BITS & PIECES OF OUR LIFE, OUR THOUGHTS, AND WHAT WE DO!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

From Playroom to Nursery

Just a few weeks ago we turned Whit's playroom (our 3rd bedroom) into a nursery for Baby Sam! We moved all of his toys out to the den behind our couch and started to paint the room to get it ready. Whit loved putting his hand prints all along the walls before we painted. He told us he was "giving Baby Sam a high-five"!





A Favorite Playmate

On the days that I work, Whit stays with our good friends, the Meachams. Heather takes Whit to and from preschool, feeds him lunch, and finds countless ways to entertain him and their 3 year old, Hannah. Whit LOVES to stay over there and LOVES to play with Hannah. When he leaves in the afternoon, he must first give Hannah a hug and kiss on the cheek and tell her that he loves her. It's too sweet! Here are some pictures of the fun times they've had this fall!








Sheriff Woody

Ok, so I'm W-A-Y behind on blogging, but in an attempt to catch up, we'll continue where we were...

We had such a fun-filled Halloween this year! We started it off by going to Jeremy, Suzanne, Sanna and Nicola's annual Halloween bash where we dressed up, rode on hayrides, and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. The food was (as always) delicious and the company was even better!

Here's Suzanne, a.k.a. Snooki (from Jersey Shore) and her offspring!




Whit and Sanna, a.k.a. Woody and the horse!

On Halloween Eve we carved a pumpkin. Whit loved scooping out the seeds with a spoon!




On Halloween night we met up with my childhood best friend, Beth, and took our boys trick-or-treating in the neighborhood we grew up in. My grandparents still live there and Whit loved getting candy from Grandmother and Papa!


Here are Whit, Asher, and Alex waiting patiently for Grandmother to come to the door and hand out the goods!

After trick-or-treating around the old 'hood, we headed over to Morgan and JT's house to see their costumes!


JT was an army man and Morgan was a Davie Crazy!

We then headed over to Hidden Creek neighborhood to see G and Papa and their neighbors!



By the end of the evening Whit had one massive sugar high and was totally sold out to Halloween!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Pickin' out a Pumpkin

On Sunday afternoon, I was feeling a wee bit better after battling a cold / fever all weekend and working all day Saturday at our MOPS Consignment Sale, so we ventured to Patterson Farm in Mt. Ulla in search of the perfect pumpkin!


We soon discovered that Patterson Farm has so much fun things to do besides just pick out a pumpkin! Whit enjoyed feeding the goats and seeing the other animals (chickens, peacock, pigs, birds, horses) in the stable.


He also loved the bee barn and wanted to touch the honey that the bees were making (behind glass).


We next ventured into the corn maze. He loved chasing after us!


They also had a corn pit for the kids to play in. With all of this corn, I couldn't help but think of my friend, Becky, who has a corn allergy - this place would have been a corn nightmare for her! 


Whit played on the pirate ship shaped playground.




We next went to the face-painting station where Whit got (surprise) a train stamped onto his face. Not exactly festive for fall, but a fan-favorite of course! Ha!



Whit and Daddy went over to see the pig races while Mommy stood in line and waited for the hayride.


Fun times on the hayride out to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins!

It took Whit a while to search through the field of pumpkins to find the one he wanted!


Finally we settled on a pumpkin fit for jack-o-lantern carving!


We got back on the tractor trailer and headed down to the patch with the smaller pumpkins for Whit to pick out one especially for him.




We finished off our afternoon with an ice cream cone and Whit enjoyed a nice long nap on the ride home!

Early October Beach Trip

The first week of October, the 3 of us snuck away for a short weekend at the beach! We stayed at my mom's place at Ocean Creek and had fun feeding the eels bites of bread (the ducks had apparently migrated already)...



These are the views from my mom's place at sunrise - After 20+ years, I've never tired of coming down here! Thanks, Mom!



It was warm enough for us to even get on our bathingsuits and play in the sand and surf!





Saturday night we went to our favorite restaurant in Little River, Crab Catchers, and ate fresh seafood out on the dock. It's amazing how making your child run back and forth is so fun to them and it wears them slap out after dinner!


The 3 of us haven't had a vacation together (alone) this summer, so it was nice to get away and enjoy the last few days of warm weather!