BIG NEWS!

Can you guess our BIG news!!! Congrats Hinch Family!!!

Visit with the Alabama Davis's!

What a wonderful visit with Mike, Katie, and Josiah!!! This week Mike had a rare week off from his Internal Medicine Residency in Alabama and spent a few days with us in Kingston! Eli was so excited to get to see Cousin Josiah!!! The boys spent Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon together getting reaquainted. They talked ALOT and enjoyed wrestling around on the activity mat whenever the adults let them! Nana and Big Daddy even came down on Wednesday for a short visit. We can't wait til Thanksgiving when we can all get together again!

Eli checking out all of Josiah's hair!

Josiah... cute as usual!

Josiah: "If I could just get that shoe off... or maybe I get the whole leg in my mouth!"

Awwww!

The boys are quite a handful these days! I can't believe I got a picture of everyone looking at the camera!!!

Watch out! Black cat!

My friend Carrie took some pics of Eli on Halloween night in his cat costume! It was too cute and so much more managable than the dragonfly with those big ole wings!

M.I.A.

So, I know it's been a while since I've posted! No excuses! Last weekend Jay and I went MIA and left Eli for the WHOLE weekend! Eli had a great time at Aunt Kellye's and Grams, while Jay and I headed to Reynolds Plantation, Georgia. We stayed with his family in Atlanta on Friday night, then headed over to the Ritz Carlton Lodge where we stayed Saturday. We walked through million-dollar model homes, golfed, spa'ed, and were just generally lazy! The Lodge is located on Lake Oconee and the views were fantastic. I spent Sunday morning just sitting poolside with my latest murder mystery and watched the activity on the lake. We had a wonderful time, but were very ready to head home to our little boy!

Ritz Carlton Lodge

The view poolside... it's an infinity pool so you can't even tell where the pool ends and the views of the lake begin! How cool!

Baby Babble!

Who can resist baby babble? Here's some videos of Eli talking it up with his friend Noah and Cousin Josiah! Enjoy!


Eli and Noah! Doesn't it look like a Graco commercial? :)


Eli and Josiah! Just ignore the medical advice Michael is giving Big Daddy in the background! :)

Halloween

How much fun was Halloween this year?! I have loved getting to read about everyone's weekend and see pics of the kids all dressed up. I didn't want anyone to think that I am the "scrooge" of Halloween, but it was very low-key for the Owings Family and can you believe I didn't take a single picture?! On actual Halloween night, Eli was dressed as a cat (cute, little black fleece sleeper w/ feet and ears). We didn't go trick-or-treating, but we did volunteer as a family at the FBC Kingston "Fun, Sweets, and Treats". Jay worked filling drinks for the hundreds of kids, and I worked the cakewalk... with a microphone I might add. When the music stopped I'd say "Now everybody freeze" which I silently added in my head "Now everybody clap your hands... reverse, reverse..."! (Those are the lyrics to a dance song for you ole timers!) Eli hung out with Gram and anyone else who would have him. We had a good time, but were definitely ready to leave after about an hour. I have a new respect for all you teachers out there! Whew! So that was our Halloween in a nutshell! Can't wait until next year! (And yes, I ordered Eli's costume last night!!!!)

Eli's Halloween Party!

Okay... all you mom's who were at the party today can make fun of me for instant blogging! But my child is asleep (YEA) and I have just enough energy to post! Today was Eli's 1st Halloween Party! All our friends that live close by came over to show off costumes and enjoy some food and fun. The party was a blast and I can't wait to do it again next year. I CANNOT imagine what it will be like when they are all mobile! It was hard enough to get group shots! You can check out our photo page on shutterfly (link is in sidebar) for all the photo's from the party.

Party guests included:

Dragonfly - Eli Owings

Giraffe #1 - Cole Hinch

Giraffe #2 - Drew Stooksbury

Dragon - Noah Daugherty

The Queen - Hannah Harris

Skunk aka "Lil Stinker" - Grady Belitz

Curious George - Connard Belitz

The Witch - Sailor Presley

The Pumpkin - Maddox Lawson