Corban - 18 Months

Corban is now 18 months old! Time is flying! I have several random pictures I wanted to post of him that really are a great "snapshot" of things he loves and his sweet personality. On his 18 month checkup he was 25.6 lbs. I can't remember his length (ha! With AK I had everything written down to the cm!!) He is such a blessing and brightens up any room with his contagious smile! He also is developing strong opinions about things that don't quite go his way! His first reaction is to just scream (not cry) scream very loudly! He loves all things TRACTOR and wakes up each morning saying..."Pa Tractor, Pa Tractor!" He continues to be a good eater and I pray this will stick with him. His sister lives off of air I swear!!

Braden Thomas Bowen

We are so excited that Mr. Braden Thomas Bowen is here! I'm only a month late (haha)! AK is beyond thrilled to have a new baby in the group and we know Corban and Braden will grow up to be buddies......and probably get into a lot of trouble one day ;)

Congrats Tay Tay and Bubba!!

Paint it Purple

We went to our first "Freeboot Friday" as a family the Friday before the ECU vs. Carolina game. We met some of our neighbors for an early dinner and then headed out!

dressed and ready!!

our neighbors who we love!! Kathryn and Patrick

A friend of mine gave me this jersey as a baby gift for C. He looked so sweet in it!

we SMASHED Carolina!!! ECU has a great record so far this year :))

Anna Kate Starts Pre-K

After Labor Day, Anna Kate started Pre-K. She loves and her teachers say she is doing great!

She had a tea party to meet her teachers the day before school actually started

I left Bryant instructions on her first day of school to take lots of pictures at home because I had to leave early that morning....

I absolutely cannot believe that she will be coming to school with me next year!!

Anna Kate turns 4!!

I must say, Anna Kate had quite the birthday celebration this year! We really celebrated our girl!

I put balloons on her chair and had her present waiting for her when she woke up on the morning of her birthday :)

of course her gift was an Elsa dress!

Nanny and Pa stopped by and gave her an Ana dress :)

Leighton was going to be out of town on AK's party day so they came to play on her actual bday and brought cake pops from Starbucks!!

Coban enjoyed his!

we had dinner at our favorite spot (Rucker John's)

 we eat there often and this is AK's favorite waiter, Taylor (who has an identical twin named Dylan - AK calls him "the other Taylor" haha)

Mimi, Papa, and Uncle Jay came into town for dinner and Mimi made "Frozen" cupcakes

She got a Rapunzel dress, wig, crowns, and fancy shoes 

Uncle Jay gave her a "Frozen" story set 

have you ever?!?! haha

All of the rest of the pictures are from Anna Kate's big friend birthday party. We had it Rose's Gymnastics and it was perfect. They do EVERYTHING for you! So much less stressful than having it at home. Everyone had a ball!

Cinn, Sarah, Taylor (pregnant with Braden), me, Melisa 

You get to "fly" on your birthday over all of the friends. AK looks like she is not too sure. She really did like it! 

Corby with his favorite! 

Happy Birthday sweet girl! 

 Corban was tickled to sit with the big kids and eat his cupcake