Friday, July 29, 2011

The Big Move

I've been putting off this post. Things are hectic, boxes are piled high, we are all a little under the weather and time seems to tick by much faster in Georgia. While those are all great excuses, the truth is this is a hard post. I know I won't be able to adequately portray everything that I want to. There are simply too many memories. Too many stories to tell. Too many "firsts". Nothing will ever compare to our home in Texas. Our first home together. The place where all three of my babies were brought home. The home where they took their first baths in the kitchen sink. The home where... There is just too much. Seven years too much.








Our last night in the house, I walked around tearfully reminiscing. I tucked Emory into her crib for the very last time. I gave Ashton a bath in the bathtub where I learned how to bathe a newborn. I sat down on the kitchen floor where John and I ate our very first meal, picnic style, after sneaking in through a window before we were given our keys.









Ashton taking his last bath in his first bathtub, incredibly thrilled about having his picture taken.
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The send off committee. Going to miss them more than they could possibly realize.
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The dead end gang. Determined to make sure these little ones continue to grow up together by way of vacations and skype ;)
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One more stop to shed a few more tears. Corbin and Cayden. Good thing there isn't a pic of Steph and I. Blubbering messes.
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We will miss you, 2909 Morning Brook Way!





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And then, after many tears and one very longggg drive, we were HOME. New house pics coming up next...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

I'm here. I'm alive. AND I'm working on our "big move" post... Be back soon!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

shiner.

Baby Hayes got his first shiner the night before last. I must say that I am in a bit of unchartered territory here. Ashton and Emory both chose to take their time progressing from scooting to crawling to eventually pulling themselves up onto furniture. Nice, slow progression. Baby Hayes? Not so much. Sweet boy literally crawled and pulled himself up onto our ottoman all in the same day. And that was just the beginning. He has now added pulling up onto his jumperoo, our couch and a sidetable in our living room to his repetoire. Being a trendsetter can be dangerous. After trying to pull himself up to a standing position on a sidetable, he fell and hit his eye a drawer knob.


Can't really even see it. It's on his left eyelid.
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He's really broken up about the whole situation.
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The first of many battle wounds...

Friday, July 08, 2011

mobile.

The Kerr household is officially MOBILE. Baby Hayes started crawling yesterday. Takes my breath away. He is just too too scrumptious. Just took this video. Grammie and Papa are here (yay!!) to help us pack up for our big move to Georgia. I guess he figured that since Grammie and Papa are here, he might as well pull out all his tricks because not only did my sweet baby Hayes start crawling yesterday, this morning he pulled himself up to a standing position!! Oh father time, slow down the clock. Pardon my high pitched southern drawl. Talking to Haysie always brings it out in me.





Thursday, July 07, 2011

daddy's girl.

Emory has turned into a massive daddy's girl lately. "I wuv my daddy!!" is a phrase that we all hear about a million times a day. She wants to be around him at all times, tells me "My daddy is at work" throughout the day, sits by the front door and waits for him in the afternoons and would seriously prefer to just hang out in his arms all day. He taught her a few days ago to yell "Daddy's GIRL!!!!" when he asks her whose girl she is. Daddy has certainly seemed to be filled with pride lately. If she keeps up this daddy lovefest, his head may just swell up so big he won't be able to fit through the front door. That's ok though; she'll just have to run outside to outstretch her arms and scream "daddy's girl". ;)





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