Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Catching Up! (Part 4) (VERY pic heavy)

So, we've covered everything up to February so far. I'll see if I can combine a couple of months so that we can start posting more recent stuff. March wasn't too busy for us. We were still trying to figure out our new "normal" with 2 kids and also trying to decide what to do with our housing situation. Our lease was up at the end of March, so we knew we had to decide if we wanted to stay or go.  We decided to go but we ended up just paying month to month for a few months until we decided WHERE we were going. (More on that later)

Here are a few cute kid pics from March...(Yes, these are for you grandma and grandpa Pearson!) :)

Cliffy playing in the dirt

Cliffy eating the dirt. Yuck!
Sweet Clementine
Cliffy being silly at lunch. Whatta ham! :)


Grandpa Pearson taught him this!
Cliffy trying to lick Clementine. Clementine looks scared!
Cliffy playing in the leaves
Of course. Everything goes either in the hair or in the mouth!
Picking up tricks from her brother!
Cliffy modeling his cowboy boots
Winking already :)
Love her smile!
I blame Grandpa Pearson. :)
Um...cute!
Sweet Cliffy 
Big girl in her Bumbo!
Like father, like daughter!


And on to April...

April was a fun month for us. First of all, we got to celebrate Cliffy's 1st Gotcha Day, which is the anniversary date of the first day we met our son. I had a little photo session with him in our back yard and then later that night we went out to eat at Desta Ethiopian Kitchen in Atlanta with family to celebrate our son. We had a great time!!!










Told ya...everything in the mouth!



So those were the photos from Cliffy's Gotcha Day. We are soooooo blessed to have him in our lives and we honestly try to celebrate that everyday. He is such a gift and we are soooooooooooo lucky to have him. He has changed us for the better!!!

Let's see...also in April, Cliffy and Clementine went to their first concert. We drove to Clemson to see Zac Brown Band (Zac Brown is Chad's boss) play. It was a great show!

Here is a pic of Clementine in her big ol ear phones. She wasn't really a fan, but safety first!!


Taken right before the concert. 
 I wish we had gotten a picture of Cliffy in his ear phones, but we didn't. Parent FAIL! Oh well.

Anyway, here's a few other random photos from April...

She even smiles in her sleep! 

Cliffy and his new big boy cups!



I think Cliffy had just farted on Chad. teehee


So, April was a great month for us. And on the housing front, we finally decided that it was time for us to stop renting and to actually take on the scary but exciting journey of home ownership. After looking and looking and looking at which area of Atlanta we wanted to live in, we FINALLY found an area. Now we just needed to find a house!  (To be continued!)


love xoxo,
Candy

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Catching Up! (Part 3)

February was a big month for us because we had plans to fly the whole family out to California for one of our closest friend's wedding. Zak finally got married! Zak is one of Chad's oldest friends. They've been friends since the 3rd grade (in Papua New Guinea where Chad grew up with his missionary parents). The trip was awesome. We got to hang out with some great friends (The Shultzs, Jared, Nikki, Fife, Jose, Faith, Brady, Mark, Ethan, Kalle...just to name a few!) and were able to stay with one of our favorite couples, Ryan and Vanessa who live in Hawaii. They were staying in a condo in Oceanside and let us bunk with them. What sweethearts! As predicted, they instantly fell in love with Cliffy and Clementine, and Cliffy and Clementine instantly fell in love with them as well. We miss them so much! Here are some pictures from our trip...

The view from our room!

Cliffy's first time seeing the Pacific Ocean.
This street was right by where we were staying. Of course we had to take a picture!
I wish we had gotten more pics of the actual wedding but sadly Chad left our camera in the car. He was the best man and had a lot on his plate, so I'll give him a break. :) I was able to snap a few with my phone though.

Here's Cliffy and Chad looking so handsome in their suits!!
So handsome!!


Here are a few that the wedding photographer took. The wedding was amazing by the way. We had a blast!

Zak and Karey! They look like they should be in a magazine!
Chad makes a handsome best man if I do say so myself! :)
Chad doing his best man speech. He made everyone in that room laugh and cry. It was amazing!

Chad and Cliffy!

Last day in California.
What a blessing! Cliffy slept on the plane the whole way home!
Clementine at the airport. What a trooper!


More catching up to come so stay tuned!

love xoxo 
Candy