NEW BLOG

Hi everyone! The past month or so has been extremely busy, but I've finally found the time to start our new blog. The link is http://adrianeh.blogspot.com/ so be sure to follow me and add it to your book marks! I will no longer be updating "The Southern Life" so that's where you should go for all of our family news. Love you all!

~Adriane

Happy Birthday Grammy!

*I posted this on Facebook, but for anyone who didn't see... I've hit my photo storage limit on "The Southern Life" so now I either have to start paying for photo storage or start a new blog. I am leaning toward starting a new one because I had planned to when we move in November anyways... so until then I'll be accepting applications for the title of our new family blog! ;)

Onto more exciting news... Happy 80th Birthday to Kevin's Grammy Hazel! She is such a wonderful lady and has been so kind and generous to me since the first time I met her. I really wish that we could have been with her to celebrate her big day... but I hope she had a wonderful one! Kevin, Kerriann and I love you so much! Happy Birthday!

Kerriann talking-video

Kerriann telling us all about her trip to Gulf World...

KA exploring the house

Video from Gulf World

Here is the video I forgot to post of Kerriann dancing before the dolphin show at Gulf World a couple of weeks ago... enjoy!

Updates on Kerriann

I haven't posted pictures lately because something is wrong with the web site and it won't let me upload them! :(  So instead I am going to give you guys a written update on what Kerriann has been up to lately.  Hopefully I can get the problem worked out soon!

Words Kerriann is saying at 13 1/2 months:
Mama
Dada
Papa
Cheese
Bubbles
Ball
Toes
Nose
Dog (her own version, we know what she means)
Woof woof
Kitty cat
Diaper
Ears
Puffs
Cup
Shoes
Hi and Hello
Bye
Uh oh... that's all I can think of for now but if I think of anymore I'll edit to add them!  She is VERY vocal and loves to talk to us.  She also can sign "more," "all done," and "hungry" which is a huge help.  It's nice not having to guess when she wants to eat.  She will either show me the "hungry" sign or walk over to her high chair and ask to eat!

Kerriann has figured out and understands what it means to go somewhere.  If she wants to go outside she will bring me my shoes and then try to push me to the door!  She also loves wearing her shoes around the house.  She definitely seems to be developing a love for anything girly... give her a purse, pair of shoes, or bracelet and she will walk around the house for hours just modeling them.

She is sleeping from 7:30pm-ish to 6am and then taking one nap a day from noon-1.  She is full of energy and never slows down!

She has 8 of her front teeth and her first molar just poked through her gums on the right side of her mouth within the last week.

Some of Kerriann's favorite foods are:  applesauce, peanut butter sandwiches, pears (she still eats these in pureed form), pancakes, Cheerios, spaghetti or any form of pasta, french fries, peas, carrots, cheese and black beans.  She loves whole milk and water (we still haven't given her juice) and would drink all day if we would let her.

Ok... that's all that I can think of for now... I won't have any weight or height updates until her next doctor appointment at 15 months... but let me know if I left anything out that you're curious about!

Gulf World

Kevin, Kerriann and I decided to take advantage of the long weekend and took a day trip to Panama City Beach on Sunday.  We were in the mood to do something other than go to the beach, so we decided to check out Gulf World which was a smaller version of Sea World.  We had a great time and I highly recommend it for anyone with kids who's visiting the area.  Most of the exhibits and shows were either indoors or shaded which was GREAT with the heat! 

After we were done at Gulf World, we did some window shopping at Pier Park and had dinner outside at one of the restaurants there.  It was so nice to spend two days in a row with Kevin, just relaxing!  It has been ages since we've done that! 

Below are some pictures from Gulf World...

 Holding on for dear life, she was a little bit nervous at first around the birds

 Checking out the sting rays

 One of the parrots, they had a great bird show too, but the lighting was too bad for pictures

She knew exactly what to do with this!

 Patiently waiting for the dolphin show to begin... she was dancing to the music and the little girl behind her was staring at her the whole time... I'll try to upload the video of that soon!

 Front row seats for the dolphin show

 Yes, we got soaked!

Lake Tholocco

Kevin, Kerriann, and I spent Saturday afternoon at Lake Tholocco with our friends Carmen and Henry.  We hadn't had a cook-out at the lake since a few weeks before Kerriann was born, so we were way over due.  Kerriann had a great time running around the picnic area and splashing around in the water.  Again, we had another tantrum when it was time to go home!

Kevin and Henry showing the kids how it's done

It was such a beautiful day-perfect lake weather!

Henderson Park-Labor Day Wknd

Saturday morning we took advantage of the semi-cool morning weather and took Kerriann to one of our favorite spots in Enterprise, Henderson Park.  We try to walk the loop there most weekday mornings, but we don't have many chances to take Kevin with us.  It was so nice to have his company!  We let Kerriann run around in the grass for about 45 minutes... she was having so much fun and threw a fit when it was time to go home.  This little girl LOVES playing outside, hopefully that never changes!

Check out her first scraped knee-she wanted to run on the pavement rather than staying on the grass!  Funny thing is, she wasn't upset because of her "boo boo," but because Mommy picked her up and stopped her from playing!

PCB 8-28-10

The day after we returned from our trip home, we took a trip to Panama City Beach with our friends Carmen and Henry and their son Alexander.  It was so great to get out of Enterprise and spend some time with Kevin and our friends after not seeing them for so long.  We had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the beach and then we decided to play in the sand.  The weather wasn't the greatest, it was overcast and had been raining earlier in the day, but we decided that it was better for Kerriann that way anyway.  She LOVED the beach and was so upset when it was time to go home.  Below are pictures from our beach trip!

Our Trip Home...

I am going to come back and write this post later!  Wanted to quickly get some pictures up from the past week... so I'll fill you in on our trip when Kerriann naps and I have more time to think ;).

Bridal Shower

During my trip home, one of the main events planned was my bridal shower!  It was held August 8, 2010 in Morgantown, WV.  My bridesmaids did an amazing job of planning it... I couldn't believe all of the detail they put into everything!  I couldn't have asked for anything better.  I just can't wait until they start getting married so I can return the favor! ;)  

Below are pictures from the shower... I'll do  more explaining as we come to them!

Favors made by my creative cousin Courtney

centerpieces

We played a game where all of the guests had to answer questions about me to see who knew me best... and we also played the game where I had to answer questions about Kevin.  Every time I got one wrong I had to stuff a piece of bubble gum in my mouth... I only got 4 wrong... pretty good!

Opening gifts... and handing bows to my official bow maker-Kathryn

With my lovely assistant ;)

Can't wait to use this at parties!

Kerriann looking cute as always, she had a great time trying out everyone's phones

Gorgeous shadow box from my mom that reads "Adriane and Kevin 10-30-10"

My amazing cake!  Made by a friend from high school... she's just starting a cake business and I think she did a great job for being a beginner!

With my completed bow-bouquet that I will use for the wedding rehearsal

With all of my guests, minus my mom and Kevin's mom

With my Chi O ladies

With 7 of my 8 beautiful bridesmaids

The only picture we didn't get that I'm so upset we missed, is one of me with both of the moms!  We will have to take lots at the wedding to make up for it!

Thanks again to my bridesmaids and friends for making my shower so wonderful.  You all mean so much to me and I can't wait to see you in October!