anna lee fortney

abby, caroline, susanna, me and anna

the very proud big sister

sweet!

caroline was great with her...said she wanted another baby, too :)

spunky susanna...she wanted so bad to hold anna, but i vetoed that idea!!!

aunt lauren and anna

sportin' a double chin :)

john's brother danny and wife rachel welcomed their second little girl (and my 5th niece) into the world monday, october 13 around 5pm. she was supposedly 4 weeks early, but weighed 8lbs 10oz!!! i'm thinking the due date was off or that would have been one b-i-g baby in another month :) unfortunately, i had just driven back to charleston from georgia sunday night despite almost staying an extra night. boy do i wish i had. and caroline has not sopped reminding me that she told me we needed to stay! i was completely bummed to miss seeing her on her actual birthday so we got back in the car wed afternoon and came to see her. it was worth it!! she is precious and everyone is doing great!

adirondack chairs

wanted to give a shout out to my dad who made us 2 beautiful adirondack chairs! the benefits of my dad's woodworking skills are awesome...i have so many beautiful pieces of furniture in my home and they are that much more special b/c they were made by his talented hands. it's no surprise that i usually get compliments on things he has made, not the store bought stuff. thank you, dad, you're the best!!

the dentist and fun with cousins

all ready to get those teeth cleaned!

say "ahhhhh"

ms. margo is wonderful!

susanna at aunt connie's house

caroline trying on caleb's uniform

these two are t-r-o-u-b-l-e!

we were in georgia for a long weekend this past weekend and had so much fun! me and caroline went to the dentist so i snapped some pics. i still get so nervous thinking i might have a cavity and now i'm even more anxious hoping caroline doesn't have any either. needless to say, i'm a little militant with the brushing!! thank goodness both of us are still cavity free. caroline's 2 middle bottom teeth are slightly loose. she loves going to the dentist and loves ms. margo. we also got to spend some time with cousins. unfortunately, i didn't get as many pics of that as i wished!!

andrew turns 2!

the b'day boy had a pre-party bath b/c of a last minute blowout

aunt julie's awesome cookies

the b'day boy having an early bite of the yummy cookies

me and andrew

susanna and her fire hat

susanna hugging andrew - he wasn't feeling it!

me and my sis

love luke's face in this one

andrew getting a little help

what mommy? i'm just checking it out!

aunt joy being silly with the big girls

grandad shaw being silly

all the cole grandbabies

blowing out his candles

susanna and papa

kristen and her baby boy

yummy - ice cream, cookie and cake face

my sister's youngest, andrew, turned 2 on october 12 so we enjoyed celebrating with him at his party at my parents' house saturday. he is so cute you could eat him up!! his eyelashes are seriously 5 miles long. he is a ham and keeps us laughing. he and susanna love on each other one minute and then knock each other down the next. my sis is the queen of kid parties and this one was all about trucks. andrew is obssessed with trucks and cars. he loved every gift and could have played all night long with his new stuff. we loved celebrating with him and can't wait to see what the Lord has planned for his life!! we love you, little buddy :)

random pics

so excited about starting ballet again

getting a treat from sonic - lemonberry slush :)

don't worry, susanna shared water with me

emma and caroline enjoying strawberry cupcakes downtown

this is what happens when you leave 2, 14 month old babies alone for too long :)