Sammy's Six-Month Montage

As we close in on Sammy's six-month birthday (April 26th), we thought we would do a little montage of our guy throughout his brief but eventful time here on the planet. Hope you enjoy the show!

Anna's 2nd Birthday Party

I know it's a little late, but better late than never... there was some video taken at Anna's birthday party in late February, so here's a little taste of the festivities at the Mellow Mushroom.

And below that is Part 2 where Anna opened presents at home after the party!

Enjoy!

Easter egg hunting

We had so much fun with Anna's first Easter egg hunt! Once she got the drift of what was going on, it was extreme cuteness. As Aunt Eli said, the best thing about this age is that they don't really notice the eggs falling out of their baskets as they are running around. Then they turn around an see all these eggs on the ground think, "Wow! More eggs!!!"

Recent Randoms!

HI! It's been awhile - we've been a few places and would like to share some pics! Also trying out the mobile version of blogspot... There will be more and better photos posted soon, but wanted to give our peeps something in the meantime!

Brother and Sister

Braves Spring Training

Anna in 'her' car

The 'Bone'

Sky Valley

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My baby is TWO!

How quickly a year goes by!!!! I can't believe my little baby is two! What a year it has been so far!

Anna eating Oscar the Grouch (the cupcake)

Granny B and Sammy!

Cousin Carter!

JonMark and Cindy!

Heather and Bennett discuss the benefits of pizza and birthday parties!

Proud Dads!
Back home opening presents!

mishpocheh

noun
(Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); Or mishpokhe or mishpucha. It means “family,” as in “Relax, you’re mishpocheh. I’ll sell it to you at wholesale.”

Harry and Sherry are mishpocheh and happily came for a visit last week! We took them to my favorite Indian restuarant in town: Madras Saravana Bhavan (say that 5 time fast). Although Anna was in rare form for most of the dinner (sigh), we had a great time. They are two of the cooler cats in the world.

As I mentioned, Anna was in rare form, so eventually it was too much and I took her outside. We played in the magazine stand area outside the restaurant. Rather hilariously, she sat in one of the holders...............then she got stuck:

Findings

It's been a big couple of weeks for Sammy. First, he found his thumb and got very good at getting it into his mouth. Then more recently, he found his FEET. This is huge in Sammy's world and he is very happy about it. I'll try to get a pic of him playing with his feet here soon, but for now, here's some thumb cuteness.

Jet Pack Baby Part 2

There is a tradition in the Fowlkes house (apparently) of making sure all kids know how to operate a jet pack properly. Anna succeeded and now it is Sammy's turn. An he does it with a smile...

That's Sammy

This is our son... the 2nd kid usually gets slighted a bit on the picture/video front, but thought we'd give him some props. Anna makes a subtle appearance... as usual.

Our boy!

Anna Jumps on the Bed

It has been a busy time for the Fowlkes house lately, but not so busy where we can't catch a few fun times... Anna is trying out jumping these days, and the bed seems to be the best place to practice. This video is a typical bed-jumping session for our girl.... notice her signature 'cheese' at the beginning and a good line at the very, very end.

Enjoy!

Anna & Sammy

This is just cute stuff... the interaction between brother and sister is priceless.

Enjoy!

Bear with us

We have 2 kids... tough to post.

Christmas cuteness

With Anna and Sammy in their matching Christmas pj's, thanks to Omi, we got very adventurous this morning. We decided to let Anna hold Sammy for a little photo shoot. I had no doubt it would go so well (once we were done, that is).



There are now TWO photos of the four of us! This is from our Christmas Eve Aquarium trip, which is apparently the way to go. Not crowded at all!

OK, so there are technically 3, but does this one really count? Cool shark, though, eh!
Trying to get Anna to notice the xx-ton shark 5 feet away from her.

Pensacola Beach week!

We spent the first week of December at Omi and Gampa's house. It had just gotten cold in Atlanta, but was still beautiful in FL. We had a great time on the beach with our little ones, but we had a really great time going out at night while the babysitters took care of said little ones.

This is how mommies and daddies get babies. They fall from the sky. And that's the story we're stickin' with!

Out on the fishing pier. I think it's ~1/4 mile to the end. In any case it's gorgeous.



Anna started the day scared of the water, so we played "dodge the waves". About 20 minutes later we had to stop her from running into the Gulf!

Sammy snoozing with an ocean view. Not a bad nap spot!

Mountain Park chili cook off

A few thousand people fewer attended than Chomp and Stomp, but that just meant we could actually get to the chili! Such a great time, and of course, wonderful to see the fam.



Watching the "band".

Lovely Austins, Joyce, Mimi and Pammie.

Lunch with Mimi and Pam - great to get a little extra cuddle time in there!
Sammy has some fun with Mimi