Birmingham weekend

What a crew! Shelby and I traveled to Birmingham this weekend to see all of our friends and their babies. Left to right: Chase Estess, Micah Malouf, Egan Ferguson, Ethan Estess. They are all so precious!

Perdido

We had a fun weekend at the beach with the Pooles and Gates.

Halloween

Carter at the Halloween carnival. It was impossible to get him to stand still for a picture.

Halloween Party

You gotta love Halloween!

Here are some pics from the Halloween party at the Englands last weekend.

new meaning to Frank-dog
Cory taking an upper-cut from the "Dog"

Friends

We had a great weekend with friends. We went to a Halloween party at the Englands Friday, and had a great time, of course. I left my camera there so look for pictures from that later this week. Here are a couple of pics from the camp Saturday night. The Pooles had us out to watch our beloved Bulldogs shame themselves.

Katie, Isabelle, Myself and Carter

Emma, Carter, Mollie Ann, Lawton, Isabelle (not happy because big boy had sat on her little arm!) Carter especially liked it when Lawton went in for a kiss before we left.

Carter's First Birthday

My baby is 1!! It just doesn't seem possible. We had a great time with family and friends Saturday. Carter thoroughly enjoyed himself. Aside from the brief encounter with ants and stripping his clothes off in the middle of the party, discovering he had been bitten multiple times, and evacuating all the children from the yard, it was a perfect day. Don't worry, Cory and the gasoline resumed play in the yard! He had so much fun running around with all the kids. But most of all, he loved his cupcake. Some of you know we are going through some trouble with allergies, and until we know what's causing it, he can't have several food items, including eggs and milk (which happen to be a vital part of birthday cake). But I was determined he would have one to eat. I found a place where you can order nut,egg, and milk free bakery goods.(She was on Martha Stuart). http://www.divvies.com/ . Not bad for what they are. He obviously didn't know the difference because he DEVOURED the whole thing. It was so cute. He asked if we could become full time vegans, but mamma's not giving up those leather pumps for anyone!

Thanks to all those that made it the best 1st birthday for our little man!

The progression of the cupcake

The big kids



The vegan goods
telling cousin Brian all about it

You didn't think I was eating those cupcakes!

Gran and Carter
Chloe, Isabelle, Carter, Hadley, Ella and Eli
Carter and his women
This was the best we could do. Sorry we didn't get all the moms and kids in the picture!

Beach Trip

We had a wonderful trip to Orange Beach. Cory's family came the first part of the week and mine the second. Carter had a blast. Here a few out of the hundreds we took.