Anniversary Weekend

Ryan and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary this weekend...I can't believe we've been together for seven years altogether now! Crazy. Time flies by so quickly.

Cason is crawling all over the place now! FYI: the diaper box can provide a good 10-15 minutes of quality entertainment for a seven month old. Supervision required of course. Meme kept Cason for the night so we could go to dinner at the Atlanta Fish Market. Afterwards, we finished the night off with the most romantic thing we could've done...went straight home to put on pajamas and watch the Georgia/Alabama game. We were kidding ourselves if we thought we wanted to be anywhere else. Too bad we lost!



Ryan caught him at just the right moment!

About to leave for dinner

Being supportive.

If you would have told me that I, let alone my child, would be sporting navy and gold in support of Georgia Tech, ever, I would've called you a bold-faced liar and probably would have stomped on your foot and maybe even pulled your hair. I stood corrected two seasons ago, and continue to do so. Unfortunately, T had his third major shoulder surgery and has been red-shirted this season...in true thoughtful Tyler fashion, he is using this time to be philanthropic. Tech has a program called Jackets Give Back and in recent years, they have picked one home game to collect donations to help a less fortunate family during Christmas time. Tyler has taken the reigns and brought the program to a new level. They will be collecting donations during every single home game this year so they will be able to help out many more children, instead of just one family. We knew we wouldn't be able to stay for the game with Cason, but we definitely wanted to help Tyler in any way we could. What better way than to solicit your child? People give money to sweet, innocent baby faces. Renee taped a poster to the front of Cason's stroller and off we went. I think we collected almost $400 in less than two hours. Not bad!

After we got home, Cason was exhausted. He took a nap and then his friend Brayden came over to play. I use the term play loosely. Mostly they just stared at each other and then it was time for Cason to get a bath and go to bed. Nevertheless, they had fun, playing!

Lots going on!

Cason is getting bigger every day and doing new things all the time! It's so much fun to watch him grow and change and become his own person. He makes Ryan and I laugh all the time. We just can't imagine a more perfect little boy! I took him to the doctor last week because he caught Ryan's cold. We just wanted to make sure he hadn't developed an ear infection, etc. Everything looked great! He is almost 20 pounds...not sure how tall because they didn't measure him this time. He goes back the end of this month for more shots so we'll see how much he's grown then. He has two very pronounced front, bottom teeth and he loves to smile and show them to you. And use them to puncture a hole in your fingernail. Our little can opener as Ryan likes to call him. He thinks anything Ryan does is hilarious and anything I do is moderately amusing. I have found a few things that get his goat. I was blowing bubbles in the living room for Sabyl to bite and pop and he thought it was pretty funny. For a minute anyway. His extended vocabulary includes, "Mama," "Dada," "Baba," and he's squeezed out a few "Nanas." He likes to squeal loudly after anything that makes a loud noise (usually Ryan). The other day I was at Babies 'R Us and used the self-scanner to see how much something was. After it beeped loudly, he looked at it and conjured up his best shot at mimicking the noise. I immediately realized what he was doing. He does this with Ryan all the time. I try to tell him it's probably not the best idea to let our child think it's funny to make loud squealing noises, and this was demonstrated the other night in the middle of Long Horn's when Cason decided he wanted to play that particular game. He has been up on all fours rocking for about two weeks so I'm thinking he'll be mobile in another week or so. Oh, and he LOVES to give you high five and will pat your hand like 20 times in a row if you let him, especially after he's had some sugary juice out of a sippy cup. Other than that, we're enjoying him each day and his big smiles!