Pumpkin Carving

With the fall weather moving in this week, we decided it was time to carve our pumpkin.  Anderson ate his pumpkin supervised while john did the carving.  He is into EVERYTHING these days and this was no exception, often times reaching his hand into the “insides”. 

Pumpkins everywhere! 

John and I enjoyed our favorite fall beer for the occasion. 

Anderson’s first Halloween- another “first” under our belts!

Pumpkin Patch

We had our first trip to the Pumpkin Patch this weekend with Aunt Boo, Uncle Alex and Mak!  It was not exactly fall weather at all but we made the best of it, even dressing in our pumpkin attire. 

These two have been so fun to watch as they grow.  Especially now that Anderson is able to keep up. 

We tried our best at standing to pose with the pumpkin.

But this seemed more convenient.  

Thank you for a fun first pumpkin patch adventure, Kubas’!  This is something we will definitely make a tradition!  The holidays are going to be so fun this year and the years to come!

Memorial Day Weekend

Anderson and I joined my parents at the beach Wednesday to start our Memorial Day weekend a little early.  Thursday was spent inside due to the not so good weather.  That night John arrived and my parents treated us to dinner at their favorite Italian restaurant- Ciao! 

We relaxed and worked at the house Friday morning before spending the afternoon at the beach.  It was a bit windy so we didn’t stay too long. 

Boo, Alex and Mak came Friday night.  We took turns cooking each night.  Friday night was our night so John and I whipped up a seafood dinner- crab legs, avocado tuna salad, corn and sweet potatoes. 

The weather was gorgeous Saturday so we spent the whole day on the beach soaking up the sun and torturing playing with the babies.  They both had their first experience {with their toes} in the water. Anderson was not a fan.  Mak didn’t seem to mind it. 

One napped and one enjoyed their first beach day.  Both were adorable in their Beaufort Bonnet Bucket hats. 

It was Boo and Alex’s turn to cook that night.  They made Southwest salads with shrimp and chicken.  So good! 

Sunday John and Lori came to join the fun.  We spent yet another day on the beach.

We ended our vacation with pizza at our favorite pizza joint and of course indulged in some ice cream at Kirk’s next door. 

We hope everyone had a safe and Happy Memorial Day!  Thank you to all those that have and do protect our freedom! 

And a Happy New Year!

We rang in the New Year fairly low key this year- just the way we wanted to!  With New Years Eve being during the week and having to work that day and then be back to work Wednesday we couldn’t really travel.  And being pregnant I wanted to do something that I would be able to celebrate at 12 and be home in bed by 12:30.  Energy is tough to come by these days. 

We had dinner at Mill Pond with some friends.  The boys were able to watch the LSU/Clemson game, the girls chatted and we all enjoyed delicious food and drinks!bacon wrapped filet with shrimp and mashed potatoes- happy preggo!The Towells hosted us after dinner for drinks and to ring in the New Year!  The Jen’s are excited about little A’s arrival!A perfect NYE night indeed!  It’s officially the year of Baby Anderson’s Arrival and we could not be more excited!

Happy 2013!!

2012 in review

What a year it has been!  We anticipated this year for so long and it seems it flew by in the blink of an eye.

We kicked off the year with Boo and Alex’s wedding in Januaryand 2 days later, my parents celebrated 30 years of marriage.  later in the month I headed to the coast to celebrate Breigh’s Bachelorette!In February, we celebrated with a Stock the Bar Shower thrown by my best girlfriendsand my sisters hosted a “Love”  themed Kitchen Shower!We ended the month by celebrating Breigh and Graham’s wedding in AikenBy March, our wedding festivities were picking up in full swing. My sisters and best friends boarded planes and headed to Nashville with me to celebrate my bacheloretteApril was the big month- one we had waited 13 months for.  John and I finally said “I do” with our closest family and friends by our sidesthen spent a week in Mexico as newlyweds!We gained a new sister and brother in May when James and Addie tied the knot in Edisto!By the end of May, it was time to celebrate Jennifer as she and John’s big day was approaching! We spent Memorial Day Weekend in Garden City  June was here before we knew it which meant Jennifer and John’s wedding!A few days later, John turned 28 and we celebrated first with a home cooked meal for 2again with a surprise dinner with great friends at Mill Pondand finally ended the celebrations with a trip to Charleston/ Sandy Point! The girls and I threw Sarah and Rob a couples shower at my parentsand we continued wedding season at Anna Kate and Adam’s Big Fat Greek Wedding!July was by far the month we will always remember…

We enjoyed July 4th on the lake in true American style Spent a long weekend at the beach with my familypartied in honor of the soon-to-be Newmansshowered one of my very best friends with lots of Bachelorette love in Edisto…And found out we had a BIG secret to share in the midst of it all.

We were most anxious for August.  We had our first doctor’s appointment with a sneak peak into our little secret. 

We are having a {healthy and growing} Baby!!I spent a weekend at the beach for Courtney’s Bacheloretteand my sisters and I showered Boo and Mak in anticipation of his arrival!September came and we were able to announce our secret to the world!We took our {already pre baby planned} trip to Vegasreturned to stand by Courtney’s side as she became Mrs. Newman and rounded out the year of Bachelorette’s with a celebration for Bennett!John and I finally made it to a football game to cheer our Gamecocks on to a win over Georgia to start Octoberwelcomed the first of the 3 expected additions- our precious neice Anna West Dupreespent a weekend in Litchfield for Sarah and Rob’s weddingand hosted a kitchen shower for Meredith!November was one we had been waiting on for what seemed like FOREVER!  We found out the gender of our sweet baby BOY!and spent the weekend in Charleston celebrating with Citadel Football!We were thankful for our first {married} Thanksgivingbefore welcoming the next little addition, our sweet nephew Mitchell Alan Kubas- “Mak”By December, our schedules started to slow down. 

We started Anderson’s nursery…Decorated for the holidays and celebrated our first Christmas together and last as a family of 2!and rang in the New Year with a low key night with friends!Here’s to 2013 and all the excitement and joy it is sure to bring!  We know our hands will be full but have no doubt our hearts will be fuller! 

Wishing you the Happiest New Year!