After Christmas- New Year's 2011

Lots of pictures to recap our week after Christmas through New Year's in 2011. 

Luke made cookies with Nana.  He reminds me of Drew (my cousin) in this picture when he was this age.

Neil and Ansev's wedding week festivities began! Here are me and my cousins (Kirstin, Me, Holly) all decked out for Ansev's 20's themed bachelorette party.
The wig was fun, but itchy!

Ansev had a photographer capture the evening. The photographer was standing up those stairs taking a picture of Ansev below.

We took some time to visit the Strawberry Farms place we go to every year for strawberry shortcake!  We had to take turns being the Strawberry King and Queen.

Luke and mommy

Aunt Trish and Luke

Pouty Brand and Luke trying to get him to sit nicely

Aunt Susan and Luke

Nana and her two boys

Ring bearer Luke and Flower girl Sophia at the Rehearsal

Luke and Sophia running/dancing at the rehearsal

Luke and Ansev's brother Cem before the wedding

My groom looking handsome

Neil and Ansev's friend Katie (a talented artist!) created this tribute wall honoring the family members that have passed away.  It was beautiful.

I don't have any pictures from the ceremony, but this is when the toasts were being given. 

After all the festivities, we packed up and headed home to Atlanta.  This is how Brad traveled!

Neil and Ansev had a photo booth during the reception.  We had a great time with that!
Here are a couple of strips we got.

a teaser photo we got from the photographer of the beautiful flower girl Sophia

part 2 continued

I couldn't get this video to load in the previous post, maybe I had too many videos already.
December 2011, Silly Brad-ee :)

iphone photos part 2

Here are some more photos and video I had fun seeing again!

Some of these dates I am guessing at, when they merged onto my new Iphone the dates taken got messed up.

August 2011  Brad's first crawling attempts :)

 

Luke, Summer 2010 I believe (I remember being pregnant and we were in the front yard of our house in Atlanta which we didn't move into until June of 2010).

December 2011- Brad trying out the swings at the playground by our house.  Here is where the love affair between Brad and swings, that continues today, began.

12/19/11- I just want to pinch those cheeks!

Brad, 12/22/11, this is the first time he pulled himself up into a standing position.  He had been in PT for a couple of weeks at this point.

12/23/11 Luke sweeps leaves and loves it!

 

 

 

12/23/11 Christmas began at home with presents from GG and GGpa and Aunt Carrie, Uncle Mike, and Haley that had arrived to our house.  We left the next day to drive to FL.

I phone photos part 1

I finally took the time to upload my photos from my IPhone.  My memory was full and I couldn't take anymore pictures on my phone so it was a necessity to do!
These go back quite a way! It was fun looking back on some of my favorite memories.

Luke 6/12/10, playing on the playground in our neighborhood in Sandy Springs

 

Luke 8/14/10 after a haircut and eating at Firehouse

 

Luke 8/27/10, he gets his big boy bed (and gives up the paci!)

 

Brad, Halloween 2010, Baby Brad's first Halloween!

 

Luke 12/4/2010, one of my favorite photos of Luke.  It is my background on my phone. It was taken at a McDonald's, again after a haircut!

Brad, 1/15/11 Brad in the Baby Bjorn thinking he is pretty cool in the mirror

Brad, 1/28/11 first time sitting in the Bumbo chair I believe

 Brad 2/11/11, then below that is 4/26/11 in the exersaucer. What a difference 2.5 months make when they are this little!

Brad's first time riding with big brother in the Publix race car carts, 6/1/11

Cutie pie Brad having a picnic outside with Mommy and Luke, 6/9/11

Brad's first time in a high chair.  Went out for Mommy's birthday lunch with friends Carl and Amanda for Sushi! 6/13/11

Brad, 8/31/11. This boy loves beans!

One of the first times (might have been the first time) Brad stood like this.  He didn't pull up, I put him like that but he was able to stay up for a little while.  This was before we really thought he might be a little delayed with his physical function. 9/17/11

Last Christmas

Since I saw Target putting out Christmas stuff today, I figured it was the perfect time to post about last Christmas-ha!
Just going to do a recap of Christmas morning right now.  I got an iphone last Christmas and many of my pictures are on there and I have to actually put those on the computer, which I've never done, shocker I'm sure.

First our tree in Atlanta with some of the presents we brought to Florida!

 

 

 

Grammy's tree

 

7:04 am, the opening starts

7:09 am, Brad eats

 

7:14 am, Josh gets shoes

 

7:16-7:17 am, Brad opens a gift

7:23 am, Noah sits in the best chair, Ed looks at him

7:53 am, Spiderman joins our morning

 

7:58 am, Brad reads

 

7:58 am Brad reads his Little Blue Truck book and finds the horse

 

8:00 am, Luke gets pants, Brad gets his baby

Sometime later...Luke gets a Batman cave, which he has been waiting for all day...

10:26 am, outside and playing!