A Busy October

It's been a busy month, and I'm gonna do my best to get you caught up with us. The first weekend of October was my Dad's birthday (Oct. 3). Happy Birthday, Dad!

We met up with Dad, Mom, and Hovey in St. Augustine for a movie and dinner. We went to see Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D. I hadn't watched those movies in so long, and I didn't even remember some of it. Of course, going to a movie with a baby and a 3 year old is always interesting. We did our best to keep Micah quiet and happy, and we took lots of trips to the bathroom and went on a few walks to keep Hovey quiet during a 3 hour movie marathon.

The following week, I kept Hovey along with both babies while he stayed away from the swine flu at his school. We painted, walked down to the park, and played Halloween dress up. Hovey is going to be a gator football man (Tebow) this year, but he wanted to dress up the babies. That was fun, and Micah and Hayden cooperated pretty well with us.

Our next big event was Marine Corps Bootcamp graduation for Thomas (one of our former youth) in Parris Island, SC. Over the last couple of years, we have gotten really close to Thomas, and so we wanted to be there for his graduation. This was the longest trip we had taken with Micah so far, and he did great. He slept all the way to Beaufort (3 hours). That night he stayed up a little later since he had such a great nap, and he rolled and rolled and rolled in our great big king size bed. He loved it!

The next day we headed to Parris Island. Being there was really neat for me since my dad had been stationed there while he was in the Marines School of Field Music. I had never been there, but remember dad always talking about being there every time we passed the exit on I95.

When the Marine Corps band started playing during the ceremony, I felt such pride, and tried to imagine my dad out there. Dad, I wish you could have been there; I know you would have enjoyed it very much.

The ceremony was really neat for a non-military person. We were so proud of Thomas, and scanned his platoon very carefully to find his face. Fortunately, he was the only Philipino face in his platoon. Afterward, we caught up with him for some pictures and some lunch. Congratulations, Thomas! We knew you could do it!

Finally, a picture for Aunt Traci, Aunt La and Uncle Charlie.

We put his jersey on the other night during the Gator game. But just to let you know, this little boy is a future Liberty grad! Go LU!

Happy Fall Y'all

Yeaaaa!!! It's fall! This is my favorite time of year, except for Christmas. When we lived in Virginia, I fell in love with fall. I never experienced fall as a kid, being a Florida girl, so every year at this time I put up as many fall decorations in my house as I can and cherish the memories of green leaves turning to beautiful reds, yellows and oranges. One fall thing we can experience is going to the pumpkin patch (although the pumpkin patch is on the side of one of our busiest roads with no beautiful fall trees in the background). So today we went as a family to pick out our first pumpkin. I have never carved a pumpkin before so this year we decided to start the tradition, so stay tuned for pics of our first jack 0'lantern. You can see our pumpkin sitting next to our other sweet little pumpkin. Micah wasn't so sure what to think about all of it, but in the end he even gave our pumpkin a nice big kiss.

To celebrate the beginning of fall, Micah painted a picture of a fall tree with a little help from me.

I love doing art projects with the boys, and this was his first of many to come. He didn't seem to mind his hand being dipped into the paint at all.

In other Micah news, he is beginning to pull up now onto his knees. He even made it onto all fours the other day. It won't be long until he is crawling all over the place.