On Thursday afternoon after our lunch with Emily, we hung out with Mama Dot and Marie for a little while. Mama Dot was cracking pecans the whole time we visited, to get ready for her famous Christmas fudge.

Last night we came down to Raleigh to visit Mama Dot and some other friends. This afternoon we met Emily at Cameron Village for lunch (at the same Italian restaurant we've eaten at several times!). It was great to see her and catch up. What a great friend.

Ahh! I'm 5 months old!! I sing because I'm happy.

What do I want for my 5th month birthday? One million dollars.

Sweet girl. She is changing everyday. I'm still thinking about my list of things I want to remember about her for this month...I'll come back and update this post when I have more time for that.
Aaron came home for a few short minutes to play with her. And then we bundled her up (the high was around 35 degrees today, and we woke up to a little snow on the ground) to go deliver dinner to the Carrolls. Julia is two weeks old tomorrow! We brought a warm meal to them and stayed for a while to talk about how cute and sweet babies are. Julia is being very good to her parents and giving them good nighttime sleep! Vivian got the biggest kick out of the circle print on these pillows, and it was hard to get her to look at the camera. hehe

My hair is falling out! Not because of stress (I don't think), but because of postpartum hormones?? I read something that sounded right...that during pregnancy there is a lot of hair growth and so afterwards the extra hair falls out. I wouldn't mention it if it weren't extreme. I have a handful every morning after I brush my hair. It's everywhere. Beware, new moms! Take your vitamins!

I really wanted to post a video from youtube on our blog, but can't figure out how. Can I get some help? In the meantime, here is the link to view it. It's worth the 6 minutes...if you have time to watch it, don't miss the ending- it's the best part! Aaron and I have been encouraged by this song for two weeks, ever since Brett, the student pastor at church, shared it.

Mama Dot came from Raleigh to visit us yesterday! Vivian played with her at Gramme and Papa's house yesterday afternoon and then Aaron joined us for a spaghetti dinner there. We ate breakfast with her this morning before she left town. See you again for Thanksgiving!
(we tried and tried, but Vivian wouldn't let those fingers out of her mouth even for a quick picture)

Mom and I still go to get our toes painted about every 5 weeks. I love it. And Vivian enjoys it, too...this last Thursday she squealed and squealed in Gramme's arms and made everyone laugh. Except after about 10 minutes of it their ears probably started to hurt. It's not time to teach her "inside voice" yet, is it?

Jonathan, Joy, and Seth came to visit us this past weekend (they live in Greensboro). Jonathan and Aaron went hiking on Saturday while Joy and I played with the babies. Their Seth turned 3 months old on Saturday and he is a great baby! I told Vivian to take notes, especially on his napping skills.

Ahhh! Attack!

And the men enjoyed their afternoon in the woods. They hiked almost 20 miles in about 9 hours!

P.S. I stole some of these pictures from their blog.>

The service for Peepaw was very honorable. We enjoyed seeing family. Afterwards we went to his house to eat lunch with everyone. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind words!

On Monday night, Aaron's Peepaw died. The funeral is on Friday so we're leaving tonight for Fayetteville to be with his family. Thanks for your prayers!

Vivian is in the beginning stages of sitting up by herself. It only lasts for a couple seconds, but she's getting better! I got a little of her action on video tonight before bedtime.

Please ignore dorky mom.

We live next door to famous people! This is Adam and Tina. Tina has lived in the house beside us for many years, but this year she married Adam and we've been getting to know him, too. They are a sweet couple. But the crazy thing is that they are both pretty famous in the bluegrass world. In fact, Adam just recently won Mandolin Player of the Year. He used to play for Allison Krauss and now he plays for the Dan Tyminiski band (think music from O Brother, Where Art Thou movie). Tina's pretty well-known also for her banjo playing. We've heard her play...she's awesome!
Fun neighbors :) And they love Vivian...potential babysitters?!