Happy First Thanksgiving!!

To our delicious little butterball!!!

Butterball in a pot! :)

What a wonderful first Thanksgiving you had! And even more special because you got to meet your cousins and Uncle Peter and Aunt Marian for the first time.

We love our little turkey!

100 DAYS OLD!

A milestone Mama likes to mark for all of her beauties!

All smiles and sweet chunkiness!

Dear Lord, please have Mama put the camera down!

It's hard to believe you have been here for 100 days! It seems as though we were just quietly gazing at each other in our cozy cocoon at the hospital.
Happy 100 Day Birthday my precious boy!

A first try at the Bumbo

And a very happy little man!

Your big brother Benjamin thought it was pretty special too. He wanted you to enjoy cooking with Mama....so he gave you the crushed hot peppers! Interesting and somehow appropriate choice (in this family!) for your first food item on the bumbo tray :)

3 MONTHS OLD - A QUARTER YEAR!

I just don't know where the time is going?! You are getting so very big and Mama is loving every minute with you! You are such an amazing, happy, and easy baby and I just love you and want to eat you forever! :)

As Mama says..."beautiness wrapped in beauty bacon!"

So patient with all of Mama's pictures

My sleeping beauty

I love how inquisitive you are and how quickly you break in to a huge smile whenever you see your Mama, your Papa, or your brothers.
Keep growing strong my sweet boy (just not too quickly!).

Your favorite.....

BATH TIME!!!
You love it SO very much!
You already love kicking the water out of the tub...you're already ready for the big time with your big brothers! :)
My little duckling turned out to be a little duckling at heart!! :)

And you are already growing out of your newborn tub :( I can't believe it!!

Good Lord, I LOVE YOU TO PIECES!!!

What you have to look forward to.....

Your brothers can not wait to have you exploring their beautiful and magical yard! We fish and look for salamanders in the creek and we spend mornings (like this morning) hiking our paths to find new things and new adventures. We all love to be outside and you came right along with us today!

Your brothers were very proud of the dam they were building but then wondered if they could try to build you a boat :)

Staring at the sunlight in our beautiful trees!

You can be sure you will be spending many wonderful hours with your brothers out here in our magical woods.

It's getting colder....

and although it seems impossible that you could be any cuter....YOU ARE!

I'm an ICE guy...love this outfit!

All bundled up in his bear snowsuit. This outfit makes SO many people happy!!

Your new ride

Not so sure if Hairy Brother was ready for his newest passenger! He's very used to it by now :) What a good big brother you are, Stanford!

Mama is smitten

You are so precious and so very wonderful and your Mama is so in love with you!!

My precious little boy...and THOSE CHEEKS!

 

 

We love you so very much!

The view from your window

Mama's favorite season is in full swing in Raleigh and the colors are just gorgeous this year! Our yard is like out of a painting. And this is the view from your window....a view we admire together when you are eating and rocking with Mama. And a view we enjoy when your brothers are in school and we get to walk through the yard quietly learning all about your new world!