Fall

Here are few pics of the kids playing in the leaves. They had the best time just throwing them in the air and rolling around. The fall is my most favorite time of year! The cooler weather, the leaves changing colors and falling to the ground, football, Thanksgiving, friends and family. Thank you, Lord for this beautiful time of year!

Halloween 09

Happy Halloween!!

BOOO!!

Luke Skywalker, Snow White and Elle the Mermaid

Raggedy Annie Gray

Pumpkin Patch

We spent the weekend up in North Georgia at mom and dad's house. On the way up we went to Burt's Pumpkin Patch. Lot's of fun and Aunt Manny took some great pictures!

We also got to test out the new hot tub!

Fishing Rodeo

We took a family (minus Kate) trip to Destin a few weeks ago. Destin in October is unbelieveable! It is nice and cool, but warm enough to enjoy the beach. October is the Fishing Rodeo in Destin. We went to the harbor a few times and watched the boats come in and weigh their fish. We had a great time and the kids really enjoyed it. Here are a few pics! We missed you Kate!

It's a...

BOY!!! We had our ultrasound today and baby #3 is a boy! Thad and I watched Will and Annie Gray's ultrasound last night, so we are pretty much experts on how to tell if it is a boy or a girl and we both saw it before the tech said anything. He looks healthy and we are right on track! We are so excited! Will and Annie Gray went with us so that we were all together to hear the good news. Will's reaction was the best! When she said, "You are going to have a little brother!" Will said, "YES!!! This is going to be so much fun!!" We were laughing so hard (I was crying too, but that is expected!). Annie Gray will be the official queen bee!

On another note... one of Will's funny thoughts for the week... In the car today he said, "God protects us. He always protects us from things. You know, like pandas and bunnies. Pandas and bunnies scare me and God protects me from them." Silly monkey!

Baby #3

Thad and I are really excited (and a little scared) about the arrival of baby #3. We find out the sex of the baby this Friday. I don't really have any kind of feeling of whether it is a boy or a girl. I guess that since we have one of each I haven't had any dreams or wishes for either a boy or a girl. I was very lucky during my pregnancies with both Will and Annie Gray. Just the usual back aches and indigestion. I have had some pretty serious, recurring headaches this go round. This past Saturday I had a pretty bad headache and Will asked me what was wrong. I told him that my head was hurting again and that I was just ready for it to stop hurting. He looked at me, with those big, sweet blue eyes and said, "Mommy, I will pray that your head feels better." And he folded his hands, bowed his head and said, "Dear God, Please make mommy's head stop hurting. Amen." Of course, I started crying and just hugged his sweet, little body. It made me so happy and proud.
Weigh in on what you think the baby is and look for an update next weekend!!

Will and AG's Birthday Party

Since Will and Annie Gray both have August birthdays I am going to do their birthdays together for as long as possible! We had a pool party with friends and family. Will became a little fish this summer and AG thought she was one! She has no fear at the pool at all! She jumps off of the side with or without floaties and does it over and over again. I think that everyone had a nice time... I know Will and Annie Gray did! Thad and I had been keeping a pretty big secret for a couple of weeks and were able to share it at the birthday party. Annie Gray opened a present and in it was a t-shirt that said "Big Sister". It was so fun to be able to tell our family and friends that we were expecting baby #3 at the kids party. Here is Sisty with her Big Sister shirt on!