You know your kid is a redheck when....

he is passed out wearing camo shorts and no shirt.

Look how cute he is! I love him! Gabe, hurry up and get here!
One week and counting.

Guess Who is Coming to Visit??!!

Him:

and Her:

??

Sadly, I don't have a picture of my BFF - Danielle. I will be sure to take some while she's in town for my 30th birthday in August!!

Missing...

Gabe-

I miss you so much!!! I hope I get to see you soon. Enjoy your summer with your Mommy(teachers have the best schedule)! :)

Belly...

Gabe- You have a big belly! I love it!! I love chunky babies... I love your chunky legs too. If you were a girl, I would not be saying these things to you. I know girls can take things the wrong way - I would if someone told me I had a chunky belly (I do) or chunky legs, but your mom told me you're cool with it.
I love you so much!

I *heart* JGK!

Look at this boy! I can't believe he will be 6 months old on the 9th! Time flies! He looks just like his mommy (my brother doesn't believe me and swears he looks like him... He doesn't).

I love you Gabe! I can't wait to see you in April. Chase and I talk about you alot. I think he's also excited to see you.

Smiles....

I LOVE this picture of Gabe. He's getting so big!! It makes me sad and happy at the same time. I want to see him soon, but I may have to wait until the Summer. I miss him lots and lots. He's starting to look more like my brother - his daddy - but I do think he looks more like his mommy.

My Second Favorite Boy in the Entire World...

Look how adorable this boy is! I love him soooooo much! I wish he lived closer so I could see him more often. I miss him. Even if they live 1000 miles away from eachother, I know Chase and Gabe are going to be BCF (Best Cousins Forever)!

Gabe's First Santa Picture

I think his belly may be bigger than Santa's! :) I love this picture of him... I can't believe how clear my SIL's iphone pics are - I really need one. Chase had breakfast with Santa Saturday at my father in law's union hall. He came home with his face painted like Batman - pics to follow. He saw Santa there and went right to him. They are supposed to send a picture to us. We are going to take him to a small photo studio for his Santa pictures this week. There is no line and the Santa is the best in town. He has never cried on Santa's lap which is good, BUT I would love one of those "kid freaking out on Santa's lap" pictures. They crack me up. Is that wrong?

Busy Busy

I have been so busy since we got home from VA - thus the lack of posts. I plan to post the rest of the VA pics this week. Here are a few more taken with my brother Polaroid iphone app. I LOVE it. I need an iphone.

It's funny - When I look through the pics from VA (especially the one above of Chase), it looks like my grandparents home is straight out of 1974. Wait, it is! :) It wouldn't feel like their house if they changed it though.


I miss you sweet Gabe. I hope we get to see each other again soon. Maybe in the spring.

Papa loves babies. He says every home should have atleast one baby at all times. It probably has to do with him being 1 of 10 children!

VA - Part 1

Thursday night, Friday and Friday night we stayed in Richmond with some college friends. I didn't take ANY pictures!! Bummer because her kids are adorable and Chase had so much fun playing with them.
Sonja, Brandon, Micah and Braden - Thank you so much for letting us stay with you. We miss you guys so much and always have such a nice time when we are all together. I hope we get to see you soon!!
We left Richmond Saturday morning and headed to Lynchburg to see my family. My Nannie and Papa live in Lynchburg and my brother drove up from GA for the weekend. The main reason we were all together was to celebrate my Papa's 80th birthday! I was also there to see my nephew who I hadn't seen since he was born in September (9/9/09).

{Chase in the car - He was so good the entire trip. Thanks buddy!!}

{Chase and his Papa on the lawn mower. My Papa's "thing" is cutting grass. Every grandchild and now great grandchild has ridden on his lawn mowers. I remember it was always the highlight of our family trips to visit Nannie and Papa. The first thing Chase did was run into the backyard and get on the tractor with Papa. He LOVED it!!}

{Gabe and Nannie. I'm not sure how to rotate my picture - ugh!}

Papa's party to follow.

SMILE

Gabe's First Halloween

Look how cute this little man is! Even though I haven't met him yet, I love him so much!
Gabe- I'm counting down the days to when we will meet. I don't plan to put you down the entire time we are together. Nor do I plan to share you with anyone else. Just a warning.

I Love This Boy!

Gabe - You are getting so big! Stop growing so fast because I haven't seen you yet and I want to see you as a tiny, little baby before I see you as a big boy! Understand?

I love you!!

John Gabriel

This is my nephew - Gabe. John is my Papa's name. Gabe is my little brother's first child.

He was born 9/9/09. He is a peanut weighing only 7 pounds/8 ounces. I haven't met him yet because my brother and sister in law live in Georgia and I'm in New Jersey. I will get to meet him in November at my Papa's 80th birthday party. It will also be the first time my Papa is meeting his namesake and his 6th GREAT grandson.... none of his 7 grandchildren have a girl (much to my Nannie's dismay).

I love this little boy so very much! When Chase was born, I didn't think I could love another person as much as I loved him, but Gabe comes very close. He is my blood. My nephew. My brother's legacy. My sister in law's angel. My son's cousin. A blessing from God to our family.
I love you baby Gabe!

***I do feel bad that I am posting about him before my own child, but I received this photo yesterday and I can't stop looking at it.