Domino Insanity

Jax is mesmerized by this. I'm putting dominoes on his Christmas list. :)

October Picture Post

The many faces of The Sauce.

October's weather was really warm! We had lots of outside bike time.

Emerson's fall party at dance.

She has Miss Raegan this year for tap/jazz and LOVES her!

After-dinner play time with Dad.

Jax's Pre-K field trip to the pumpkin patch.

Emerson's Halloween party at school.

Video of the Week

Here are the 3 Amigos, dressed up and ready to go to a fall festival last Sunday night. Captain America, Wonder Woman, and Cinderella...three big personalities trying to share the spotlight.

Foiled by strep

Alas, my trip to see Miley's baby has been cancelled. Emerson came down with strep throat last night, and I couldn't risk the possibility that I was carrying the virus and bring it to Peoria with me. Plus, I could envision me leaving and my other two coming down with it. Daddy is very capable, but still... I think it's best if I stay home.

I'm fighting depression today! I haven't seen my sister and her family since June, and I was dying to see Saige. On the bright side, they will be here for Thanksgiving, so it's T minus 5 weeks or so.

My big girl is on the couch, watching Paw Patrol, sucking on a frozen Sucrets tube. She is surprisingly upbeat and fun to be around this morning now that her fever is gone. We've got craft time and reading practice planned today before we get the littles from preschool. 

On an unrelated note, J's office is coming along beautifully! My friend Leslie is the bomb. As soon as it's all put together, I'll take pictures and post. His clients have been giving wonderful feedback about how it's one of the most beautifully decorated offices they've been in. And that's what we were going for...something totally different than the average office...warm and cozy and full of style.

Grammy came over yesterday and made a fun 'veggie man' for the kids after school. They loved it! And no, she hasn't lost her marbles...yesterday was Crazy Day at her school, so she was all decked out in various holiday garb and a coat hanger in her hair. You should've seen the looks we got in traffic!

My newest niece!

Auntie FAIL for not getting these on my blog sooner. A little over two weeks ago, my sis Miley had her third baby, a little girl named Saige Marie. She was 8 lbs, 3 ozs, just like her cousins Addison and Hayden!

She is such a beauty!

I can't enlarge the images or they become too distorted. But you can CLEARLY see how gorgeous she is! I see a lot of her momma in her!

And guess who is hopping on a plane to IL next week to meet her??? I cannot wait to hold that sweet love in my arms and kiss those cheeks!

A Boy in Red

Taken this morning:

Taken at 10 months old:



The minute I took the picture of him in his red hood this morning, my mind instantly flashed back to the picture above of him in the OU hat. It was a wonderfully snowy day, and he looked so darn cute snuggled up in the backseat that I couldn't resist snapping a picture.

This whole growing up thing is so overrated. I miss this chubby baby. But through his big-boy, Pre-K exterior, I still see the chubby baby. Perhaps I always will.

"...and she loved a little boy very, very much -- even more than she loved herself." -Shel Silverstein in The Giving Tree.