Boo! Or Gobble Gobble...whatever works.

What have we been up to? October flew by....lets see....

We got some pro pictures taken by Christina! Love them!



We went pumpkin pickin' to a REAL pumpkin patch (nice hat kid...)

And we dressed up for Halloween! Yeee Haw!!!

As we barrel towards Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for this year. We are healthy, happy, and a family. Sure sometimes we are a crazy family, but in the end...we love each other and work really hard at making it a good life.

Lake Norman Touch-A-Truck

LOVE LOVE LOVE this event! It was a bit crowded, but where else can a 2 year old 'drive' a fire truck, jeep, tree removal truck, rub elbows with Huntersville's finest police officers, play football with Sir Purr, 'tailgate' on a Panthers RV, and get to play on the Fun Bus?? And those are just the few things that we did. There was a LOT we didn't see and do. Such a great event for a great cause, Addie's Cure.

Arrrggghhh! It's a Baby Shower

This is a really late post since Lauren Hope is now 3 days old and this shower was for her this summer. Lauren's Mom is one of my near and dear friends. She lost Lauren's big sister last year so, this gave us that much more reason to celebrate that Lauren was on the way and that she was healthy and going to have the best guardian Angel watching over her.

I had a great Co-Host for this event. It went great, lots of great food, great friends, great conversations and great gifts for a special little girl. Lauren Hope...cant WAIT to meet you!!!

Long Time, No Blog...

I have a list full of excuses as to why I haven't blogged...but I'm going to just skip those and jump right back in. It's been a busy summer and early fall for us. However, I have left my camera at home A LOT so I only have a few posts to catch you up on.

Enjoy the ride....

Sweet Caroline....

My company has season tickets to the Charlotte Knights and we are lucky enough to get the seats usually about 2 times a season. Alex LOVES going and seeing Hooo-mur (Homer the Dragon and his girlfriend Sweet Caroline). He gets excited watching the game as well but his highlights are Homer and Caroline for sure. We moved to the upper deck last night so we could spread out and seek shelter (it was raining a little). On our way to the upper deck we spotted Sweet Caroline....Alex was over the moon excited.

Here are a few pictures that we took.

All in all it was a great night. The Knights were down 2-7 in the 5th but came back to tie the game and won the game in extra innings. The fireworks after the show were better than the ones we saw on the 4th at the Whitewater Center. We got home around 11pm - and for the most part - Alex did great for being up so late!

Birthday #2, The Finale!

Shew...what a weekend it has been. We started out at the aviation museum, then the pool, then a trip to the raptor center, and even a visit with horses...what more could a 2 year old want???

CAKE....PRESENTS!!! YAY!

Umm...it looks like Christmas landed in July in our house. Alex's has lots of grandparents who LOVE him. He got a big wheel, a cleaning trolley, a baseball bat and ball, toddler skates, and a talking Elmo!

(Yes, I am training him right)

Bye bye 1 year old Alex, hello 'terrible' 2s!

Birthday #2, Part 1

Alex started his all day birthday celebration with a trip to the Raptor Center. Another great place in Charlotte that is just minutes from our house at Latta Plantation. We finished up our trip at the Equestrian Center where he got to pet (and feed) some horses (no pictures to show for it though). But he had a great time with MawMaw and PawPaw like always!

Aviation Museum

We loving living in Charlotte and having lots of places to go and things to see that are new and fun and relatively inexpensive. My parents went with us to the Carolina's Aviation Museum and they purchased a membership so we can go back for free for a whole year. Thanks so much. Alex loved it and we cant wait to go back again.

We were lucky enough to get there when they had the hanger door open and this hanger is on the airport property right off a runway. I think Alex enjoyed watching the planes land more than he did the planes inside...but none-the-less he had a blast.

***no birds were harmed during flight in the above picture***