5 Years

Today we celebrate 5 years of marriage, of committment, of love (no mattter what the cost), of friendship, of learning, growing, frustration, joy and all the in betweens! I am so thankful to be HAPPILY married to such a wonderful man.

On another note...this same day last year (our 4th anniversary) was the day that we went to my first doctors appointment and saw his little heartbeat for the first time and found out I was only 6 weeks pregnant! What an anniversary gift!

Just Pics

Happy Anniversary!

Andrew and I will celebrate five years of marriage on the 29th of July! I can't believe that we have been dating and married almost ELEVEN YEARS! CRAZY!

My mom came and kept Riggs on Thursday night for our first night away:). We left Thursday about 2 o'clock and went to Lenox mall to walk around. We checked into the Marriott Grand Marquis Hotel about 5 o'clock and got ready for dinner. We went to Two Urban Licks and enjoyed a great dinner before going to the Fox to see Fiddler on the Roof. After a late show we went to Cafe Intermezzo for coffee and cheesecake and then headed to the hotel where we stayed in bed until 10am on Friday morning! We ate breakfast at a little place called the West Egg! We had a great time and really enjoyed eating at some new resteraunts and just being together.

Andrew asked what I have learned about him over the past five years that I didn't know going into marriage?!?! LOADED question! So I tried to list the first positive thing that came to my mind:) and that would be what a GREAT DADDY he is! He is so attentive and willing to do whatever. He longs to be with Riggs when he is gone and is always quick to keep him for me to go to the gym or grocery shopping or whatever! I asked the same question and got a little bit of a different answer (could have been taken positively or negatively). He said he didn't realize how protective I was going to be as a mother. He didn't say OVER protective, just protective in how I take care of Riggs:) and also how patient I am with him. Which I am surprised by in myself as well, as I usually am the impatient one of the two of us but I think my impatience just comes with actually waiting on things, not with my sweet sweet son. All that to say five years has flown by and I'm sure the next five will as well. I can't wait to see what our future holds and what the Lord has in store for us.

Yum yum

Riggs had his first little meal of rice cereal this past week! We were told by the pediatrician that we didn't have to start with rice cereal, that we could give him anything as long as we waited three or more days before introducing another food. She also reminded us that he doesn't NEED solid food, that breastmilk is still his main source of nutrition ect. I found this odd because everything I read says to start with rice cereal!? I'm curious what other mommies have done?

All that to say, he didn't love or hate it! He did what I assume is typical...held it in his mouth for a second and then

thrust it out of his mouth. I love watching him learn and try new things.

How we told our family...

I am linking up with Kelly at www.kellyskornerblog.com for show us your life Friday. I thought it would be fun to document how we told our families we were pregnant with Riggs since I haven't written it down anywhere!

We found out the week of July 4th while on vacation with Andrews family that we were pregnant. Andrew refused to believe it or even get excited until we went to the doctor! I, on the other hand, was already trying to plan how we would tell everyone, calling the doctor ect. All that to say, on July 29th (our 4th anniversary) we had our first doctors appt at about 6 weeks along. I had my first ultrasound and we were able to the little peanut and the little heartbeat!

All this time we knew we would be going home (or visiting Augusta) the friday after this appointment which was on a Thursday! So I had planned a birthday dinner for Andrew (his birthday is the July 28th, the day before our anniversary:) with my parents and brother and his parents and one of his brothers (his oldest brother and his wife live in Savannah) and their families. We were going to all meet up at T-bonz for dinner. I was getting a "surprise" cake for Andrew to have while we were there. To make a long story short, our waitress brought out the cake with candles, plates, ect. and Andrew and I awaited everyones reaction! No one said a word! My brother across the table from me started tearing up but didn't say anything. My mom apparently couldn't read it and Andrew's mom had the Susan shocked face on for a few seconds, or maybe minutes! Once everyone realized what the cake said the reactions were great and mostly expected! We are so thankful to be able to look back to almost a year ago and see how the Lord has brought us great joy from this little life!

Riggs is 4 Months!

We fall in love with you more and more every day little boy! And the older you get the harder it is for me to leave you:(

• You are our little string bean, you weighed 14 lbs 7 oz (33 percentile) and are 261/2 inches long (90th percentile).



• You are still in size 2 diapers.



• Wearing 6-9 month clothes.



• You are still nursing every 4 hours during the day and sleeping through the night from about 8:30pm to 7 am.



• We are going to start you on rice cereal this week! Can't wait to see if you like it!



• You found your feet and it's so cute to see you stare at them in amazement and play.



• We got you an excersaucer and you are enjoying having a new toy!



• You are finally on somewhat of a schedule and will stay awake for 2 hrs after nursing and then nap for 2 hrs...I am so thankful for this.



• You are enjoying bath time more and more and like to splash all over.



• We are thankful that daddy and Grana are still able to keep you so that you don't have to go to day care just yet.



• You love your fingers but still have a hard time getting just the two you want in your mouth...so cute to watch!

3 Month Pictures

We attempted to have Riggs' 3 month (a month late) pictures taken today! Attempted is the key word! We tried this morning and he did good for the first 30-45 min and then we went to a field to do the ones I was really looking forward to and all he did was scream! I don't blame you little buddy it was HOT even at 10 am....So, here are the ones that the photographer has posted so far. She said she would try to pull out any half decent ones and this may or may not be all that there are as she is still working on editing. Thanks Laura R. Taylor photography.

*I don't know why I can't make these other pics any bigger!