An Update At Long Last

It's been a long while since we had any updates. Julia is now 6 months old, has her first tooth and a second one on the way, is sleeping 12 hours at night, and is making crazy sounds constantly. Jarret & I hosted our first meeting in which we'll be leading a Foundations Group for the next 15 months, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Tennessee with my family, and we saw our first movie in the theater since Julia's birth.

Thanksgiving at the Farm in Tennessee

Each Thanksgiving, the Trimble family (my dad's extended side) holds lunch at the farm where my grandfather and his brothers and sisters grew up. The original house was built in 1901 with several barns around the property. A few years ago, a family member tore down the old house due to its worsening condition, and they rebuilt it with great care to keep much of the look and floorplan the same. It's so wonderful to walk the property and hear old stories of our history!

Trimble family photo

We actually got one with her smiling. Amazing!

Each year, the family takes a walk over the hill to see old sights on the property and hear old stories. One stop is this particular tree that has mistletoe. Dad & Jarret took turns shooting some down!

Jarret & I with our prize mistletoe.

The beautiful walk back to the house.

Took a short hike up the hill to visit the tombstone for my great-great-great grandfather (that would be my dad's great-great grandfather).

One of the old barns - to prove it really is an old farm place!

A view of the backside of the house, from up the hill. Looks so calm and peaceful, doesn't it?

With Grammy & Papa inside the new "farmhouse".

Julia's first time to see real animals other than a dog!

On our plane ride home, we ran into Kim - a friend of ours from the Lake Powell trip where Jarret & I met, who also happens to be an airline stewardess for AA. She let us meet the pilots, and they let us sit in the cockpit to snap a photo. So cool! Thanks Kim!!

How our sweet baby slept on the plane. We love getting snuggle time!

Random Photos

All bundled up. She looked so cute in a little hat and with her furry blanket.

First tooth has made its appearance and we can see the second one already on its way. We started cereal almost two weeks ago, and she actually has done great with it. We've just started other foods. We'll see how that goes!

First day to wear shoes. It made her look so much older to us!

Christmas-time Eubanks family photos

It was NOT a fun three hours trying to get all the different family photo shots, but at least we got a few winners! We got one of just the 4 kiddos, too, but we don't have a scan of that one. Suffice it to say that with their matching outfits, they look like they're straight out of a magazine.

- Katie