Sonic on the way to the Beach

As most of you, that read this blog, know I am addicted to Sonic.  Mainly their cokes.  The Route 44 ones.  There usually isn't a day that goes by that I don't go to a Sonic and make my daily purchase.  It has become a joke with most of my friends.  But those same friends are the friends that I will stop and get their soda of choice before a meeting, etc.  You know who you are, my Dr. Pepper and Coke loving friends!!  But.... on the way to the beach, I had thought I was going to be without coke from Sonic the entire trip.  But how lucky was I when we found a Sonic on the way to the beach.  I was so excited.  And yes, Michael laughed at me.  But how nice of him to stop for me, and to go slow as we were pulling out so I could document the Sonic we stopped at on the way to the beach!!!

Our handsome boy

Here is Jacob in a picture that Dr. Morgan and his wife Candy made.  I actually asked them to crop Jacob's head to be in a pic all of his own.  The original has Anna Kate in it.  But we love this pic of Jacob and his sweet face.  The scratch on his nose just adds to realness of the picture.  He usually has a scratch of some kind on his body at all times.  I guess that's the life of a little boy.  And we love the life we have with him!!!!

Our beautiful little girl

Here is our precious little Anna Kate after church yesterday morning.  This is a pretty little dress from her Nana.  She looks so pretty in it.  Anna Kate is starting to get more hair on top of her pretty little head.  Not enough to put a bow in yet.  Which I, of course, am very anxious to do!!!  I love bows.  I wish I could still wear them and not get crazy looks from everybody!!  Ha! Ha!  Anna Kate loves to smile.  And she is slowly finding her "voice".  She likes to squeal, and it is the cutest little thing ever.  It's so girly!!!

Olivia's 3rd birthday

Olivia and her Ariel birthday cake.  The plates were full of princesses and they had "tiara's to wear too.  The boys were great sport about wearing them.

Olivia and her "pose" with her lovely cowboy boots.

Olivia didn't want to use a fork or spoon.  She just picked up the whole piece of cake and ate is that way.  What a mess.  But messes are okay on birthdays.

Olivia and her new silver shoes.  She had to put them on immediately.

Olivia and her princess dress from MeeMaw.  The dress came with a tiara, wand, shoes, mask, and purse.  Everything a princess could ever need!!

Football time in Tennessee

We watched the first football game of the season watching it with some of our friends.  It was a surprise party for our friend Bartley's 30th birthday.  We watched it at the Capital Theater in their amazing room upstairs.  Well, we all know how the game ended, but we had a wonderful time with our friends.  And Jacob had a fabulous time playing with Abby Hall, Brody McMurray, Chloe and Claire Chaffin, and Kylie McMurray.

Jacob in his football jersey.  He loves wearing football stuff.  He kept asking for a helmet. Which, of course, we don't have one.  But he knows that his Daddy has some at his school.  Well, he can't wear any of those until they are cleaned out really, really well.
The kids:  Anna Kate, Jacob, Claire, Chloe, Brody, Brandt, and Abby.  It's not easy getting seven kids ages 3 and under to pose for a pic.  But we think they did pretty good for this one.
Anna Kate being loved on by our friend Melissa Porter.
Jacob and Anna Kate at home for their pic in their UT garb.  Jacob loves his little sister.  We are so lucky to have been blessed with our great children.  And our great friends to hang out with.

All the Baumann family - minus PeePaw

                            Emily, not knowing I am taking her picture.

Olivia lying beside Anna Kate acting like she is asleep.  She can't wait for Anna Kate to be big enough to play with her.

                          Michael, David, Andrew, Emily and Melissa.

                                    Andrew and his new wife, Vicki!

      Jacob, Preston, and Brannon laying on MeeMaw's bedroom floor.

      Braxton, Olivia, Jacob, Anna Kate, Preston, Grant, and Brannon

Olivia and her Tiara in a exer-saucer she is too big for.  But having loads of fun.

Jacob, also in the exer-saucer that he is too big for.  Also having loads of fun.

               Brannon, Braxton, and Preston watching Chicken Little.

Ben, Melissa, Preston, and Grant came in for the Labor Day weekend.  We were all able to be together on Saturday night and have dinner together.  PeePaw was flying, so he was unable to be with us.  We had a great time.  All the kids seemed to get along just great and were very well behaved.  We all had a nice time.

Game

Jacob found a joystick game that Michael had gotten before Jacob was born and we did play it when it was a baby.  The interesting thing is, he knew where it was and knew where to plug it in.  We were both very impressed.  So, Jacob wanted his Daddy to play with him.  Jacob kept hitting the fire button.  Doesn't work too well with Pac-Man.  But it works quite well with the "rocket ship" game.  Jacob does try to play Pac-Man and the race car game.  He has so much fun.  And Michael loves having his little boy being ready to play video games with him.  How great it will be when he can play the games and know what he needs to do.  Or maybe not.  If Jacob is as competitive as the rest of us, we are in for some big trouble!!