ECU 24 WVU 3

So Hurricane Hannah put a bit of a damper on our 1st home football game of the year, but after the wind stopped and the sun came out we headed out any way. We took Miss Anna-Grace out for a bit all sone up in her Pirate Gear and then her and I came home while Chris and his Bro-in-law Ed went to watch the Pirates beat West Virginia. Then Chris came home to listen to his Wolfpack beat William and Mary.........now if our Cowboys could win tomorrow it would be a GREAT weekend!

08 Watermelon Festival

Wow, so it's on;y 2:00pm and I am exhausted! We had such a bisy day already today. We woke up early and headed to meet Kristel, Colin, Kirstel's mom and Shannon to go to the 2008 Winterville Watermelon Festival Parade. It was Anna-Grace's 1st parade and she loved it. Of course she was all decked out in her Watermelon Outfit. Her favorite things in the parade were the HS bands(she danced and clapped her hands), and the Shriners that rode around on Alligator cars and sprayed water and bubbles. She waved at people and even said Princess when the Watermelon Festival Queen rode by. Then we met up with Daddy (he slept in late becuase he has to work tonight :-( ) and we had lunch, Anna-Grace had a corn dog and french fries.



We walked around some after that and Anna-Grace rode her 1st rides, she rode the Carousel 1st then some Bumble Bee ride. She liked them both a lot and didn't seem scared at all. She's such a dare devil. We ended our trip with some Dippin Dots Ice Cream and headed home. She is now upstairs knocked out for hours I am sure.

Almost There!

Tonight after Anna-Grace and I got home and we got her changed into her jammies, she treated her daddy and me. She would walk from him to me, then from me to him. She did it for about 10 minutes and got so excited because she knew she was doing something big! It's taking her a little while, but I think we are almost there. She will be walking in no time!

Give Me Three Steps..

So for those of you that did not hear my screams of joy last night, Anna-Grace finally took her first steps on her own! She only took three then sat down and laughed but she is well on her way to a full flegged toddler! Of course she did it when there was no camera around so no video or pics, but stay tuned I am sure it won't be long before we are chasing her around the house!

I think her walking had something to do with the Olymipcs being on.....maybe she will be in them one day :-)

Eye teeth are no walk in the park!

So the past week has been a bit challenging! When we came home from Raleigh we quickly discovered Miss Anna-Grace had an ear infection and ALL 4 of her eye teeth coming in. We went to the doctor on Monday and I stayed home with her. She didn't wake up during the night much but she's been real whinny and the wrost dirty diapers I have EVER had to change. 3 of them are in, with 1 more to go, so pray we make it thru the weekend!

The pictures I put up is AG showing off her new teeth, and playing with her favorite Fur Sibling Payton!

A Blast From The Past

This weekend my mom came up to keep Anna-Grace and Chris and I were treated to a weekend with old friends in Raleigh. It started out as just going to hang out with Tripp and Joe (an old friend that used to work at the bar with them). But once we got to Buckhead we saw TONS of Chris's old friends. It was a nice treat to see everyone and talk about old times.


Saturday we did a little bit of shopping (we had to bring Anna-Grace home a present), and had a yummy luch at The Cheesecake Factory. We are home now resting up a bit before the work week begins!

She's so Curious....

Anna-Grace is just getting so curious these days....she has always been very observant, even when she was very little. Unlike most babies that just go along with what they want, Anna-Grace has always been overly interested at what people around her are doing, watching your every move. Take for instance the top picture. I was sitting at the computer the other day with her in my lap looking at pictures, I kicked off my flip flops and all of a sudden she wanted to get down, so I put her standing up holding onto my legs. Well she quickly (and when I say quickly I mean it...she is fast as lightning these days) sat down and crawled over to my flip flops. Where for the next 30 minutes she tried to put them on like I do and kept saying "mommy shoes" it was just the cutest thing and luckily my camera was in reach.

The other pic is from her 1st adventure with fried chicken the other day. It was unfortunatley a big fat BOMB. For those of you that are not around Anna-Grace that much the poor child HATES to get her hands dirty, so needless to say the fried chicken was a no go for her she kept putting it down and holding her hands out for me to clean them......what a silly girl!

Mom's Night Out

Thanks to our wonderful husband's Kristel and I were treated to a Mom's Night Out this past Saturday night. We headed down to City Hotel and Bistro and listened to the Johnny Dollar Band, drank and danced the night away. It was nice to go out and just be silly for a night. We even ran into a few old friends. Thanks again Chris and Tommy! We love you!

Anderson Family Reunion!

Yesterday was the Anderson Family reunion. It was so much fun watching Anna-Grace play with her cousins. They had tons of great food and the weather was just perfect....though it could have been about 15 degrees cooler :-) Only got a chance to snap a few pics yesterday of Anna-Grace and Kairi, and my new Nephew Thorne!

Fun in the Sun!

The Paul's invited Anna-Grace and I to the pool to play this afternoon. Anna-Grace and Colin are playing so well together! Anna-Grace did not know what to think about the whole pool thing since this one is way bigger than her baby pool at home. It took her a few minutes to adjust but then she was off. Splashing the water and kicking her feet, she got so good at kicking her feet that she would swim away from you when you tried to catch her. Daddy was working :-( so he didn't get to come and boy did we miss him!

Ashlyn Turns 1!!

Yesterday we were treated to a 1st birthday party at Shannon and Steve's for Miss Ashlyn. Anna-Grace was a bit confused since her 1st birthday was just a little over a month ago. She kept pointing to herself when you would ask her where the birthday girl was, and she was WAY to excited when it came time for Ashlyn to open her presents.
It was such a fun day all the food was yummy and Anna-Grace played so hard she fell asleep in the car on the way home!

Fun with the Paul Family

Last night we took Anna-Grace to go play with Colin. Tommy and Kristel just bought a house right around the corner so we headed over there so the kids could play. We got to watch some TV, eat some Pizza and even played some cards. Colin and Anna-Grace are so cute playing together......he even fed her some peperonni! We look forward to many fun nights with the Paul Family!

She Get's Sweeter Everyday........

So Miss Anna-Grace has got a new "baby". It's not really new, just something I found in her toybox the other day and gave to her. Well to my suprise she took to it and now is just the cutest little thing with her baby. She carries it around for a bit when she wakes up in the morning, and has to have it when she goes to bed at night. Chris and I both have to give the baby nite-nite kisses and hugs before they go to bed and so does Anna-Grace. She will even hold the baby and pat it's back like we do her. It's just the cutest thing! The picture we took was of her playing with her toys with the baby.......I think the baby needs a name, but for now it's just baby!!

The next picture is of her latest thing, when I put her on the floor to play with toys, she always crawls over to her toy box and pulls one toy out at a time and plays with it until all the toys are in the middle of the floor and I just happenede to catch her in the act. It sure makes a mess but she is happy doing it!

Oh What A Night!

Last night was our annual Birthday Bash for Chris, and as usual it was a success! We did get rained on a bit, but it cleared up. We re-lived our college days and had the most amazing food, thanks to Chris's sister,as usual, she always makes the neatest treats! It was such a great time and it's so nice to get to hang out with our friends and relax right in our own backyard! Now Chris and I get to recover for the next 2 weeks :-)

Happy Birthday Chris!

Today is not only America's Birthday, but 37 years ago today Christopher Linwood Williford was born! He is so special that the rest of the world celebrates his birthday with him. We didn't do much today just mainly preperations for his annual birthday bash tomorrow....more pics to come.