Wonderful Surprise!!!

Mom drove up on Sunday to spend the night and she asked me to help her with her bags. When I went to the car, Grandma Rhodes (from Indiana) was hiding in the front seat! Mom had just picked her up at the airport and she made the trip down to come meet her Great Granddaughter Milla!!!
Then, my Mom drove to Cartersville to pick up Grandma Dunnington. Milla got to have a sleep over!! It was so neat to be together with all the generations!!!

"Grand Mum" and Milla
Thanks for everything Mom!!

Went on a "hike" (as much of a hike as you can with babies and all of there gear!) with the Lineberry's along the Amicalola Creek.
*Austin with Will and Brandon with Milla*

Elizabeth and Megan with the babies (who were good sports the whole time)

Happy Dad

We celebrate so many family birthday's in November:
B's Grandaddy (6th), B's Mom (12th), Cousin Kyle (12th), Gma D.(13th), Brandon's (17th), and My Mom's (19th)
So, the Crim family came up this week to celebrate with dinner and cake!
*Kelli holding Milla and Mrs. Crim opening her bday gifts*

Milla is really getting strong and it is so much FUN to watch her learn and discover new things. She is becoming more and more fond of "tummy time".

Aunt Connie's Visit & Highlands w/ The Peppers

Aunt Connie was able to fly down from Indiana and meet Milla while Uncle Bob went on a "guys weekend" to Tallahassee for the FSU game. Mom and Aunt Connie were singing to Milla while I gave her a bath-- she loved it!!

We got to go to Highlands, North Carolina with Lana, Ben, and Samuel for Halloween Weekend. Ben's family has an awesome rustic cabin that we stayed in.
(Lana with Sam & Me with Milla)

Although it rained most of the weekend-- Brandon and Ben still managed to go fishing twice. Here is a picture of them in their waders headed out.

They shut down the streets downtown Highlands and everyone dresses up in their Halloween attire and goes door to door trick or treating at all of the shops. The rain didn't stop anyone--there were still tons of people there.

Samuel the little Monkey & Milla the little Banana
(Sam was sleepy!)

shot of the whole banana!! She stayed warm and cozy!

picture of the cute, peaceful cabin

Out of Town Visitors

Our friend Chad (that went to college with Brandon at AU) came to visit from Nashville this past weekend.
My Grandma Dunnington's best friends "The Wetzel's" drove down from Indiana this weekend to visit and meet Milla.

Mom (holding Milla) and her friends Robin and Holly visited on Sunday
Look closely at these visitors-- it was the middle of the day last week and I went out on the back porch and there were 2 deer in the back yard!!!

5 Adults, 1 Baby

Brandon and I had a wedding to go to on Saturday. There was not a shortage of people to give her love and attention while we were gone. Brandon's parents, Grandparents, and sister Kelli were so nice to babysit for Milla. 5 Adults and 1 Baby!!!! She is loved!! Thanks guys! Milla also had her 1st slumber party away from home this weekend. She and I spent the night with Mom and Cappie on Friday while Brandon was in South GA hunting with the boys. FUN!
The Bride and Groom- Congrats Gil & Jaime Russell!!!
Brandon and Megan

cute little bundled up baby girl on our walk

Pizza Party, Dedication, Walking

Kriya & Beau hosted a pizza party on Friday. It was FUN to see everyone and catch up.
This was Milla's first bigger "get together"! (I know it took me 2 months--but you can never be too careful with all of this flu going around!!!)
Lisa(baby#3 on the way), Melanie holding Neely, Becky holding Milla,
Kriya holding wild man Wade, and Me

Sunday Elizabeth Grace Fischer got dedicated at Mount Bethel. The Davis Family hosted a beautiful brunch after the service. Congrats on your special day Elizabeth Grace!
Me & Milla, Allison & Elizabeth Grace

Elizabeth Grace thinks Milla is fun to play with!!
Milla with her Aunt B.
Walking with the babies
Audrey said she had gotten motivated by watching Giada and Barefoot Contessa (http://www.foodnetwork.com/ ) and she made us an awesome lunch-- she went all out! For appetizer we had roasted tomatoes with mozzarella and basil a pimento cheese with celery sticks. The meal was a really good chicken salad on a croissant with fresh strawberries on the side. And, for dessert a bowl that she made out of meringue topped with cream and baked berries!

The Berry Dessert

Milla's Stats

Milla had her 2 Month Check Up yesterday
Weight= 12# 15oz
Length= 24 1/8 inches

at the scale with Nurse Christina

cuddling with her Dad at night--worn out from her shots!

Is it October ALREADY???

Milla went to meet little one month old "Harrison Canfield Krupa"!
They hit it off!

Marshall Krupa (23 months) eating lunch after a morning at school. Chan is doing AWESOME at being a Mom of 2 under 2yrs!!!!

My friend Susan (that I work with at CMG) and her mother had us over for a nice lunch last week. She made a really good Pear Salad with poppy seed dressing with a scoop of chicken salad--and pomegranate sherbet for dessert! Yum!

Up at the farm to meet the new baby calf--- only 6 days old!! It was SUCH a beautiful day on Saturday. Milla still loves her sling--she is in there sleeping!

Becky & Christian brought Cole & Lily up to play with Hank. They wore each other out-- they got to run at the farm and then swim in the lake-- then all the dogs crashed and took a nap on the porch while we watched football. (Good Job AU vs. Tennessee...But Sad for UGA vs. LSU)

Made By Hand

What a sweet sweater!
My friend Lindsay von Arx from our Bible Study group made Milla this cute sweater! I am so impressed and can't wait to bundle Milla up in it!! Lindsay is teaching all the girls how to knit!

My friend Heather made Milla some neat things this week too--I love this brown corduroy sunflower bib for the fall

she also made this pretty set of matching bib and burp cloth
Heather & Kelly were brave and kind enough to battle the stormy flood weather last week and loaded up their kids in the car and came for a visit. We couldn't believe we could get the whole group still for a second to take this picture!! (Anna, Milla, Adeline, & Hudson)

Adrienne & Derrick brought Elise over for dinner-- she was so curious about Milla and wanted to play with her!! Look at Elise's pretty baby blues! Milla has a serious double chin-- I love it!!

Brandon and I were craving some fresh air and wanted to give Milla her first taste of the mountains-- so, we drove up to Dalonaga--unfortunately it was raining--so couldn't see too many mountain views--but we did enjoy walking around the town square-- Milla got to use her sling--she was cozy and sleeping the whole time!!

Smilin'

They say that at 6 weeks babies start to smile-- it is true!! It has been so much fun watching all of Milla's expressions. How can you help from smiling too when you see this sweet little face??

although she knows how to smile- she still knows how to cry and scream too!! Kriya was so nice to come up and hang out with us-- bring lunch, take pictures, let me run to the store... it was great!

Lauren brought little 3 1/2 month old Haley Elizabeth over for the girls to meet.
Look at all of that pretty hair!!!

Gail & Andy are long time friends of the Crim family. They are missionaries in Spain and while back for a visit they came up to meet Milla.
cute picture of Cappie & Mom with Milla

Starting out September

Grandma Rhodes honored Milla's birth with a single pink rose at the front of her church on Sunday! What a neat idea! Thanks Grandma!

Brandon took advantage of not having to go to work yesterday on Labor day and enjoyed the morning fly fishing on the Chattahoochee. He took some cool pictures!

Anne, Michael, and Elizabeth (14 months) visited from Birmingham this weekend!!!!

The boys with the babies!!!! Elizabeth was decked out in her UGA cheerleading uniform!!! All the cheers didn't work this week--but better luck this Saturday!!! Did anyone watch Alabama vs. Virginia Tech? That was a GOOD game!!!

Jill and Mrs. Kraxberger drove up for a visit!! Jill has little 13 month old Hudson at home!

Pattie came over for a lunch date. She has little Anna (3 months) and Isabella (almost 2 years-didn't want to be in the picture!!!)