Cereal, the Track and a birthday

CeCe LOVES cereal. She wasn't sure the first couple of bites, but now she opens her mouth so wide and screams when I'm getting more out of the bowl because she wants more in her mouth!! It is fun to see her get so much enjoyment out of eating!

Cappy was still here Saturday and we all headed over to Gulf Shores to play at The Track. We've passed it hundreds of times and Bryce always asks to go there so we took advantage of the wonderful weather and made a day of it! Here he is on the swings (a kiddie ride that he rode all by himself!!!)

Riding the bumper boats with Daddy (this was his favorite of the whole day)

CeCe had fun at the track too. That girl loves to be out and about, just like her brother at that age.

Bryce and Mama riding the go carts. Yes, he kept his hands over his ears almost the whole time, but also had a huge smile on his face, especially when I would take the turns fast.

Sunday was my Grandpa's 86th birthday so we drove up to Montgomery to surprise him. It was great to see his face when he spotted us outside. We had lunch with him and then headed home. It was a long day in the car, but both kids did great and it was so worth it to see Grandpa. Here is CeCe saying Happy Birthday Great Grandpa!

4 month stats

CeCe had her 4 month check up today. She weighs in at 13lbs. 6oz. (50th%) and is 25 inches (75%) long. She did great at the appointment! She isn't rolling over yet, but Dr. Page and I figured out this is my fault. She hates being on her tummy so I don't push the issue enough. I've promised to start doing it more, hopefully I can remember (I know, all of you out there with one kid are thinking I'm terrible, but all of you with two or more know exactly what I'm talking about!!). We are going to start feeding her rice cereal soon, maybe tonight if she feels up to it. She is now taking bottles with no issue, WHEW! She talks our heads off. Seriously, she is 'talking' all the time!! It is so fun to hear her try out all of her new sounds. Bryce is still in love with her and he definitely gets the most smiles out of her. I'm going to get some of their exchanges on film to show them years from now when they think they can't stand each other!

West Point, Ollie Branch and Halloween

We all went to West Point last weekend to visit Anthony's parents. It was CeCe's first visit to West Point and I think she had as much fun as we did. We went to Starkville Saturday for the pre-game festivities but didn't have tickets to the game (Bryce was so dissapointed but we have promised that we will take him to the Ole Miss game in a few weeks)

Papaw Duke with his little bulldog fans

CeCe in her MSU outfit from Jerica (who makes AWESOME clothes-- check out her website)

Bryce loved everything about game day, especially the band!

Snuggles before bed

Sunday afternoon the kids and I left Kiki and Papaw Duke's house and drove to Olive Branch (Bryce calls it Ollie Branch) to spend the week with my parents. It was CeCe's first trip to their house also. We had 3 rainy days, but made the best of the sunny days. Monday we hit the zoo....Memphis has a great zoo!

Bryce up close and personal with a polar bear

CeCe meeting the polar bear

Bryce and Papaw Ruff making bread

CeCe on the trolley downtown Memphis

Friday CeCe wasn't feeling well at all. When she woke up she seemed normal but by 9am she was screaming and had fever. We gave her tylenol and she slept for about 3 hours. She woke up and ate and felt better. She still had fever but would smile occasionally so we knew she was OK. Her fever broke in the middle of the night and she has been fine ever since. I have no idea what she had, but I'm glad it was so short lived!

Saturday morning we packed up and headed back to Pensacola. We brought Cappy back with us which made the 7.5 hr. trip much easier on all of us. CeCe did awesome on the drive, only cried for about 2 minutes and we were only 20 mins from home when that happened. Bryce always does awesome in the car. And he only watched one DVD! He 'read' the big toy flyer from Toys R Us for HOURS in the car. It was so cute to look back there and he looked like he was reading the newspaper. We got home just in time to dump our stuff and get dressed up for Trick or Treating!

Bryce the shark taking a bite out of Liam the dinosaur

Big boys trick or treating without the moms!

Gulf Shores

My parents get a condo in Gulf Shores for 2 weeks every October and they are gracious enough to let all of us come and go as we please. We were there almost the whole time this year!! The weather was perfect and we all had a blast.

Flying the kite on the beach. It took us a while to get it flying but once we did Bryce had fun with it.
Matching Boo PJs. Bryce thought this was so cool!

Big News

Anthony got a promotion at work and is now the Controller at the Pensacola IP paper mill!!! We are excited to spend a couple of more years in Pensacola and are very proud of Anthony for this. Congratulations honey!! We love you.

CeCe's Christening

CeCe was Christened today and it was wonderful!! Our amazing family and 2 close friends were there to celebrate with us.

With Kiki and Papaw Duke....Bryce was not into the picture taking after sitting still in church for an hour!
With Cappy and Papaw Ruff

With all of the wonderful Grandparents

With Uncle Charles (my mom's brother) and Aunt Sandra. Aunt Sandra bought the christening gown when Bryce was born. He wore it, Jude wore it and now CeCe wore it. It was beautiful on all of them!

With Hunter (Uncle Sauce), Blakeley (Aunt Blake) and Jude (Baby Ju)

This is what Bryce and his best buddy Liam thought about all of the picture taking

Melanie and Liam after the service

Petit Fours

CeCe modeling her beautiful bib that she was supposed to have on with her gown but I forgot to put it on her in the made dash to get her dressed in the back of the Yukon.

Outfit change for the party! Aunt Sandra bought this dress for CeCe also. I decided that I wanted her to wear the gown Bryce wore for the church service, but she partied in this gorgeous gown.

The awesome Grandmothers--Catherine and Carole!

Awwww

Pooped!

Bluegrass Festival

We went to the Blakeley Bluegrass Festival today and had a great time! Here are some pictures.


Bryce dancing
Papaw Ruff and CeCe singing together

Cappy lovin on Bryce