A Family Tradition

Every year, my Mom's side of the family, the Burfitts, gather together the second weekend in November in a cabin in North Alabama for a time of fun, food, fellowship, food, and more fun.  To me, this weekend signals the start of the holidays.  It is one of my favorite times of the year because I get to see loved ones that I don't see often and make more memories with them. We reminisce about our childhoods, learn about our family history (sometimes more than we want to know), play games, watch football, and have enough food to feed four armies.  The last few years, we have been blessed with more little ones to join in the tradition and hopefully we are teaching them the importance of taking time out of your daily life to love your family.  I love family, I love having a place to let the kids just be kids and being able to kick back and watch them play.  Will ran a country mile down the long hallway with his cousins.  We went for walks, played in fall leaves, stomped in mud puddles and threw rocks in the lake.  My Mom loved spending time with family too and I know she looks down on this weekend each year with a smile.

Can you tell this sweet baby was having fun?  Much to my surprise, he didn't even tear up the infamous jigsaw puzzle.  I must say that I held my breath all weekend waiting for that to happen. 

From a Monkey to a Dragon

WOW!  What a difference a year makes.

My little guy has changed and grown so much and is such an amazing blessing.

Halloween 2010

We celebrated Halloween with Amy, Corey, CJ and Luke and had a wonderful time. Will road in his wagon like a pro and although he had no idea what people were giving him, he liked.  Luke, on the other hand was an absolute professional trick-or-treater and a joy to be with.  He is protective of Will and they love each other so much.  I can not imagine what kind of trouble we are in for when Will gets a little older.  It was a great night spent with Super Man and a Dragon!

The 1st Birthday Party - September 2010

Will had an amazing first birthday party!  We all gathered at our church with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme and had a wonderful time.  Although we spent that morning at the Dr.'s office with a ear infection, the little guy was a trouper!  He loves having all of his Grandparents and friends around and Bill and I were blessed to be surrounded by so many people that love our baby.  We did miss some friends and family that weren't able to make it (and although I am three months late with the post) here are a few pictures from the event:

Ok, Ok . . .

I am a rotten blogger.  I know.  I have missed a lot of milestones over the last two months.  The whole reason I write this blog is to chronicle Will's childhood and keep a reminder of where we were and how blessed we are.  Well, I laughed out load this morning when I realized that I have missed events such as Will's birthday party, my birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.  I will try this weekend to get caught up.