Halloweenie, Halloweenie!!

This Halloween was very unique. My Granny went into the hospital yesterday with pneumonia in her right lung, so I knew we were going to go to the hospital to see her as part of our Halloween activities. So, because of this, I planned for us to start early. And then I thought... if we're going to go all the way into town, we'll just go over and see my other grandma, who is about the same distance from the hospital as it is to go back to our house, so that's what we did. We drove LOTS of miles or only an itty bitty bit of candy! :)

And while Noah took his afternoon nap, I got Emma all spiffied up (even make-up!!) and we went outside and had us a little impromptu photoshoot. It was fun and I think she looks SO beautiful!

Marley had to be in the middle of everything, of course.

It was approaching four o'clock, which was a good hour after I wanted to leave, so we went and woke up Noah. He looks pleased, don't ya think? LOL....

I wish I could post the super cute picture of him when he stood up, but he had again stripped himself of his pants and diaper and so I don't think he would appreciate a picture of his little man on the internet for the world to see. Trust me, though... it's the cutest picture EVER.

We got all ready and went to Mimi's first, as she was going on our multi-county Halloween adventure...

He is the cutest monkey I have ever seen!

Sweet boy... just wanna eat him!

And Mama took this of me and my babies. I LOVE it!!

Then we went to see Granny in the hospital. All the nurses and patients were just ooohing and ahhhing over them. It was so cute! :)

And of course, it made Granny's night to see her sweet little ones.

And I forgot to take pictures when we went to Mama Peggy's and Aunt Kathy's houses, but we really enjoyed seeing them as well. When we got home, they got all cozy in their Halloween pj's and settled in for some left-over pizza and a Halloween movie. It was such a long day, but we got to see lots of people we love and we drove many, many miles. I think next year, we're going to try to pick and neighborhood and do the normal trick-or-treating. :)

Happy 5th Birthday, Sweet Emma

Instead of a party for Emma's birthday, this year we took a trip to the beach. I don't even remember the last time I was at the beach at this time of the year, but it was so nice and peaceful down there. It was a very cold weekend, so we didn't even go for a walk out on the sand, but we did play on the back deck of the condo some, which the kids absolutely loved! :)

This was my sweet boy on the drive down to the beach... just chillin with the girls...



My friend, Heather, who I just LOVE made this awesome cake for Emma! It took her hours upon hours of meticulous work and I could not be more thankful. Emma was in love with the cake and I didn't want to cut it because it was so pretty, but we did and boy was it yummy!



This is such a sweet picture of Emma, I just love it. And the band-aid on her head is a result of her jumping on the bed and banging her head on the dresser. Maybe she'll listen now when I tell her not to jump on the bed? Probably not.

Blowing out her candles!

The next day was Friday! I got up at 5:30 am to meet Jessica and Austin to go to Wilmington, where baby August was born. This was such an eventful day and I loved every minute of it.. well, except the 20 minutes where I left to get something to eat, because Ms. Jessica was only at four centimeters and in that 20 minutes, she went from 4 cm to a fully delivered baby. Who in the crap does that????? Anyway, I sprinted into the room just as the doctor pulled the baby out. I was pretty depressed that I missed the main event, but I'm over it now, I still got lots of good pictures, I just missed the best part.... ugh....

Anyway, this is one of my favorite pictures from that day, I just think she looks so cute putting on her chapstick.

The next day was Saturday and it was a very, very lazy day. I was tired from the busy day before and these pictures were all taken with a very crappy point and shoot camera that has since been returned to Best Buy, so please excuse all the red eyes and not so great pictures, but they're of my babies, so I love them just the same...

I love the look on his little face here! He loves playing with trucks, which believe me is a relief, because he also REALLY loves playing with his sister's dress-up clothes, mainly her crowns, necklaces, and sunglasses, so the mere fact that he likes trucks and bugs is quite reassuring. :)

And Emma took this picture of me while playing with the crappy point and shoot and she insists that it's great. I just think I look really gross and bored. Whatever.

Emma in her new princess dress that Mimi got her...

And this is her new Dora gown, princess toboggan, and Snow White crown.. all together.. boy is she a fashionista, or what?!?

And here's Noah with the crown.. he really likes it..

Emma being silly..

Sassyfras again....

Love this.. LOL...

Sweet babies.. in their non-matching clothes with unbrushed hair.. I love it!

And I look hideous, but I love it nonetheless, because it's me and my birthday girl... FIVE years old..... crap, life flies....