Tyler's First Visit With Mickey!!!

A great day at Magic Kingdom!
Breakfast with the characters
Evan's "Mickey dance"

Three cuties!


Buzz Lightyear Ride- daddy took care of the shooting for Tyler
Happy boys in the hot tub
Dumbo ride- Tyler loved it!
Mickey Mouse!!!

Tyler loved touching all the characters
Tyler amazed by the dolphins
Rick and Jamie sporting their "Grumpy" shirts

We had a wonderful trip to Disney World last week. I have to admit that I didn't think Tyler would really care too much about visiting the parks, but he surprised me with how interested he was in all the attractions. Jamie nor I had ever been to Sea World, which turned out to be my favorite day in Orlando. Tyler really loved the whales, and it was especailly fun to watch Trey and O'Neal visiting the sting rays. Tyler however was not very amused when the dolphins came right up to he and daddy and splashed him in the face :)

I was also excited to learn how many rides he was able to ride. I think his favorite was It's a Small World- but judging by his reactions he enjoyed them all. We ate breakfast with the characters on Tuesday and everytime a character would come up to him he would grab their face- he was not a bt scared by them. I'm wondering if that will change by our next visit to Disney.

Other than the trip last week we have been gettig ready for the Bauer family Chrstmas this weekend in Jefferson- it should be lots of fun!

Fun Times With Cousins and welcome home Mark!

Alana and Daddy
Colin dressed up for daddy!
And that is only half of the kids!

Jess and Miss Alana- what a cutie!
Megan, Beth and C.J.
Tyler checking Alana out.
Megan and Colin

If this bib does not say it all for Thanksgiving this year (it says I'm Thankful for Daddy)!
O'Neal teaching Pops a thing or two about football!
All smiles!!!
We have had a fun week hanging out with cousins- especially the Graham/Sullivan clan as they have been staying in Jefferson. Mark got in this morning- it was so wonderful to see him. We are so thankful that he made it here safely and now he will get to spend some quality time with all the kids and Lesley. Speaking of being thankful- we had Jamie's six-week follow up with the neuro-surgeon this morning and he said Jamie looked great and that he would see him back in a year- YAY!!!

An Especailly Thankful Thanksgiving

Robin and Christopher are proud parents to C.J. - born November 21. He weighed in at 8lbs.13 oz. and was 21 inches long. He is a beautiful little (well, not so little!) guy and we are all so happy for them!
Ella and Tyler at dinner after C.J.'s arrival. We have to show them the ropes that our family always celebrates by eating :)
C.J.'s fan club :)


Tyler and his girlfriend Molly at Kindermusik.

What could preface Thanksgivng more appropriately than the introduction of a precious new member of the family. C.J. made his grade entrance into the world this afternoon- he has a head full of dark hair and I definitely think he looks like Christopher!

We have been keeping pretty busy around here. We went to see the Blue Man Group last weekend which was a really neat show. I asked Jessica on the way there if she thought I would think it was boring, and she was definitely right when she said that you could not get bored watching a performance by this group. It was a great night out on the town!

Tyler had fun at Kindermusik- he and his little girlfriend Molly were holding hands and were both very entertained by the music.

Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving and we have more to be thankful for this year than ever before! Jamie is doing great, we have a beautiful, healthy son and we have a family unlike any other :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Fun Times!

All ready for a walk to the barn :)
My sweet boy!
Tyler watching the Georgia game- check out his new jersey thanks to Claudia and Beth :)

And introducing our UGA cheerleader!
Tyler providing half-time entertainment!

We could not be more thrilled to have heard the finalization news on Friday that Ella is officially part of the family! We all went to dinner to celebrate this precious gift from God. On the way home from dinner Friday night I was thinking about the past year of ups and downs that Amy, Rick, Evan and Ella have expereinced (and all the rest of us- because you know us Bauer women we are as emotional as they come!) and what an inspiration they have been to all of us. When some people would have questioned God's reasons for things happening in what we saw as unfair ways- their faith only grew stronger and now they have the most precious gift possible- I have truly been amazed by their strength.



Christopher getting in some last minute practice before baby CJ enters the world. Keep Robin, Christopher, and CJ in your prayers the next couple of weeks as he will he here soon!
Trey playing at dinner- what a cutie!

Tyler playing- he is just getting more interactive everyday!

We have had a great past week- just enjoying life being back to normal :) Tyler had his first visit with Santa Claus - I know it is early, but we were at the Jefferson Marketplace and Santa was greeting everyone so we took the opportunity to meet him! Tyler was absolutely mesmerized by him, especailly his beard!

Jamie is doing great- he is just about back to his old self. The headaches are gradually getting better, his balance is back to normal and he feels good overall. He has starting to work again and although he is worn out by the end of the day, everyday is a little better :)

Happy Halloween!

Jaxon and Hope came over to visit Wednesday afternoon before trick or treating- it was so good to see the two of them.
Tyler looking at his new book from Nana :)
Ashley and Tyler love books- it is so much fun to read to the two of them!

Our masterpieces! Leave a comment as to which pumpkin you like best- we did not have any un-biased judges present :)

Our little pumpkin!
The sweet kitty and cool motocross rider.

We had a wonderful halloween trick or treating, carving pumpkins (I know it was a little late-but life has not exactly been normal and on schedule around here lately!) Emily, John, Wylie, and Ashley joined us at mom and dad's house for dinner and festivites. Of course mom had everything decked out down to the eye-ball cupcakes and each of the kids a halloween bag filled with toys and books. After pizza he hit the neighborhood to gather some candy. Jamie did not make it out in the neighborhood to trick or treat- but he wanted to know where Tyler's candy was when we got back- I didn't know you were supposed to collect candy for a seven month old :) Here are some pictures of the motocross rider, cute kitty, and our little pumpkin.

Once Wylie said he was tired and ready to go back to Bobbie's house we headed home for a pumpkin carving contest. Check out the pumpkins and let us know which one you think should win the prize!

Jamie is still improving every day- we were so thankful to all be together having fun on halloween. Three weeks ago I would not have believed that he would be carving pumpkins and entertaining the kids - man does it make you appreciate the simple joys in life!

Better every day!

Jamie is feeling better every day- and he has definitely increased his activity level over the past few days- again people would not believe that he had brain surgery two weeks ago! He is still in pain and the headaches still come and go - but all in all he is doing very well. We went to Emory on Friday to get his stitches removed and the nurse said he was looking great!

Life has sort of gotten back to normal, we even went to visit mom and dad and the Atkinsons at Hard Labor Creek state park on Saturday. It was a beautiful park and we had a great time. Evan and Jamie enjoyed fishing at the lake and we all enjoyed a shrimp dinner (thanks to Cecily!) and relaxing by the fire. Then we went to the pumpkin patch on Sunday- man is it nice to be doing fun things as a little family :)

I have gotten extremely spoiled the past two weeks as I have not cooked a meal since we came home from the hospital. Friends and family have been feeding us so many yummy meals that I may forget how to cook!

Today we had a halloween party at Tyler's playgroup- all the babies were too cute dressed up in their costumes.

It has been so long since I have posted pictures that I couldn't resist posting a bunch- so enjoy!