Disney World

Well we had an amazing first family vacation! Mommy and Daddy had not visited Disney World in over 15 years and chose a Disney vacation over a beach one for our very busy and curious baby. We checked into the Contemporary and were given our room key/ticket/charge card for the week.

Crawford's first monorail ride to Epcot.










About to follow the touring plan via iPhone app to make sure we got to see all the Epcot attractions.

We got to take a ride in an oyster shell on Nemo's adventure

After a long day of rides and 3D movie adventures Crawford was spent. He did so great at Epcot and loved the rides, sights, and sounds

AT the monorail transfer station

walking around the resort and Brad saw Mickey icecream ears and just had to indulge his inner child-like instinct

Crawford just had to try a bite!

Brad and I had a babysitter come to the room so we could enjoy a night out a the Food and Wine Fesitval at Epcot.

We could have spent a whole day just exploring the different countries of Epcot. We did enjoy walking around and having a nice dinner and watching the Imagination show.

Brad had to make a stop in the taqueleria where people were getting crazy!

This was inside the restaurant for dinner. It was called San Angel and was a delicious Mexcian restaurant.

Day 2--Hollywood Studios

Out on the balcony getting C ready for his second day at the parks (I was up every day at 6 and everyone was up and out of the room by 7:30)

First character meal was at Hollywood and Vine (how can you not love the Mickey waffles?) This was the beginning of Crawford eating anything and everything in sight. We started feeding him what we were eating on this day and he has never turned back.

Crawford meeting Osso

Crawford checking out Hanny Manny

exploring Hollywood Studios

stopping for a lunch break

At Toy Story Mania (our favorite attraction of the day)

Dinner at Chef Mickeys

Crawford in awe fo Minnie

Pluto kept making Crawford laugh

Chef Mickey stopped by to say hi!

He loved all the characters dressed up it was so cute to watch!

firework show at Magic Kingdom (we watched from our balcony ) -we loved our view!

Magic Kingdom Day--First stop Dumbo!!

All Crawford wanted to do was pull the level that makes Dumbo go up or down

So glad that Aunt Ellen and Uncle Bob could join f us for the day! She is a walking tour guide of the parks and helped us have a very fun and busy day!== Oh and It's a
Small World had to be Crawford's favorite ride!

Crawford just loved spending time with his New Orleans blood line--they were just great with him!

Crawford loving the Winnie the Pooh ride

We just loved the Magic Kingdom

I don't think Crawford has ever fallen asleep this hard even when he was a newborn. He was so exhausted that he literally fell asleep sitting in my lap so I carried around dead weight for 30 minutes.

came home and rested up and then headed back to Magic Kingdom for some night fun--Crawford was mesmerized by all the light up toys that all the kids have --so of course we had to buy him one too!

Crawford picked out his favorite stuffed disney character and when we gave him a few to choose from he reached out for Mickey and stuffed his nose into his mouth and would not let him go. He has been sleeping with him ever since!

Day 3 --Animal Kingdom

First trip for all of us to the Animal Kingdom we had a great time

We booked Tusker House for Breakfast -Donald's Safari Breakfast. You looooved Donald . He even chased after you becasue he didn't want you to leave!

All Donald's buddies stopped by to say hi at breakfast and Crawford just loved them all again!

Giving Mickey kisses!

Crawford just had a crush on Daisy!

10 Months

Oh Crawford---How the days get better each day! I really love you more each day and your daddy and I literally lay in bed laughing over things you did or smiles or snuggles we received! You consume our lives with love and entertainment and you really brigthen my day. I just adore the smile I get when I walk through the door....You get this huge smirk and you come crawling right for me and then pull up on my leg...nothing sweeter! You are busier by the day...figuring out new things to get into by the minute! You can get in all cabinets and can pull out just about anything (you ate your first chunk of soap just yesterday and I think you learned your lesson as you thought it was totally disgusting!) You play hard and sleep hard and we love when you start getting tired and you put your fingers in your mouth and you want your silky blanket or the silky edge of our pillow case to rub against your face. You even learned to stick out your tongue this month! You have become quite the little independent man-- you want to play with your toys and you can happily entertain yourself for 30 minutes...you are determined to get what you want and if we try to block you from reaching something---you will figure out how to get it! I am loving the crawling days and the way you reach for me when daddy is holding you and pull up on me and I am treasuring these days because I just know when you learn to walk you are going to become even more independent and I am just not ready for that! Please stay sweet little man and know that every day we wake up thinkinf of you and ever night we say a prayer that you stay healthy! We love you so very much!








Stats:

• Weight-- 19.5 pounds




• Height--




• You still are breastfed 4 times a day (and thank goodness mommy finally got to hang up the pump as you stopped taking milk from a bottle so I just come home on my lunch break to feed you) You will take sips of mik from your sippy cup but overall the only way we are getting milk in you is if you are nursed




• You are a vacuum when it comes to eating just about anything else--we haven't found a thing that you won't eat (oh other than the tiny piece of donut mommy fed you at Disney) --you have tried so many things -- turkey, pork, ground beef, eggs, chicken, macaroni, potatoes, peas, green beans, watermelon (still one of your favorites), strawberries, grapes, canteloupe, bananas, honeydew, quesadilla, noddles, soup--I mean everytime we try to give you baby food and we are eating real food --there is no chance that you will eat the baby food. You simply love everything we have put in front of you!


• You sleep GREAT! 9:30-8:30 every day and we now just lay you in your crib when you are awake and you grab the silky part of your blanky and you are out. You also still take at least 2 sometimes 3 naps a day (always a long one about 2 hours after waking up then another 1.5 hour nap in the afternoon, then sometimes a 45 minute cat nap in the evening)


• You wear 6-12 month clothes still. Most of your 9 month clothes are still big and of course you have a new outfit for each day of the week because your mommy can't control her shopping


• You wear a size 3 diaper


• You have 4 teeth now -your top 2 teeth came in this month. You really haven't shown any signs of teething other than when your first tooth came in.


• You babble all the time-- still the most pronounced word is daa-daa although you still don't know that it means "daddy" so there is still hope for me. You say lots of constanant and vowel sounds and can say a quick ma-ma-ma but again you don't know it's me yet!


• You give kisses now (well open mouth kisses and you have to be in the mood but you give them and we love it!)


• you love diving off of any surface (bed, couch and you will literally head dive from the bed to the bench at the end and think it's hilarious you always laugh and we cringe just hoping you don't break something!)


• You have this new cry --it's very high pitched and has lots of zzzz in it and it involved your tongue rattling on the roof of your mouth and you will stick your tongue out in the middle of a crying fit -it's pitiful and funny at the same time


• You love getting into everything that you know you are not supposed to - and you know you ar not supposed to because take for instance when you reach the wine rack you will pull up then turn around to make sure we see you and then we tell you know and of course then you want it even more


• You love phones, toothbrushes and man the laptop (it's like you go into this crazy Crawford must get the laptop zone when you see it ) I mean you can spot it across the room and you are just enthralled with it and you will spend forever trying to open it up..we have no idea why you like it so much but something about the laptop gets you


• I love mornings now because you always want to cuddle in mommy and daddy's bed and suck your fingers and just lay there for about 15 minutes and it's our favorite


• No real toys that you love --as you always want anything that is not a toy


• You love cats and dogs and anytime there is an animal you want to catch it--you love Molly (Nana and Grandpa's cat)


• You are not a fan of diaper changes or outfit changes and always give us a run for our money


• You love putting your fingers in our mouth and again you think this is so funny (once we get you laughing it is so contagious and we all just carry on forever)


• You love water and can drink out of any sippy cup (no straw cups yet)


• You got to visit Disney World and we just all had the best time ever --you did so amazing on all the rides and were fascinated with everything in sight


• You really took to your baby bjorn this month and will stay in it much better than your stroller at this time


• Most of our days consist of watching you get into anything and everything and you stay so busy. You never take a break. You are not interested in tv, you just go go go from the minute you wake up. You are such an angel and your smile takes over your whole face and it's really contagious. You love attention and will do anything to get more attention. We love everything about you and have just adored this past month with you!

10 month photo shoot-

someone didn't want to stay on the chair at all

You love books too--not reading them but actually flipping through each page over and over again

practicing walking-you can go so fast and always want to walk on our feet as we hold your hands and walk with you (oh and you are probably eyeing the wallflower in the wall-you always want to pull everything out of the wall and then stick it in your mouth)

Happy 10 Months sweet boy--- we love calling you pumpkin, bud, and Craw

9.5 Months

Well the month of September just flew by and here we are in October already. We are excited for all of the fun that fall brings. Here a few pictures of some things we have been up to lately.

Crawford got to spend a day with Doug and Janet's neighbor (Keisha). She kept him for the day while I was at work and they stayed busy. C practiced climbing stairs, blowing bubbles, and she even had him painting (they made his hand prints on a pumpkin and a ghost --his first art project)

Alexis and I got to spend the day with Brittany and got to meet our latest niece -Hailey! She is just a ball of preciousness and we loved getting to see her. Britt is doing amazing and is adapting to motherhood great. I love seeing the bows and all the pink and can't wait to watch Hailey grow!

After pictures in bars and at parties out till 2 AM who would have ever thought we would be sitting on a couch with our babies--so grea to share this with my best friend!

Just hanging out catching up!

C excited that the Clemson Tigers pulled out a win--Brad is so excited that they are ranked 8th and undefeated so far!

He is getting so big in his "Crawford" chair--crazy to watch him grow each month

C- you have cut 4 teeth within a month's time and now have 4 teeth! It is crazy to see you smile and see all those teeth staring back at us...You are simply growing too fast!