Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  We hope everyone had a great day and a relaxing weekend!  We were in Atlanta this year and enjoyed a yummy meal at Grancie and Pip's house.  In the morning, I ran my first 1/2 marathon, so that was an adventure for me.  While I was gone, Sully sat and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade while Ansley took a nap.  When I got home it was still on and he was so excited because, "The man (Al Roker) on the TV said Santa was coming!"  So we waited all the way until the end of the parade and we saw Santa!!!  Sully is very excited about Christmas this year and Brett and I are SO excited for Christmas morning to see Sully's face when he sees that Santa brought presents!  Santa probably won't be bringing Sully his first choice in presents (a real tiger and elephant), but I am sure Santa will be able to make a Sully happy this Christmas---that is if he stays on the "good boy" list!  :)

Ansley update...

Ansley is now pulling up to standing and will take steps if we are holding her hands.  She has mastered some signs---"more" and "bye bye"   Sully is excited to help me teach her sign language.  I can't believe Sully is now the teacher and not the student...this past year has just flown by with a little Ansley!  She is already 11 months old and I just can't believe that her first birthday is just around the corner.  She is a great eater and likes just about everything, so I am sure she will be SO excited for cake on her birthday!  :)

Our camera is pretty much dead, so pictures have been hard to come by this month.  Maybe Santa will bring us a new camera, or maybe we can hit a good deal on some after Christmas sales...so, enjoy the few pictures I was able to get over the past few weeks.  

Ansley's first pasta night...

 Ansley just gobbled it up....she LOVED it!   Tomato sauce mustache!  

 okay...I'm ready for some more...

 Was not happy when it was over...she could have eaten all night!  :)

Ansley crawling...

 Ansley is a quick, little crawler...Sully still thinks it is funny to see her crawl around...he will say, "Hey Mommy look...Ansley is crawling!"  I bet he will just crack up when he sees her walk for the first time!  :)

A few days ago, our neighbors had some trees cut down in their yard.  Of course, they decided to put them in the chipper right at nap time, so it was SO loud around here.  Sully was a little scared, so we scratched the nap for the afternoon and he sat at the window and watched them chop up every last bit of those trees.  He is a typical boy...he just was so excited to just sit there and watch the tree go in and see the saw dust shoot out the other end.                                        

We are getting the house ready for the tree and all the fun Christmas decorations...this is our favorite time of the year!  Hope to have more pictures soon!  

xxoo  Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley  xxoo

Happy Halloween!

We had a super fun week last week celebrating Halloween!  Sullivan was an Elephant and Ansley was a Ladybug.  Sully had many fun parties--one with his playgroup, one at school (with a super cute parade), and a fun party here with us and Grancie, Pip, and Zizzie.  Sully was REALLY into trick-or-treating this year...he would run from house to house and ended up with a nice bucketful of candy!  It was a lot of fun and it was so fun to see him so excited!  He woke up Halloween morning, came into our room and said, "It's Halloween!"  This is a fun age for holidays.  Ansley, on the other hand, didn't really like dressing up and cried a lot when we first put on her costume.  She eventually got used to it and enjoyed the evening in her stroller.  Next year will be able to participate more...this year was still all about Sully.  

Here are some pictures from our fun 2 day Halloween celebration!  Enjoy!  

 Sully and his friends at his playgroup party

Pizza Time at the party...

 The only time they were quiet! Can you tell who liked their cupcake?  Sully's was already gone while everyone else was still eating!  Of course, he wanted more!  :)

Sully and Brayden

Sully's Fall Festival and Parade at School

Sully's class enjoying a snack and a story after the parade...can you find Sully?  

Costume parade Sully wouldn't smile at the camera for me...he was being shy.  

 Sully and Ansley before trick or treating...Ansley was not very happy! 

  Our little, uncomfortable Ladybug.  :)

Zizzie and the elephant

We mostly used the video camera on Halloween night to capture Sully's excitement, so sorry I don't have better pictures!  

 Ansley was so relieved and much happier when the costume came off! 

 

Last week I took the kids down to the zoo.  We had not been since May, so Sully was SO excited and had a great time.  Ansley enjoyed herself, as well.  It was a little chilly that day so she looked like a pink marsh mellow in her stroller.  It was a fun day and we had fun with Malley and Laine!

Sully and Malley by the flamingos

Ansley took a nice nap in her stroller for part of the morning.  

Sully wasn't afraid to brush the sheep and goats this time!  

Ansley and her boyfriend, Turner.  

I love these pictures of Ansley

Ansley is now pulling up to her knees...she will be pulling up to standing soon, but I am not pushing it...she has now starting crawling really well, so she is all over the place...I remember really trying to get Sully to crawl, stand, walk, etc...not with Ansley...I want her to stay little as long as possible...and the more she moves, the busier I get!  haha  This picture is super cute of Sully and Ansley...

They were watching the dogs outside playing.  So cute!!!  

Enjoy all the pictures!  

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley  xxoo

All moved in!

Hello!!  I know some of you have missed our blog updates, but it has been a crazy past month with our recent move.  We moved in on the 3rd of October and are now getting settled with our internet and TV finally installed and most of the boxes unpacked.  We haven't found places for all the stuff yet, but at least we are rid of the boxes!  We absolutely LOVE our house and our neighborhood, so we are really happy with our decision to make life crazy for awhile by moving. Sully loves his new room and especially loves the park in the neighborhood, walks to the lake, and the treehouse in our backyard!  What a fun world for a Sully!  Ansley loves her new room and is pretty much happy wherever Mommy is...she is totally going through Mommy separation anxiety these days.  Flattering at first, but now a little annoying!  ha!  :)  She is 9 months old now and is starting to crawl!  She is also doing a great job with table food and has 6 teeth!  She is growing like crazy and is really starting to sprout her own little personality.   She and Sully enjoy each other and I often hear them giggling and playing in the den while I am getting dinner ready.  So sweet!  

I have a bunch of random pictures to share...there have been many fun adventures over the past month...

  First day of school!

A few weeks ago we went up to Toccoa, Ga for a fun day at the lake with Grancie, Pip, Zizzie, Chip, Fran, Kelli, Michael, and Jackson, Shawna, and Erin and Jason.  It was a fun Georgia family reunion!  Sully went fishing for the first time and caught a lot of fish with Pip.  He went on a boat ride with Zizzie and thet girls,  and a paddle boat with Mommy and Daddy.  Ansley played with her cousin Jackson who is only a few months younger, so that was fun to see them roll around together.  It was a really fun day and Sully had a blast!!!  Here are some cute pictures. 

Sully Fishing!

 Sully held the rod while Pip put the line in the water and.....

 He got one!!!!  Sully was so excited...a little scared of the fish, but very excited!  

 We didn't think Sully would want to wear his life jacket, but he was SO proud and didn't really want to take it off!  

  Sully was throwing rocks in the water and the dogs thought he was throwing in food so they would jump in the water just to be disappointed.  

Running down the hill into the water!

 Ansley and Jackson! 

 Whole crew at the lake!  It was a fun day!  

We have enjoyed our new deck so much since we have moved in and love to eat lunch outside on the weekend.  Sully and Ansley were being really cute on this occasion so we snapped some pictures.  

Goofy Ansley!

GOOOO C-A-T-S...CATS!  CATS!  CATS!  

They just LOVE each other

Trip to Burt's Pumpkin Farm!

Last week we made our annual trip to Burt's Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville, GA.  This was Sully's 3rd year and Ansley's 1st, so I was SO excited to take my little pumpkins on a fun day trip.  We played around the pumpkins for awhile and took some cute pictures while Sully ran around and Ansley tried to each some mulch.  Then we went for a fun hayride...Sully, of course, had a blast, and Ansley sat right next to him and giggled the grunted the whole way!  She loved the ride, but I think she liked playing with the hay the best!  She kept picking it up and would show me and Sully her amazing discovery!  It was SUPER cute!  Here are some pictures from our fun day!  

Sully and Ansley at Burt's--October 2008

Ansley 9.5 months, Sully 3 years

My littlest pumpkin!  She is sprouting more personality daily.  She makes me and Sully laugh so hard sometimes!  What a sweet, little angel she is becoming!  

My big boy pumpkin---has it really been three years already?  I remember that first trip when he was just learning to walk and he was stuck in all of those pumpkins with his mouth open in amazement...wow!  Time flies!  :)

Ansley thought Burt's was the perfect place to practice her crawling skills!  :)

 Hayride! 

Sully was so excited to get up on the big tractor!  

Mommy and her little pumpkins!  Can you guess who didn't want to be in the picture?  :)  Sully picked out that pumpkin and just loves it!  He has it in his room and sometimes carries it around the house.  Out of 100 pumpkins, that was the one he wanted...how did that pumpkin get to be so lucky?!?  :)

Visit with Aunt Lauren

Lauren was in town on Sunday so she met Ansley for the first time and got to enjoy a fun afternoon with a crazy Sully.  We had a very fun day catching up and eating some yummy food!

  

Enjoy all the pictures!  We are really enjoying all the fun activities fall brings and being in our new house!  What a great month!  

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley  xxoo