Fall ~ 2010

FALL HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS ...

Gosh, how is it possible that it's already Fall, and Hunter is 7 1/2 months old. I first must apologize for the HUGE gap of time between entries. I knew it had been awhile, but was in total shock when I realized it's been almost 2 months since my last update.

It still blows my mind with how fast a single day can fly bye in a blink of an eye. Each morning I make a mental list of "Must Get Done's" and I'm luck if I even start one of them. But I guess at this point in the game, as long as Hunter is happy, feed and has clean clothes and diapers were all good and should consider the day a big success.

So let's do a little back tracking and catch you all up on what's been happening here in the big "T".

Greg spent back to back weekends away from home several weeks ago, leaving me a little crafty time..... So you ask, what did I do with my time? Well, I managed to hang a border in our downstairs bathroom, which sparked my nerve to venture onto a much bigger project. Painting a wall in our family room, RED !!!! Yep, that's right... I did it. I had been talking about it for months hoping that Greg would help me, but we just never had the time. The finished project, I think looks pretty good, I need to do some minor touch-ups here and there. But I think it looks rather nice.

We also managed to FINALLY get our garage cleaned out and organized. And can actually pull my car in now. Now we just need to have a garage sale and get rid of alot of junk, and we'll be doing good.

Hunter is now sitting up all by himself, although he would much rather lay on the floor, he is getting much better about sitting up to play.

He has his first tooth breaking through the gums. I must say I have a whirl wind of mixed emotions on this teething experience. I was super excited when I first saw it, then it hit me... my baby is growing up way to fast. Then we had 2 nights of NO sleep, with a fever, congestion and a whole lot of crankiness, all I could think about was how much longer until all his teeth are in and we won't have to go through this again. ( until the next kiddo)

Hunter is now eating breakfast, lunch and dinner (baby food) and loves his rice crackers. He does a really good job with picking it up off the tray of his high chair and gobbling it right down. He's also doing really well with his sippy cup. He can hold onto it, lift it up to his mouth and for the most part actually get it tipped back far enough to where he can get the juice.

With Fall upon us, it brings chilly mornings. This was the first really chilly morning I had to wrestle with him and putting on his jacket. He was not a fan of the hood......

The first part of October we took a weekend and went to Corpus Chirsti/ Padre Island with some of Greg's fellow Co-Workers. The weather was beautiful, the warm was amazing and we had a lot of fun playing on the beach and in the water with the little guy. He was not sure of the waves, but we found some little puddles of water in the morning during low tide and he LOVED playing in.

This past weekend, we took a little drive (about 30 miles) from San Antonio to a pumpkin patch. The weather was not that great, a few sprinkles of rain and a whole lot of wind. Which I guess is a good recipe for a Fall day at the Pumpkin Patch. In order to get out to the patch, you have to take a hayride. Which was a lot of fun. Brought back some fun memories of our time in Chicago and going to Goebertts each year with the Preschoolers.

Such a typical little boy- more interested in the dirt and grass around the pumpkins, than the pumpkins themselves. He sat there for probably 10 minutes or so, just playing in the dirt and trying to eat the grass.

We hope this finds everyone well. I am committed to keeping this updated on a more regular basis, along with cleaning out my closet, finishing my recipe binder before the Holidays. (which I seem to be adding more to it faster than I can work on it) starting a scrap book for Hunter, and getting our Christmas shopping done before December 1st, so that we can enjoy this exciting time of the year with our little guy.

I should also mention that he is rolling all over the place, he's started propping himself up on his arms and starting to get a knee under him. It won't be long before he figures out the crawling thing. He weighs 16 pounds 14 ounces and is about 26 inches long. We're currently in a very awkward phase of sizes for clothes. He's in 12 months-PJ's, 6 month pants, and any where from 6-12 months in shirts. I just had to go get him some smaller sized winter type clothes the other day. I have a dresser full of 12 month stuff that we got from family and friends that I was sure he would be able to wear right away, at this point we'll be lucky to get him in them at all.

Keeping checking back for more updates~ Lots of Hugs !!!!