Brance, Lauren & Haddie

Big Girl

Lauren — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:10:12 +0000

Haddie ate her breakfast at the table instead of her high chair this morning like a big girl. I figured we would need to do some extra vacuuming this morning afterwards, but surprisingly she did very well. It’s hard for me to believe that my “baby” is now two and hardly baby anymore. Here are some pictures from this “momentous” event, momentous for me anyway . Now if I could only get her to use the potty chair consistently…

Haddie Grace’s 2nd Birthday

Lauren — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:57:09 +0000

Haddie had a fun time celebrating her birthday even though she couldn’t walk because of an ankle injury. She’s a brave little girl. Here are a few pictures from her family party.

Easter Pics

Lauren — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:55:25 +0000

We’ve had an eventful last few days with Haddie’s first Easter egg hunt at the library on Wed., an egg hunt at our church on Sat., and the Easter service at our church on Sun. She went from egg hunting novice at the first hunt to a pro by the second. Be sure to look for her serious egg hunting stance from the pics taken on Sat. Michelle from our church did the Resurrection eggs with the kids at church before the egg hunt, which was awesome! It really made the real story of Eater come to life for the kids (and the adults too . I also include pictures of Haddie in the Easter dress that Aunt Holly bought for her. Thank you Aunt Holly! I hope you and your families had a blessed Easter too. We have so much to be thankful for in Christ Jesus!

More Grits Please

Lauren — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:57:54 +0000

Haddie has gotten the hang of eating many foods without making a mess and others like the grits we had today, well…

Girl’s Night/ Baby Shower

Lauren — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:51:32 +0000

Brance was sweet to keep Haddie Friday so that I could have a mommy’s night out. I had a lot of fun spending time with the gals, with the highlights of the evening being the surprise baby shower for my dear friend Lauralee and meeting her cute baby boy. Here are some pics.

Mom’s B-day Celebration

Lauren — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:52:01 +0000

My beautiful, sweet mommy turned 50 years old on Valentine’s Day. We had the best time celebrating her birthday together as a family. Brance prepared his famous salmon recipe (which was delicious). Although as yummy as the dinner was (and boy was it good), the best part was that the men cleaned up after dinner and the girls didn’t have to lift a finger! We all had a good laugh when Grandma Ethel was passing out candy. She had given Haddie a book earlier and wasn’t planning on giving her a bag of candy with her being so small. But Haddie doesn’t miss a thing. She looked up at Grandma Ethel with her big blue eyes, put out her hand and said “Haddie”. She saw that everyone else was getting candy and she wanted some too . She is growing up SO fast! Here are a few pictures from the night.

Halloween Pictures

Lauren — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:48 +0000

Oh my, I’ve really neglected this little blog. Here are some cute pictures taken of Haddie on Halloween. My friend and neighbor Deepa and I took Haddie on the trick-or-treat trail in town. I think she had a lot of fun, even though she wasn’t exactly sure of what was going on .

Haddie in photos

Brance — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:44:29 +0000

Here are some photos from the last couple weeks. The first two are from our trip to Louisville, KY. The rest were taken at home here in Pulaski.

Haddie does some of the silliest things. One evening she covered Lauren with stuffed animals, and was obviously proud of her handiwork. Another night she put on Lauren’s shoes, picked up a broom, and carried her dirty diaper to the diaper pail. One day when I was keeping her and Lauren was gone, she got out the huge plastic sunglasses they gave me after having my pupils dilated at my last eye exam. And finally, she wore herself out and rested on the couch. The last one is from her nap Wednesday afternoon. What a life she lives!

The biggest leaf

Brance — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:27:31 +0000

I found this leaf on the sidewalk outside my office, and it’s the biggest one I’ve ever seen.

Fall Pictures

Brance — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:05:29 +0000

The talented Mr. Carney was here for a visit over last weekend and he kindly took some pictures for us. He took a bunch of Haddie, and some of us as a family. The family pictures are going to be left unpublished at this point because Lauren wants the Christmas card to be a surprise for everyone. But she did give me permission to share a few photos with you.

Dave took all but two of these. I took the one of Dave under the bridge, and the one of Lauren. Dave took the rest.