9 Years!

Do you remember where you were nine years ago? I do. I was saying "I do" to the love of my life. It's hard to believe how much time has passed since we were celebrating in NJ. My dad claims people are still talking about how much fun they had at our wedding. Can't wait to continue the tradition of watching our video tonight - not the real one, the out takes version compliments of my Uncle Pete. He caught all the good stuff!

Sick Baby????

Adam has an ear infection in both ears but does he look sick?? We spent the morning together stuffing envelopes (work stuff) and practicing our milestones. Hard to believe he will be ten months tomorrow!

I'm in Trouble

I got an email from my mom today that told me I hadn't updated the blog in a while and here I am, 37 years old following my mom's orders - you know I love you!

So what happened in the month of October

• Adam and I participated in the Out of the Darkness walk to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.


• The whole family went to Disney on Ice for the celebrations show.


• I got to visit Victory Lane (again) for the Charlotte race.


• Adam had his nine month check up and all is well. He's 21 lbs and allowed to try table food.


• And of course the two of them had a ball for Halloween; although Adam just stayed at the house and watched

I promsie to get better about updating this blog. It's just that this is the busiest time of year for me at work. Thanks for keeping me straight mom!!

September Update

Once again I have slacked off with my updates. It's hard to believe that today is the last day of September. My how time has flown. We started off with a trip to NJ for Labor Day weekend. This was sort of the last hurrah before we slid into a normal routine (even though school had already started).

Grace has adapted well to kindergarten. She loves P.E. and Library time. We are reading lots of books. She is also enjoying this year's dance class (ballet and tap). The only problem is that her class is Monday night at 6 p.m. and without her two-hour nap, she's dragging by the end. I'm sure as the year continues it will get easier. Adam is progressing nicely in child care; he's always so happy - even at 2 a.m. I still can't believe that he is 8 months old. He's crawling and pulling up and eating a lot! Let's see what October brings.

First day of kindergarten

Although she has been in a "school" since she was 12 weeks old, I still found myself crying when I dropped Grace off for her first day of kindergarten. We took Adam to school, then went to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast. While eating she asked me if I was going to cry "happy tears" when I took her to school. I said "of course I will, you're growing up". After that we came home to gather her things and take pictures. It's her friend Reagan's first day at private school, so she came over to say hello. Then Grace and I walked to class. She chattered all the way there. Of course I was thinking about how fast time has passed since she was born. She was the first one there in her class and was ready to go. Her teacher, Mrs. Tyson, happily posed for a picture before she led Grace into the next phase of her life.

Grace's Graduation

Hard to believe but our little girl is growing up. Friday night, Grace "graduated" from preschool. The evening started with a musical of sorts. Her entire class sang a few songs before taking a break to allow the kids, who will start kindergarten, a chance to change into their caps and gowns. They looked so cute!

Grace led the class in one of their songs - check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZDfNzt60ag

Girl's Day

This past Saturday, Grace and I began what I hope will become an annual back to school tradition - Girl's Day. We got manicures, went shopping for clothes and picked up dinner. Of course her attention span was more focused on when we were heading to the next activity but she seemed to enjoy it. My favorite quote of hers during her first ever manicure was "this is taking forever". I explained to her that one day, she would want it to take forever so she can escape from the world. She gave me a perplexed look - someday she will understand that statement LOL!!