Ahhhhhhh, October....

Our rainy month has arrived. For me, it is a welcome break from sweltering summer days. I can sit inside, turn the air down and imagine a cool fall day outside! Usually when the rain is over and November rolls around, the intense heat is gone and the nice island breeze returns. Then we can once again enjoy the outdoors here....without having to be at the beach.

Our Halloween decorations are out and our little girl is THRILLED! She loves "her Halloween stuff"! I've kept the decorations confined to our dining room. Normally they are scattered throughout the house, but the oranges and blacks and purples seem to clash with the soothing pale aqua that the rest of the house is painted.

Happy Fall!

Where, oh where has my little blog gone?

Can't believe 10 days has passed since my last post... Time is flying!

The baby boy is over his fever and just has a few bouts daily with a stuffy nose. His nose is so tiny though, that it doesn't take much at all to make it stuffy! Hopefully that will all pass by the end of the week.

On the other hand my girl has an ear infection. First one. Thankfully with our quick action she didn't suffer much pain. We had her to the doctor within hours of the pain setting in (thanks to her daddy for that!) and between the Motrin & antibiotics has been very well today. She'll be back at school tomorrow. We had fun putting our halloween decorations in the dining room today. Would usually wait until October had officially begun, but these days you gotta do it when you get a chance! Plan to post some pics of that later in the week (when October has begun).

Our tiny guy has started plenty of cooing and squealing - here's a peek!


Have a good week!!

First fever...

My little boy has his first fever! His big sis has a cold and looks like he caught it. So sad :( So far he's been acting like it isn't bothering him much. Hopefully it stays that way. So no pics for now but should have some before the end of the weekend. Gotta get my girl in bed.

Happy Friday!

Beach day

Took the kids to the beach earlier today. It was the baby boy's first time there. It was very hot so we kept him in the shade.

Our big girl had fun playing in the sand and building a sandcastles (I called it a sand village) with her Daddy.

The fresh air got to him and he took a nice little nap al fresco.

Coming up from their dip in the sea, ahhhhh.

A great way to spend a Sunday.....

Laundry time....

The baby had a very poopy day yesterday. We had to change 3 poopy outfits. This coupled with how behind I am on laundry led to this:

Notice the toes. I had to cut them out because all his larger pj's were dirty. Poor little guy!

Thankfully Memaw had helped us out (as she always does!) and his dirtys were in the wash at the time. Now we have lots of clean things. :)

I had a lovely lady come to clean yesterday - yeah!! I'm trying to line up some new help since Beverly went to Jamaica over a month ago and still isn't sure when she's coming back... So hopefully the housework will get back in order and the laundry will get caught up before long ;-)

Generosity!!

Yesterday we had 3 packages arrive full of goodies. Thanks!!

I got this cute little necklace. I made my wishes and I'm wearing it now. I love it!

Got these outfits for the little guy. The brown set is soooooo soft, great for travelling. How clever was that adding a bag of coffee to the loot?? Wish I could drink it...... There are many more but I'm just showing you a few of my faves.

Look at her new apron - was soo nice that she got a few new things in the boxes too.

Here is the latest pic of our little one. He went for a check up yesterday and one heartbreaking immunization (geez I hate those!!). He's a whopping 11lbs 6 oz now and is in the 50th %ile in all his measurements. So an average sized, well proportioned boy :)

It's so nice to be loved!

Have a good weekend---

Back home, etc...

Last week we decided to take the kids to Florida until Hurricane Gustav was out of our area. It was the baby boy's first plane ride at only 6 weeks old!

He got to meet Aunt Dot-Dot and boy do we miss her being around!

Our friend Stephanie drove down to meet him too.

He was introduced to Target, the mall & Walmart - poor little guy!

Here are some photos from our visit to the playground.

On the way home, we stayed with our friends in Tampa and got to meet their 2 puppies, Fred and Ginger with whom we all fell completely in love with! There might have to be a mini Dacshund in our future....
The day after we got back Sophie started preschool. We are glad to be back in school!

Happy Sunday!

OH - I almost forgot.... If ever you are not feeling special, just take a look at this :)

"If you're not feeling special, there's something you can do. Just remember what's super special about you."