Welcome Home Sadie Girl

We brought the newest member of our family home a few weeks ago. Sadie was rescued from a kill shelter by two sweet ladies who run a doggie daycare & are foster parents for a local shelter.

Once we bought our house we knew we wanted a doggie, but just recently started looking online for dogs we could adopt and visiting the Adoption Days at PetSmart. We found a picture of Sadie (then called Autumn) and just fell in love with her cute little face. We were sad to find out she wasn't at PetSmart that Saturday and thought she had already been adopted, but decided to call anyway.

Thankfully we discovered they just hadn't brought her out that weekend and set up time to see her after work. We fell in love and had to have her after that visit!

My two year old niece was excited to meet Sadie and kept asking if she would have a bow in her hair when we brought her home since she is a girl. We all thought this was pretty funny, but when we went to pick her up the ladies had given her a bath and gave her a "bow" attached to her collar!

When we brought Sadie home she was very nervous and shy, but after about two weeks with us she has really relaxed and is playful and friendly. The first week was a bit of an adjustment as she got use to going outside her new home and we got use to finding surprises the new responsibility, but we've all gotten use to each other and love having a little doggie of our own. :)

Happy 1st Birthday Noah

One year ago today our little nephew Noah Madison Hammack was born. I can't believe it was just 12 months ago that we got to meet this guy little guy.

When we first met Noah he was so tiny...

Now he's such a big boy -- walking (or rather running), giggling and playing!

Can't wait to celebrate your first birthday soon! Noah, we love you! XOXO, Aunt Annie and Uncle Kyle

New Pet

Ever since Kyle and I got married we have talked about getting a pet. Since we lived in apartments & were so busy with work/school, the time never seemed right to get a little pet of our own. Once we moved to GA we were both ready for a pet, but the place we rented didn't allow for any.

Now that we have a place of our own we have the best pets ever. They take care of themselves,  don't shed, don't require walks and come to visit us daily at 5:30pm. Any guesses on our new pets??

Is it a dog.....


NO

Is it a cat....


NO

Is it a turtle.....


NO

Is it a deer....



YES!!!

Meet our new pet Deer!!

This little family of 3 doe's come and visit us nearly every day at 5:30pm like clockwork and munch on our grass. We are enjoying our new wildlife...hmm... I mean pets. They are so cute. Even though there are others in my family - Dad & Justin (who shall remain nameless) who go out hunting these cute creatures nearly every day, we get to enjoy them from our den. Jealous yet Dad?

Maybe one day we'll get a real pet, but until then, we are content with our pet deer!

Our 4 Christmases - Part 2

Christmas morning we opened presents at Kim and Gary's house and only snapped one shot of us in our morning glory... thank goodness!

Afterwards we headed over to Jack and Keily's for Christmas lunch. Even though there were probably 20 people there, we only ended up with pictures of Noah -- I guess that's what happens when a kid is present!

Here are a few shots from the mini photo shoot we had in the backyard & Noah surrounded by all his Christmas loot.

After Christmas weekend we headed back up to Georgia and celebrated our last and final Christmas with Gretchen and Justin at  my parents house. Again... with a child present, nearly all my pictures are centered around Ellie!

Ellie LOVES Tutti from Yo Gabba Gabba!

Oh look at me - I did take pictures of other people

Gretchen with her new Vera bag

Think Justin loved his Snuggie

Our 4 Christmases - Part 1

We had fun celebrating Christmas not just once or twice, but 4 times between our 2 familes this year. We kicked off Christmas with my parents a little early. Here are a few pics from under the giant tree (which we are getting next year... yay!)

Mom practicing opening her eyes for the picture!

Dad and his new Bible

We then headed down to sunny Florida for Christmas with the Edwards. Christmas celebrations started Christmas Eve at Aunt Helen's house where we were able to spend time with Kyle's extended family.

Little Noah kept trying to walk the whole time we were there, but of course waited until after we left to show off and walk on his own.

                 

Aunt Annie & Noah

FAMILY PICS

Catching up on blogging

Welcome to 2010!! I cannot believe how long its been since I've last posted! Ever since we closed on the house in mid-November time has just seemed to fly by... or does that mean I'm getting old... I will be turning the big 2-8 in just a few short weeks - eek!!

So backing up to Thanksgiving.... we kicked off the holiday season celebrating Thanksgiving at my sister's house. We stuffed ourselves silly and some how forgot to take many pictures.

Before the crowd showed up I was able to get a few pictures of Ellie in her cute Turkey dress -- though I had trouble getting her to sit still.

Also had to throw in a few Sister Pics with our signature "Hulse" pose -- point that toe!

After Thanksgiving we started decorating the new house for Christmas and we decided that we definately need a bigger tree next year!

Kyle and I certainly got spoiled this year & ended up having 4 Christmas celebrations that started Dec 20th and went through the 28th. More to come from our celebrations, but I leave you with a few shots of our house all decked out for Christmas!