Christmas In GA

We had a super great time celebrating Christmas with my family in GA earlier this month.  It was a whirlwind trip, but the family time was priceless.  As usually we had fun cooking great food, went fly fishing (Chris and I), and the kids loved playing outdoors in December!  My brother's family came up for a long day and a half to celebrate, and the cousins had a ball together.  Can't wait to go back!

Grammy and Papaw with their grand kiddos...

Proof I went fishing!

2 lb. trout!

Sweet Haylie giving Jacob a bottle...

Crazy "twin" cousins, Matthew and Hope!

I LOVE cooking in my parents kitchen...

Yummy dinner of grilled filet steaks, roasted garlic-ranch mashed potatoes, and a spinach salad with apples and candied pecans...

Ready to feast...

Playing the "bell" gift...

Jacob's Dedication

To top off the Thanksgiving/Birthday Party weekend, we had Jacob Dedicated at church that Sunday!  We were so blessed to have family and friends share with us this event.  Here are a few pics from the occasion...

Pastor John praying...

Family pics...

Matthew is so hysterical in this one...

1st Birthday Party!

Jacob's 1st birthday party was so fun, and the birthday boy had a great time.  We had all the family over, and even my parents were able to make it from out of state!  Jacob DEMOLISHED his cake when he got a hold of it.  It was so funny to watch.  Good thing we got a "smash" cake for him!  We thank all our family for celebrating with us, and for all the cute gifts...

The Birthday Boy!

Papaw and Grammy with Jacob...

 

Family pic...

We got him to wear his hat for a few seconds...

Family at the party...

Ready for cake!

Woah!  What's this!?!

Who me?

Attack the cake!

Opening gifts...

A couple collages I did of me on my 1st birthday and J on his...;)

Singing "Happy Birthday"...



Jacob and his cake...


Opening gifts...

1st Birthday Decor

Well, I feel silly dedicating an entire post to the decorations for Jacob's party, but if I didn't break all these post up (cake/decor/party), it would be one HUGE post.  So in light of that fact, here are the cute decorations for his party.  I went with again, the same theme I used for Matthew's 1st birthday, a blue and green polka dot theme.  It was fun, and everything turned out great!

The table...

Polka dots everywhere!

The high chair decorated for the guest of honor...

More decor...

I found these cute polka dotted straws on etsy...

Birthday Cake and Cake Pops!

Here are the adorable cakes my friend Kynda made for Jacob's 1st birthday.  They were made to match the invitation, and Matthew also had his 1st birthday cake just like it.  The cake pops were a fun addition.  So yummy!

The cakes...

This is a vanilla cake with raspberry cream filling, fluffy buttercream frosting, and marshmallow fondant accents...

Side view...

The "smash" cake...

The cake pops!

These were made out of chocolate cake mixed with fluffy buttercream frosting, covered in white chocolate with matching polka dot sprinkles!

Jacob 12 Months...1 Year!

Here is the big birthday boy on his actually birthday, at 12 months old!  We can't believe our baby is 1!

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great time on Thanksgiving at our brother and sister-in-law's house.  The entire Doherty clan was there and then some.  Chris was actually able to be here on Thanksgiving, which was another bonus!  The day before Thanksgiving I made two pecan pies (one for our family and one for a friend), and this adorable "turkey" veggie platter I found on Pinterest.

Jacob was all about the bread and potatoes...

Matthew and cousins...

T-Day fun!

Football with the cousins as well...

Jacob refused to take a nap there, but zonked out about 5pm...exhausted from all the festivities!