I better keep blogging so I can go ahead and bury that hideous picture of me! Ha! Ava and I just got back from a walk to the park. What little energy we both had, it's pretty much gone now. It was beautiful out as it often is this time of year. This is my favorite season! Growing up, October was always a blast, celebrating my birthday and Halloween. My mom always put on great parties for my bday, some of my best childhood memories. There was the one where we all got in a cotton trailer and my grandpa, (the cotton farmer), dumped cotton on us. Ok, so that sounds really dangerous now, but we all thought we'd died and gone to heaven. Jumping around on huge fluffy mounds of cotton, ahhh , pure bliss! The best part is that it didn't cost my parents a dime, because my grandpa had to harvest his cotton anyway. I think we were actually helping compact it! There were other memorable birthdays but that was surely the most unique. Other things I love about this time of year: pumpkins, candles burning, relaxing by the fire, baking, bundling up, and all the holidays. Now if I can just make it through without gaining any weight!

Ava's birthday present

These pictures were taken by Ava with her new Fisher Price camera. Not bad, huh?

What we woke up to this morning

Yes, that is blood on my poor baby's face. Timmy went in to get him and there was blood on his face and a lot on his sheets. I couldn't tell where it was coming from until I bathed him and saw it was from a hemangioma he's had growing on his face. I made a doctors appointment because the thing would not stop bleeding. She said it would go away on it's own and suggested keeping a little band aid on it. I'm so glad Timmy was here because I would have freaked otherwise. I don't do well with blood. I was still worried all day but the doctor alleviated most of my concerns.
Here he is, all cleaned up! That was the smallest band aid I had:)

Meanwhile, it was picture day for my little pumpkin so I dolled her up. Is she adorable or what? I can't wait to see the pictures!
Speaking of adorable, how cute is this? She started dance and so far so good. I think it will be good for her because it requires some discipline. Lord knows she needs a hefty dose of that!

Timmy is working tonight so I think I'm going to crawl into bed with some hot tea and watch a movie. I've been hooked on English period films lately so hopefully I can find something. I know, I'm a dork:) We have a really cool thing with our cable where you can "rent" a ton of movies for $2.
Anyhow, I hope everyone is doing well! Goodnight!

Summer Vacation Part II

I'm still here!

Sorry I've been so lazy about blogging lately! I've got fun things to tell you all about and a lot of pictures to share! It will have to wait until tomorrow though, because right now I can't wait to lay my head on that pillow! We took the kids to the fair today and I'm wiped! I'm getting up bright and early to go yard sale with Jen so I need my beauty sleep! Lots of it. Goodnight!