More from Memphis

Liv is uninterested.Liv is attempting to escape.So Tuck holds her face and plants one on her.
Jess is the #1 Mom as her mug reads.
Uncle Rob's 'Early Morning Donkey' is a BIG hit. "Again... Again..."

we heart uncle jem.

--tucker & liv

Meeting Miller!

We had the opportunity to spend one of our sweetest times ever with our college FAMILY a couple weeks ago in Memphis. The highlight was meeting the gorgeous baby above, Miller Thompson!
Another highlight was watching our children play together. Olivia and Tucker above playing "choo-choos" and below, Livvy & Miller.
The low point of the trip was sweet Olivia's major toe injury. It was terrible and took a long time to stop bleeding - it helped once we got her lovey and elevated her foot above her heart!

Tucker, with the Pyramid and downtown Memphis in the background, ridin' neck-ed!

Catching up...

We spent Tucker's 2nd Birthday in Hilton Head with my parents and the Korbeckis. Due to an unfortunate kayak incident, our digital camera has died and we are back to our awesome 35mm. It takes much better pictures, but it is harder to blog. Trade off.

First, the birthday.
He loved his trains from Nan and Pop and his basketball hoop from us.

He got an "Elmo at the Beach" cake. Kyle decided it needed 40 candles. Tuck loved the cake - but needed a lot of help blowing out all the candles - and he especially enjoyed helping himself to the icing. It reminded me of Girbs eating icing off the top of baked goods back in college b/c she was allergic to the cake part. He had that same technique of running his finger down the side on the top! :)

Beachin' It

And now presenting the most adorable creature at the beach!

Laying out like Mama
Pop and Nan!

" Where's Daddio?"

Curious George Goes Fishing

Ready for School

Thanks to Aunt Betsy (& Uncle Casey, I'm sure!) I have now taken the cutest picture of Tucker Ryan E-V-E-R. They sent this precious gift for his birthday. I can barely stand it. He put the backpack on and started strutting around like the Big Man on Campus that he is going to be. Southside Methodist Preschool - here he comes!

What do you want to do today? "Kick Kick!"

Tucker's favorite activity of the summer has been swimming ("Kick Kick") lessons. He goes twice a week with Miss Cara and he is almost as obsessed with it as he is with Mimi's car. He squeals when we pull in to the neighborhood and throws his arms up and yells "Yah!" when we get to the pool. So cute...Where's Cara?

Waiting as patiently as possible...

Technique

He mostly just swims to the side and climbs out, but he loves it!
That's a lot of swimming pictures, but I had to document the thing most talked about this summer.

Happy Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday sweet Olivia!

I love you!

Your friend, Tuck

30.

Bill, Julie, Deena, Darin and us.
Phenomenal trip to Hilton Head without children with two of my very best friends from high school, Julie and Deena. The girls all turned 30 this year. We love that the guys all get along so incredibly well... You might notice that our husbands all look very similar. We have noticed that, too. It is sort of weird.

And Happy Birthday to Deena yesterday (7-7-07)!!! My OLDEST friend (as in friend for the longest time) and the sweetest person you've ever met. We have been true friends for 28 years. Love you Deen!

A Day in the life of Tucker...

is never complete without some good car time. I thought about how much time this child sits perched in his throne back there and wanted to make sure I recorded it with the camera. He loves it back there. Before we leave the house he always asks whether we are taking "Mama's caw or Daddio's twuck". Then he makes sure I have "Mama's keeeeeeeys." Then he sits in the back chirping away the entire ride -- mostly pointing out every car that he knows someone owns. He usually sweats. A lot. Fun times.

4th of July

We had a bunch of friends over including Isabella. She and Tucker both love the camera so they are easy to photograph!

Our sweet Goddaughter, Kathryn. Check out this precious 4th of July dress! Tucker was not in the mood to pose with her.

"And this is my cheesy Daddy-O with his koozie" -- Tucker

Various shots of the child

Sesame Street. Always holds the knees.


Check out those curls.

Male model pose.

A girl!

We have a niece! Congrats to Betsy & Casey on the birth of Katharine Celia McCormac. She was born Thursday, June28th and is going by Celia or Cia. We are hating not being there to meet her in person, but we will hopefully get there soon.

The final hours

The last day Noah was in Jacksonville was spent playing with Tucker. They laughed. They wrestled. They did Legos. It was heart wrenching to say good-bye!

Tucker's Friends

We are so blessed to be able to raise Tucker alongside so many Godly, incredible friends. Tucker is always cute, but he is MUCH cuter when playing with one of his friends!!

Welcome Baby Anna!

We also want to welcome baby Anna Kelley Sims in to the world! Congrats to our dear friends Greg and Gina on their first child born yesterday... you can see pictures of her on their new blog. Love it!