My Baby is not a baby anymore!

Actually, she is. She will always be my baby. Lately, she has wanted to be the smallest baby in the house though.

First Smiles

Although, I am pretty sure I saw Graham's first for real smile on Saturday night, Nov. 8th while we were getting ready for bed in Asheville, here are a few I caught on camera today. SO SWEET!! I love him!

Shoes and...

HATS!! Yes, in addition to shoes, hats are Lila's other love. She really wants Graham to wear them as well, as noted in the picture below. Poor Graham!

You're Gonna Miss This

So tonight I am upstairs attempting to get some work done. Michael is downstairs holding Graham watching the CMA's. He yells for me to come down because he has something he wants me to see. He turns on the program for me to hear Trace Adkins sing, "You're gonna miss this." We both just look at each other, and then at Graham and tears swell up in our eyes. There isn't a time that goes by whenever I am out with the babies that someone doesn't stop to tell me how "they just grow up way too fast" and that their baby is now 18, 25, 30, etc. Tonight as I watched Lila twirl around the living room dancing and Graham lying in his daddy's arms, I thought to myself, "I don't want to ever forget this. I want to always remember how they are right now."
Sadly enough, I am afraid that I will forget... and I am gonna miss this.

The Mountains, Good Tunes, Young Love...

if only we still had the jeep! Michael and I packed up and took the kids to the place we fell in love. (Technically, he told me he loved me outside of The Crack (CrackerBarrell) in Cocke County.) Hey, that was the only place to meet halfway between Knoxville and Asheville.
Anyway, back on track...we called up some great friends and asked if we could come visit and crash with them in Asheville. It was absolutely Gorgeous! Ryan laughed at me about how many times I could say the word "pretty" in one sentence.
But seriously...pretty doesn't even begin to describe this:

And this is the view from the exact spot I remember thinking that I could marry Michael. Maybe I was just caught up in the scenery...HAHA, just kidding!


We had a great time and really miss our grand ole' friends there! Here are a few pictures from the trip.
By the way...Lila was the best she has ever been in a long car ride. We tried a DVD for the first time the last hour of the trip. She loved it. However, now she points to the screen and asks for Elmo everytime we get in the car. :)
Graham, of course, was sacked out the whole time!

Lila had the best time playing with the boys. Camden and Lukas were so fun! Poor Camden couldn't get away from Lila. She just wanted a kiss! She even chased Lukas around the house for one, but no luck there either. She did however get to take a bath with 2 boys!! SSHH...don't tell!






Graham just got to be loved on the whole time.

And the answer is NO...he is not available.

Neither is she! They are married to each other. :)

Lila also became big buds with Kris or "Kissy" as Lila called her. We had a great time visiting with the newlywed "Florida Fans." Kris got her a book titled Lila Bloom, so she thought it was appropriate for Miss Lila Rose. It has now become one of Lila's favorite books. Thanks Kris and Adam!



Watching my boys and baby girl like this in all of God's Glory made the whole trip for me. I was in heaven!




AAAHH...Good Times! Oh, and Congratulations to Nate and Shannon on their new baby girl! What wonderful parents we know they will be. We cannot wait to get all the kids together! We Miss you Asheville.

"Read"

One of my favorite things that Lila is doing now is finding a book and bringing it to us while saying "Read, read" and backing her little cute tush into our laps... Even if it means sitting on Graham.
Luckily, that was not captured in this picture.

Graham is 1 month old!

I totally CANNOT believe it. It has flown by. Don't get me started on the guilty mom stuff because I totally feel like I haven't been there for my 1 month old! It has gone by way too fast. Graham did sleep a lot in the beginning, but still. I want to be able to sit and stare at him and marvel at every move he makes. You just can't do that with a 16 month old running around. He is so handsome and my sweet cuddle bug. He does not like to be put down and he is super comfy in momma's arms. This past week was so much better with the gas. He still has it, but it is better. He must just be a fast nurser, because I feel like he isn't getting much, but his diapers are full AND he weighed 11 lbs 8 oz. yesterday at the Doctor. Yes, I took him to the Dr. again. He still had a runny nose, but no fever. I mainly took him because he went from hardly ever spitting up, to projectile vomiting. So sorry Alana! :) He did this just about everytime I fed him on Thursday and Friday. I wanted to get him checked out before the weekend, just in case. The Dr. just said that it was probably because of the mucus build up. We are just supposed to watch for fever and increased vomiting. He seems much better today. Everytime I call, I know the nurse thinks I am crazy. She just laughs at me, but we love her. I know she thinks that I am this totally paranoid mother who should know all this since I just did it a year ago with Lila. Oh well. What to do? I would rather be safe than sorry!
Michael got up this morning and declared it Team Harrell day and put on is his shirt. We went to the park. I realized it was the first time we had officially taken her to the park to play. We then came home and enjoyed one last evening outside before it gets pitch black at 5:00. BOO! Needless to say, I am not looking forward to the time change. That means earlier mornings for Lila and depressing nights for momma when the sun goes down.
To brighten me up, here is my favorite little team: