A Few New Pictures

Just a few new pictures to share this morning:

Sam is already into his third week of pre-school and having a great year so far. Here he is on the first day of school.

For the most part, Sam is potty trained. I'm thankful we had the summer to work on it. Sam does need a lot of time to take care of his business, so this is a common site in our house.

Grammy spoiled Maya with some new fall clothes...Here she is showing them off.

Maya has become an early riser as of late. While we are a bit sleepy, it is hard to resist this smile in the morning. She wakes up smiling, and when Maya smiles it over takes her entire body. Here is her smiling face at 6:30 this morning.

Maya is 6 months!

Our sweet girl is already six months old (actually 6 1/2 now). She definitely doesn't get as much blog attention as her brother did at this age, so I want to make sure she gets a little blog love. Maya is growing so fast! She is still so sweet and smiles at everyone she sees. She loves people and loves to eat - two traits she picked up from her mama! She is getting close to crawling. Sam better look out because I think Maya is going to give him a run for his money.

Here are two pictures of her from the weekend.

My Little Puzzler

Sam LOVES puzzles as of late. He's constantly doing puzzles, and he's quite good at them. We keep moving up in difficulty. He's just about mastered 24 piece puzzles (it only took a couple of days). This morning he came out of the closet with a 300 piece puzzle and NEEDED to do it. So, after his nap we took a stab at it. He did a really good job of helping me turn all of the pieces over, and he even got a few pieces together. Overall it was a bit frustrating for him, but he stuck with it. I love a puzzles also, so its been a fun way for us to spend time together.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

This Saturday we headed to the Braves' game to celebrate with our friends, the Slade's, as Brent recieved the Community Coach Award before the game. The game ended up being sold out, and we were only able to get standing room only tickets. We still got to see the awards ceremony, then Sam played in the kids area and "ran" the bases. We all gathered back out our house afterward the game for a fun party.

Photo Session

Our friend, April, took these pictures of the kids last month playing in their room. She has a real gift, and we love how they turned out. Jeff will post more on Shutterfly when he gets back in town - I can't seem to figure it out!!

Around the House

Here are a couple of cute ones of the kiddos from the past week.

Trip to the Beach

A couple of weeks ago we had a wonderful vacation to Tybee Island with Grammy and Grandpa Speer, Uncle Steve and Aunt Katie. Sam loved the beach and it was a great time with family.