BELATED BIRTHDAY POST

For my birthday, Marc surprised me with an evening at sea!  Just the two of us on our own boat (and the captain, of course)....it was soooo nice!  We brought a picnic dinner and set sail for three wonderful hours!  Thank you Poppy and CC for watching Alex (again) for us that night!  Thanks for my birthday dinner cruise sweetie!

 hey Buffy, ha ha ha!

 the sunset was GORGEOUS!!!

NEW SPIDEY ROOM

Our little munchkin is not so little anymore.  It was time for the full size bed because he was getting so tall (and 4 years old)!!  He wanted a "Spiderman room" so that's what we did.  We ordered the rails and slats to make the toddler bed into a full size (what a good investment that convertible crib is...highly recommended by us!).  Here are the pictures:

BEFORE: 

AFTER:

 little monkey was daddy's helper!

 not squished anymore...plenty of room!

pre curtains...

 

with curtains...

 

one happy Spidey (in his spiderman shirt too!)

TWICK OR TWEAT

We had a great Halloween (boo!) and were very lucky to have Poppy and CC join us in sunny California!  After months of anticipation to dress up like Spiderman for the neighborhood, Alex went with the monkey costume and boy was he cute.  This was a nice warm costume and it was chilly so it worked out great!  He was dressed and ready way before it was dark...

 (no, I did not get candy too...that was to empty Alex's into periodically so he didn't get tired!)

 ...on the move...

 look at the loot!

 Alex got to have "pajama" day at school on Halloween and he picked the skeleton ones.  They got to decorate pumpkins, "disect/carve" them, and of course have a Halloween party with all the goodies!  He couldn't wait to go to school!!

 Backing up...we carved pumpkins on Saturday.  Marc and I separated all the seeds and then I cleaned, seasoned, and roasted them for a yummy snack!  Alex was REALLY into carving the pumpkins and was a pro at punching the pattern onto the pumpkins!

 We also celebrated my birthday saturday w/ a yummy cupcake cake that Marc ordered (33 cupcakes)!



VACA PART TWO!!!

After 4 tries, I finally got these pictures to post!!  This is part 2 of our vacation!  These first pictures are from Rocky Ford, GA.  Alex had a great time fishing and riding 4-wheelers at Uncle Matt's.  We enjoyed lots of delicious food prepared by Barbara and Webster and we got to stay the night out at the farm at Pam and Levy's house.  Thanks so much again to everyone for your hospitality, we had a GREAT time!

 I think this is Alex's first fish ever!!!

 Alex got to enjoy this delicious pumpkin-shaped cookie from Panera for lunch one day.  He couldn't stop looking at it while SLOWLY eating his lunch!

 We got in lots of swimming at our hotel in Orlando when we headed there for Aunt Tracey's wedding.  This last group of pictures is from the big day!!

 It was great to see Pam and Don!  Don has made a lot of progress and is really doing well!

 Yes, that is Spiderman.  Alex brought his costume to the wedding and we let him put it on towards the end of the reception.  He was a hit with the ladies and was dancing the night away disguised as Spiderman!