First Haircut Do-Over

Still a little unsure about her

Unimpressed...

So this time we went pro and Ashton did much better while Wes held him! It was the start to our Father's Day weekend. Saturday night we ate some BBQ at Fat Matt's and Ashton enjoyed his first taste of pulled pork. While at the restaurant, he kept doing a weird thing with his tongue, kind of sticking it out. I started freaking out telling Wes I though his tongue was swelling (he has had food allergies in my defense). We rushed him to the car where I had EpiPen waiting and ready. He then sneezed and a piece of bread flew out of his mouth that I guess he was trying to get out with his tongue. So that was his first BBQ experience! Sunday we celebrated with the Fosters at CPK after church and then relaxed the rest of the day. We are so thankful for our dads and Ashton is so thankful for his wonderful daddy!!!!

Beach Bums AKA The Pale Force goes to St Simons

Golden Greenville!

We had a blast over the weekend with a last minute trip to Greenville to visit Chris and Katy! We had so much fun and loved seeing them. Haley unfortunately enjoyed too much of Ava's dog food and ended up a pretty sick puppy last night. Wes and I were at the Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire concert so my poor parents ended up cleaning up lots of doggy diarrhea and vomit while they were babysitting for us! Thank you to the supergrandparents!! Poor Haley must have been having sympathy sickness for her uncle Patrick who also got sick on the road this weekend with the Keith Urban tour-hope you're better little brother.
This week Ashton also became a carnivore and has been enjoying some chicken and ground beef. He can now relate to Wes's favorite Homer Simpson quote, "If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, how come he made them out of meat?"

First Swim!

Although he held on tight to us at first and cried a little, Ashton adjusted well to the pool and ended up enjoying his float this weekend!

The Boys of Summer

I got home from work tonight and Wes said, "we had an awesome day. I taught Ashton to sword fight! He had a shovel (plastic, sand shovel) and I had a spoon."

I am still reflecting on this and not sure what to think. Here are some pictures he took of the event. The other pictures are of our trip to Athens to visit the Siples. Ashton and Lelia had fun. We can't wait to meet little Matthew soon!

Also, Happy Birthday Patrick!! We miss you!

Nine Months Today!

We "celebrated?" Ashton's 9 month birthday today with breakfast at Corner Bakery and then introducing the sippy cup which was a nightmare. Let's just say our little guy isn't much for change! I think most of the day he thought turning 9 months stinks until this evening when he went for a wagon ride with an "older woman", Lacie, from his class at church at our Sunday school class cookout. Look out Audrey!

Last night we went to Ashton's first of many GAC band banquets. We were so excited to introduce the band to Wes's new assistant band director, Robert, and his wife, Jennifer, and 9 month old son Nicklas. Nicklas and Ashton hit it off right away with a screaming contest while Wes spoke and Jennifer and I spent the rest of the evening entertaining them in a back room. I think the football games will be a lot more fun this year! Nicklas is four days older than Ashton but has been crawling for months and was eating Cheerios and cheese and drinking from a sippy cup...hence Ashton's birthday celebration today with his own sippy cup.

Pictures Posted!

We had a fun photo shoot 2 weeks ago with our friends and photographers, Matt and Kate Altmix. Some of our photos are on their blog-check it out under Altmix to the right! There is also a slideshow. Thanks so much Matt and Kate!!