A few randoms

Dewey has taught him how to load these guns and he loves playing with them.

wild man

Micah is now 17 months old and keeping us laughing all the time. I have been stopped up throughout this pregnancy and sneezing alot. He walks around the house going "achoo" . He is really into imitation right now. He loves to dance and can say his animal sounds like "mow" for cat, "uh uh" for dog, "baaa" sheep and "bop bop" for the bunny rabbit (supposed to be hop hop). I didn't take any pics at thanksgiving, but these are some of the most recent. He loves to get in his rocking chair and sway back and forth saying "tick tock tick tock"

Roasting marshmallows at my parents' house. He didn't like them at all!

Practicing piano at Granny's

MSU vs Kentucky, woo hoo!

Micah and Monroe Mattox playing together at the tailgate The sun was hot, so we sported the no-shirt overall look for a while. Note the new jumbotron in the background. Probably the highlight of this game!

Claudia was enjoying a picnic with her friend until Micah came along and ate all her food!

Two proud papas...

South Trace Pediatrics Halloween

The nurses...

Peter Pan and Raggedy Ann are both preggers

Halloween

Trick or treat! Showing off his candy to Chase and Ethan

Computer blues

Our laptop has been in the computer hospital this week, so I am unable to post pics. Therefore, you are stuck reading my rambling while I am at work. I will be 24 weeks tomorrow and still feeling great. I guess this is what a normal pregnancy feels like! Lovin' it. We have unofficially decided on the name Samuel for baby 2. We will call him "sam". Still struggling with a middle name, so please give me some suggestions! So far we like "parker" and trip likes "ellis" (still reaching for that family name).

Just another Saturday...

We have been very busy lately with work, Micah, and pregnancy 2. Hence the slacking on the blog. Micah has been sick almost EVERY WEEK for a month! With my bedtime ranging from 6:30-8:00, not much computer time leftover. Anyway, everything is going well here. I am 22 weeks pregnant and growing rapidly. Micah has finally taken repeated independent steps (as of today), yeah! Here are a few pics from our walking/eating session earlier...

He looks disgusted with something! Actually, I think he was choking on this mouth-full of blueberry muffin.Chipmunk cheeks :)

It's a Boy!!!!!!!!!!

We found out Wednesday that we are having another baby boy. Trip and I can't wait for Micah and baby #2 to get to know each other. No names yet. I have told Trip he is in charge of naming this one and he has a deadline of Thanksgiving. We'll see! Most importantly, everything looked great on the ultrasound. He is measuring right at 18 weeks and five days which is exactly how far along I am. We thank God for our healthy baby and my healthy pregnancy. He has blessed us in so many ways...

The next day...

playing with pecans at granny's house practice, practice, practice...


All snuggled up and ready for the ride back to Alabama. Mommy is not looking forward to hearing all the "War Eagles" from her Auburn friends.
This was a first. Asleep as soon as he finished dinner. He loves these shoes. He stands up and picks his feet up over and over saying "shu, shu"

More Game pics...

meeting Tate Ferguson
looking sleepy and still in shock from all the noise. There were lots of cowbells in our section! Cheering with his Grandpop

Micah's First State Game

Matthew helping him ring his first cowbell
Tailgating with family. From Lto R: My aunt Gloria, cousin Clay, 2nd cousin Kendall, sister Natalie, Micah and 2nd cousin Emily Katherine
Future students...

A few recent favorites

Wild Man

He is very busy crawling, yes crawling (not walking) all over the place. He is playing chase with Mardi in this pic...
Mad because I closed the door so he couldn't get into the kitchen and try to eat dog food. He puts his face in the bowl just like the dogs do. Scary
If we don't pay attention, he is halfway up the stairs before we know it. Yes, we have gates. I let him climb this time on purpose because it just makes him hysterically happy.

Visiting the Estess twins at the hospital...

Micah was completely entertained by their balloons.
Maggie with Chase
Chase (left) and Ethan (right). Aren't they precious? The clarity of my pic is terrible. Really doesn't do them justice.

The Estess twins are here! They were born last monday August 25. I will post some new pics soon. Maggie started a blog, yeah! Check it out at www.maggieandwillestess.blogspot.com or you can click on their name in my friends list.

We went to Jackson this weekend to see friends and hang out. I insisted on eating at Kiefer's since nothing in bham comes close. I was craving the pita mozz and it was soooooo good. They did not disappoint. Micah slept the entire 3 and 1/2 hours there and straight through lunch. He was so pitiful and had fever all weekend I felt so bad for traveling with him and exposing the other kids! He didn't get to play with Morgan Trusty much, but we enjoyed seeing her at lunch. We stayed with John and Lauren and got to see lots of friends and kids. Jas and Olivia have an awesome new house and two precious kids. It was great to see everyone. We miss our Mississippi friends!

Playing hard in August

He likes to pretend he's still a baby sometimes. Way too big for this swing.
Dirty Laundry...
Playing with Hayes Henry. Hayes was very good with him!
Chewing the motrin bottle on the fireplace. Is that safe?