Happy Thanksgiving!

Hard time letting go...

So last night I had to go through all of Sam's "newborn" clothes and box them away. I am so sad that he is growing up so fast. He is no longer in that "newborn" stage and it made me cry. Everyone has told me to enjoy him at each stage because they grow up so fast, but I was not thinking it would be this fast. Not only is Sam 7 weeks old tomorrow, he is also 14 pounds now. Although, I am having a hard time with him leaving the newborn stage, I am so excited to watch him grow and learn new things. He is so much fun! He is responding so much to me and his dad. He now smiles, moves his head to watch us as we walk past him, and makes the cutest cooing noises.

Check out how much he has changed:

Newborn

Today

and yep, he is now smiling!!!

A beautiful day

Yesterday was such a perfect day! Sam was given a beautiful baby blessing by his dad. We had so many family members and friends there to support us. Thank you everyone!! We love you all so much!

Look how handsome he looks in his blessing outfit!

My whole fam damily!

Thanks dad for coming out for Sam's special day!

Grandma Bullock & Grandma Parsons

Grandma and Ganpi VanGend (or Gompy as Jeremy would spell it)

Matt's fam


Greggers

Annie & Boss. I can tell Sammy and Bossy are gonna be best friends! Look at that.. they both have their binkies in and are looking at something.. hmmmmm.. I smell future trouble! haha

3 Generations

I love this pic because Sam is looking at his dad! So cute!

A Busy October

First of all.. Matt turned the big 3-0 on October 28th! I surprised him and took him to the Inn on the Creek in Midway and we played golf at the Homestead over the weekend. Well, I should say that it was my first time and I "tried". The people behind us were not so patient as I took 20 swings to get to the green. So we teamed up with another couple and I watched them play. But I got to drive the golf cart... that's the funnest part anyways, right?

We also threw a party for Matt on the 28th. I hope you had a great 30th birthday sweethart!!!

While we were away for the night, Grandma and Aunt Annie watched Sam and took him trunk-or-treating. It was so sad leaving our little boy for the night. Matt and I pretty much talked about Sam the whole time : ) Anyways - How come our little pumpkin didn't come home with any candy guys? haha

We also had a pumpkin carving party. Matt, Jeremy, and Jerod performed an operation on their pumpkins.

Stef won the sugar cookie contest. Here they are in action!!

HALLOWEEN