Thanksgiving at Emerald Isle!

Lauren celebrated her first Thanksgiving at Beach Bingo West located on Emerald Isle. It was a very special Thanksgiving week because Lauren was able to meet and see her great-grandparents from Georgia everyday! When Robbie and I decided to start a family we always hoped for Lauren to be able to meet not only her grandparents but her great-grandparents as well. Lauren is very blessed to have now met all of her grandparents and great-grandparents.

We were blessed on Thanksgiving day with beautiful weather, friendly conversations, an amazing feast and most importantly being able to come together as a loving, happy, healthy family. As I type this message, I can't help but come to tears. I am so very thankful for my family and count my blessing each and everyday that I get to share my life and family with them.

Lauren with her great-grandmothers: Grandy and Mema!

Lauren with her great-grandparents: Papa, Grandy, Mema and PapPap!

Lauren with Papa, Grandy, Nana and Aunt Bebby!

Lauren with her Papa and Grandy!

Poppy feeding Lauren whip cream off of a chocolate pie!

YUMMY!!!


Lauren enjoying her Wizard of Oz figurines from Aunt Bebby!


Lauren and PapPap...SMILE!

Lauren was fascinated with the knots on the house posts!

Lauren and her Poppy!

Lauren and her Aunt Bebby!

A few more pictures before Mema and PapPap head back to Georgia! Love and Miss You already!!!

The Day After Halloween

So...I decided to take some pictures with Lauren dressed up with all of her goodies. Boy did the girl make out...candy, cards, bears, purse, baby food and MONEY!!! Check her out!!








During our photo shoot, the candy police came and said that Lauren broke the Halloween Safety Rule...Have an adult check your candy before eating. Lauren said, "I was checking to see if my daddy would like his Reeces." Lauren commited a crime and was sentenced to baby jail. In the blink of an eye she went from being a Love Bug to...a Jail Baby with her very own stripes!!

Halloween Day and Night

The weather on Halloween day was in the lower 80's so Grandy, Aunt Bebby, Nana, Lauren and I took a trip to Onslow Beach aka Base Beach. It was overcast which was perfect for relaxing, playing in the sand and breathing in the salty air!






After our beach outing, we came home, had some dinner and got ready for Trick-or-Treating. Lauren did not want to take an afternoon nap so she was a little cranky. I almost thought we were not going to be able to go but she pulled through. We had a great night filled with lots of smiles and pictures!! We went to three houses:

Lauren at my parents house

Lauren with Papa Ed

Lauren at Robbie's parents house where the paparazzi were waiting!

Halloween Eve!

Lauren spent the day with her Nana (my mom), Grandy, Papa and Aunt Bebby in Jacksonville on Friday. I joined them after work for dinner and thought I would surprise them by dressing Lauren up in her costume. They loved their little Love Bug!

Lauren at the Pumpkin Patch

Robbie and I took Lauren to the Swansboro First Baptist Church pumpkin patch so she could pick out her own pumpkin. At first all she wanted to do was play with the hay but she soon warmed up to the pumpkins. Her little pointer fingers started to check the pumpkins out by poking them and feeling the stems. We sat her near the small pumpkins and she crawled over and picked out her two. She would pick one up, shake it in her hands and would then hold it up like she knew it was hers. She was so stinkin' cute!