Wedding Photos

I know that it has been over a month since my brother's wedding and I haven't shared a picture with you all. Lynsey's Aunt Cindy took the photos and they are wonderful. She just finished all of the editing this past week and I snagged this photo of our family!

This was the only picture of us all we had taken before Gus zonked out on us and took a much needed nap! I think the picture turned out great. The hard part will be trying to pick out which pictures I want to frame!

Many Thanks

Today is my last day at work and therefore my last day with a computer until next Monday, therefore I am going to cover all the bases for this weekend in this post. First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope that you have a wonderful and safe day with lots of fattening foods and plenty of family to share it with. I myself will be with my family this year for lunch and am excited about the traditional goodies we'll have to eat, especially the fried turkey breast which is my favorite! I also have always been in charge of decorating the table with leaves, vines, berries and other items found in nature so I look forward to that too. Gus will be passed around more than the turkey I'm sure, as this is his first Thanksgiving and he has too many aunts and cousins to visit with. So I'm willing to bet there will be lots of picture taking and sugar stealing!

Also up this weekend is the annual Ayers' girls Christmas tree shopping trip. I am so excited about starting to decorate for Christmas and the tree is my favorite way to start. This will be my first Christmas in our new house and I can't wait to see it dressed in red and green!

The Gators also have to play the Seminoles on Saturday and as always you just never know what will happen when those two teams play. Hopefully it will be a good game, and by good I mean as long as the Gators win I don't care what the score is! HA!

Go Gators!!

I just wanted to share some photos of the little hunter with you all. We had a fun time this weekend, except for a few mosquito bites! Gus enjoyed riding in the truck without being in the carseat and he loves being outside in general. We started out the day all bundled up,

He did start out with shoes but they didn't last long! This next photo is one of my favorites, as you can see J. and I didn't do a lot of hunting, just playing with Gus. Gus liked to play with the little boy in the truck mirror.

We stopped at lunch for a picnic and Gus was able to stretch out on the dog box and lose some of his clothes!

After lunch Gus wanted to help Daddy drive.

All in all we had a great day together, even though there were no big kills :) We did discover all kinds of things that we need in the hunting truck that we had forgotten (wipes being the biggest oops, thankfully Aunt Lynsey had some in their truck), but we'll get the hang of it hopefully before the season is out! Next year he'll be wanting to ride with Papa and Mae Mae instead of Momma and Daddy, so we better enjoy him while I can.

Hunting Memories

I know in most families the women tend to stay home during hunting season and enjoy their time without the guys, but not in my family. From November 1983 I have been in the woods with my family riding in a carseat during those early years to riding on the dog box in the back of the truck once I was old enough to hang on. I have so many fond memories of my time in the woods. I would ride with my Papa and Granny most of the time because Papa always had the best snacks. He was the Lil Debbie keeper and my brother and I knew it! My brother once fell off of the dog box trying to catch a Lil Debbie thrown to him by Papa and it knocked the wind right out of him. When I needed a little adventure it was Uncle Terry that I rode with. Why my parents entrusted me with Uncle Terry I will never know? He drove 90 miles per hour down pot-hole ridden dirt roads while I bounced around the cab holding onto Aunt Ronda for dear life! But boy was it fun! Over the years I have gone from a tagalong rider to an actual hunter myself. While I don't like going in the woods when it is dark, never have never will, I enjoy listening to the dogs run and sitting in a stand during daylight hours!! This year is really special for me because we have Gus to introduce to this family tradition. I'm sure he won't remember too much about this first year, but we will take plenty of pictures to show him one day. I know that Gus will want to ride with his Papa and Mae Mae, as Papa keeps his truck stocked with goodies and I'll have to do lots of praying when he wants to ride with his Uncle John, who is often referred to on the CB as "Speed Racer". Lord Help....... it sounds somewhat familiar doesn't it!

A Fun Weekend!

This weekend was a lot of fun for our family. We spent our first night away from the house since Gus was born at the hunting camp Friday night. Gus slept like a champ, unlike J. and I who slept very little. I wish I could still zonk out just anywhere! Saturday morning, in honor of Halloween, we played a little dress up with some christmas antlers from the Dollar Store.




















Then Saturday night he turned into a whitetail deer. His costume was complete with antlers, a tail, and hooves on his feet! J. cut the lining out of it right before we left the house so it wouldn't be quite so warm. All in all it wasn't too bad, Gus received lots of goodies that Daddy and Mommy will get to eat (which is just what I need!).
















Gus also met up with some of his buddies for some photos.


















Once the pictures had been struck and the candy collected, the boys decided they needed to get comfortable!
















We had a great time and I'm already looking forward to next year when they can all walk and really enjoy it!

Milestones

It seems like Gus has been hitting milestone after milestone lately. He literally grows before my eyes daily. The last week has been a big one for our little guy. Here are some things he has been up to:

1. The Excersaucer - while he still is a little wobbly, he is finally starting to play with the toys attached to the top of the tray. Check out those legs!!

2. He is eating cereal, which he loves, and has started pears! You should have seen the face he made when he tried the pears. I couldn't capture it on film however.

3. He is hanging out with the guys a lot more! They don't seem to be as scared to hold him now as they did when he was smaller. The first one was at Allie's birthday party with his Pap and the second one is with his Papa feeding cows.

4. He took his first bath outside. How cute is this?

5. Lastly, and in my opinion most importantly, he has cut two teeth! We noticed the first on Saturday and the second last night at Church. Watch out Allie, he can bite back now!

Our baby is really growing up too fast, but it is such a fun ride! His personality is really shining through and he is so nosy, busy learning about this great big world. He wants to move constantly and I know that it won't be long before he reaches the next milestone of crawling!!

Happy Birthday Allie!

It's so hard to believe that you are 1 year old today! Can't wait to watch you dig into some cake Saturday.
We love you lots,
Love Uncle J., Aunt Lyndsay, and Gus