Forever Friends ...

Kennedy and Carly took Nancy and and me to see Disney on Ice a few weeks ago. We first went to the mall where the girls got to pick out their own Sleeping Beauty bikinis and matching flip flops!!! Then they went thru Claires and they LOVED it ... they had a BLAST!

Aren't they ADORABLE partying to Hannah Montana? We are IN TROUBLE in about 10 years!!!

Figure skating and Hockey ...

Cameron and Kennedy have just finished their first session of ice skating lessons - or Figure Skating/Hockey if you ask them ;)

They have REALLY improved over the 8 week session and are both excited to start the next 8 weeks now!

My baby is walking!!!

Cohen is such a super star ... he wasn't quite walking on his first birthday, but he's taken off since then!!! A week after his first birthday he started and since then, he's RUNNING! You can't hold him back. Here are a few pics of him over the past 4 weeks!






Just starting ... a week after his birthday ...

Surely gaining confidence, 2 weeks after his first birthday.

NO PROBLEM ... he's running. And falling on the driveway, he even has the bruises on his palms and busted lip to prove it :)

Little Lady ...

Kennedy and Cameron are going to be in Nat Nat's wedding on October 17th and they are SO excited. Probably Kennedy more than Cameron at this point because she gets to wear a poofy dress! Nat Nat came in town a few weeks ago so we could go dress shopping (and margarita drinking - but that's just because Daddy wasn't home to watch the boys so we could leave - at least that's our excuse!)

Kennedy had a BALL ... she was a little annoyed by the uptight people that wouldn't let her jump and twirl in her gorgeous dresses, but David's Bridal let her run around like a little princess. She was in heaven!!
This is a gorgeous lacey dress like Nat Nats ... isn't she cute?!

My gosh - she LOVED the shoes.

Superstar.

Update ...

So - I still haven't had time to post a good post for Cohen's birthday - and that was a month ago today. Still can't believe my baby is 13 months old. He's such a cutie! Let me tell you how adorable he is when someone is sad. Kennedy fell down and got hurt yesterday, Cohen walks/runs over to her and hugs her and puts his head in her chest. He is SUCH a little lover.

And he cracks me up. He's a true Gresham. He loves to fart and burp. If he does it once, he grunts and strains until he does it again, then he laughs and looks at you with this ADORABLE smile until you smile and laugh too. It's a good thing he's so darn cute, because he STILL hates to sleep ;)

So - some pics. Daddy was home on President's Day so we took him to COSI. The kids had a blast. They really enjoyed showing Cohen their favorite part - the water feature!!!

Random thoughts ...

I've been wanting to post for over a week - no time to write one ...

1. Cohen knows like 3 signs - more, eat, all done. I love it ... but I also wish he'd use his words ... not "UGHHHHHHHHHHHHH ... or AGHHHHHHHHHHh"

2. He just walked across the family room, turned around and headed back the other way. I think he's finally going to do it. I'm kinda sad.

3. I took him to the Dr for his 1 yr appt today - it was the wrong day. Gotta hate that.

4. Why does Cameron slide across the floor and ruin his adorable Osh Kosh running pants?!

5. Rudy isn't better ...

6. Natalie's baby will be here in 5 weeks ... I need to start the blanket.

7. Austin is working all night tonight and out of town Saturday and Sunday. That stinks.

8...gotta go, Cohen is walking over to the back door and nearly opening it - who invented lever door handles? No wonder I haven't posted.

Whew ....

It's not often that you have a baby shower, a funeral and a first birthday party in one week. But that's our week in a nutshell...

First we celebrated baby Abigail Peyton Bruner. Natalie and David will be welcoming their little baby girl in the next few months and we had a big party to celebrate!

Then ... we had Memaw's funeral. She passed away on Friday night. It's so hard to believe that she is not with us anymore - but we are SO very thankful that she went quickly and she lived a long, full, happy life. We love you Memaw...

THEN ... a few days later - we had Cohen's first birthday party!!! For months, I've been dreading the day. For some reason, when it finally got here, I was actually ok with it (possibly exhaustion?!?!) I'll have to give him a proper post for his big day - but here's a cute pic of him with his favorite present!

Oh ... and yesterday Rudy slipped on the hard wood floor. Most likely he'll be needing ACL surgery - he's at the vet getting x-rays now. Never a dull moment ;)