12 Month Pictures

At the end of July we had Nolan's 12 month pictures taken by a wonderful local photographer. We went to Davidson College and found all the beautiful spots on campus to capture this point and time in our little man's life. This first year has been truly amazing and I thank God each day that he chose me to be Nolan's mommy. I wanted to share a few of my favorite pictures with everyone.

Long Time No Blog

Has it really been almost a month since I posted on this blog???? Sorry for the absence. August has truly been a crazy, hectic month. I definitely have a lot to update everyone on, but first Nolan and I want to wish a Happy 1st Birthday to Emory and Everett!!! Welcome to the toddler club :)

We have had such a busy and exciting month of August and I promise to post some long overdue pics in my next blog. For starters, Bill started a new job on August 1st. After over 3 years at SunTrust and a lot of thought and prayer, he decided to continue his mortgage career at Chase Mortgage. I am so very proud of him and I am so grateful for all he does for our family. Our basement project is 99% complete. YAY!!!! I promise to post some before and after pics once we are at 100%. Right now the painter is doing some touch-up work and a portion of the wood floors needs to be corrected. A couple of weeks ago the boys (i.e., Bill, my dad, and Neal~ thanks guys!!) moved all the office furniture from the upstairs bonus room to the new office in the basement. Then I moved all of my speech therapy materials down there later in the week..WHEW!! Glad that is over. I didn't realize how much stuff you gather over 5 years!!! Anyway, now Nolan has his new play room upstairs and he is loving it. No more playing around the office desk :) All I have to do is find some cute animal decorations for his play room and buy one more storage unit for all of his toys. We are getting there though :) Back to the basement..the tv arrived this week and we are anxiously awaiting the new sectional we ordered. Then all I have to do is decorate :(

We have also had an extremely busy, but fun social calendar. We have had 2 family birthdays, Happy Birthday to Mamaw Kearney and Aunt Stacey, an extended family member's college graduation~ Congrats Uncle Dave, 2 baby showers for my friends, Leslie and Abby, having twins!! Yep, that's right: a set of girls and a set of boys. We can't wait to meet Ava, Isabella, Caden, and Max!! I have a feeling we will be having lots of fun playdates in the future!! A long overdue TN trip while Bill was in Tampa for job training, a new job adventure for me (more to come later), and most importantly of all.....Nolan is officially a walker!!! YAY!! Again happy, but sad for mommy!! I know I did a previous post about Nolan walking, but of course after I told everyone about his first steps, he decided to be a little lazy. He crawls at warp speed and decided that crawling was a much faster means to an end for him. Anyway, at 13 months he is official and we are so very proud of him (I promise to attempt to post a video soon). Needless to say we have been busy, but I have some very cute pics of all of our adventures that I will post very soon. Now we are looking forward to Labor Day weekend and of course the UT game on Monday~ GO VOLS!!!

Partners in Crime

Ok...so today is the start of a new era in the Kearney house. Nolan and Riley are now officially partners in crime. I have had my suspicions that they have been conspiring and scheming, but today those suspicions were confirmed. Here's the story: We were getting ready to leave for Rolly Pollies class so after I let Riley outside, I put him in his crate. Nolan was hanging out in the bedroom while I went to the kitchen to grab the diaper bag. Next thing I know, I see/hear Riley running out of the bedroom and across the house. I go into the bedroom and see Nolan sitting next to Riley's crate and grinning like a Cheshire cat. My little man had "sprung" Riley from his crate!! First there is all the food Nolan gives Riley and now my 1 year old is able to open the crate!! WHAT?!?!? Now I know they are conspiring against me, so I have to be on my toes. Oh well, here's looking forward to many new and exciting adventures with my two boys :)

One of Nolan's Favorite Places

Nolan and his very first best buddy Anton on the platform swing :)


"Mommy, catch me if you can!!!"

This is Nolan in action at Rolly Pollies. I have blogged before about this FABULOUS place. So, these pics are more for Nana and Papa since they have not been able to attend one of his classes. Nolan has made some really good friends through these classes (me, too!!) and he looks foward to class every Monday. A fellow mommy took these pics for me since I forgot my camera again!! I still need to get a picture of him on the trapeze bar~ it is just the cutest and funniest thing you have ever seen!!


BTW- This is Roo at Rolly Pollies at the end of January (6 months old!!!!) How did all those changes happen so quickly :(

Water, Water Everywhere!!

One of Nolan's new favorite things is the water table he got for his birthday from his Aunt Stacey, Uncle Jim, and Cousin Katie. He LOVES to splash in the water with his water toys, dump the water out of the table (and dump it on mommy) with the bucket, and spin the water wheel, etc :) Moral of the story he just loves it!!


Such a mischievous grin ;)

Man, this shovel tastes yummy!!




One of Nolan's new favorite things is the water table he got for his birthday from his Aunt Stacey, Uncle Jim, and Cousin Katie. He LOVES to splash in the water with his water toys, dump the water out of the table (and dump it on mommy) with the bucket, and spin the water wheel, etc :) Moral of the story he just loves it!!

Then and Now...

Okay...so I know that I have been a blogging monster today since I am finally able to post pictures again, but I can't believe I had a "mommy brain" moment (most of you know what "mommy brain" is, and if you don't, you will understand at some point and time) and didn't remember to post that exactly one year ago today we brought Nolan home from the hospital.

So, here are some then and now pictures:












My, my how he has changed :)

Party Pics

Be sure to look at the July 9th post for party pics!!