilie (due with Baby #1 in May!)

Allison, Tricia and I have been friends since 1997 where we all met at Auburn. I count my blessings every day for such dear, sweet friends.

T, Megann and Nancy

Gary's mom came down from Bham for the shower-thank you for making the trip!

we had a very small but fun tailgate crowd this past weekend for Homecoming.

special visitors were Madeline, Joel and Allison! gotta love these two angels together ... I know I sound like a broken record, but can you disagree?

Henry and Baby Alex giving a war eagle

Uncle Jeff had some extra tickets to the game he kindly gave us, so Henry and I went for the first half. Since it was a smaller game, Gary, Papa, Henry and I were all able to sit together. Fun!

Stacy and family were in Alabama for the shower and the AL/LSU game. It was also great to visit with them. Here are Trip, Madeline and Henry posing for a photo.

02 November 2009

6 & 24

the end of october marked the sixth year that gary and I have lived in Auburn post graduation. six years! in one place! this is the longest I have ever lived anywhere in my entire life and I can readily say that Auburn is truly home. we adore living here and pray we never have to move.

november marks the start of my favorite holiday ... Thanksgiving. many holidays have special and true meanings, but Thanksgiving stands out to me. I love that when you focus on your blessings, it indeed warms your heart and brings a smile to your face. and when you make the time and effort to share your thanks over a meal with those you love, that time together creates a fond memory. a memory that can not be taken away no matter what life throws at you or your family ... it is there for the duration.

as for 24 ... a little over 24 weeks gestation. that's the life span of our second baby boy this far. the first photo was taken at 24ish weeks with henry ...

and this is 24ish weeks with yet to be named baby vaughan. we have narrowed it down to two names, so we are making progress I suppose ...

pregnancy is going well. it is nice to be able to exercise and enjoy the beautiful sunshine. the weather the last two days has been unbelievable! my running has turned into running/walking, especially when pushing henry, but it still feels wonderful. not too much longer; there is a pretty good chance this baby will be early like his brother (maybe not a month early), so come January we will not be surprised if he makes his appearance. and if he wants to wait, that's just fine too. :) my best friend, brother in law, sister in law, sister, and henry all have january birthdays. another brother in law, myself and gary all have february birthdays.

winter is a celebratory time for our families!

we are thankful for God's abundant blessings and each day he gives us together.

6 & 24 are pretty good numbers these days ...

equestrian event

01 November 2009

just sit right back ...

and you'll hear a tale,

A tale of a fateful trip

That started from this tropic port

Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man

The skipper brave and sure.

Five passengers set sail that day

For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough

The tiny ship was tossed,

If not for the courage of the fearless crew,

The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.

Gilligan, the Skipper and the boat (S.S. Minnow) with a hole in the side

trick or treat!

Henry enjoyed his second Halloween! The city of Auburn declared Halloween on Thursday night ... which is fine, but still kind of weird if you ask me. Halloween should be on Halloween, October 31st!

Auburn enjoyed a victory over Ole Miss too ... it was another nasty day for tailgating but we all managed. Alison and Erik came down from Bham - it was so great to visit with them! They are expecting a little boy, Graham, in early March. We are super excited for them!

the great green (but dry!) poncho & alison

29 October 2009

sweet madeline

last weekend henry and I ventured to Bham to visit some special people. we surprised my mom at work on the way up, had lunch with gary's mom and jon, went by my old office, ran by a few shops and then we went to see allison and madeline. it was a jam packed 24 hours but oh so fun!

henry and madeline, dressed up as tinkerbell. her expression cracks me up in this photo!

they thought playing in maddie's crib was so fun (who knows!). good photo op though!

henry trying to give madeline a kiss ... he asked his mommy first of course.

they played so well together. can't wait until the next time!

25 October 2009

it all started at the farmer in the dell ...

... pumpkin patch that is. a-pumpkin-picking we did go.

henry dug around underneath some vines and found this lovely little fellow and exclaimed "yay henry!"

they had a haystack there to climb ... gary went first ...

then henry ...

followed by me.

at home (below)

touching the ghosts in the front yard

happy fall!

and then the carving ... henry liked the scooping (after it was cleaned out). that lasted about 10 minutes and then he had more fun finding sticks and rocks than carving pumpkins.