Easter Weekend

We had an absolutely wonderful Easter weekend!  We spent all day Saturday at the beautiful Callaway Gardens.  We enjoyed the perfect spring weather by walking around Callaway.  We have had season passes this past year and really enjoyed them.  I think we will get another pass this year.
Sunday we started the day with a wonderful Sunrise service at Ridgecrest.  The weather was very nice and we enjoyed worshiping with our family and friends on this special day.  After the service we went home for a while and cleaned up our house. Then we ate a traditional Easter dinner with ham at Agogo and Pops house.  The Easter bunny also visited James Darren!
Recently I have not done a great job of taking pictures with my camera but this weekend we put it to good use.  So, sorry but here are a lot of pictures!

So proud of Darren for spotting this beautiful water snake! 

2nd snake, sunbathing in the garden 

He was a good size garter snake.

Ahhh! - the perfect ride

James Darren and his Easter gifts

Family Pic

Nashville/Scottsboro

Last weekend one of my lifetime friends got married in Nashville .  Joy (the Bride), Rachel, and I have all been friends since we were tiny babies.  It was so wonderful to see Joy so happy.  It was also very nice to get to visit with all of our old friends!  Here are a few Pictures from the wedding. 

The 3 girls catching up for a moment

Rachel, Jami, and Joy

Enjoying the beautiful reception at a beautiful church! 

David and Anita (Rachel's Parents)

Family Pic (James Darren had on "wedding " clothes but had
 already been changed when we got around to taking a family picture.  

The Parents (Donnie Father of Bride, Jim & Shaliah, Anita & David,
 Lynda Mother of the Bride (not Pictured))

Asleep at the hotel w/ all his toys 

On the way home we stopped in Scottsboro and ate lunch with Darren’s family.  James Darren got to visit with his Grammy and Poppy, Uncle Will, Uncle Tyler, Great Aunt Marsha, Great Aunt Gia, Great Nanny, and Cotton (Great Grandfather). 

Getting Poppy's beard 

Playing with Nanny and Cotton

Loving on Cotton

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Pictures

Here are a few pictures from the last week or so.  James Darren is growing so fast I can’t believe it!  There have been multiple 6 month clothes that I have put on him one time that he will probably not ever wear again.  :(

Oh well, I am so glad to have a happy, healthy baby boy! 

Resting with Auntie Sarah (plus Murphy and Zelda) after her surgery

After an evening run, he literally fell asleep coming up the driveway! 

Chillin like a villain 

4 Months!

The day James Darren turned 4 months old he rolled over for the very first time!  I was so excited both Darren and I were standing there so we both saw him..  On Saturday we bought a new car and took James Darren with us to the dealership.  Everyone kept saying how big he was and that they couldn’t believe he was only 4 months old!  When we were at the dealership we had two men helping us.  It was one guy's first day so he was mainly watching.  When we went on the test drive, it was hilarious, because they were sitting in the back on either side of him talking to him and putting his passy back in when he spit it out.  Oh, did I mention they were both young guys and single?  It was so funny!  So anyway, here are a few things James Darren is doing now and several pictures.

Here is a pic of our car too!

-          Loves his walker! Can only push himself backwards right now.  But he likes most when you sit on the floor and push him in it he laughs like crazy.

-          Laughing a lot more now!  I love to hear him laugh!

-          Eating cereal – this is just ok, he is not such a fan but he is eating so much that when he doesn’t eat cereal we have a hard time getting him to sleep through the night because he wakes up hungry.

-          Likes wearing his sunglasses outside

-          Likes playing in his exersaucer on the porch.

-          Rolled over – only once so far

-          Weighs  16lbs and 12ozs he is a big boy now!

-          He is in the 75% for weight and 85% for height

Dachshund Pajamas!!!

I love these dachshund pjs!  They are my favorite pair of pajamas that James Darren has worn so far.  His Agogo bought them for him the day we found out we were having a little boy.  I think the little wiener dogs are so cute.  Unfortunately, they are too small now and we will have to put them away.  But I actually remembered to take a picture so I can see how cute he looked in them. 

Jeans!

Here are a few pics of James Darren in first pair of blue jeans!  He got to wear them for the first half of the day then they had to be washed.  However, we got them washed and dried in time for him to wear them to church tonight.  Yay!

Weekend Milestones

On Friday I went to the new moms consignment sale and got James Darren an exersaucer.  He loves it!  He has played in it several times and has even figured out how to make it sing.  He really likes the microphone he tries to pull it toward him so he can chew on the edges.  

This Sunday was James Darren first time to sit at the table with all the other kids for Sunday school. 

He is growing so much and we are having so much fun!   It is so fun to see him growing and changing so much.  He is really becoming alert and watching everything that goes on around him.