Catching Up!!

I have been absolutly horrible at this....which I figured would happen! Life gets so hectic that sometimes I forget to slow down and keep people up to date with what is going on! I will try to do better, most of you keep up with us pretty well on Facebook, but for those of you who dont.....here's whats going on in the Hill House....

At the end of February we found out that we are expecting! Our due date is October 29th. Just in time for FL/GA!! :) Which Austins work is thrilled about! We found out in June that our little bean will be another boy to carry on the Hill name! Dayton Matthew Hill (Matthew is after my brother). I think we were a little disappointed at first, as bad as that sounds, we were hoping for our 1 boy and 1 girl. But we have quickly fallen in love with little Dayton and are excited each day that it is getting closer to his arrival. Tate has already labeled him a Power Ranger and a Ninja Turtle. Drew (my nephew), on the other hand, isnt as eager to give up being the "baby" and some days says he is going to "fight him". Other days he wants to love on my belly and feel him kick, we'll just have to wait and see how these boys truly like little man. Not that they really have a choice at this point! :) We have also been busy geting Dayton's room ready for his arrival. Slowly, but surely we are getting there....here are a few pics.....






Austin has also started back to school. He works during the day and then attends school Monday through Thursday nights from 6-10. He is going back to school to work with computers! He started back about a month ago and LOVES it! I am so proud of him. He had his first final last week and made an 89!

We have had a great summer. Tate is ready to start back to school....which he does 2 weeks from today. He will go three days this year instead of 2. But will still go from 9-1 and be with my mom the rest of the day. Other than that nothing too exciting going on in the Hill House. We are just hanging in there!! Here are a couple more pics from our summer. We love you all!!





I forgot to add that we did get to experience our first trip to the ER with Tate this year. Well, mommy did, daddy was at school. Luckily I had my mom and dad to keep me calm. Tate was running through the house and fell and his his head right on the corner of the walls- busted it right open. I was on my way home from work when I got the call. After a quick call to daddy we decided a trip to the ER was in order. We were lucky enough that it could be fixed with glue and no stitches....I cant imagine having to have gone through stitches with him. It was bad enough trying to convience him the bandaid was okay!! :) But we survived and he is proud of his battle wound...and it is healing very well!

Tates Three!!!

Tates third birthday party was a huge sucess, if I can say so myself. We had abt 12 kids that showed up, and their parents of course, which, I dont know what we wouldve done has parents not stayed, it was pretty crazy around here. Luckily we have decent size house, and it was a pretty day, so we could let the kids go outside. Tate had so much fun!! We had cupcakes (that mommy and sissy stayed up the night before making) and opened presents and had a pull-string pinata....which is a great idea, except Tate pulled the one string that opens it the first time!! Oh well, the kids didnt mind, it was FULL of goodies! Thanks to everyone who helped! And we missed everyone who couldnt make it!! I am attempting to get thank-yous out, sorry they havent made it yet, I hit a bump in the road.....Love to all!!!

Photo Shoot at the Park

Sorry, I have fallen a bit behind. I havent had my laptop in a couple weeks. So, now to catch up!

Well, for Tates 3rd birthday, instead of taking him and fighting him to smile to have his pictures taken professionally, we decided to take him to a park on the river and take some shots. We took Alex and Andrew too and got some pretty good pictures of the three of them. I think we all ended up in a picture or two. I will post just a couple of my favorites, for those with facebook, you have probably already seen them all! It was a lot of fun trying to get Andrew to cooperate. He is just like his daddy- he hates pictures!!

Maeleigh Joy

My cousin Tricia and her husband, Brent, welcomed their little girl into the world this past Tuesday. She is the first girl in our FL group of cousins. She is absolutly beautiful! And soo tiny. Tate and I went to visit Tricia and baby Maeleigh today with my mom and grandma. Above is a picture of 4 generations of Carter's. Tricia and Brent also have sweet Bronson who is a year a half old. He is our miracle baby as he has had a lot of health issues since birth. But he is as sweet as he can be and loves just to be held and loved on, which we all love doing! Tate loves Bronson and was excited to meet his new little sister. (Even though Tate still insists that if mommy and daddy decide to give him a sibling he wants a "Drew-Drew boy"). We had a very good visit and hope too see Tricia and the babies again soon!

Circus!!!

We took Reagan and Tate to the circus last weekend. They had a great time! I think that Reagan liked it a little more that Tate, she enjoyed all the twirling and dancing, Tate on the other hand enjoyed the more action filled moments, and there werent as many of those. He really did have a great time. He has been learning about the circus at school, so he was definatly eager to see the elephants and tigers. He also enjoyed the cannon and the big circles that spin while the guys walk on them. He liked the tricks that the elephants did too. It was pretty amazing that such a huge animal can roll around on their back on the ground, and then stand right back up without a problem! I think we will probably venture back next year, maybe his attention span will be a little better so we can enjoy more of the show by then! I tried to get some pictures, but the arena was too dark, my flash didnt do much good so far away, but I did get this one of the kiddos at intermission (sp). It turned out pretty cute!

Last Sunday we went to Disney with Grandmommy and Papa. Tate had a blast, I think we all did. We were all pretty exhausted but it was worth it. Tate had fun showing them around.....like they hadnt ever been before. Tate showed them Buzz and the teacups. If you ever get a chance to go to Disney with Tate you must ride the teacups and go as fast as you can...it is hilarious!! If I can figure out how to upload the video I will. Since our first trip in October, Disney has become a favorite place for us. I was worried 2 was too young, I was definatly wrong. He loves it!! We cant wait to go back, of course, in another week Tate will actually have to buy a ticket, so it might be a while! :)

The Weekend of The Swingset

So, we decided to put Tates swingset together this weekend. Well, Sunday/Monday (thats Austins weekend). So, after church Matt, Andrea and the kids, and mom and dad came over. It actually turned out to be a pretty yucky day. Austin, Andrea and I had spent the night before labeling all the parts and seperating them by phases (there were only 27 phases). After lunch and a quick trip to dads to get the drill, they got to work. It was a very long and tetious process as any of you know who have ever had the thrill of doing this. They didnt get it all done on Sunday, but Austin got back up Monday morning and he and Tate had it done by lunchtime. Tate LOVES it!! That fact alone was worth all the hard work. He hasnt really gotten too much time on it though because we have had such yucky days the past couple of days. Thanks to everyone who helped! Enjoy the pics!!!!