Coming Soon!

Today, Michael and I went to the doctor to check up on Thatcher. We had our 36 week, that's right, 36 week, as in 4 weeks or less till he arrives, ultrasound. Here are some pictures of him. Use your imagination and hopefully you will be able to see his face. We did not have pictures of Brenton at this point, because he was face down so all we saw was the back of his head. Thatcher's pictures show his profile with his arm over his eyes. The other shows his lips and nose. You can see that he has his lips puckered, Michael said he probably had just finished sucking his thumb! They are estimating he weighs about 6 lbs 4 oz. If he goes full term that means he will probably be over 8 lbs. We were glad to see that he is growing well and that he is still a boy (she confirmed that today).

More Celebration for Baby Thatcher

On Saturday, Michael's mom and our friend Ashley gave us a baby shower to celebrate Thatcher's coming. It was a great way to get ready for him! We got almost everything we need. We had the cutest green and brown cupcakes and lots of good food. Ashley made the cutest chocolate bear suckers and an adorable diaper cake. Brenton was sort of interested, but had a lot of children to play with, which was apparently more fun than opening baby gifts. We also had to take some time at the end of the party to snap some pictures of Brenton with Luke and Lily, since Brenton and Luke ended up with the same Halloween shirts (again). Brenton was tired and decided to suck his thumb and play with Lily's hair. Thanks to all of those who came! What a blessing each of you are to us! A special thanks to Christy (Mom) and Ashley!

"Halloween" Baby Shower

Last Friday, our wonderful, wonderful Sunday School class gave us a baby shower. The unusual thing about this shower was that most of us were in costume, since Halloween is coming up. Michael and I were Mary and Joseph. It was great to see how creative our friends are and we were overwhelmed at all the diapers we brought home for Thatcher. Lesley, Carrie, and Christina all made the most adorable diaper cakes. Thanks girls and guys! We feel so blessed to have such great friends!

Little Artist

Last week while I was scrapbooking, Brenton really felt like he needed to help. Unfortunately, I did not need his help :-) I gave him his crayons and paper and he created his own art work and some of it ended up on his face!

Fall Fun

Last Monday, we had our fall pictures taken by our wonderful photographer, Sondra Bolling. We arrived early and snapped a few pictures of Brenton in the leaves. We thought he looked so cute in this outfit.

Brenton and the Pumpkins

Yesterday, we went to Dollywood (again) for the Harvest Festival. We mostly ate, let Brenton ride some rides, and had a great time enjoying the fall decorations and weather.

Go Alcoa!

On Friday, October 17, we went to see the Alcoa Tornadoes play football. Brenton loves to watch the game, and especially his cousin Justin (JT) who plays for Alcoa. It was good football weather and Brenton had a great time. We were amazed at how still he sat during the game. He loved the band and watching for the "ball ball." Most of all he loved to clap, which happened a lot because Alcoa won by 55 to 0.