Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!



This month has been really crazy for us. We have been incredibly busy as usual for us but then you throw in Tech football games, birthday parties, and just life in general, we never stop! So this year I started on the costumes early, way early for me since pretty much everything I do is last minute!

I tried to get Landon to be the fifties guy and match Gracie, but instead this is what I got "Mom, they don't do anything cool, like carry a gun or . . ." So an army man it is. I looked for a Coast Guard costume (if there even is such a thing) because Landon thinks his cousin Joey who is in the Coast Guard is about the coolest person ever--next to his dad (sorry Joey!). No luck with that one so I hunted all over town for green camo fabric and this is it!

Gracie has got to be the cutest--as any mom would say. Last year she was Raggedy Ann and she carried an Andy doll that my grandmother made for her when she was born--really cute. So this year it was hard to top, but I think we did just as well. She is pretty cute and she knows it. A special thanks to my mom for spending hours to make my kids look great!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

He's finally 5!






Landon is finally five today! He has been talking about turning five for months--and today is finally the day. This morning he told us that he now had 5 "ounces" of smarts and when he turns 6 he will have 6 "pounds" of smarts! Landon thinks that he gets to go to kindergarten tomorrow since he is now the big 5! After many explanations, he is still not sure that he has to wait until next August to start at Windsor. The day he was born seems like ages ago when I think of all he has done and all that he knows--Landon has never met a stranger and never forgets a thing! I remember the morning he was born all too well--though, the weeks and months immediately after are still a blurr. He spent the first 15 days of his life in the NICU with more tubes and wires then I have ever seen in someone so small; looking at him now you would never know he was more than 6 weeks premature. Happy Birthday Landon-- you amaze me and bless me everyday!