A little taste of Fall

We've had a full, busy, sweet month as Bo literally grows and changes before our eyes what seems daily. He is so funny and a true joy. Here are some pictures...I'll post more later today of our week at the beach.

Our trip to the Pumpkin patch. Ever since Bo has been running around saying "pumpkin" with excitement at every pumpkin in sight.







Earlier in the month...
Our first trip to the zoo...


Fun at the Creative Discovery Museum (the last picture is right before Bo decided to "blow bubbles" in the water---you should have seen the looks I got as my child kept dunking his face over and over).



Then some "get naked and eat spaghetti" time...a new tradition thanks to my college roommate K.Austin's hilarious stories of this family tradition at her house.



Fun with stickers.


Have I mentioned how incredibly sweet this time is right now? I am SO thankful for Bo and praise God daily for blessing us with such a sweet child.

Update...

Here are a few pictures of our past month...Bo is nearly 14 months and a WILD little boy. We laugh a lot and are amazed every single day as he comprehends his world just a little more than the day before. Bucky started school this month as well as a new job. Both seem to be going well for him! Our family is blessed.

Here are a few pictures...
Bo enjoying a "Bo Pop" (a frozen yogurt tube---He LOVES THEM!)


Helping daddy "wash the car"...pretty sure he ingested more soap than he actually put on the car.


Loving his birthday firetruck from the Broadrick's. This was a day that I turned my head for a second and when I turned around Bo was in the firetruck...I could not figure out for the life of me how he got in...now I know he is a climber!!!


My child sleeps just like me...


Bo enjoying the Dalton homecoming parade with his PawPaw...he didn't quite understand the throwing candy. The first few times he picked the candy up and threw it back. By the end of the parade he finally figured it all out and started waving, blowing kisses, and grabbing up candy (not that eat could eat any of it).

Beautiful Emily Broadrick with her handsome driver.

Birthday Boy, Beach trip & Bo Pops

I know, I know...I am a TERRIBLE blogger. When you have an hour here and there it is really hard to actually want to sit down and do this when there's so much more to do. So, I'll keep it simple. In the past month we have celebrated a birthday, gone to the beach all the while watching our sweet baby Bo blossom into a wild little boy. He is a joy and changes every day. I love my time with him and enjoy watching his curious nature explore. He continues to be a blessing to all around him, including strangers. Bo will greet any strange person walking by him with the most Southern "hi" and a wave. Even the grouchiest person can't help but smile at his antics. Yes, he knows he is cute! So, here are some long overdue pictures!



Bo playing on his new "yard art". The first thing he did was scale the slide all the way to the platform...so much for growing into a toy!



At the Tennessee Aquarium...we have purchased a year membership. Bo LOVED the penguins, fish, and river otters. He was so interactive and showed us all the "baby signs" for the different animals---fish, bird, frog. It excites him to be able to communicate with us.

Let the party begin...we had lots of family over to celebrate! Bucky edited a sweet video of Bo's entire first year...it was AMAZING and so beautiful. There is great footage of Bucky's sweet grandmother who passed away this May---what a true treasure to have such sweet memories of her on tape.




A little cake (on my actual birthday).


My new firetruck from Papa Bruce, Gran & Emily! Loves it.
Presents...
Presents...

And a few more...so much for writing "no gifts, please" on the invitation!

And now, the beach...we went with our dear friends the Coopers. We had a great week and fortunately by-passed a hurricane at the same time!







Oh, and the Bo pops? Well, I thought I had the picture downloaded but I don't...I'll save it for next time! Enjoy or sweet little boy!

Fingerpainting with Food...

Fun on the 4th!

Here are a few pictures from our 4th of July weekend...
Bo offering a little conducting of his own to the Chattanooga symphony's concert at the park below our house.


Bo's first 4th at Lake Frances...He didn't love the gator ride!



Worn out...

Is it really July?????

I have NO IDEA where the past month has gone!!! This month Bucky celebrated his first Father's day, we continued our pursuit of settling into our Chattanooga life, made our 2nd beach trip with Bo, and watched our sweet boy grow. I wish I could freeze time most days. Bo is a crawling, "cruising", pointing, laughing, food throwing, happy, WILD MAN! Our new favorite word is ACTIVE. He is so skinny and I really have no idea how to add any weight to a boy that is on-the-move every moment he's awake.

Here are a few pictures:
Father's Day at the Creative Discovery Museum (plus a few extra pictures)

And the Beach with Bucky's family...we had a great time. Thanks Papa Bruce!

Move, Unpack, Breakdown

I can not believe that we are already in our new home in Chattanooga. It has been a crazy weekend of moving boxes, unpacking boxes, and breaking down boxes. I could sum up our story over the past couple of months and especially this past weekend in those three words...move, upack, breakdown. This move to Chatt. has been a walk of faith for us. I prayed and began listening for direction months ago and I felt that the Lord was calling me closer to home (Dalton, Ga.) After we began to discuss that "move" with each other it was not until we moved out in faith that Christ began to "unpack" what plans that he had for us. We thought that we had decided on Dalton and so we began moving that way by considering buying a house, looking at job opportunities and disussing the move with family and friends. As I moved to tell PharmMD (the company I work for) of my plans for leaving, a new story began to be "unpacked". I was offered to work from a home office doing the same thing that I am doing now. At the same time moving "home" for me was not the physical location of Dalton, GA, but the call that has developed in my heart over the past 3 years to be involved in the ministry of reconciliation through counseling. This led me to apply to PSI, a school located in Chattanooga that offers a masters in professional couseling by integrating the fields of theology and psychology. Now that location (Chattanooga), job, and school have been "unpacked" before our very eyes the only thing left is "breakdown". Just like the boxes that are laying in our driveway, we are broken down people, flattened and ready for use. It is the great Potter takes the broken clay and forms it for use. Our prayer is that Christ would take these broken boxes and assemble them for use in His Kingdom work in Chattanooga by the pouring out of our lives into relationships so that some might come to know our great King.

Bucky