easy choice

the yard at the new house required either a handful of laborers every two weeks OR a riding lawnmower. guess what ryan decided??? now he has two new babies.

seriously

who knew that a dollar tree sand pail and a water hose could be so much fun...

holding court

this weekend we were in auburn to pack up 36 years of living. oma is finally moving to the big city. we found my desk from when i was younger among the furniture and max decided he needed to be in charge.

come to think of it...he actually is in charge most of the time. ;)

Finally Home

we have settled nicely into our new home. not completely settled - but things are finding places. we planned a trip last year before our house was even on the market to go to sugar mountain, nc. this trip made us take a break from working around the house and it was well worth it. we had a wonderful week there relaxing, skiing/sledding, and enjoying max at 14 months. what a fun stage. ryan's sister meg and her husband clay joined us which made the week even more special. max is dancing, conducting music (which his o-pa taught him), and sleeping like a log. he has 6 teeth and 3 molars that are 1/2 way here. he can't be comfortable - but so far only one sleepless night so he is fighting thru it. it has been a great month for us and we are looking forward to the weather warming up and enjoying our big new yard.

2516

we are finally in our new (old) home. it feels like "home" and we couldn't be more excited. we will all miss living with O-pa but he will (and already has) come over for several visits.

i thought we would have a few rough nights transitioning to the new house... but our little sleeper has not had one bad night. he settled right in with no trouble at all as we all have. we have now been here 2 weeks and although the boxes aren't put away we are settled enough, and have clocked lots of hours in the back yard. last week max got 2 more teeth... which makes a total of 6. he is finally branching out and eating some "real food"... but he still prefers baby food, yogurt, etc... but he is growing and healthy and all is right in our little world. i wish i could freeze time because this is such a fun stage. lots of walking and cackling.

Lots of Walking

little max took his first steps on Dec 22... he had been climbing on chairs, ottomans, and couches for 2 months so i knew once he trusted the floor he would take off... and that is exactly what happened. he started on carpet and now he is walking all over. it's hard to believe.

Merry Christmas

we had a wonderful Christmas... we were not moved into the new house but it was even more special being able to spend Christmas morning with O-ma & O-pa and then heading to Aunt Meg and Uncle Clay's new home in Athens, Al where we spent the afternoon with the McCorkle side of the family. It was a white Christmas as well which made the day even more magical. Merry Christmas everyone.