12 months ago....

This day 12 months ago exactly, at 6:01pm, our precious little boy Ford Arthur came into the world to welcome us. Ford has been such a blessing to our lives, as you all know who have children! Ford was unexpected, but has been the best gift from God that our family could ask for. Each day that Ford grows, he learns new things. He is the happiest child I know. We love him so very much. He has taught us patience and to have so much compassion. Having Ford also teaught us to cherish each day. Life is so preicous, and God has given us a special gift to have and raise children. This day we thank our Father for giving us this angel baby!
We also thank our family and friends. Without you, we would of not made it through this first year! We love you all.

We love you Ford! Happy 1st Birthday!

Look what we found...

The other day Gabe and I were just doing some things around the house and Ford was playing. Before we knew it we found Ford sandwiched behind the table in our entry way. He loves sitting on the bottom ledge of the table, and I guess somehow he fell behind it! At first he thought it was funny, then he decided it was not funny at all since he couldn't move!

look at all those rolls to love:)

Our sick little boy

Ford has been sick with a fever virus for 5 days now. We went to the doctor today, and she said there was nothing we could do but to keep him comfortable. He has been so sad acting. Ford is usually very happy and smiley. He has still been smiley sometimes, but mostly he wants us to hold him all the time. He also isn't eating like normal. Needless to say, he feels pretty badly. Please pray for our little Ford so he can get better soon. Here are a couple of pics from this morning!

the blueberry farm

Two fridays ago Ford and I went to the blueberry farm with Laura and Ella Tate. We had a wonderful time picking all the blueberries. The weather was very hot though. Ford and I picked about 1 pound and Ella Tate and Laura picked 1 1/3 pounds! We ate lunch at Bread and Co. afterward, then went swimming! It was a fun day and the babies we so good! getting ready to pick some blueberries!

sweet ella tate with her bucket

this is kindof gross...but he loves sucking the pool water out of this ball!

11 months

Wow! 11 months...that means at the end of this month he will be turning one year old! Time truly flies! Ford has learned so many things this past month. The most of it being words. It is so neat to hear them trying to communicate. His little voice is so precious to me. He also loves to laugh! We look forward to many more happy memories! We love you Ford Arthur! Here are his 11 month stats!

At 11 months....

can say ball, mama, dada, clock(sounds like 'cla'), cow, dog, truck, tries to say throw

points at everything

know some of his baby friends...that is if you ask him where they are he will point at them

also knows most family by name and can point them out too...espescially grandparents

crawls so fast

loves pulling things out of cabinets and drawers

can walk with one hand held

loves swimming or being in water

has started drinking some whole milk

is very good at feeding himself food and drink

laughs alot

knows how to get attention

loves being sang to

Swimming with the Kirklands

On Tuesday this week, we took Josh to swim with Bonner and Hayden. The Kirkland's used to live next door to Josh, and I used to babysit them too! So it was alot of fun for both me and Josh! Here are some of the pictures from our time with them!

Ford's First Spend the Night!

Ok...Well maybe the title to this blog is decieving! Let me explain...Gabe and I decided to go on a date a couple weekends ago. We thought Ford would be ok spending the night with my parents. So off we went on our date with Adam and Anna. We had a wonderful dinner at Go Ten. And on our way home, I called to check on Ford and my dad said he was asleep and doing great! We went on home and got in bed. An hour later my dad called back and said that the phone had woken him up when I called and for an hour they had been trying to get him to go back to sleep! So at 1am I went and picked him up! He had a good try though. The funniest part about the situation is that when I brought him home and laid him in the bed, he chuckled like he knew he had gotten what he wanted! Maybe we will try again in the near future. But for now, I think he is pretty spoiled sleeping in our bed.

Here and there...

This blog is just playing catch up since I havent' been blogging like I should. Here are some more pictures of Ford and Josh one day we spent with him. I think this day we went to CiCi's pizza to eat! We sure love that place!

Next are some pictures from Ford and Riley's playdates over the past two weeks! One day we went swimming over at Ashley's mom's house. The next week, our moms and us went to eat breakfeast at Puffy Muffin. That was the most delicious breakfeast I have had in a while. Little Riley must have agreed since she ate a whole kids plate of pancakes and hashbrown caserole!!! WOW! I have never seen an 11 month old put down food like that! Then we went shopping at Hot Pink, then to the swimming pool again!

These are pictures from a night Todd and Susan Smith had us to their house to eat! The food was wonderful and the company was even better!! Grant and Grayson were precious with Ford and Ella Tate. Thank you for having us over!