Nothing Like Some T and A !!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2009!!!!

Halloween 2008

Wow! My baby has grown up so much in one year!!!!

TOO DARN CUTE!

Gaby and "my big ole' pirate" in our dining room, he loves this thing!!!!

Notice how he has one pacy in his mouth and another in his hand! We have him down to using only at night time and during naps...Let me tell ya, he LOVES his pacy!!!!

I know I am an SLP and he should probably be done with this thing by now and blah, blah, blah, but I would rather him have it than suck his thumb!

Old Pics

I was going through a box of old pictures looking for something today, and I thought you guys would enjoy seeing these...Most are from college and grad school, a few from my wedding (and my friends')...I love seeing all our different hair styles!!!

Monster in My Pants

Ok, I have been singing this song the last few weeks, and I finally found it on utube...No clue why I know this song, the guy is from the B-52s....I am just glad I found it, I was beginning to think I was making it up! It is HILARIOUS!!!!

Fall Fun

I love fall and we have just had so much fun this weekend. We hit the Bandys/Maiden game on Friday night and tailgated for awhile...As soon as we got in the game, it started raining though, so we had to leave...Gabriel and I could not survive the rain. I am sure Cedric would have stayed had we not been there, but he was sweet and took us home. Bandys did win though!

Last night, we went over to Robin's for an awesome pumpkin carving party. At the last minute, we decided to go in costume, so I got another chance to wear my pirate outfit...Funny story about my costume...I dressed as a pirate several years ago for an adult party. Pulled out this costume several weeks ago just to make sure it was still ok for this year....It wasn't! My how things have changed in a few years. This outfit looked like a pirate slut! If I moved at all you would be seeing my butt! No way would I take my little boy out trick or treating in that get-up! I guess being a mommy has changed me a little :) So I threw together some things I had with my pirate accessories for the modified pirate outfit, I think it turned out cute and will be much warmer than the little pirate dress. Man, I didn't remember it being trashy but I guess my perception has changed!!!!

Cedric wore part of his costume and is going to have on the full pirate ensemble on Halloween. We had a blast last night, just hanging out and enjoying some fun with our family and friends. Cedric carved an awesome monster pumpkin and the Mark Sigmon family brought an awesome "Luke" pumpkin!!! Today, we are having lunch at my mom and dad's, then probably a little football,then a birthday party for Trevor at Nonnie and Dwight's house. A fun weekend and looking foward to heading to Chapel Hill on Thursday for the UNC/FSU game!!!!

Birthday Party for Rocky and Scout!

Cleveland County Fair Pics!

Fridays

I have to tell you, I think Fridays may just be my MOST favorite day of the week now. I work 4 day weeks with my job, so I am off every Friday. I love it! Gabriel is home with me on Fridays, and this is our special time to just do whatever. When he wakes up, we read stories together in bed in our PJs, he usually helps me do a few loads of laundry, maybe we go get some groceries, we usually go to Harris Teeter so he can ride the mechanical dragon, just whatever we want to do, we do it. I feel so fortunate to be able to be at home with him more. I feel like this one day of the week that I am a stay-at-home momma, which I always thought I would love to be. I think I have the best of both worlds now...I am really lucky to have the job that I do, and it really just fell into my lap. Thank goodness for Farren, the previous school nurse at Shuford, who told me about this job about a year ago! I knew I was not too happy doing what I was doing, but I don't think I realized just how unhappy I was until I began doing a job that I LOVE! Working out of your home is a wonderful thing and I feel so lucky that I have the oppotunity to be doing it.

Everyday I do something different. I may travel to a hospital for a training, go to a health department to do some hearing screenings on little cute babies, or it may be an office day where I am on the phones and doing paperwork all day. Each day is something new and I feel like my week just flies by. I have 22 counties to cover and 19 hospitals, so I have a lot of different great people that I interact with. I do think that at some point I may miss working with kids, but honestly, I don't right now, especially since I've got my own little monster here at home! It really is my dream job and I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on it and to thank God for answering my prayers on this one.

For Zach!

Pumpkins and Mums!

We went yesterday (and back this morning for more) to our favorite produce stand to stock up on pumpkins and mums for our yard. We decorated this morning and I think it looks great! I love fall! Tonight we are headed to the Cleveland County Fair with Cedric's family, I can't wait. I love a good fair!!!!!