The Pitt Family

2010-12-06T12:27:00.002-06:00

Haven't posted in a long time, things are going great at the Pitt's. We had a good Thanksgiving with Adam's side of the family. Everyone came to our house to stay for the whole weekend and we had a lot of fun. Our kids loved being able to play with their cousins. Andrew is now about 10 months and on the loose. He's crawling and pulling up on things and in to everything. And I guess we have decided on Andrew. Or the drews. Or D-rews. But I'm guessing he won't go to school and tell his teacher he goes by "the d-rews." Or maybe so. We have are busy getting ready for Christmas here, it's right around the corner! No shopping done what-so-ever!! How exciting!

2010-04-13T09:22:00.002-05:00

Pretty sure I forgot even how to post a blog it has been so long since I have last.

Well, we are now a family of 5! Adam posted some pics of new little Andrew already. We aren't sure of what we will be calling him yet. I know, that's sad. We first picked Andrew with the intent of calling him Drew. Then we kept calling him Andrew before he was born. We talked about Andy. I really love Andy. But Andy doesn't seem to flow. Evelyn introduces him as Andy to people but calls him Andrew at home. Levi just drools a lot, but I guess he says Andrew, but mostly just drools. When I talk to him I say Drew and Andrew but when I talk about him, it's Andrew. Adam mostly say's Drew, but sometimes Andrew. I still really like Andy. But again, it just never comes out. So... we have an adorable baby "to be named later."

Andrew Davis Pitt

2010-02-14T16:27:00.001-06:00

ANDREW DAVIS PITT, 8 lbs, 10 oz, 21 inches long born February 10, 2010.

Well...

2009-09-01T20:19:00.004-05:00

So it has been a long time since I (Adam) have written on this here blog, so bare with me as I try to hash out some of the past events in our lives and then try to update you as to where and what we are going to for now.

For those of you who don't know, Hillary is pregnant again!! She is due sometime the first part of February with our third child. We go back and forth about finding out what the sex of the child is... as of today we think we will find out what it is (ask one of us tomorrow and see if that has changed).

Hillary cut her leg open pretty good and had to get 7 stitches. Now I was told that I had to come up with some really cool story about how she did it, like she was mountains climbing or she got in a fight with 10 of the most vicious ninjas in the world (and lived to tell about it) or that she went swimming with sharks... but to tell you all the truth she was dusting. You heard me... dusting. Like every normal human, we react to circumstances. Hillary was dusting and picked up a really expensive glass bird from Italy and the thing simply broke in two. One piece in her hand and the other fell, so Hillary tried to trap the falling piece with her leg against the table and it cut her wide open. For those of you who know Hillary, you know that she just wiped off the blood and put a piece of duct tape over the wound and just kept working. OK, not really, she started yelling for her mother to come help her, then they both panicked and went to a non-emergency clinic to get it sown up. It gets better. THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO SOW HER UP!! The first place bandaged her up and sent her somewhere else to get sown up. Quite the long day for her.

Next on the list. Where and what are we going to do in the next few years? For the past couple of years Hillary and I have prayed through and considered moving to (a place I am not supposed to name on the internet... ???) and become M's... (which means foreign field workers), that is not going to happen. We are going to stay here in Memphis where we are very happy and just continue to work at the shop and raise our family here. We loved it here, have some family here, have great friends here, and have a great job that I enjoy doing. So... Memphis it is!

As I mentioned earlier we are expecting our third child. The only problem with that was we did not have a vehicle that could hold 3 car seats. All of that has changed now. Yesterday we went to a local Toyota dealership (http://www.wolfchasetoyota.com/) and got a minivan. We bought a 2005 Toyota Sienna, silver and roomy. Hillary can't stop grinning about it and Evelyn loves her new "ride".

Speaking of Evelyn, she turns 3 Wednesday the 9th. She keeps saying "Daddy, I have a birthday coming over!" instead of a birthday coming up. Levi turns 2 in a month... where has the time gone? They are both healthy and happy and loud. What more could we ask for, right?

I guess that is a wrap for one posting, I hope you enjoyed!

Boston!!!

2009-07-29T18:10:00.003-05:00

Last Friday, Adam's parents kept our kids and we headed to Boston for the weekend! Our friend Matt went with us and we had a great time. I have to confess that we did quite a bit of extra walking due to my lack of planning... but hey- I never once made the claim that when we get there I would know what to do next. I just got us to the airport and got our hotel and tickets online. We took the subway from the airport to the hotel. I will say that I knew we would at least be doing that b/c it was much less expensive than a taxi and the internet said it wouldn't take that long. I just didn't pay attention or look hard enough to find out where we got off on the subway. Our hotel was Holiday Inn Brookline. There were 2 different Brookline stops on the subway so I figured that that would be in the area or on the same street. Well, when we got off we looked around a little bit and I finally asked a police officer who instructed me that it was about a 15-20 minute walk in a different direction. We only had backpacks and we were excited to be in the city, so we didn't mind the walk. But then about halfway it started raining! We finally found the hotel and got to our room. It was early, but we decided to go ahead and start making our way to Fenway Park and stop and eat lunch on the way. It was supposed to clear up that night and be pretty weather, but when we left it was still yucky outside so we decided NOT to bring our new camera to the game. (what were we thinking?!!) Actually, we thought that the next day that we would take a tour of the park and we could take pictures then. Stupid. We didn't make it back in time the next day and so we have NO pictures of the ball game- the main reason we went to Boston, to see the Red Sox play!! Matt took a few pictures of us at the game to prove we were there with his camera, but still- I wished for my camera. It turned out to be perfect weather! We were about 2 seats away from crying over not being able to see the field. We sat in the infield grandstand about 5 rows up from a huge supporting beam. It ALMOST blocked our view of the batter and pitcher, but thankfully we could see what was happening. Sox won 3-1. Saturday we figured out where we were and got on the subway and did the walking tour of the Freedom Trail and saw a lot of the historical part of Boston. It is such an awesome and pretty city. I loved it. If I had to live in a big city, Boston would for sure be it.

river weekend

2009-06-06T09:26:00.004-05:00

Hannah, Evelyn and Adam

Hannah, Adam, Levi and Evelyn on the screamer

Levi and Papa

Last weekend we went camping at the TN river. This was the 3rd year in a row we've done this with my family. We usually do it on Memorial Day weekend but everyone was busy that weekend, so- we made our own long weekend last week. It was a lot of fun. The first day was cloudy and cool. I'm glad that I randomly packed a jacket for myself. We sat around the campfire with coffee most of the day. The next day it was sunny and hot, good swimming weather. Levi and Evelyn did not want to get in the water! They rode the screamer a couple of times and Evelyn sat on a raft w/ Adam once, but other than that- you'd think we were tourturing them if we got them close to the water. Evelyn actually fell SOUND asleep on one screamer ride. It was pretty funny. Evelyn slept in the tent with me and Adam and Levi slept in the trailer with Mimi and Papa but I think that if there hadn't been so much going on, he would have been fine in the tent. I'm excited that they've made it to a fine camping age.

swole

2009-06-05T11:20:00.002-05:00

all moved in

2009-05-28T08:16:00.002-05:00

Well, we finally made it into our new apartment. We closed on our house last Friday and moved over the holiday weekend. My sister, Heather, and her family were EXTREMELY helpful and kept Evelyn and Levi from Friday to Monday so that Adam and I were able to move and get everything put in its place. It took us 1 month to sell our house, which is definately a blessing from the Lord. We really like it here so far. I do miss my ginormaus bathroom, but I'll get used to this one. I'd say that it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make... but this apartment is very nice and not much of a sacrifice!

We are off to the river later today. We are meeting my parents and my sister's family there for a long weekend of skiing, swimming, and grilling out!

busted

2009-05-18T09:49:00.002-05:00

I thought it was a little too quiet this morning. Sure enough, Evelyn had squeezed out about half of a tube of diaper rash cream and rubbed on her face and started to paint Levi's face with it. I had to try hard not to laugh...ok so I took pictures, but I hid my laugh!

the river

2009-05-18T09:21:00.009-05:00

The Mermaid Marina is close to where their spot is on the river

When Adam was out of town a couple of weeks ago, me and the kids went with my mom to the river. I was a little nervous about taking Evelyn and Levi. I knew they would have fun, but I was nervous that the whole time I would be keeping Levi away from the stairs going down to the river, or tumbling down the steep rock embankment going down to the river, or the floating dock on the river... but it was actually very relaxing and a lot of fun! They played so well together those 2 days and I have no scary river stories to report.

there was a playground there that they liked to play on

their neighbor had a golf cart that they let us take for a ride

we got to eat all our meals outside

the gospel for a toddler

2009-04-28T09:35:00.000-05:00

On our way to church on Sunday Evelyn asked a question that led into a million other "why?" questions. I can't remember the initial question but it all led into the gospel. Why do we go to church? Why do we want to glorify God? Why do we love God? Why does God love us? Why did Jesus come? Why did he die on a cross? Why why why why, and so on. I'm pretty sure that she would have acted just as interested and asked as many questions if I was explaining the process of making chicken and dumplings. But, hey you know. It was still a car ride of talking about the gospel. Wouldn't it be great if all adults were that 'sincerely' interested in the gospel and prompted us with hundreds of whys? These hundreds of little "why" questions from her are a great way to make myself think about the gospel, the simplicity of it, the beauty of it, the power of it...and how to explain it. So, if you are a Christian I encourage you to find a toddler to share the gospel with!

h-h-hike

2009-04-27T08:49:00.000-05:00

Saturday I took Evelyn and Levi over to my mom and dad's. When we pulled into the driveway we saw ducks in the pond. "DUCKS!!!" Evelyn yelled and then Levi started yelling because Evelyn was. We went inside got some crackers and walked down to feed them but they had made their way over to their neighbor's pond. We started walking that way carefully walking next to a couple of ponds that Levi was way to interested in. We almost got close enough to throw them crackers when Evelyn again screamed "DUCKS!!!" They of course quacked and flew away. So... we went on a "hike" to find them hoping they would make their way back to my parents pond. We walked through the woods up to the street and I told Evelyn we were going to go on hike. A minute later she asked where the kite was? I said "what?....no, we are going on a hike, h h hike." She asked what that was and I told her just walking through the woods or on a trail. "oh...where's the kite?" "No, Evelyn we are going on a H-ike, not a kite" What's that? .....again I explain. Again, Where's the kite? By this time we had walked to the end of the cove and back to my parents pond and I had many times explained hiking and that we didn't have a kite. The ducks were back but we had eaten all the crackers on our h-hike. So they enjoyed throwing rocks in the water and I think I may need to purchase a kite sometime soon!

Easter

2009-04-14T11:39:00.001-05:00

We had a great Easter weekend. On Saturday we drove down to Mississippi to spend the night with my sister Heather. The kids had a great time playing outside and chasing the chickens. We went to church with them on Sunday morning, it was a great service. How great and mighty is our God!!! My parents came down after their church service and we all had lunch together. A couple of other families in Heather's church came too. We had a great afternoon.

Beautiful weekend

2009-04-06T12:52:00.000-05:00

It was such beautiful weekend that we spent most of it outside. We got a new camera last week and so I actuall took a lot of pictures trying to figure out some of the bells and whistles.

Levi at the playground

Evelyn on her "ride"

Ready!

Go!

Evelyn and her daddy

Ahhhhh!

just kidding, Daddy's right there

Levi making little boy noises

most of the time they play very nicely w/ each other

We ate dinner outside

all done!

So sad the weekend is ending

Evelyn and Levi

2009-04-01T22:14:00.000-05:00

sweet

Evelyn, not so nicely trying to get Levi to stand still for the picture

Here are some pictures of Evelyn and Levi with his new haircut

Hill's first post

2009-03-31T14:41:00.001-05:00

OK, this is my (Hillary's) first post on our blog. I have to admit, I've been very intimidated by this. Possibly due to the fact that half the time I forget how to even sign on to where I actually post something. I've had great intentions but I keep putting it off until I have something grand to write about or a perfect picture or something like that. Well, here I go.... OK, so I still don't have anything grand or perfect to publish, but I thought that getting this first post over with I'd not be so intimidated. We'll see if it works.

I've been meaning to put pictures of Levi on here. We shaved his head last week! I actually really like it. A friend asked how we got him to sit still while we did it and I told her that it was that short b/c he didn't sit still! We just had to keep going shorter and shorter. He looks like a little boy now and not my little baby. We bought a new camera yesterday... so it may be a while before I figure out how to get those pictures on here.

Good-bye old friend!

2009-03-14T17:44:00.000-05:00

Hopefully for the next few weeks I will be able to post a little bit more than I have been. This term is finally over and I can slow down a bit. School has been going well and I am thoroughly enjoying it, but I was definitely ready for a break.

Now to the title... good-bye old friend. Today we said good-bye to Cody. For those of you who do not know Cody, she has been our black lab for the last 4 years. She was part of the family to say the least for her. Hillary and I got her when we lived in Louisville, KY 4 years ago... she was the best. NO--- she didn't die, we just found a new home for her. A couple in our church have been kind enough to take her for us. We have finally put our house on the market and whenever we move, she would not have been able to go to Seminary housing with us. So we went ahead and let her go, so that we could get the carpet cleaned and so on.

Cody... you will be missed. Evelyn is already asking us where she is. I had to take her by myself today... Hillary didn't have the huevos to do it.

So Sorry!

2009-01-24T19:55:00.000-06:00

To those of you who do look at this blog, I am personally so sorry for not posting anything for a few weeks.

Just to fill everyone in, I (Adam) have started school back up and am going full time as well as working full time. (I don't know what I was thinking!) But it is good though, I have one night class and two online classes, Old Testament 4, New testament 3, and History of Christianity 2.

Hillary is doing great just staying at home with the babies. I think she is more busy than I am! She takes the kids to "Mother-day-out" every Wednesday and gets a little her time. Which, by the way, she really enjoys.

The kids are doing well also. Evelyn has a growing vocabulary and personality, and Levi is just growing. They both are amazing and bring us great joy all the time.

So Happy!

2008-12-26T13:43:00.000-06:00

Christmas was great for all, the kids got more than enough, thank you all who gave to our children so freely and willingly.

Selfishly I feel I have to write about a gift that hopefully will continue to give and give and give. About two birthday's ago (or maybe it was a Christmas gift, I can't remember now) my parents gave me the money to go and get myself a good bike for exercising and leisure riding. It is a great bike and worth every penny and I love it. The only issue I had with it was the time consumption. I work full time and go to school part time and sometimes the last thing I want to do when I get home is leave Hillary and the kids and go for a ride. But thanks to my in-laws I have solved the problem. My mother and father-in-law gave me a gift certificate to a local sporting goods store. After 30 or forty-five minutes of browsing and looking at things that would solely benefit me I walked past the solution to my year long dilemma.

I got a pull behind cart for my bike. Now when I get home and want to go for a stroll on the bike, I won't feel bad about it. I will have the kids with me, and be able to excercise, and the greatest thing of all... Hillary will get some time to herself!! (She is pretty pumped about that) Right after I got it all hooked up, I strapped the kids in and off we went. (To all you safety buffs, yes I got the kids helmets to wear, they just don't appear in the photos.)

Anyway, I love it, the kids love it, and Hillary loves not having us... hehe.

We have a winner!

2008-12-24T10:07:00.000-06:00

The first thing I want to say is that there will be no picture with this post. By the end of you reading this you will be so glad that I did not put a picture... trust me. Also, Hillary wasn't about to let me take a picture of this monumental event.
Most of you who will be reading this probably know me pretty well and know that eventually a story about poop will come out of my mouth at some point, so here it is.
While I was partaking in my morning rituals (throne time) my sweet little girl Evelyn walks right up to me and asks me, "what are you doing daddy?" Trying always to be honest with my children, I told her that "daddy is pooping baby, could you give me some privacy?" She said no. After that she said, "daddy I go potty too", (and for those of you who have had to potty train children know that when you first start potty training, your child will just sit on their potty and do nothing and ten minutes later poop in there new diaper... it always happens here) so to continue the dialogue, I told her that she did not need to go potty, that she just needed to go play. That didn't work. She kept on saying, "I go potty too." Needless to say I gave in, stripped her down and sat her on her potty and let her sit there.
Now before I continue with the events of this morning, I feel I need to tell you about our kids little toilet. It might be the coolest thing ever! When a little poop or pee hits the bottom of the bowl it will play music. The kind of music that when you hear it you think of victory. Quite a gratifying thing to have something cheer for you after your business is done! (I must admit that I hit the music button on the bottom of the toy toilet once for myself before... hehe!)
Saying all of that, Evelyn is sitting there just holding her doll and out of nowhere I heard the triumphant music of the toilet and looked at Evelyn and saw the great joy on her face as she finally went potty in her potty! She was so proud of herself and we clapped and cheered as she is finally growing up and using the "big girl potty".
So as we all are celebrating Christmas Eve and the joy of the birth of Christ, we are celebrating Evelyn's first poop in a potty. She's a winner.

Turns out, second times a charm!

2008-12-17T18:20:00.000-06:00

So we tried again to make our Christmas pictures. This time we had professionals help us... grandparents!! Also we thought the kids would sit a little better if we were in the picture. Turns out that both ideas were golden.

We haven't posted for a few days, it's been crazy around here. Levi and Hillary have a little sinus infection, I have an ear infection, and the princess Evelyn has pneumonia. We are all doing okay for now, but look forward to this house not being infected!

No Christmas pictures this year!!

2008-12-09T17:45:00.000-06:00

Anyone out there who has ever tried to take pictures of a two year old and a one year old at 6:30 at night just before bedtime will understand why... there are no Christmas pictures this year. Hillary and I tried all the tricks in the book; bribes, kisses, threts, raisins, you name it we tried it and nothing seemed to work. As soon as one child was ready the other had a breakdown and vise versa.
Levi was more interested and seeing the pictures we had already taken on the digital camera and Evelyn was more interested in jumping. (Don't ask, but the girl loves to jump... with an astonishing vertical of one inch!)

Anyway, after about 45 pictures taken and 30 minutes or more gone by, here are some of the better pictures we took.

adam

The lights are up!

2008-12-03T18:04:00.000-06:00

Well after two nights of extension chords, broken lights, holly bush scratches, and a lot of vomit from Levi... the lights are up! I am not sure if Evelyn had more fun watching me put up lights, or if I had more fun listening to her.

She turned the corner around the garage and saw me up on the ladder and immediately said, "oh, daddy get down, get down" (which is what we tell her when she climbs on things). It was pretty funny the concern that was on her face. After more lights got put she began to say, "good job daddy, good job". It was kind of nice having my own cheering section!

Now I am sure someone may be wondering about the Levi vomit I mentioned earlier. Not five minutes after Hillary bundled the boy up and got him outside, he covered himself in puke. It was gross. I was trying to hang some lights in a tree and all of a sudden I hear Hillary say, "aw man!". I turned around on the ladder and looked down and Hillary's face was priceless, half grossed out, half not surprised.

Anyway, the lights are finally up. 7 strands of big bulbed lights, six 100 light strands of small lights, two 50 light strands of small lights, and five extension chords. "And a partridge and a pear tree!"

adam

Good times

2008-11-29T15:09:00.000-06:00

To the best of my knowledge everybody had a good time this year at Thanksgiving. Me... I am worn out, the travel, the late nights, the early mornings, but no complaints. I loved seeing everyone and spending time with them all. The picture is off two proud grandparents and five grand babies all 2yrs. and younger. (Yes we are all still sane after this weekend!)

I thank God so much for His love and kindness to keep this family so close. I am also thankful for those who serve Him abroad.

May the Lord bless you all!!

-adam

Evelyn's first haircut

2008-11-25T19:57:00.000-06:00

Randomly Hillary and I decided that it was about time that Evelyn had some bangs... needless to say from the picture she likes them. Cutting her hair is no problem, I told her to look at daddy and that was enough. Cutting Levi's hair, on the other hand, is quite and ordeal. Hillary and I end up getting mad at each other because neither one of us can keep him still.

A time for thanks

2008-11-24T19:52:00.000-06:00

I have been thinking lately about this upcoming Thanksgiving that we will be spending at my oldest brothers house. I admit that I am about as excited for this as I get for Christmas sometimes. I am looking forward to spending time with my family and getting to meet my new niece and nephew. My family doesn't get together that much because of where everyone lives, so all of us coming together this year is a big deal. (Plus mom is celebrating a big birthday this year... I won't disclose the year for her sake.)
Yet in the midst of the excitement, there is a little sadness that is lingering. Each morning I wake up is another day closer to following the Lord's will and moving out of this country. The sadness is not the following the Lord's will, but the saying good-bye to the ones we love so much. I am thankful for this year and the opportunity to spend time with my family but I know that there will be fewer and farther between chances for us all to be together again.
At any rate, I hope that this is the best Thanksgiving yet and that the gluttony is overlooked. (I don't plan on going hungry!)
Adam

Last night's adverture

2008-11-22T08:37:00.000-06:00

So I decided to give Hillary the night off from the kids, they have both have been coughing a little during the night which has caused them to wake up which in turn means they end up in bed with us. Since Hillary is always the one to get up with them during the week I thought it would be nice to give her a night off.

What a night... I made a pallet on the floor in the den. Levi was screaming at 1:00a.m. and ended up on the floor with me. At 3:30a.m. Evelyn was screaming for "mydaddy" (as she calls me) so she ended up on the floor with me. Needless to say, me so sleepy! At least I can say that Cody (our dog) was not in the mix of things, she was cozy on her bed away from the kids.

Anyway, Hillary got some sleep (much needed I should add) and is ready for her day hanging out with some old friends. As for me... I got the kids all day. I can't wait.

Adam

2008-11-21T20:31:00.000-06:00

November 21, 2008

Ok, so this is totally new to us. If anyone reads this anytime soon... please be forgiving we're working on it.