Wow. It has been a couple months since we posted....in that time Gracie turned one year old! She had a fun party complete with a Hello Kitty cake. I was hoping she would dig into the cake, but she just picked at it daintly. I don't think she even got frosting on her face.

Lately we have been enjoying ourselves by playing outside (it was 70 today!) and going to the playground. If the weather is bad we head to the library or the nature center. We are really going to miss Athens. There are so many great things to do.

Jesse is in his last semester of Law school...and he can't wait to be done! He has really worked hard and the finish line is in sight. He is awesome. When he is not busy with law school he is playing pick up basketball or watching the Hawks or Georgia or Tech...

Lately I keep myself busy with house hunting on the internet. It is so fun to look for houses and imagine what not living in an apartment will feel like. I can't wait to have anything but white walls!

We hope to do better at keeping everyone updated. The future holds so much excitment.

Love,

The Van Sants

HAWKS RULE

This weekend was packed full of sports, sports, and more sports! We started our day off by going to the Atlanta Hawks open practice and team scrimidge. It was awsome to see the team in person. Josh Smith is truely the Human Highlight Reel! Gracie loved seeing Harry the Hawk (mascot) and laughed when he came where we were sitting. The pracitce was held in a small high school gym, so we were very close to the court. Jesse was in heaven!

After that Jesse was off to the Georgia Tech game...they won! And then home to catch the undefeated UGA football team play Tennessee. Well, the night ended on a sad note with the Dawgs loosing to Tennessee....bye bye to our #10 ranking.

Gracie is doing new tricks everyday! Just the other day she pushed up from the floor to standing without any help! I am sure she will be walking very soon!

We love you all!

Stephanie, Jesse and Gracie

Hi yall! This is our first family blog and we are excited to be able to share our news and pictures with everyone! This month has been an exciting one for our family....so where do I begin...

Jesse has been very busy with law school at the University of Georgia and recently recieved his first job offer! He worked very hard this past summer and it has really paid off.

Gracie is such a speedy crawler. She is zooming all arould our apartment and loves for us to chase her down the hall on our hands and knees. I know that soon she will be walking. She babbles non-stop and has added the word "ball" to her vocabulary of "mama" and "dada". She is also working on "tower" and "button." It is fun to see her growing up.

I am kept very busy with Gracie, but have found the time to develop my cooking skills thanks to Rachel Ray! I love her show! Jesse bought me one of her cookbooks, which really got the ball rolling. It has been fun to try new recipies.

Hope to keep yall updated!
Love,
Jesse, Stephanie & Gracie