Bluefield, VA trip!

Well Mitchell made his second trip to Bluefield, VA (where my mom and grandparents are originally from)within his first 10 months of life! My pawpaw's family had their reunion, so we all went up. Mitchell and I stayed w/my grandmother's best friend, Janet, at her house. She was knocking on our door as soon as she heard Mitchell make a peep in the mornings! She was a huge help (THANK YOU Janet) and i think she liked Mitchell just a little! :0) Mitchell got to play in a creek that was down from Aunt Ruby's, go to the park just about everyday, see the ducks, and eat some of Aunt Ruby's famous biscuits! Here are just a few pictures from the trip.

Dad was playing around with Mitchell and put these glasses on. He seemed to really like them, because he didn't try taking them off for the longest time!
Mitchell with Debbie, showing off his new cars that Nolen went to Wal-Mart and bought for him! :)

Mitchell with grandmother (on left) and Ms. Janet (on right). Ms. Janet was nice enough to let Mitchell and I room with her for the weekend. We had our own little suite!

Uncle Craig letting Mitchell play in the creek down from Aunt Ruby's house. He loves any type of water!

Me w/all the boys! My cousins Jonathan, Jacob, Craig (brother), and Jeremy! This was at Pawpaw's Kidd family reunion! Pawpaw won two door prizes for having the most desendants there w/him and they also drew his name for a door prize!

HOLY Molar!

Well it looks like Mitchell will have both of his upper molars pretty soon. He has had a runny nose and cough the past week and has been drooling ALOT. (A LOT as in leaving drool behind him everywhere he crawls too) He didn't drool near this much with his other teeth. It looks like he'll be eating steak in no time! We are off to Bluefield, VA this weekend for the Kidd family reunion, so i'm sure i will have many pictures to post once we get back. Have a fun and safe Memorial Day!

10 months

Well Mitchell is now 10 months old. It's so hard to believe that in 2 months we will blowing out his first birthday candle! It's exciting, but at the same time i wish he wasn't growing up quite so fast. He is in to EVERYTHING now! Grandmother discovered last Thursday that he knows how to climb stairs, so thats another thing to add to our no-no list for now. He has 7 teeth right now and you can see the 8th one, so its just a matter of time for it. We are working on eating more "big people" foods. I think he just needs to get used to the different textures. Well i guess thats all for now.
Yesterday we went to Aunt Susie's to celebrate Pops' birthday and to visit with Cousin Barbara and Jamie who came in from Deleware.

All the boys!
Mitchell and Daddy with cousins Jamie, Michael, and Uncle Clay!
Mitch eating up the grandparents attention!

The day we were having our yard sale, my dad and I decided to check out a neighborhood's community yard sale down the road and we came back with this HAHA Mitchell LOVES it! Anytime he sees it sitting outside he will just keep staring at it! John is doing a paint job on it now so its out of order for now!

Swinging at the park!

I LOVE taking pictures!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pops!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Pops,
Happy Birthday to you!

We just wanted to wish Pops a Happy Birthday today! We went to church yesterday morning in Hartsville, then to Aunt Susie's afterwards for lunch to celebrate his birthday! You can just see how proud he is whenever one or all of his grandkids are around! We hope you have a wonderful day!

P.S. Just act like you are how old that I thought you were! HAHA

4 months - 9 months

OK, so i think I have gotten caught up! It's really amazing how things can change SO much w/in just a few months! Looking back on these pictures we used to be able to relax and sit a little more, but these days we are usually chasing Mitchell around and saying, "NO" a WHOLE lot! I can't imagine what life will be like once he starts walking, but we can't wait! John is anxious for him to start walking so they can go throw ball, play at the park, and do other things like that! But from here on our, hopefully i can keep everything relatively updated! ENJOY!

4 months
Trying out Nolen's recliner! I think he likes it!
LADIES MAN!! This was Mitchell's first road trip (besides traveling in the RV) to see Aunt Shannah & Uncle Matt! They now live in Woodstock, GA, so it was about a 3 1/2 hour trip! The outfit was given to him by Aunt Shannah too! :0)
5 months

Look at Mr. Cool Joe sporting his Polo pullover, given to him from his two cool Uncles, Daniel & David!

"WOW, opening presents is a tough job!"

6 months

Mitchell sure loves his daddy!

This is when Mitchell first started learning to sit up. At first he would go back, then he would go forward and put his hands down. We kept pillows behind him for a while, but he caught on to the sitting up thing and found out that it was pretty fun

7 months

Ok, so we obviously didn't take too many pictures in February! LOL This was the best one that i could find, but it does have a good story behind it. Mitchell is watching the dvd that Pops and Grams made for us all! It shows me, Lisa, and Karla when we were pregnant, then pictures of Mitchell, Michael, and Maddie as they are growing. But, everytime we turn this dvd on, even if Mitchell isn't looking at the tv, he automatically turns around...FAST!!!
8 months old

I LOVE bathtime! And if you look real close you can see that I actually have hair!

Cleaning Grandma's floor!

9 months old

Celebrating mommy's birthday at Demo's!

Easter at Great Aunt Peggy & Great Uncle Bobby's

Mommy & Mitchell playing their favorite game...."Has anyone seen Mitchell?"

Birth - 3months

The past 10 months have defintely been a big adjustment for John and I, but its worth every sacrifice! Mitchell has been the happiest baby and we feel so blessed! He has the friendliest personality and you hardly see him in a bad mood. The first three months were pretty rough as far as lack of sleep (we had and still have a hungry boy) We never thought we would say to ourselves, "If we could only get 4 hours straight of sleep." HAHA But we all survived and now Mitchell usually sleeps from 8-6, so its very nice! Early on John would always say, "I just wish you could do a trick and move around." Now I hear him saying, "Would you please just sit still for one second." Grandma understands this completely, she has a hard time keeping him in one place in her very open house. He army crawls to whereever he wants to be, then he will pull himself up and has no fear of falling. He has fell a few times and has collected some very nice bruises on his face, but he's a tough little booger (he gets it from his momma ;0) )

This is the first 3 months, i'll add more pictures of the other 7 months whenever i get time! (you'll have to go to the bottom of this post and scroll up)

Happy Boy!

3 months old - Look a those muscles (some people call them muscles, some call them rolls!)

Mommy & Mitchee

One of Mitchell's first smiles, captured on camera!

One month old...Mitchell's first "UFC" fight

Passy Baby!

1 week old - Napping on the couch!

Just a swingin'!!

This is grandma and Papaw's new swing that they put up at their house last week! Mitchell loves it and loves being outside!

Welcome!

So, i have been reading many other peoples blogs about their kids and I decided if nothing else it would be good for Mitchell to look back on and read when he's older! So this is my first official blog...EVER! For now i am off, but i will be collecting pics and other things to put on here! Mitchell says hello and that he hopes you all keep visiting his blog and checking up on him!