Our sweet baby chick!

  

 

Our sweet little pumpkin! 

 

Here's another pic from our visit to the Shenandoah Valley. Apparently, brown isn't a very "girly" color because we kept hearing, "He's so cute! How old is he?"

Do boys wear pink shoes and monogrammed t-shirts??? O-well! You can't get everyone to notice. So we just smile and say SHE's 10 months old!! 

 

Faithy loved the inflatable slide!! 

Happy Halloween!

 

These "farmers" sure enjoyed taking their little chick out trick or treating!!! 

Halloween party

  

Faith hosted her 1st Halloween party this week. As you can see, it was rather difficult to capture the "picture perfect pose" so we opted to just get everyone in the picture. From L to R: Baby Pumpkin (Delaney), Baby Chick (Faithy), Grumpy Bear (Aidyn), Scrappy Doo w/o his ears (George), Daphne (Gillian), Cowgirl on horse (Bailey), Indian girl (Briley). Sure was lots of fun!!

Bounce House!

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Our church had a block party last weekend. It was so much fun! Faithy got to enjoy some great food and lots of time in the bounce house...she loved it!

Pizza and lemonade!

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Nana Time!

I've gotten to log a lot of Nana time these last few months. It's been so fun to hang out with my Nana. She's always so good to me. Mommy, Daddy and I greeted her at the airport with some balloons!!

Nana let me play with this little purse that was inside her big purse. It was fun to chew on! Later, she bought me some really fun toys!During Nana's stay, we discovered this little fox living under our back patio. He loved to come out and look around the deck. We even caught him napping. Nana and I could'nt take our eyes off him!
We met up with Nana in Nashville earlier this month! We had so much fun playing together!

Thanks, Nana for all the time you spent reading to me, playing with me and taking me shopping! I love you so much and am thankful for you!

More visitors and traveling...

We were blessed with an EXTRA special visitor this week. Mrs. Kelly came to Virginia to visit her brother, Sam, and his family. Mrs. Kelly lives in Benin West Africa. I've read about her family on their blog but this was my first time to see her! She sure is pretty!!
These are our friends, The Goldsons. They recently moved to Daddy's hometown of Memphis. It was fun to stop buy and see their new place. Mrs. Missi decorated it so well! From L to R: Nehemiah, Mrs. Missi, Mr. Jason, Titus, Daddy, me, Mommy. Next time, we want to visit you guys longer!!
My Great Aunt Debbie and her family came to stay with us last week. She had never been to D.C. before so I had fun playing tour guide. My cousins, Jeremy and Jordan held most of my attention. Uncle John was nice enough to stay with me so Mommy could go up in the Washington Monument with everyone else (I was sleeping).

Well, we've got one more special guest coming to visit this week (one of Mommy's friends from High School!). Then, our house will be empty until Thanksgiving when it will be packed at the seams as Daddy's whole family is coming to stay with us!!

Hope you are enjoying the fall! I sure am loving this weather. I ALWAYS want to be outside!!

Visitors and traveling..

We've had another fun round of traveling and visitors....here's a quick recap:Here we are with The Young family. From L to R: Cole, Marca, Ken, Faith, Kelci, Jaime, and Murray. We had SUCH an amazing time of worship with them and the Hallal singers. Faithy felt right at home in the arms of so many beautiful redheads!!
Our friends, The Cullers, came to D.C. for a visit during their fall break. From L to R: Elisabeth, Deni, Catie, Bret, Brock, Jaime, Murray and Faithy. We had a blast reconnecting with them and dining at the Old Ebbitt Grill. What a treat it was to see them!!
Here's Faith with Candice's sweet ones. It was a real treat for us to get to hang out with them ALL DAY in Cookeville while Murray was at the Zoe Leadership Conference. From L to R: Isabelle, Faithy, Anna Kathryn, and Carrigan. Candice (the blog nazi) has been a great friend of mine for 12 years!!! I can't believe it's been that long. She is a friend I will ALWAYS treasure!!This is Faith with our cousin, Cindy. She bought Faith the sweetest gifts during our trip to Memphis...a rainbow colored hedgehog and a book about the farm. Cindy and her husband, Jimmy Ray are dairy farmers. Faithy can't wait to visit their real farm!!
Here's the crew of kiddos we hung out with during our trip to Memphis....the Howard kids. From L to R: Luke, Faithy, Wilson, Emma and Ethan. We really enjoyed our time with this wonderful (and very funny) family!

P.S. I've got a special Nana time post coming soon! I've gotten to spend lots of time with her lately and have some stories to share soon!!!

Love,

Faithy

Meeting the Burkhalters!

I finally got to meet my Great Uncle Terry, Great Aunt Peggy, Cousin Eileen, her hubby Eric, AND Rajah, the kitty!! I had SUCH a good time with them. They are professed fans of my blog so I couldn't wait to introduce you to them!

P.S. I've never been around a cat before. I really like them....at least Rajah. She let me hug her, bite her ears, pull her furr off, just about whatever I wanted. She's the purrrrfect cat!!

This is my Great Aunt Peggy & Great Uncle Terry! They were so sweet to me!

Here I am with Eileen and Eric..Eileen tells some REALLY funny stories! I loved listening to her and Eric tell all their tales!!
Sweet Rajah...so sweet I could just eat her!I think I'll stick to just hugging her!

Daddy goes back to school!

Last weekend, I made my first trip to Memphis. The main reason for our visit was Daddy's 20 year high school reunion!! He was a Memphis Harding Academy Lion!!! Go MHA!! Here we are at the Homecoming football game with Prowler! I had lots of fun visiting all of my Daddy's friends from "back in the day".One of the first stops we made was Corky's BBQ. It's a Memphis fave (and my Daddy's fave too!). I didn't get to eat any BBQ but Granddad slipped me several bites of their yummy rolls! I also had a GREAT time playing in the grass at Granddad and Granlyn's house. I think it's Bermuda grass...not really sure but it was REALLY soft and fun!!

This is Granlyn. She was really good at getting me to laugh!!

Here's my friend, Nora Kate! I've been waiting to meet her! She is so pretty and so much fun. I shared some of my Puffs with her and she liked them!! Her mommy, Mrs. Angie, was really nice too. She's got a great office. She works at MHA!

Thanks, Memphis for a great time!!!

9 months!!!

I am 9 months old today. I weigh 17 lbs. 12 oz. I haven't been for my 9 month check-up yet so the rest of my stats will come in next month's email.

Boy, am I growing!! I have learned so many new things this month. The most exciting thing to report is that I pulled myself up for the 1st time yesterday. Mommy ran to get the camera and I got tired so you'll have to trust me when I tell you that I stood up. It was pretty cool. I also like getting in the "football stance". I am getting geared up for the season and have been watching closely. I'm not doing the "traditional crawl" yet but I scoot around like nobody's business. I'm hardly ever still!!!

I'm eating table food now and am really enjoying it. My favorite things so far are rice (Chinese and Mexican), grapes, cheese and jello!! Yummy! I still LOVE my Puffs too. Mommy gave me a biter biscuit last week and I loved that. She thinks it's the perfect thing to give me when we go grocery shopping because it keeps me entertained for awhile....and I NEVER drop it...it's too yummy to let go!

I am "talking" to Mommy and Daddy. My favorite thing to say is "a" (the short "a" vowel sound). After I say it, I look at them and then they repeat "a" back to me. I giggle like crazy, smile really big, look back at them and say "a" again! It' s REALLY fun. My favorite place to say "a" is in a restroom in a restaurant because there's usually a great echo in there. It really makes me smile. I can also repeat the "s" sound when Mommy & Daddy say it first.

My FAVORITE thing to play is peek-a-BOO!!! I love hearing "BOO"!! It's so funny! I think it's my favorite word!! Mommy & Daddy are really good at playing this with me. I NEVER get tired of it! I also like playing the piano. Daddy gave me my first lesson last week.

Daddy & Mommy took me to Target to get my 9 month pictures taken today. The pictures are REALLY adorable . The photographer thought so too. She asked Mommy to sign a release so that they could use my pictures in their magazine. So if you're ever at Target or JCPenney and you see a Focus Magazine laying around, flip through it, you just might see a cute little red head smiling back at you!!

Well, it's getting late. I need to get my bath (another one of my favorite things) and then go to bed.

Thanks so much for your friendship and prayers!!

Love,

FaithyMy 1st piano lesson with Daddy!!
Alright, Daddy....I got it now....listen to this....

I've got some calls to make!
And now it's time to help Mommy with the laundry! I'm such a big girl!

Fun with the Martins....2!!

This is Ezra. He is super funny. He's pretty fearless too. I had fun watching him play.

Here I am with Erin. She's really athletic. She can do cool tricks on the trampoline. She is pretty quiet but is super-talented!
Joel is fun to hang around. He's so kind and super smart. He knows lots of cool stuff. This is Luke. He's a GREAT guitar player. I could listen to him play guitar all day. He likes to get me laughing too!
I think I want to be like Leah when I grow up. She is so good to me. She carries me around just like my Mommy does. She plays with me and giggles at the silly things I do. I can tell I am going to continue to look up to her as I grow-up.

Thanks, guys for being such good hosts/hostesses to me and Mommy!! We had so much fun at your house. PLEASE come visit our house soon!!

Love,

Faithy

Fun with the Martins... 1

Last month I visited my friends and family in IN for a week. The first stop was at The Martin's house. I had SO MUCH FUN!! There were lots of new firsts for me.....first time on a trampoline, first time to swing, first time to spend the night with friends....it was a blast!! Mommy and I spent the night. I laughed so hard at all my friends...and Mrs. Heidi and Mr. B. They are pretty funny too! Here are some pics of me during this fun day!!My friend, Eden is bouncing away. I don't know how to do that just yet but I really enjoyed letting her bounce me!
This swinging thing is FUN!!!
Here I am with Mrs. Heidi. She is a great friend to my Mommy. She cooked us the best meals and played with me a lot. She's a really good Mommy to her kids. I really enjoyed being with her.
Here I am looking angelic with my friend, Eden. She's the youngest of the Martin kids. We are almost exactly a year apart but I think I look just as big as she does!

Busy, Busy!!

Well, things have been busy at the Sanderson house. We've been traveling or have hosted guests for the last several weeks. Lots of great pictures and stories to tell. Here I am with my cousin Brielle. We went swimming nearly every day of her visit. I loved wearing my hooded swimmy cover. More pics and updates to come soon!

Love,
Faithy