Big 4-0!

Some of the pictures came out too large - if you click on them you can see the whole picture.

NO way you are 40 today. You still act like you are 16. I love ya! Happy 40th!

My son, the....LADYBUG?

Now Chastity - you might have some explaining to do with Scotty on this one:

LOL -- blackmail pictures for later in life? You be the judge.

Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!

Tomorrow is the big day....the Tour de Charlotte. I dont know if anyone remembers but last year, Christmases tour had me in tears by the end of the day....so WISH us luck. Im not sure where the nap fits into the tour....but I guess we will find a spot. Pack-n-play will be in tow and I dare someone to wake the sleeping baby.

8am - Breakfast with Father in Law and brothers - our house (I figured one less stop, and it would be on time!)
10 am - Carolina's Carrousel Parade - my parents
1:30ish - Scotty's Grandfathers house (Mother in laws family)
TBD - Scotty's step-family (I say that for clarification in case you were counting -- they are family to us, not step...)

Things I am thankful for this year.
-The health of my family
-The love and support of friends
-The compassion that still exists in the world -- you may have to look to find it but its there
-That 2009 is coming to a close!!!! Im ready to kiss this year goodbye!!!!!!! Its been a rough one!

Heavens Newest Angel

Last night some of our best friends got to meet their son for the first time and then say goodbye. Wyatt Landry Dyer was born at 8:45 last night. He was 22 weeks early. You can follow their blog here.

Please pray for Allison & Weston as they begin to process this. I know they could use all the prayers. They have a long road ahead of them, but without a doubt I know they will come out of this stronger than ever and their faith in God will carry them through this rough time.

We love you Weston, Allison & Wyatt.

I LOVE ROCKY ROAD!

We found a new station on our TV that Alex loves. Its a kids music channel...and he was breaking it down to "I Love Rocky Road'.

Yes, I realized near the end I was filming SIDEWAYS with my crackberry! (If anyone knows how I can change it on my video here, let me know!)

Veterans Day Parade

Alex's first parade. It was fun, he did great. There wasn't a lot to entertain him, like bands, etc...but he still did great. He waved at a lot of the Veterans and bopped along to the Independence High School band. I guess I was expecting more tanks, hummers, etc. But those are probably all off protecting our country on foreign soil.

Thank you Veterans for everything you do for us here at home.

Old School CMPD police cars -- Paw Paw use to drive one of those. Pretty cool picture of PawPaw and Alex.

Alex is PROUD to be an American!

The best for last....MY High School (GO EAGLES!!!!) Air Force JROTC.

After the parade we went and ate lunch at Reid's at the 7th Street Station and watched the trolley and light rail run for a while. Alex loves a good Choo Choo!

Oink, Oink

The pink pig has been spotted! I repeat, the pink pig has been spotted.

Yep -- Alex has swine flu. He is currently growing a snout and curly tail. No, in all seriousness he is handling it like a trooper -- nights are hard on us as he is up and down with congestion and coughing. He has an on again/off again fever and is just feeling puny overall.

Keep Alex in your prayers -- we are home for the week with him and he is getting bored with Casa de Todd so we may try to get out in the red wagon for a long walk tomorrow.

And whats a post without some pictures...so here is some swine flu (cough cough H1N1) humor for you.....

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month

It is hard to believe how long its been since I've seen this smiling face (Meme on the right in the black and gold). Its also hard to believe how much she missed, my wedding, the births of all her great grand kids, my cousins wedding. And the hardest to believe is that this picture was taken a mere month before she passed away.

Thats how Pancreatic Cancer is. One day you are doing great and then the next not so much.

Pancreatic Cancer is getting more press and more media attention due to the passing of Patrick Swayze -- but we can do more. Get involved. Wear purple. Share your story of a family member. Raise money.

The new campaign on PanCan.org is 'Know it. Fight it. End it.' Just a few facts for you to think about. Pancreatic Cancer is the 4th leading cause of Cancer death in the US and there are NO early detection tools. And less than 2% of the National Cancer Institute budget is allocated to Pancreatic Cancer. 4th leading cause...less than 2% of funding.

Know it. Fight it. End it.

I love you Meme! Miss you always.

Happy Howl-o-ween!

We hosted our first ever Halloween party and it was FUN! Thanks to everyone for coming despite the weather and coming in costume! We had everything from Harry Potter to Juno to Disco Fever to the Cat in the Hat. Apparently as host of a party, I'm a horrible picture taker...so I'm waiting on a few friends to forward their pictures to me....but for now here are the few I did manage to take.





































What happens at the party - stays at the party....unless you like posting pictures just to make the blog interesting.....




Of course a Todd party cant happen without a few bumps and bruises. Our kitchen sink died this week. Well the sprayer got stuck, so we bought a new sprayer and attached it -- only to find out 30 minutes before the party that we had a LEAK...so we had to turn off the water in the kitchen. Fun times I tell ya, fun times.

The day after.....