the brown family

David and I celebrated a very romantic Valentine's Day....well not really, but it was tons of fun anyway! We actually went to lake Toxaway with our friends the Appletons and the Hornes. We all drove up friday afternoon and barely made it there because of all the snow! Our car and the Hornes' car got stuck on the way up so Nate and David had to get out a couple of times and push our cars out of the snow and ice. Thankfully, the Appletons have 4-wheel drive and were able to make it more easily. I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted and don't have a picture of Nate and Joni - hopefully I'll be able to add some pics of them later to this post as I get them.

Valentines Day 2010 - the Appletons.

Valentines Day 2010 - the Browns (the lake is frozen over in the background).

Everyone had a child strapped to them for our walk except for me, but being 20 weeks pregnant might count too?!

Bath time.

The girls - Charlotte (20 months), Kara (4 months), Abigail (2 1/2 yrs. old)

Sledding on cookie sheets.

Posted in: on Monday, February 15, 2010 at at 8:20 PM 0 comments  

Charlotte and I went with Choppa and Nene to ride the train (light rail) this past week. Charlotte wasn't sure about it at first but she soon loved it. We took it from the end of the line to Uptown and looked around the ImaginOn, the children's museum / library. We ate lunch at Brixx's pizza and of course had to grab a cookie before heading back. Charlotte passed out in the car on the way - she had a lot of fun!


Waiting for the train while eating her cookie.

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Its a ....baby! Despite my extreme curiousity, we decided not to find out the sex of baby #2. We had our ultrasound where they scan the whole body - heart, brain, etc. and everything looks very healthy! We are so thankful to God for this new gift of life!

Posted in: on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at at 7:36 PM 2 comments  

We actually had some snow here recently though it was probably only an inch! Its also been raining a lot here too which can be tough when Charlotte wants to go outside everyday. Here are some pics from the "big snow" and others of Charlotte.

Charlotte at 20 months.

Showing off those pretty teeth.

At Nate and Joni's house.


Playing in the rain.

Posted in: on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at at 11:29 AM 0 comments  

Happy New Year! We had a wonderful Christmas with both sides of our family, being gone about 2 weeks. First we went to Spartanburg and had a great time with the Moxley family. We were able to go to the Christmas Eve children's service together with the Browns, though Charlotte wasn't that impressed. Then on the 26th we headed to lake Toxaway to have Christmas all over again with the Browns. Charlotte loved all her presents from everyone!

Playing with her new kitchen from Nene and Choppa.

With Uncle Russell.



With Uncle George.

Posted in: on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at at 5:13 PM 0 comments  

We had Charlotte's 18 month doctor's visit after Thanksgiving. The whole time she said "doctor", "boo boo", and "band aid". She now weighs 28 pounds and is 34 inches tall - in the 90 - 95%. Unfortunately, we had to get several shots plus the H1N1 - no fun for either of us!

Posted in: on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at at 2:47 PM 1 comments  

"Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him."
Psalm 127:3

Baby #2 is on the way! We are very excited to announce that we will be having another addition to our family come early July. I am about 11 weeks pregnant now and feeling every minute of it. I had nausea with Charlotte but not quite this bad. Hopefully, I'll start feeling better soon. We had our first ultrasound on Monday and everything looks great. We are very thankful for this gift from the Lord!

Posted in: on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at at 8:38 PM 3 comments