Party Girl!

Anna went to her first ever birthday party this weekend! Her buddy (and future prom date) Matthew Broome turned one on Saturday...

The girls--Anna with Melanie (aka "Nanny Mel") and Emily (Matthew's sister)

Anna with the birthday boy himself and Joey (Matthew's proud papa)

The "Super Fly Hoochie Mamas"....now pretty much just "mamas"! Mandy with her adorable little ones--Matthew and Emily...Anna and me...Whitney with her new beautiful bundle of joy, Owen!

Highchair happiness

Anna had her first meal in a highchair today! She's starting sitting up on her own for short periods of time, and sitting with a little assistance really well, so we decided it was time to graduate from having dinner in the swing to the highchair! The first picture is from when Clint first built the chair and let Anna try it out...she thought it was the neatest thing ever! And, the second picture is her first meal in the highchair. She seems to like the chair, and definitely has room to grow into it!

Happy Half Birthday, Half Pint!

"I turned 6 months old today, and all I got was a mouthful of squash?"

Sorry DoodleBug...I tried my best to come up with a cake recipe using your current palette of "baby approved foods", but there's just a limited amount of things you can do with rice cereal, mangos, and green beans! :-) Six more months, sweetie, and you can stick your whole face in your birthday cake...

Go Jackets!

"...if I have a daughter, sir, I'll dress her in white and gold. Bring her on the campus, to cheer the brave and bold..."

(please forgive any incorrect words to that segment of the Georgia Tech fight song...this is the "non-yellow jacket" posting this pic...)

Clint and Anna enjoyed some serious father-daughter bonding time during Georgia Tech's first football game of the season. This has been a much-anticipated event in our house (I think Clint's been counting the days since...well...the end of college bowl season last year...). While GT didn't quite pull out the win against (#2 ranked) Notre Dame, they did have a good showing. And, Anna got to experience the "other Daddy" that Clint turns into while intensely watching sports. The yelling startled her at first, but then she kind of got into it! I think we may have a little sports fan on our hands...