First Bath in the Kitchen Sink

A Visit with Nana and Papa

The Cutest Little Cow

I know it’s a bit early, but we really couldn’t help ourselves yesterday.  It was a gorgeous day and felt like fall was definitely in the air, so why not?  This is one of Hayden’s first Halloween costumes and our favorite.  If these pictures don’t put you in a fall mood, I don’t know what will.

Trip to Illinois

We just got back from our Labor Day trip up to Illinois and had the best time. It was so wonderful to see everyone and get all of the cousins together. They all couldn't be any cuter!!! What fun to watch the four of them play together. Jamie and I got to go back to Peoria and see Bryan, Jodee and some of our old friends, which was also so much fun. Thanks again Gigi and Popi for watching the boys. It was such a nice trip and we're so blessed to have such amazing friends and family in our lives. Thanks again everyone!

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Hayden’s First Day of Preschool

A Monday Afternoon

So, Bennet is officially sitting up all by himself and we don’t need to worry about him falling over.  He’s grown up so fast and now will just sit on the floor and play with his toys.    I caught him this morning just sitting on floor, sucking his thumb and watching Mickey Mouse while Hayden and I had breakfast.  He melts my heart.  And Hayden, while I was putting Bennet down for his afternoon nap, got in his crib and started reading this book.  How cute is that?  It amazes us how Hayden can climb in and out of his crib, but stays there every morning and after nap time until we get him.  We’re hoping that lasts until he’s three and advances to a big boy bed.

Hurricane Irene

Well, Hurricane Irene proved to be quite uneventful here in Wake County.  It started on Friday night and it just rained and was really windy.  The same weather pattern continued throughout Saturday and eventually just went away.  Unfortunately, a transformer blew in our neighborhood, so we were without power for the majority of the day.  The four of us made the best of it though and tried to keep ourselves busy by going out to lunch and to the mall.  We ended up finding a cute, new place to get lunch by NCState that we’ll definitely be going to again, so we were pretty stoked by that.  Hayden got to wear his rain boots again and splash around in some water – heaven for a toddler.  Overall, not too bad of a day, but we were quite relieved when the power came back on Saturday evening.