Carlyn

This is little pearl sucking her thumb!! her profile is on the left and you can see her hand up to her mouth this is little pearl just laid back relaxing. you can see her profile is on the left and her legs and feet are on the right. this is a booty shot. no boy parts here. they were trying to get a picture of her with her ankles crossed. she had them like that several times during the ultrasound. she is a little lady already :) you can see her feet in the left and her bottom in the right with the legs in between. i had my ultrasound yesterday and all of our suspicions were confirmed! it is most definitely a little girl. she is the cutest little thing. she blew kisses to her mommy and daddy during the ultrasound. she must have learned that from her big brother Luther because that is one of his favorites!! she is positioned much different than Luther was and they had trouble viewing heart. we will go back in 6 weeks to see if they can get a better view of it. her kidney's were a ...

Luther being a good boy and letting daddy brush his teeth he loves his nightly bath! look at those curls :) Luther at Abigail's bday party giving the bday girl lovin' Well, the last month has flown by!! we have not been traveling like we were in the months past but time continues to fly by. we now only have about 10 weeks left here before we move!! luther is such a little boy now. i can hardly remember the baby that he use to be. he suddenly seems to understand everything we say. he is doing really well following simple commands. he loves sign language. we have taught he about 10 signs and he does great with them. in the past week he has started transferring them into different situations. he knew "more" and "all done" in association with eating, but he is suddenly doing more when he wants more bubbles or more kisses!! and, he is doing all done when he is finished with his bath or bored with whatever toy we are playing with. i am sure...

Luther playing with granddaddy's pocket knife eating corn on the cob and loving it!! playing the electric guitar with grandaddy cheese!! sitting in his chair playing in the backyard with daddy party mom & dad had to celebrate luther's visit We just got back from a trip to alabama. james had t0 finish up some interviews and we also got to look at houses and visit my family. i am 13 weeks pregnant now and not really feeling my best. there are good days and bad days. luther keeps me entertained and always reminds me what i am working towards with his sweet smiles, kisses and hugs. we are working on saleing our condo, buying a house and making plans to move in may. james will not find out for sure where we are going until march 20th. that is the official match day. we are 99% sure it will be birmingham. james is such a strong applicant that every program he has applied to has asked him to come and offered him a position.

here is a link to Luther's 1 year pictures. they were taken almost 3 months ago, but i just got jc pennys to email them to me. hope you enjoy. we thought they turned out great :) http://etsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2050697&l=10e23&id=57504677

Sorry for the long delay in updates. our laptop has been for sick for the past few months and unable to do things like upload pictures. we got a new computer for Christmas and i am so glad to be up and running again. unfortunately most of my pictures from the last few months are still on my laptop, but here are a few pictures we have taken since Christmas. Since my last up date we have had lots of stuff going on. Luther has gone from taking a few step to running around like crazy. he is always on the go!! the beginning of November we started james's interviews for residency by taking a week long road trip from here to Birmingham then to Atlanta and then on to Nashville. James was very impressed with the Birmingham program and that is still his top choice right now. to see pictures from that trip go to this link: http://etsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2047533&l=09c3a&id=57504677 on thanksgiving day, we found out that i am PREGNANT!! that is right, Luther is going...

here are the links to the pictures from Luther's Birthday Party. the weather was beautiful and luther enjoyed every minute of it!! i can't believe my sweet baby boy is a 1 year old. the time just goes too fast!! http://etsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045408&l=d6ea0&id=57504677 http://etsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2046061&l=56bcc&id=57504677

one of our better family photos (thanks connie) One Saturday we took Luther to Heritage Days, a local fall festival Luther really liked this wooden sword at one of the craft booths one saturday we took luther to a local farm that has a pumpkin patch, hayride, playground and other activites. playing on the playground Luther's first hayride Luther looking at the moutains and pumpkin patch while we were on a hayride Luther drumming on a pumpkin James finished the last of his board exams the beginning of October. We have had so much fun with our new found freedom from him having to study all of the time. he is still very busy during the week with various internships, but now all of our weekends are free!!! we have had lots of family fun.

Check out this video!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zydlTJouyeU

First football game!! Luther went to cheer for his Aunt Cat Eating Gran's biscuits Swinging with abigail on my parent front porch Beach time!! this was luther 3rd trip to the (Flordia) beach and he LOVED it!! This is luther at the beach at Lake Erie in Ohio. playing in the sand Luther playing in Lake Erie Luther enjoying a picnic in the park. he sat on the bench just like a big boy and ate a ton of chicken Luther with his grandpa at Lake Erie Hiking at Squire's Castle in Ohio King of the Castle Luther trying to get in the flower bed Luther clapping at the wedding we went to in Ohio Luther snacking on a cracker during his first airplane ride Luther and I successfully survived James being out of town doing an internship in Gainsville, FL for the past 4 weeks. We did get to see him two of the weekends(one in AL & one in OH). He just got home on friday and we are so glad he is home. we stayed very busy over the past 4 weeks. On the days i did not keep Isaiah, we k...

We went to visit the college where james and i met and both graduated from. we had to show luther where he is going to go to school and meet his wife :) Luther enjoyed playing in the fountian just like all college freshman boys do We got to see with Jason(James' old roomate from college) & his wife Amy for the first time since their wedding. we also got to meet their 103 lbs dog, Tahoe. Luther wasn't sure what to think at first, but he warmed up to him by the end of our stay. We got stay over night at their beautiful home and we ate like pigs the whole time. Amy made all of James' favorites. Eryn & Davie had us over for a wonderful dinner. Luther ate almost everything Eryn fixed. He enjoyed chicken, black-eyed peas and green beans. Eryn also made him this beautiful blanket. roomates reunion!! Jen & Ashley were my college roomies. we are all mommies now!! Luther with his Pa. Pa call Luther "Pa's little man" Pa bought his little man this four whee...