This is really it!

We had a TON of pics from October, and I just found a few more! Geez! Waaay back on October 24, Jamie took Jadon to a kid's event at our local Chick-fil-A. Macy was fevered and had a runny nose that day, so we stayed home, while they painted pumpkins. Jadon was his typical self, and didn't want to jump on the inflatables, choosing only to stand there and people watch haha. It is so funny to see Jadon be cautious around people in public because at home, he is a MANIAC! I guess he was also obsessed with the blow up cow and loved painting his baby pumpkins. It was nice to see the pics Jamie took, since I wasn't able to be there to watch him. So thankful for a good daddy :)

This cracks me up! I just don't get it, when he does this. He is far from shy, but sometimes he just decides he has no interest in things...more like he's sad?? I don't know, but it is definitely not typical behavior. Funny. Jamie said this is all he would do, just stand there. Then he kept telling Jamie, "No. Go home." Whatever.

Last of Fall and Halloween Pics

Our computer was ruined, thanks to a 2-year-old drooling, funnyman. Hilarious, huh? Our laptop was open, while I was in the kitchen the other day. This hasn't been a problem, since Jadon was about a year old, but for whatever reason, he decided to spit tiny droplets of water onto the lower lefthand side of the keyboard. I honestly didn't think any got down into the keyboard, but a few weeks later, when our screen when white on three different occasions, and after a compter repair woman checked it out, we realized I was wrong :(

Thankfully, we don't save anything of any importance on our hard drive...well, there was a folder of pics from Halloween that I had converted to jpeg files, but I still have the originals on my USB. I really don't feel like converting these again, so here's the link to the pics from Halloween that I posted on Facebook. I know some of them are duplicates from previous posts, but they're cute enough to look at twice, right? :)

Click here for Halloween pics!

Fall Tradition

On October 23, we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch at the Methodist church in Pawleys Island. When Jadon was just four months old, we went there and propped him up against the pumpkins. He was so tiny, and he wore these very same overalls that Miss Macy Bleu wore this trip. We bought them at H&M in DC, when I was pregnant with Jadon. They are size 2-4 months, and they fit him perfectly two years ago. On Macy, they are floods, but they got the job done ;)

Macy has a bit of stranger anxiety, so she kept her eyes on any unfamiliar people who were approaching. If Mama's not right there, the tears immediately flow!
Of all of the pumpkins, large and small, Jadon was drawn to these blue and yellow pumpkins. We asked him which one he wanted, and he said, "Take blue punkin. Take yellow punkin. Do want take blue punkin home? Do want take yellow punkin home?" Then he saw the little orange pumpkin we had and added it to the mix, and before we knew it, we were either going to take them all home or have a meltdown. This wasn't going to be a test-my-limits meltdown. This was going to be a you're-breaking-my-punkin-lovin'-heart meltdown.

So Jamie and I really thought we were going to get a big, orange pumpkin to carve, but ended up with a blue-ish pumpkin, a yellow pumpkin, and a small orange pumpkin. Turns out, the three he wanted were the same price as the one we preferred. There really was no price for the smile on his face though. He was so proud of his punkins :)

The sweetest punkin in the patch

After we paid for the three pumpkins, we headed across the street to take a few more pics under the old oak and weeping willow trees. This area is so beautiful. Love it! Jadon really didn't care for the scenery though. He was too worried about Macy touching his pumpkins, so in all of the 25 shots I took of them, 99% had snot and tears or Jadon giving Macy the evil eye haha. Ahhh siblings :) Besides that, they were both soaking wet with sweat. I think we picked the hottest day in October to pick pumpkins...somewhere around 90* that day. Shew!

You know you're a dad, when:

Such a peaceful shot, right? Jadon was crying the entire way back the car, fearing Macy would get to hold one of his punkins :P

When we got home, Jadon was so excited to take his pumpkins in the house. He told us they were his "best friends." haha He has a lot of best friends these days ;) Then he named them: Big Mama Blue Punkin, Big Daddy Yellow Punkin, and Little Baby Orange Punkin. Toddlers are as cute as they are unstable. Love this age!

Naptime @ the Beach

We've struggled a few times in the last couple of months to get Jadon to take a nap, so when the weather is nice and sunny, we've decided to just take him out and let him play, rather than frustrate ourselves and have to keep going into the bedroom to tell him to get back into bed. This little boy could talk and talk for HOURS, before he will fall asleep sometimes. He doesn't really mind being in the bedroom, but if he doesn't nap, we are surely in for a troublesome afternoon. There have been days lately, when he has been in the bedroom talking away from 1pm-3pm, only to finally take a nap from 3pm-6pm. RE-READ: Our kid is taking up half of our lives, just to do naptime!!!

Thankfully there are days we can just go hang out at the beach and let him play, skip naptime, send him to bed at 8pm and have quiet for the next 12-13 hours. Oh wait, that would be the case, but we have another baby to contend with. Ha! Very little peace and quiet in this house, but lots of fun times with sweet, little faces :)

This little man is ALL about seashells! He had to bring them all home and named them Daddy, Momma and Sister haha :P

Disgruntled ;)

And the runny noses we are now dealing with (three days later) somehow came from this trip to the beach. As soon as we started to walk to the car, the snot started running from Jadon's nose, and has yet to stop :/ Poor, poor Macy Bleu. This is their THIRD bout of runny noses in the last six weeks or so! Geez!

Back-to-School Shoot

Let's face it, the closest thing to school these two get is playing in a room with other kids on Sunday mornings, but I'm a sucker for those cute back-to-school ads. So here's my best attempt with a 2-year-old who hadn't napped (and it was 6:45pm) and an 8-month-old who had to be woken up from her carseat. These were my favorite out of...oh...100 shots? :)

Playground First

We went to the playground at Broadway yesterday for a bit. It was almost perfect weather, a bit overcast and just cool enough to put socks on Macy (but not really necessary). Jadon had a blast running everywhere as always, and Macy had her first trip down the slide. She smiles all of the time, but she was REALLY happy join in the big kid fun, especially chasing Jadon :)