15ish months

You have changed SOO much, little boy. It is amazing that this month of your greatest changes was perfectly timed to be when Daddy was home with us. He has gotten to spend time with you while you've taken off running and become a little chatterbox. We are so thankful for the joy you bring to our days. (PS- you also bring all kinds of frustration when you have a meltdown or blatantly disobey us, but we'll take the bad with the good :))

Crawford, at fifteen+ months old, you:

• only call three people by name: Grandy- "Babu", Daddy "Daddeeeee" and Collette "Lett"
• say "Mama" all the time, but mean "human nearby, please help me"
• blow kisses
• say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze! By far my favorite thing that you do! Polite already! You're amazing, kid. 
• kick balls
• pick flowers (and most of the time don't eat them! progress!)
• play peek-a-boo
• love to hide
• sign please and thank you and more (just in time to learn to talk proficiently...)
• say a whole bunch of words: water, boat, baby (the CUTEST word!), brother (sort of), bubbles, hat - and you're obsessed. If anyone nearby has a had on you point at them and say "hat! hat!", bathroom, phone, vacuum (you love the vacuum - you also call the lawn mower the vacuum), bird, duck, hot, yucky, bread, bye bye, hi!, poo poo, spoon, thank you (only sometimes, and it only sounds like "thank you" to me and daddy). I'm probably missing some, but you're a talker for sure!
• have grown a bunch! I can't wait to see how big you are when we go to the doctor next. 
• have 9 teeth
• are generally a very jolly little man. We love you, bud.

Beach trip '13

Warning: photo OVERLOAD. I never use the "real" camera anymore, always just taking iPhone pics, but I was determined to be better on this trip. So, here's the result:

I lift up my eyes to the hills.

    From where does my help come?

² 

My help comes from the Lord,

    who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:1

So classic Crawford right now... carrying a ball, running, covered in bruises and scratches.

failed attempt at some decent pictures...

Birmingham getaway

A few weekends ago I went to Birmingham by myself for an overnight visit. I quickly realized how badly I needed that kind of alone time because I was ridiculously excited. Like, way way too excited. It was the first time in 15 months that I had been by myself for more than 2 or so hours, and it was a nice getaway. I LOVE time with my boys, but I know it was good for all of us to have a bit of a break from each other.

I went to help throw a baby shower for my sweet best college buddy Kara. We lived together for years and she got me to work at CVP that first summer. So really, I owe KRay a debt of gratitude for meeting my David and I guess my entire Chattanooga-based life :).

She is expecting sweet Benjamin (the 4th boy of 4 Currie Way babies!) in June, and I am SO excited. 

What was even more exciting (because it was a surprise) was my other pal Jamie telling me SHE is expecting too!! She's due about a month after me, so all three of us got to be together while pregnant!! I love this season of life :). Kara, Jamie and I lived on the same hall freshman year of college and are still such good friends today (10 years later!).

Oh these pictures are good for the soul... Good, ridiculous college times! And yes, I have two black eyes in the above pic with Jamie. Broken nose as a result of a cheerleading injury... nice.

David kept me in the loop with pics of our boy. They went out on a breakfast date Saturday morning, and Crawford sat at the table like a big boy at church! 

The shower, though hectically thrown together in the 20 minutes before it started, was so sweet. Kara is well-loved by her Birmingham family, and Benjamin no doubt already is too. We played some fun baby shower games (surprisingly, not an oxymoron). The best one was when we divided into two teams armed with magazines and scissors to create what baby just may look like out of the womb. Hilarious results.

Sad that these are blurry and bad... Jamie was mortified taking these, which made them that much more fun :). 

What a gift to share this season of life with these best friends! 2014 babies!