Quincy Arlington

My Grandad was such a kind gentle man. He was full of life, patience, giftings, happiness, and peace.

I can remember him most during our many trips to the lake. He and Grandmother would always take several, or all of their rambunctious grandchildren to the lake in the summer. I remember my grandfather getting up early to go fish. He would make coffee, slowly slurp it and eat oatmeal cookies, while Kim and I would sit there rolling our eyes at how stinkin' loud he was. I mean didn't he know we were trying to sleep. :)

The smell of a pipe will immediately remind me of him, walking around outside, because Grandmother disapproved. :)

He loved children. In his last days, children would make him smile when there had not been a smile on his face in days. So sweet. He loved children...

He loved being a pilot. He was a helicopter pilot. He flew in two wars, World War II and Vietnam, and countless other tours. He once told me that he had logged almost 30,000 hours in his career of flying. He loved to fly...

He loved to give. He was always looking for a soldier to help out. Countless soldiers and their families lived with my grandparents over the years. There was always someone else to make apart of the family. And we did, because that's what we knew, he taught us that. They built an apartment above his workshop to house families that were in training at Fort Rucker. Wow...he loved to give, and he loved people...

He loved to work. We always thought he would die while he was building something in his workshop. He was constantly building cabinets for a church who needed them. Building a house for my parents. Building a church in some other part of the country. He worked until dark, or until a braves game came on. He loved to build things...

He loved his wife. He did not always know where she was, but he would always say when asked, "she's probably up at that church". He kissed her in front of us. He was gentle with her. He would NOT allow us to be disrespectful to her. If you were ugly to grandmother, you would deal with grandaddy about it. He loved that woman.

He loved the Lord. I can still hear him praying in my head. He talked to God, trusted God, honored God, and walked with him. He was in Love with Jesus.

He loved his family.

He was a good man.

Now he stands before the Lord,

He did well.

Bye Bye sweet Grandaddy. We miss you, but know that you are whole again. In the arms of your Savior. Tell Him we say thanks for giving us such a great Grandaddy, and a great example.

Sike

Emily has learned that she can "sike" Hyde out by pretending to throw the ball for him. She got a real kick out of it the other night. Turn your volume up pretty loud to hear her (also make sure to pause the play list on the right hand side). There are points where she is laughing so hard, you can't even hear her until she takes a deep breath.

I love this girl!

Happy Valentines

Troy and I spent the majority of the day in Montgomery visiting with our friends Josh and Jenn, since they had a Valentine "delivery". (P.S. Please still keep that baby girl in your prayers). Since it was kind of late when we got back, we decided to just grab some Thai food and eat at home in front of a nice warm fire.

Emily enjoyed sweet potatoes, butter beans, and chicken...all her favorites.

Sunday we went to watch the Mercedes Marathon. Several of our friends were running it this year (either the half or whole). Most all of them had PR's for the race. Way to go Cheryl, Nate, Lori, Bart, Dave, Lynn, Steve, Kathy, and many others I am probably missing!

These guys crack me up. We see them running every Saturday (not typically strutting in these tu-tu's). They are super fast runners, even with all of this garb on. Funny side note: The guy on the left, wearing the red leotard, and pink tu-tu, helped us try and fix a flat we had on our jogging stroller a few months back. Super nice guy!

Then my camera went dead (story of my life), so I could not get pictures of the others *sigh*...

After church we met my Aunt Pam to pick up this yummy cake that my grandmother made (ignore the bites already taken, I was very excited about this cake):

My grandmother (Emily's Meme) made it for her. She always made them for us when we were little. How sweet for her to make one for Emily. My grandfather has, late stages, Alzheimer's, and my grandmother is his primary care giver, so needless to say, it was a sacrifice for her to make a cake. I believe that she made one for all of her great-grands (7 in all!!). She is an amazing women!!!!

Emily LOVED the cake, and asked for "more cake" after her serving...

Sweet Baby Brewer

Our sweet baby was born Saturday. She is currently in the NICU with a possible infection. Please pray that this sweet angel will heal soon, so she can meet her awesome big brothers, family and future sister-in-law Emily.

Peek-A-Boo Never Gets Old

Canoeing The Cahaba

I bought Troy a Canoe for our Anniversary. He has been wanting this canoe for quite some time, and I finally took the plunge. It was used, and a pretty good deal, so I was excited about investing in this three seater (plus a dog). We will spend many days in this canoe, and hopefully Emily will enjoy the trips as much as we always have.

I thought this shot was priceless. Mini-van, WITH a canoe... (poor Hyde did not get to go today, next time)

Playing while we unload...Yay!! So much fun!!Daddy is so excited too!

Class V Rapids :)A train going over the riverTrash on the side of the river, sad....

Visit with Cooper

Saturday we went to Montgomery to meet our new nephew, and cousin, Cooper. He is such a sweet little boy. Emily was not real sure what to think of him, but she knew he was a baby. She was much more interested in cousin Laura, and the baby swing, which used to be hers.

Sunday, we took one last picture at Vestavia High, and Emily had a blast running around the track.

Park Day

Emily and I met some friends at the park Friday. Skye and Sophia are sweet little twins that we know from church. We have gotten to know them better over the last few months, and boy are we glad about that!



These kids were hams for the camera. Every time they saw me with it they would promptly say "cheese".Emily really wanted to ride this little girls scooter!







Turkey, would not give me a smile all day!

16 Months Old

Seems like I get later and later taking, and posting these monthly pictures! :)

So, here is little bear at 16 months (and a few days).

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She is into animals, "outside", "brary" (library), reading books, playing in her kitchen, and playing with Mr. Googly (a puppet gift from her cousin Maggie for Christmas). Today we went to Target to buy some puzzles and blocks, when she spotted Mr. Googly on the shelf. She was very excited to see him, but even more excited to see "Ally" the Alligator (puppet, that cousin Maggie has at her house). She actually said "Ally" when she saw him, and it has been over two months since she has been to Maggie's house. I was pretty shocked at her memory!

I think it is so cute how she will tilt her head if you do. It is almost as if she is saying that she wants to see what is so great about that angle.

Feeling Better

Well, little miss was sick again! Yep, guess its just that time of year. Sunday night, I put her down at a friends house, in her pack-n-play. When I went to pick her up, she had thrown up, yuck!

Monday and Tuesday she ran a fever, did not want to eat, and was ASKING to take naps. So, we knew she did not feel good.

Last night, she was feeling much better:

Look at ALL those crackers. :) Yep, definitely feeling better!

Last night, around 10:45pm, we received a call from Troy's sister, saying that our little Nephew was about to arrive into this world!! Yeah! So sad that we can't see him until tomorrow. We do not want to take a chance passing any germs to this little one. Here is a quick pic of him. He is 5lds and 6oz, tiny little guy.