happy thanksgiving? more like you're welcoming.

Better late than never is sadly becoming my new life motto. 

Thanksgiving was small but fun. 

Kait was all about trying out new recipes and delegating them. ;)

I lived vicariously through Kent's craftiness when he reupholstered a tiny rocking chair for Little Miss who looked adorable Thanksgiving day. 

Patch found some much needed love and attention through Uncle Ben but did not get the same love when it came to the big meal. 

And then we all sat in a vegetative state afterwards. 

A good Thanksgiving indeed.

**Also, if you're curious about my title, it comes from this video which I find hilarious, and I hope you do too if you watch it.**

snapshots of baby girl and patch.

{another} birthday weekend. {translated: pictures of Caris}

We planned a party to celebrate Kent's birthday this past Sunday, so I headed to Lexington on Friday afternoon and spent the weekend with the family. 

Caris's Saturday morning pjs were so cute I had to snap a picture.

Duck butt!

After being a nanny for a few months, I have begun to figure out some things babies like. Apparently shaking blankets is one of them. She was entertained. :)

Also on Saturday, Kait and I stopped by to see Wes and Sara before they photographed a wedding and then walked over to see the inside of Ben's new place (pictured in this post). We also spent entirely too much time in Kohl's debating on how to best spend our mother's $10 reward cash she got in the mail. I like to think we spent it wisely in the end. :)

Then on Sunday we got together to celebrate Kent's birthday! We enjoyed spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread and topped it off with carrot cake.  

After eating cake and giving Kent his gift (tickets to the Clemson Georgia Tech game), we headed to the living room and hung out.

Caris practiced sitting up with Aunt Sara.

She also chewed on her mom's finger.

The brothers + Patch

Kent was the life of his own party!

And Patch eventually became bored...

the suits family goes camping!

Tuesday was my brother-in-law, Kent's, birthday, and Kait surprised him with a camping trip at Edisto last weekend. (You can read her take of it here, here, and here.) I drove down on Sunday afternoon and spent a few hours with them.

One of the cutest pictures ever.

I love her so much!

Poor Patch is a spoiled inside dog, so the bugs were a bit difficult for him to handle. Actually, they were hard for all of us to handle.

Kent, the grill master

I stayed and ate dinner with them and dessert and got to see this lovely view before heading home. 

nap time.

these are becoming more common with a newborn baby in the house. it's pretty cute, isn't it?

and here I thought I was going to become an awesome blogger.

I really thought that after school I would become a blogging machine, but that clearly has not happened. I'll try to do better; I promise. Maybe when my life becomes more exciting and I actually shower and get dressed more days than not I'll have more to blog about-- maybe. But in the meantime, here are some snapshots I took a few weeks ago. I've been spending time with my family and trying to soak up every minute of it.

I love this little face so much.

I have to say, one of the things I was most excited about my parents' return was seeing them in their new role as grandma and grandpa; it's pretty adorable, not going to lie.

my morning

my puppy nephew thinks he's a lap dog.

*WARNING*

the following post contains pictures of lots and lots of cuteness.

"please, oh please, can I come snuggle with you?"

"success! this is great! she finally let me up!"

"I'm sexy, and I know it."

"she's so nice to let me up here. this is MY chair after all."

"darn! spoke too soon."

"I'll just lay here all cute and make her feel guilty."