Halloween, Kearney, BethAnne

I admit, I am terrible at blogging! Mainly because I am chasing around a crawling 8 month old these days and when I have time to sit, I'd rather look at Pinterest than blog!

But, we have been having so much fun these past few months and there are so many events I haven't caught you up on - but, I am only going to hit on 3 tonight.

Halloween was a super fun night. We dressed Hayes up as a bear (thanks Meme) and went to several friends houses. We went to see "Aunt Jenna" and Jonathan - The Giraffe and Ya-Ya and "Aunt Laurel". Hayes might be very confused when he grows up - he only has one aunt (Susan!), but we give all my friends the "aunt" name!! Then, we went over to our very precious friends house to walk around and collect candy. Although, side note - if you want someone to give your 8 month old candy, bring a bucket. We didn't. 

This is a picture of Hayes with Lyric - Beth and Perry Gagliano's little girl who was born about 2 hours before Hayes! It was such a blessing to just be pregnant at the same time as one of my closest friends, but then we got to actually have them on the same day, same hospital, same doctor! So fun!



And some time before Halloween we had an awesome opportunity to go to Oxford for Mat Kearney's show there. If you don't listen to his music, get his new album Young Love and enjoy! It's so fun! For those of you who don't know, Seth's cousin, Annie married Mat. They are in the picture with us below.

And lastly - my great friend BethAnne is currently serving our Father and here are some pictures before she left...
We love you Aunt BethAnne!!

6 months old

On August 23rd Hayes turned 6 months old! He got some 1/2 bday wishes and one sweet present from MeMe and Papa Earl.

We went to see Dr. Joe today and everything is great - growing just as he should and perfectly healthy. Seth and I are so blessed to have such a healthy and fun baby.

Here are some pictures from the day:

 He is grabbing for the camera... : )

 Yes, I just added like 16 pictures of my baby. I'm a mom - I think they are all beautifully different and all worth sharing! But, yeah - its a little ridiculous!

Anniversary

So, for our second anniversary we took a trip to Memphis. Everything was absolutely wonderful. Our hotel was amazing, all the food we ate was so yummy and we had a blast exploring Memphis.

This is our actual anniversary day - July 25th. Our sweet family!

Here we are standing in front of Texas de Brazil. And I want to go there everyday from now on... it was amazing. 

This is wonderful cheesecake from the Cheesecake Corner. My friend Jenna Nason HIGHLY recommended it - Thanks Jenna!

The Madison - maybe the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in... super fancy and so fun. 

And last weekend we were invited to spend the morning on a boat with some great friends of ours.... Here are some pictures from that:

So, it's been a while...

Hi Blog Friends,

I am super sorry about the almost 6 months hiatus. Let me try to catch you up...

Feb 23rd - This happened:

Welcome William Hayes Price. Our sweet baby boy. I'll try and recap a picture for every month:

Around 2 months at his first baseball game.

Little ducky!

 Around 3 months. We went to Jellystone National Park for a night. So much fun!

 Month 3 again - Mother's Day and Baby Dedication!

 Month 3 again... But first pool experience and trip to Destin!

 Month 4 - Precious.

 Mine and Seth's Birthday!

 Month 5 - eating our toes... so yummy.

 Yup, there is a brief summary of the past 5 - 6 months. I started a new job thanks to Jesse Yount. I get to work full time from home - HUGE answer to prayer! We just celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary with a fun trip to Memphis and maybe I'll post about that next...

Thanks for hanging in there with us. I'll try to get better...

5 things Friday...

My "favorites" from this week.

This should be interesting because when I started thinking "what were my favorite 5 things of this week?", my question turned to "did I have 5 things about this week I liked?" It has been a rough week. Your prayers for strength, patience, joy and endurance will be much appreciated. As I write this, I'm pretty sure my boss just left me here for the day. He said "i'm going to this account, then... well, i'll be out". Which pretty much means - he isn't coming back and I'm stranded till 4. This too shall pass and not steal my joy.

Number 5 - Sonic's Cheese Sticks. 
I love cheese sticks (its a weakness) so I rarely let myself have them - self control? Anyway, I had a coupon for them, which completely justifies why I needed to get them! I love them and had a coupon. All is well. So, I had them. They were amazing. Now I want more.

Number 4 - My Doctor Appointments on Wednesdays. 
Well, this will be hard to explain. Nothing that happens is actually my favorite or enjoyable. But, for some reason - maybe because I expect great news - I look forward to these and love them. They consist of waiting (which I do not like), having blood pressure taken (again, not enjoyable), waiting a lot more, and seeing my doctor for about 3 minutes. During these 3 minutes, she checks me and I get to hear Hayes' heart beat. Maybe that is what makes it all worth it. His heartbeat. Well, no news to report to you this week. Not much has changed. We are still waiting. If he isn't here by the 24th - we will induce. 13 more days. Yeah - I'll be counting down.

Number 3 - Our high school youth...
Wednesday night, the youth prayed over Seth, me and Hayes. That was such a special time and it encouraged me and reminded me of God's great love for us. Thanks Crossgates Youth. Y'all are the best. And see, I love them so much that I'm very sad I will be missing DNow this year. It is the weekend after we have Hayes - so there is no way we will be making it to anything. Bummer!!

Number 2 - My home. 

I love our house. Maybe I'm nesting more.... whatever. I love it. I love being in it - I don't even mind if I have to be cleaning it while I'm there - just get me to it!! Lately, I've been so tired that all I want to do is get to my house and/or bed. So, tonight I'm so happy - Seth and I are eating our digiorno garlic bread pizza and watching The Town on our air mattress in the living room with our fireplace going. Cheese Sticks may have to find a way there too.... or chocolate. Both? We'll see. Anyway, its going to be perfect.

Number 1 - Hayes' Room.

It is so calming and sweet. I washed some of his stuff yesterday so he can come to clean sheets and clothes.

So, there are my 5. But tomorrow - Seth and I are really going to do my FAVORITE thing. I get Shipley's donuts!! I am beyond excited. February 12th is the "anniversary" of the day Seth proposed. Aw... So, we are going to Clinton for a happy breakfast then going to "the place" he proposed. Yay. THEN, going to do exchanges/get the rest of the baby things we need from Target, Walmart and Babies R Us. Fun day, fun day.