We are so THANKFUL!!

This was our second Thanksgiving with Walker and I tell you what it can't get any better than this. We have been so blessed and we are so thankful for all of our family and friends and especially our little boy. Every day is a new day with Walker and each day he brings sunshine to my face. He is so stinkin' cute and so funny its unbelievable. I might say he gets his looks from his dad and his little personality from me:)

Sorry, its taken me so long to blog, but we have been very busy. The weekend before Thanksgiving we headed to Kentucky to drop off Walker at Jules and Pops house for his first weekend by himself with them. Then Patrick and I headed to see our dear friends in Oxford, Mississippi and to go to the Ole Miss/LSU football game. We had so much fun and enjoyed seeing everyone. I especially enjoyed seeing my dear friend Lauriebeth's little boy, Carson and my other dear friend Shawn's little girl, Kaitlyn. They are both 3 months old and after spending time with them I miss the little baby stuff. What I would do if Walker would be that still again:):)

After spending the weekend in Mississippi we headed back to Kentucky to spend the week with Pops, Jules, Uncle Matt, Moke and Beck. We had so much fun and Walker especially loved all of the attention. Jules and Pops had our week planned while we were there, but we were also able to relax.

We were able to catch a few basketball games while visiting. CCU was playing in a preseason NIT tournament and they played at WKU. We ended up getting to see CCU play and WKU. Walker wasn't too sure about being so close to Big Red. CCU pulled out 1 W and 1 L. Go Chants and Go Tops!!

We went to the playground almost everyday. We had to adjust to the cooler temps, but Walker didn't seem to mind at all. He loved the slides and climbing up and down the steps. He truly has NO FEAR. He didn't hesitate to go down head first on either slide. I was a little nervous about the circular slide, but he LOVED it:)

Mooo Mooo- has Walker makes the cow sound:) Pops took us to the university farm and we were able to meet Baby Gary and see the diary cows. The students named this Jersey bull after Pops, "Gary". Baby Gary has turned into a very popular calf. Pops and Jules arrived at the farm just before Baby Gary was born and the students thought it would be perfect to name him "Gary". We watched the diary cows being milked and even got to see a baby calf drink two bottles. Walker wouldn't stop saying.......Mooo Mooo Mooo Mooo.

We enjoyed visiting with Moke and Beck, Walker's great grandparents for a few days. They couldn't believe how much he had changed since they last saw him. Walker loved giving Beck kisses and reading books. Thanksgiving would not have been the same without seeing them. They are two very special people and we love you two lots!! Walker also enjoyed his Uncle Matt or as Walker says, "Matt Matt". It's very cute. He loved reading his favorite books with Uncle Matt Matt. We may not see Uncle Matt Matt in person very much, but we do get to see him and talk to him every night on Skype.

Walker had so much fun playing in the leaves and riding in the wheelbarrow. He loved Patrick throwing him in the middle of the leaves.

Thanksgiving at The Ransdell's was one we will never forget and we look forward to many more memories together! We love all of you and we are so lucky to be able to share our happy, beautiful little boy with you!!

Happy Halloween!!

This weekend we traveled to my parents house or Moppy and Papa's to go to the football game and to trick-or-treat. We had a great time visiting with them and seeing all of our family and friends. We don't get the opportunity to visit there often, so we take FULL advantage of our time. Mommy and Daddy even got to have a night alone thanks to Moppy and Papa. On Saturday we were so excited to go trick-or-treating.

This year Walker was a giraffe. He did keep making the "horsey" sound. He was so darn cute in his costume and absolutely hysterical from the back. He doesn't quite understand the concept of trick-or-treating, but I'm sure next year he will be ready to go:)

Walker also got to see his girlfriend Zuri and play with his cousin Logan. Zuri was Pebbles for Halloween. Logan enjoyed pushing Walker around the house on the race car. We had such a great time and can't wait to see everybody again really soon.

Halloween Celebrations

This week at Walker's school they are celebrating Halloween. All this week they will be exploring different Halloween activities. Today they carved a GIANT pumpkin. Some of his classmates were afraid, but Walker jumped right in and helped hollow out the pumpkin. I'm sure it was very messy when they pulled out the seeds. I can only imagine what they all must have looked like. I can't wait to see the pictures his teachers took today. They will also be toasting and tasting the pumpkin seeds. They are reading books, singing songs and learning finger plays all about pumpkins!!! Walker will miss the Halloween party on Friday, so he helped me last night decorate chocolate eyeball cupcakes to share with his friends today. He decorated them so well.

Last week to kick off pumpkins in his class they were each given a small pumpkin to paint. We brought his home from school today to enjoy. As you can see he was trying to launch it off the couch. He was successful, bouncing the pumpkin on the hardwoods and hitting the wall making a huge orange mark on the wall:)

We can't wait to go trick-or-treating this weekend at Moppy's house. Walker is going to be very short giraffe:) Happy Halloween Week!!

Can you say, "PUMPKINS":)

We had another wonderful weekend full of pumpkins. We went to the Fall Festival at Brookgreen Gardens on Saturday and had a really great time. Brookgreen is such a beautiful place to visit during any season. We enjoyed picking out pumpkins, admiring the scarecrow contest, face painting and the zoo. Walker loved visiting with Ms. Scarecrow and he hoped up on the hay to wave to her.

Walker enjoyed walking around and picking the flowers. Ssshhh, we tried not to let anyone see us pulling the flowers:) We also enjoyed visiting the zoo and seeing the cows, sheep, horses and birds. Brookgreen has a very small zoo and Walker loves to see the animals. Check out my two favorite boys in the entire world holding hands....soooo irresistible:)

We tried to let the nice lady paint a pumpkin on Walker's face, but he wasn't too sure. He settled for a pumpkin on his arm. He kept touching it through out the day. He didn't really understand why he couldn't pull it off.

We met up with Walker's friend JD while we were there. We found JD playing in the pumpkins. They were trying very very hard to pick up the "ball" and toss it to each other. Walker calls the pumpkins, "balls":) I thought the first picture of them looks like Walker's saying, "Alright how are we going to pick up this giant ball together?" These two boys are the cutest and they really enjoy spending time together. We can't wait to see JD and his mom again very soon.

Pumpkin Day

On Saturday we headed to Pumpkin Day at Indigo Farms. We weren't sure what to expect, but oh how much fun!! They had goats, horses, chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, ducks, pony rides, hay rides, pig racing and lots of pumpkins. Walker was in total heaven seeing and petting all of the animals. The animals were so friendly and would come right up to the fence. As we would approach the animals Walker would practice his animal noises....he was so cute. Also, he is reaching for our hands now to hold. It's so awesome to be able to hold his little hand!

Walker was not scared at all to pet the animals. He loved petting the goats and looking at the goose. Mr. Goose had a very funny personality. Walker walked around saying, "Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck". He thought Mr. Goose was hysterical.

He had a blast sliding down in the apple box. I think he would have stayed there all day if we would have let him. Two slides were set up and the little kids loved it.

They had a tee pee, a house and different animals built out of corn stalks. He had a blast running in and out of the house and the tee pee. The donkey made out of corn stalks was very cool too.

We are actually in the market to find a really large box. It's amazing how the simplest things can be so much fun. They built little forts using these large boxes and Walker had a blast climbing in and out of the box. He was literally squealing and laughing the entire time we were there. The three of us had so much fun and can't wait to go back.

"Boo Boo Report" & Ribbie

Yes, last week when I picked up Walker I found not one, but two "Boo Boo Reports" in his basket. I was shocked to find that it wasn't biting, but instead he fell down twice in a matter of 30 minutes. First time he fell off a little rocking horse and the second time he tripped, bit his tongue and bruised his chin. Poor thing, I felt so bad for him. I guess you could say he didn't have a very good morning that day:(

Ribbie had her second surgery last week. This time it was to repair and add tissue around her knee cap. After her ACL surgery her knee started to pop out of socket. The doggy orthopedic said this happens to a very small percentage of dogs after ACL surgery. The good news is her screws and plate are healing well, but she is not walking like she should be. This sets her release back a couple of weeks, but we hope to have our little girl back as soon as possible.

Walker loves to play in Ribbie's crate. Walker is helping me put clean blankets in her crate. He also loves to open the door and get in with Ribbie. It is actually very funny, especially if you could see Ribbie's face:) I will try and catch a picture of Ribbie sharing her bed with Walker:)