Saturday, December 28, 2013

Merry Christmas!

The Poole Family

Sitting on the staircase at Nana's house

Matt and Emily

One of the FEW smiles he had that night-- poor baby had a wheezing cold!

Rhett and Emily

All of the great-grandchildren thus far!
Matt, Rhett, Anna Perry, Emily, and Blakely

On her new chair from Nini and Bop!

Showing off his new teeth on his new chair...

Playing with Nini and Bop on the the floor

Princess Sofia Magnetic Castle!

Playing with the choo-choo train

Stephen Poole 1, 2, and 3

Warm enough outside for short sleeves!




Santa Claus!

Matt (mimicking our faces) and Emily blowing out the candle on Jesus's birthday cake!

He blew a raspberry at the cake!

Smiley Baby

Going outside to sprinkle the reindeer food in the front yard! 

My very own Santa Claus :)

Santa Claus Came to our House!!!

Her favorite present-- a Doc McStuffins kit

Matt doesn't know what to get into first

Loves his new truck set!


His new walker wagon!  Now if only he could figure out how to go a different direction than straight...



Emily's present to Matt :)

Sisterly Love!

Found her swingset from Santa!


A Little Chilly but had to go check it out

Princess Sofia head to toe

"Is this how it works Mom?"

Swinging!


Sliding!

Matt is loving the new swingset too!




The Long Family

Cousins!

Emily and Chad

Big Boy getting into trouble for trying to pull the nativity off the table.

Rocking/Bouncing in the chair

Love Emily's face in the family picture--- reminds me of someone I know.... ;)

Playing in the Paper!

"Give Sister a kiss!"


New iPad minis from their Grandparents...  Needless to say, they were well occupied after this.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Grove Park Inn

     Stephen surprised me for our Anniversary with an overnight stay at the infamous Grove Park Inn.  It was sooooo nice to sleep in and get away, even if it was just for one night.  The Grove Park is FANTASTIC and I would highly recommend it to anyone!  Six Years Married and Eleven Years Strong-- Here's to many more!!!
December 15, 2013

Dinner Drinks!

Grove Park Inn
"Selfie" in front of the fire!

Friday, December 13, 2013

10 Months Old

     Time is flying by way faster with Matt than it did with Emily.   I already feel like he isn't a baby anymore. He is trying his hardest to walk but his tubby, little belly seems to be preventing him from being able to balance yet!  I am going to be in trouble when he does learn how to walk because he is already into everything.  He has tried to climb the entertainment center, taken Emily's colored pictures off the fridge and put them in his mouth, grabbed her chocolate milk box and took the straw out so he could drink out of the hole in the box.... need I continue?  I definitely have my hands full with him but still feel somedays like I want a third baby!  Time will tell, but I have a feeling Stephen's answer will always be no :)   He is now drinking out of a sippy cup and the only baby food I can get him to eat is sweet potatoes and yogurt.  Every now and then he will eat squash and carrots.  He shakes his head no when he is done with whatever you are trying to feed him, and he likes to scrunch up his nose and "snort" at you.   His FIRST official word that he associates with something is "Mama"!  And he is a mama's boy-- I will relish in this for as long as I possibly can too.  His favorite foods are now Hawaiian sweet rolls and chocolate chip cookies.  Yep.   And he now has 8 teeth total with plenty more on the way, which is ruining his naps and nighttime sleep!  I can't believe he will be 1 soon but at least I will be getting a "pay raise" in the near future as far as formula vs. milk!!

Best Buds

Crawling!



Swinging at the Park

"Picnic" on the Trampoline