well hi there.

so it's been over 3 months, eh? i'm not sure what exactly to say about that. this sounds incredibly dramatic, but i've felt like "words escape me" for a while now...i'm not quite able to wax eloquent about much, even you-my sweetest little muse=) i'm talking like i'm a writer, which i most certainly am not. but i don't typically struggle to find words about you, sweet love=)

so this letter will be mostly a bunch of pictures to catch you up from last fall. but i will say that fall was sweet. christmas was sweeter. winter has been chaotic but no doubt God is whispering to all of us and transforming our hearts. and i can't really ask for more than that, can i?

you are the cutest 3 year old. i love watching your face light up when you see a baby (you still ask me every day if there's one in my tummy yet...) or sound out a word or realize that you just learned how to do something new. i know without a doubt that there is so much more to be said about what you're doing in this particular phase of 3 year old life, but like i said, i'm at a loss for words during this little season. that breaks my heart, because you deserve a well thought-out memoir of your precious little journey. but we'll have to make do with an update through photos...

my favorite picture of us. maybe ever.

a big smooch

you "brought me breakfast" one morning while i was getting ready. a plastic french fry and a pepper shaker=)

you and jackson. looking awesome.

you and roberta george.

you and shelly. bonding in the car. sorry about half of the picture being cut off-i didn't have patience to go back and fix it:/

you and hazel. playing in the leaves at grandypa's house on thanksgiving. is this maybe the best picture you've ever seen or what?

daddy wanted to get in on that too.

um. you're drinking gravy through a straw. i thought it was worthy of note since you are definitely a scrawny little specimen...but that makes this picture no less disgusting.

you were very excited when lindsay's christmas present came in the mail! we can never have enough baby doll accessories=)

catherine LOVES harper and knox!!! (you're kissing knox's head here) these are lance and rachel's twin babies that you waited so patiently for last year. they arrived in november and now every twin anything is named harper and knox. including the imaginary twins you're wishing upon mommy's uterus.

girlfriend loves some chicken wings.

you and hazel-haze playing in the chick-fil-a playground

josh came to visit the week before christmas. you were excited, to say the least=)

downtown atlanta, with the city all dressed up for christmas

you on christmas morning with the twin baby dolls that santa brought. what are their names, you ask? that would be harper and knox, of course=)

santa also brought you an easel=)

davises at christmas. bam.

catherine riding on the back of her horse anna cate. (is that even what was happening? i'm not sure)

jackson, catherine and anna cate loving on grandmama. we all missed papa very much this christmas, but celebrated that he was spending christmas with Jesus Himself=)

yes please. love these three=)

i do believe we were making funny faces to try and help a certain grumpy catherine get on board with picture taking...

this makes me very very happy=)

anna cate read the christmas story this year

Lord have mercy. i can't get enough.

happy fall=)

hi love=)

it's been a fun fall so far=) let it be written that i am somewhat enjoying the cooler weather (but after 1 month of the cold i'll be ready for summer) and it makes me giddy to drink apple cider and make chili and cuddle on the couch. but what i REALLY want to do is put up our christmas tree=) we got a new village and train to put around our tree and i CAN'T WAIT to put it all up and watch you play with it. i can guarantee you that will be before thanksgiving.

speaking of fall, sara and daryl came to visit us a few weeks ago! (sara LOVES fall) here's a picture of you snuggling with them. you think you like them just a little bit? ;)

yesterday when we were riding in the car you started telling me about how the leaves change color in the fall and that y'all talked about that in school=) i tell your teacher ms michelle when you do things at home that y'all learn at school, and she just about starts crying=) that makes me love her, that she obviously is so proud of you too...did i tell you about the school situation?? i can't remember..but the first school we tried here wasn't so good, so after about a month we changed to another one that was right across the street and it is WONDERFUL!!! and that is a huge part of why the transition to georgia is getting better-i can actually enjoy my job that i like so much because i know you are happy when i'm away from you. i definitely couldn't say that while you were at your other school, so it makes me breathe a huge happy sigh of relief that where you are now is loving and nurturing and you get treated pretty close to the way you get treated when you're at home. but maybe with a few less kisses.

a few weeks ago we went camping with uncle keith and aunt elaine and grandypa-your mama is not a natural lover of camping, because i prefer showers and toilets, but it really was lots of fun! i was so hesitant to go, but it was one of your daddy's favorite childhood memories so i figured i should muster up some courage and eagerness and make it happen. so we did. and we loved it. it was such a great time being with elaine and keith, who we don't get to see too often, and grandypa was great showing you the campfire and entertaining us with his antics...thanks aunt elaine for all the sweet pictures!

and then we went to a pumpkin patch with uncle kelly and aunt misty and cousin hazel. lots of fun!

and here you are all dressed up in your halloween costume=) this year you were jessie the cowgirl from toy story. we can thank my sweet friend christi once again for such a great costume-mommy is nowhere near that crafty!! you loved dressing up and telling people that you were jessie=) and we loved watching you strut around knowing you were so cute=)

it's probably not a shocker that christi made this cute little fall outfit for you too=) thanks again christi!! i'm not sure where my sweet girl would be without you, at least in the fashion sense=)

this is of us dressing up our pumpkin like a turkey...

and here we are loving on each other=)



and here you are looking awesome after you put on everything you could find in your dress-up drawer...

that's all for now love. i love you so much and am loving watching you grown and learn and get smarter and smarter every day=)

mommy