Happy Halloween!

This year is a good Halloween year.  Jackson's old enough to really be excited about it, but young enough that he wants us to go with him.  Jackson picked out the costumes for him and Davis this year, which only meant one thing...Sully and Mike from Monsters, Inc.  They were so cute together.  It worked out that Davis is just a little too young for all this candy stuff, but is big enough that people didn't get that which means candy for momma!  This year we kept the tradition of going with Mayer and Beau and added in James Robert and Mattie Shore.  Leslie just had baby James yesterday, so it was daddy duty.  We had so much fun!

There is big news around here.  We sold our house finally!!!  We close on Nov. 20 and we're closing on our new house the same day!  We're headed to Smyrna and are so excited!  We are so ready!  When we first bought this house we didn't have kids and didn't even live in Atlanta, so sleeping on couches or on the floor for a couple of nights was no big deal.  Paint fumes?  Sure!  Now it's a totally different story.  The boys are getting shipped off to Mimi's house for 3 nights because we'll have about 30 hours to get out of this house and into the new house while it's being painted.  This is going to be fun!

9 months

Davis is 9 months old today.  Could we just slow time down just a little, please?  Here are his facts for this month:

1.  Davis weighs 22 lbs. 1 oz (90%) and is 29 1/16" (75-90%)
2.  He only wants table food now and loves everything he eats!
3.  He is down to 2 naps a day.
4.  Davis is officially crawling everywhere.  He usually ends up at my feet waiting to be picked up.  He has made the trip from the den to Jackson's room and is usually out of breath when he gets there.
5.  He is wearing 12-18 month clothes.

Fall Firsts

Well Jackson met one of my least favorite professions, the dentist.  It was his first trip and he handled it like a champ.  I may have given them a hint that he loved construction sites and they may have had a movie on just for him, but whatever it takes. 

We also played hookie from church last week since the boys had runny noses and went up to the pumpkin patch and to mine for gold.  Apparently Drew is nervous about buying a new house and was hoping to hit it big.  Sadly we came home with maybe 1 fleck of gold, some worthless gemstones and not even a pumpkin, but everyone had fun.

Oh and maybe the best news of all...we got a contract on our house!  Praise the Lord!

I'm gettin outta here!

Well, I knew after yesterday it wouldn't be long that Davis was full out crawling and boy was I right.  Davis took off took off today, so I think my job just got a little bit harder.  Luckily he's not fast yet, but I know that's next.

Another thing is I think I'm slowly becoming my mom.  Good or bad, I think it's coming.  I was eating dinner tonight with Davis and Jackson and as usual Davis is eating like a 15 year old and Jackson is eating like a bird.  So round and round we go about how many bites he has to take.  That child would not budge so finally I pulled out the "At some point hunger is on my side." and stared at him.  All of a sudden I had such a flashback.  I can't even remember how many times my mom and I had this exact same conversation.  Here I am on this side now and would like to formally apologize to my mom for not eating those gross english peas.  I now understand your pain.