Thomas' Halloween Party at School

Tyler and I went to Thomas' Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday. In these pics they are having cupcakes and looking at the treat bags they just got.

5 Weeks Old

Tyler was 5 weeks old this past Wednesday. At his check up he weighed 10 lbs 8 oz he is growing so fast. He eats all the time, just this past week we have had about 4 nights so far of Tyler sleeping about 4-5 hours at a time which is very exciting because prior to this he was waking up to eat every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. We are keeping our fingers crossed that he keeps sleeping good at night.

Blue Ridge Parkway

This past Saturday Titus planned a mini trip for us to get out of the house and spend some time together for the weekend...I am pretty sure he is just trying to get on my good side before hunting season goes into full swing but thats ok...I will take it! My parents agreed to keep the kids for the weekend....so we drove the Asheville where we got on the Blue Ridge Parkway to take a nice drive and see all the pretty leaves changing colors. It was a beautiful day and we had such a great weekend together.

One of our stops along the way was at Mt Michell, which is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River and of course Titus insisted that we hike up to the highest peak just to say we had been there...so we did! Thankfully it wasnt too terribly far but it was very steep!

This is a pic while we were driving on the Lin Cove Viaduct which is at the face of Grandfather Mountain and is an engineering marvel, its the most complicated segmental concrete bridge ever built.

Fall Festival at Church

Friday night we took Thomas to the fall festival at our church

I am pretty sure his favorite part was the slide, where he ended up spending most of the night.

Batman!! is his costume this year....

And while we were at the festival, Nana agreed to take care of Tyler for the evening.

Just Swinging!

Tyler tried out his swing for the first time today. Thomas was making sure he liked it! So far the swing is going over very well. Tyler is 3 weeks old in this picture.

2 Weeks Old

Tyler gets his first spiked up hair do!

Welcomed with Love...

Sweet Baby Boy!

Here's a couple of shots of Tyler from his Newborn Photo Session, in these pics he was 1 week old.

Tyler Patrick Etherton

Tyler Patrick Etherton was born 9/22/2010 at 8:52 am
He weighed 7lbs 11oz and is 20in long
We are all doing very well. He has lots of black hair and when wet its curly.

As you can see Big Brother is very proud!

Birthday Party for Buzz & Woody

Nana & Pa get Thomas one evening a week to spend time with him, its a major highlight of his week. A couple of weeks ago they decided to have a birthday party for Buzz and Woody...this party was complete with streamers, balloons, presents for them, a real birthday cake, candles...you get the idea...As you can see Thomas had an absolute blast! I think they all did :)

The Big Day!

Well the smile on this face says it all....at 6:30 am (30 min before he needed to wake up) Thomas bounced out of bed and says is it time to get up? He was immediately ready to start the big day. Without being asked he brushed his teeth, washed his face, and fixed his hair, put his clothes on and was ready for breakfast... He was posing for pictures before I even got the camera out!

He was rushing me out the door this morning...when we got to school he was telling me where his classroom was and as soon as he got in there he was off to explore his new world, I had to ask him for a kiss and tell him bye, he never looked back. I am so thanful he was so excited but I however have been crying ever since :)

Also check out his pose with his new teacher Miss Rock!

The Night Before Kindergarten...

Well it was the night before Kindergarten and their was lots of excitment in our house... we loaded up all the school supplies and checked our backpack with care...packed our lunch for the big day and took a warm bath...then it was off to read a story and get into bed.

We have been reading this book for a week but last night we had to read it twice.