Fruit of the Womb: 2014

Hello friends and family!!! Hope everyone's holiday season went well! We have been busy, busy since the last time I put a blog post up. Seven months!

Let's see... where to begin? I'll try to keep it brief. Travel: We went to Savannah, GA for a beach vacation with the Ennis family, Joe went hunting in Colorado for a week (while I went to Charlotte, NC and Perry, GA to visit friends and family), we went to New Orleans for a conference/vacation, B went to Tennessee with Grandma, we went to Los Angeles to visit family and then we went to San Francisco for my Surface Educator training (B, Cindy, Ron, and me. Joe came back to Georgia for work). All trips were super fun!!!!!!

Our home: We (and by "we" I mean mostly Joe) have painted some more rooms, added more insulation, finished building furniture, finished furniture restorations, built storage shelves in the garage, ripped out the carpet in the entertainment room, stained the concrete in the bar room, ripped out the wood paneling and started putting dry wall up to replace it.
We had a house warming party in October that was super fun! Lot's of friends and family came. In addition to that party, we have hosted several other events at our house. It is so nice that now we are able to do that. We love having people over! Just recently we had a going away party for the leader of one of the play groups that B and I are in. There were almost 30 moms and each mom had 1 or 2 children. Talk about a full house!! We had a blast! Once it warms up a bit we will more than likely have a BBQ.

B: I'll say it over and over again, he is getting more and more fun as he get's older! He is such a good kid. Although he is starting to test us a bit more, for the most part he is well behaved. He is such a boy. He loves all types of cars, airplanes, trash trucks, fire trucks, etc.. I can't even keep up with all the words he says now. He will attempt to say almost any word he hears (we gotta be careful!) and he will say full on sentences too. B really loves to read books. He definitely has favorites. Some nights before bed he will ask us to read up to 8 books. He is also telling us when he goes "pee pee" and "poo poo" in his diaper. We bought him a potty, but every time I try to get him to sit on it he cries. We'll try harder when he seems more ready I guess. B started in a mom's morning out program at a church close to where Joe and I work so he is in "school" on Fridays from 9:15 till 1:15. His first day was last Friday and he did great!! All of the teachers were impressed with how well he did. He had art class, music class, playtime outside and made lot's of new friends. I will now get to work full days on Fridays.

Upcoming: We are planning to go on a ski trip in North Carolina in the beginning of March with our friends Chenoa and Tim. B will go down and stay with Grandma Barbara while we are gone. We are going to try to go to Calgary, Canada to visit our friends Chris, Kelly and their baby girl before summer. Then, a bunch of our California family is going to be road tripping out our way to visit this summer!! Yay!!

For Valentines day we are planning on just staying at home and making sushi after B goes to bed. Our real valentines date will be the following weekend. Joe and I are going to see the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. We will be getting a sitter, going to a nice dinner, then going to the symphony. I am super excited! Hope everyone has a lovely Valentines Day. I will try to do another blog post in a few months.

We sure do miss y'all!!!!

He loves his Poppy

We got to go Savannah for a vacation. It was the first time back since we got married right under that lighthouse.

Night out with friends

Autumn was on homecoming court….AGAIN! She's so pretty right?

Everybody get in the picture!

Gotta get his work out on

Oakhurst, Atlanta. This was when we went out to eat at a yummy restaurant for my birthday

First dentist appointment

Halloween, notice the chocolate on his mouth. He couldn't wait!

They sure do love each other

"more candy!!!!!!"

Chef, lobster, and fisherman

These are our buds Elio, Zoe and Tara

The group

Slumber party with the Ennis boys while Daddy's were out in Colorado

Wrestling boys

Cousin Mary Michael

B's friend Xavier

Xavier's sisters Keegan and Aubry

Samantha's engagement party

Donkey (Julie Jane) kisses

On our way to New Orleans we stopped in Troy, Alabama to visit our friend Tillman. Isn't Troy University campus beautiful?

Pretty sunset in route to New Orleans

Morning run in New Orleans along the Mississippi River

The drummer gave B his drum sticks

B sure did enjoy the creole cuisine

Music is everywhere in New Orleans

Blue dog paintings are very popular in New Orleans. We got B a Blue Dog book and it's one of his favorite.

Carriage ride thru the French Quarter

"Get your foot off the phone!"

Leaves were sticking to him and he didn't like it

Our Thanksgiving feast. We hosted and it was just Mom, Autumn, Joe, B and me

Had to put the Christmas lights up Thanksgiving day

B really likes to watch music videos for some reason...

B has a little play ground in our backyard now

Nana Cindy and Papa Ron send B these cars all the time. This is what he does. He loooooves them!

Another aquarium day with friends

Haircut a mommy's salon

We went and cut down our own Christmas tree

First Christmas tree ever for the Nocera's

For those of you that didn't receive a Christmas card from us, here it is!!! When we ordered them, they got lost in the mail. So, we didn't send them out… Sorry! :(

Cold hike up Stone Mountain with Chenoa

Santa this year, and last year

They had Dance Central going on at the mall. B had to get in on that

This kid loves to eat seaweed

Opening presents from Nana Lisa and Poppy

Winter Wonderland at Turner Field in Atlanta

First stockings hung

Cookies and carrots out for Santa and his reindeer

I think he enjoyed the wrapping paper more

Aunt Sandy's house. All the cousins

Four-wheeler from Nana and Poppy

Playing with California cousins

Barb and B

He said "Hi Art"

Sweet boy

We went ice skating in LA in 75 degree weather. I was sweating!

Cousin Joie

Dirt bike/four-wheeler riding in Green Valley, CA

Super fun!

We shot guns too.

Ghetti Museum with Aunt J.R., Maddix, and Nico

Joe, Roman, Jake, and Russ got to go to the National Championship game

Family Photos by Papa Ron

He was over it

B and Nico got to play at Jessika and J.R.'s school they teach at. There were celebrities everywhere!

The kids have fun in Papa Russ's back yard

San Francisco

Surface Educator training 2014 in San Francisco

Founder of Surface Wayne Grund and his wife Deborah

Surface team members

Golden gate bridge

B slept on the plane the whole way back from San Francisco AND we had a whole row to ourselves. That was a relief considering our flight out to L.A. was a disaster