Catch up

Crazy Uncle Marland








Happy Halloween!









Gracie and her pumpkin









Gracie, Holly & Sarah









New play space












The Newlyweds

Well, it's been another crazy couple of weeks. Gracie had a great time dressing up for halloween, but the trick-or-treaters came after she had gone to bed, so she didn't get to show off her costume. She had fun playing with the pumpkins and even reached into the candy pile once. Suzanne drove down on Halloween to drive back to Birmingham with me and Gracie on Wednesday. It was such a huge help having Suzanne with us and I don't think she minded having that time with Gracie =) Jason came to Birmingham on Thursday after work and Gracie was very excited to see him. I got to hang out with my sweet friends, Jamie and Hannah before the wedding festivities began and that was great fun. The Rehearsal Dinner was at the B&A Warehouse downtown and it was a blast. We didn't dance, but it was a lot of fun watching George and Theresa break it down to "Do you love me? (Now that I can dance)"! Marland and Betsy are great dancers as well and they seemed to really enjoy themselves. It was a lot of fun having a reunion of sorts at the dinner and wedding. We got to see a lot of people we hadn't seen in a while. We got to visit with our friends Beth and Jared Peterson (Anna Kate, Lee and sweet baby Paige too). The Peterson's live in North Carolina and we miss them dearly. We also got to spend some time with my old youth minister from Over the Mountain Community Church, Stacy Gravley. It was great seeing all of them. The wedding was at McElwain Baptist Church in Birmingham. Jason did a part of the ceremony and did an awesome job. I was very proud of him. Jody Baker, Betsy's Aunt, did the other part of the ceremony. Betsy and Marland are in Hawaii now and will return Sunday. They had a nursery during the ceremony, but my sweet friend Holly graciously came to play with Gracie during pictures and the ceremony. We were very grateful that Gracie had her very own personal assistant.

Before we left for Birmingham Gracie got a new car seat. She was very close to the cutoff for the length so we decided to go ahead and get the bigger one. She is doing so much better in the bigger seat. She doesn't fight me like she used to when I put her in the car =) She seems to enjoy sitting up a little higher and having more space to move her legs around. In just a couple of months she'll be old enough and big enough to face forward...I really think she'll like that. Gracie will be 10 months tomorrow. It's hard to believe she's that old already. We're having the 8th graders over tomorrow for lunch. We just have the 9th and 10th grades left after tomorrow. My parents will be here next weekend for a visit. We'll be up at the church a lot that Saturday because Jason is having an Iron Bowl Party for the youth. Should be a lot of fun. Well, I guess that's about all for now.