Summer Fun and Visiting Daddy!

Hey Everyone,

We just got back from a trip down to visit David in Brunswick, Georgia (an hour south of Savannah). He is down there doing training till the end of August and luckily it is very close to the beach and several islands. Garrett and I made the 8 hour drive last Thursday and drove back on Monday. Garrett was great during the drive and only had a few little breakdowns. Thank for the Lord for the DVD player! We are exhausted, but it was a great trip!

The islands there are called the Golden Isles. We visited St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island and tried to go to Sea Island, but found out that it is private island (wouldn't that be nice). On St. Simons there is a lighthouse and it was beautiful. We spend most of our time on that island. We spent as much time on the beach as we could despite the crazy temperatures. On Sunday it got up to 102 and was 91 at 10:00 at night! So we were at the beach early in the morning or late in the evening.

We saw dolphins off the coast about 100 yards and found some sand-dollars, but I broke the biggest and prettiest one! So I had to go and buy Garrett one just like it!

It was great seeing David and spending a couple of days just relaxing. The seafood down there is awesome and Garrett had his first bite of shrimp.

Enjoy all the new pictures!

Nashville Zoo and House Hunting

This is where Meriweather Lewis died and is buried

Nashville Zoo

David and Abe Lincoln

Garrett and Jakob

Collin and Garrett was exhausted from the day!

The picture I took of the storm

Hey Everyone,

We are finally enjoying a non-rainy day here in Tennessee we are finally seeing sunshine! We have been through a week of rain and storms. A small tornado touched down in Jamestown and I was able to take a picture of something that looked like a tornado. I sent the picture of the news in Knoxville and they thought it was a funnel cloud. And I thought I left all the tornados in Kansas!

We have been busy lately. We are preparing for David to start work (May 26th) and visiting family. We are saddened to report that David's grandmother passed away about 3 weeks ago. A lot of you knew that Bonnie had a brain tumor and it took her too soon. Thank you for everyone who was praying for her.

We spent 5 days in Jackson and then went on to Waynesboro to visit David's family there. On the way back we drove through the Natchez Trace Parkway and stopped to see where Meriweather Lewis died and is buried. We really like seeing historical stops and took this opportunity to see something we hadn't seen before. Did you all know that he supposedly killed himself and is buried in Tennessee?

We met Chad, Heather, Jakob and Collin at the zoo in Nashville and had a great day. It was very hot though! We are headed to Atlanta on Wednesday to look at a couple of houses and figure out which community we want to live in. If anyone has any suggestions please let us know. We aren't buying a house till probably November, but want to figure out exactly what we want. That is the most exciting part! There are tons of homes for sale down there!

Enjoy the pictures of the zoo and keep us in your thoughts as the make the transition for David to move. We won't know what to do because we have been together 24/7 since we moved :)!

Easter and Atlanta

Garrett's Easter basket

Hey Everyone,

It's been awhile since our last update. As most of you know, David finally got his job offer and we finally got our location. We are so excited to be moving to Atlanta in probably mid-November (or somewhere around that time). David has quite a bit of family in the area and we will only be four hours from our parents. We have already been looking at houses, schools, daycares and etc... We are so excited to be looking for a house! We are going to live probably 15-20 miles outside of the city. The other location they offered was Miami, FL, but it was to far!

David will be in training from June till mid-January. First in Brunswick, Georgia then in Maryland (right outside D.C.).

Garrett and I are staying in Tennessee until we buy a house, but are planning on visiting David a lot.

We had a great Easter and spent Sunday afternoon at my grandparents. Garrett doesn't quite grasp hunting Easter eggs, but had lots of fun none the less. We looked super cute in his new tie :)

Enjoy the Easter pictures and thanks for everyone keeping us in your prayers while we were waiting to hear on the job :)

Great Smoky Mountains...

Lots of snow on the mountain...

Garrett bundled up...

The Skiers

Our Cabin

The entrance to the park...

Deer in Cade's Cove (we saw 117)

Jellyfish at the Aquarium

Garrett looking at the fish

Garrett and a bear that was at the cabin

We ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp and this was the sign to let the waiter know what we needed...

Happy March, I know its hard to believe that it is already March. Time flies! Garrett just turned 17 months old and it is amazing new things that he learns every day. He has started saying 'where it go' all the time. He also has said 'mine' a few times when he doesn't want to give what he is holding up. I think we have entered a early version of the terrible twos. Over the past couple of weeks, we have dragged Garrett out of a store kicking and screaming and throwing himself all around. My dad had to drag Garrett off a mechanical horse in Gatlinburg and he threw himself in the floor and went limp (still screaming of course). Other than that :), Garrett is learning so many new words and can climb on about anything now.

We went to Gatlinburg and the mountains the last weekend of February and had a great time. We rented a cabin with Mom, Dad, Cory, Adam and Samantha. We enjoyed just sitting around and of course going to the Scrapbook Warehouse and Children's Place. On Friday we took Garrett to the Aquarium of the Smokies and to Cade's Cove. On Sunday, David, Adam and Cory went skiing and had quite a bit of snow. We weren't sure if we could get down out of the mountain in our vehicle, but did with no problems.

An update on David's job; we had our final home interview two weeks ago and are hoping for a May academy. Keep your fingers crossed!

Cutest Cowboy!

We took Garrett to the Lonestar Rodeo in Cookeville last Friday night. He loved it! He loves cows and horses and was in amazement at everything happening around him. He was in the cutest cowboy contest, but didn't win anything. Of course, he was the cutest though! He got a new cowboy hat for the rodeo and loved it! Enjoy the pictures of the cutest cowboy!

Snow!

We are our first official snow of the year and the first snow that Garrett can remember or get out in. He really liked it and screamed and threw himself in the floor when we went in. I finally got him to say snow or something that sounded like it. The throwing himself in the floor is another new thing. Whenever he doesn't want to do something, he will just throw himself in the floor.

Nothing new really going on with us. It has been so cold here and we have been stuck inside the house. I have been sewing lately and have made Garrett a blanket and made some burp clothes for gifts. We also just had 231 pictures developed to scrapbook. So I have lots to do.

Garrett officially have up his bottle about 2 weeks ago. He still just has 4 teeth, but the doctor tells me that is perfectly normal.

He had his 15 month checkup last week. He was 32 inches tall and weighed 27 pounds. He is such a growing boy! He is perfectly healthy!

Enjoy the new pictures!

Christmas 2008

Kendra and Jordan's Wedding

Garrett and his suit

Wow, 2009 already! Where does the time go? David and I are fixing to celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary and Garrett just turned 15 months old. Christmas was so much fun this year! Garrett had a great time opening gifts and seeing all of our family. He got so much for Christmas. Endless books, bath toys, a Little Tikes tower, Mega Blocks, a raceway, an Inchworm to ride, a computer, a UT hat, tractors, a gun and so much more!

We were definitely blessed having all of our Hull family here. Chad, Heather, Jakob and Collin have officially moved back from Texas and were able to join us for Christmas. We got the chance to meet Baby Collin for the first time. We also traveled to Jackson to have Christmas with Sandy and Great-grandma Bonnie. We had a great time being able to visit everyone.

Garrett has tooth number 3 coming in and it isn't a bottom tooth, but another upper! Maybe bottoms someday!

Garrett is almost broke from his bottle. We have made significant progress over the past couple of days. It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be.

I thought I would put together a list of everything that Garrett can say: Cor (short for Cory), Ad (short for Adam), Pa, Mama, Dada, Bull, Bird, Please, Ba-ba, Milk, Moo, Go, All gone (almost anyway), Bye-bye, Nana, Bath, he tries to do the 'cock-a-doodle-do', duck, quack, dog, Ho-ho (for Santa)--that's all that I can think of right now!

He shakes his head no for everything. He also has some new dance moves and just loves to dance. He is still in love with the Wizard of Oz. We have watched it over and over, but everytime he sees it, its like he is watching it for the first time.

Enjoy the pictures and enjoy the new year!