Trick or Treat

Last week Micah and I went back home to Mississippi for Halloween weekend. The whole trip was short and sweet, but hopefully we'll be able to visit more often in 2010 and in years to come. More on that later...


I don't think I know of another one year old that has been on as many airplanes as this little guy. He's a pro at it now.



On Halloween night Hannah decided that it was cooler to go trick or treating with her friends rather than her brother and little cousins. So, she got her picture taken earlier in the night before everyone else was dressed. She rocked out one of her mom's old dance costumes from the 80's.



Here's Nana and all of her grandsons before they hit the streets.




It doesn't get much better than this. Who wouldn't want to be pulled around in a wagon collecting candy?


Micah loves his Aunt Dawne!

Fall 2009 First Blizzard

I know I'm a little behind on blogging. Never fear though. I've been keeping up with everything through pictures and videos. I've just been slacking on getting everything posted. So, here we go.

Last week went from pleasant fall weather to a taste of a winter blast. It started snowing Tuesday night and didn't stop until Thursday night.

This is what our backyard looked like Wednesday before I went to work. Yes, I went to work because nothing closes here.


This is the same setting Wednesday night when I got home from work. More snow. And it just kept coming.


This is what things looked like Thursday morning. And, yes, I went to work.

Chuck E. Cheese

Saturday morning Micah, Tom and I went to Chuck E. Cheese to help Gia celebrate her 2nd Birthday. It was great to see how his face lit up when he was around all of the bright lights, machines, rides, games and of course Chuck E. Cheese. He had so much fun, and I think Tom and I had just as much fun too.

Weekend Warrior

Tom is the world's best husband and weekend warrior. Not only am I impressed with his handy work, but I'm even more impressed that he finished this project when he estimated he would finish. Usually, he takes two or three times longer than he originally expects.

We've been talking about replacing our counter tops for a while now. Tom and I decided a couple weeks ago that it was time. Look at what a wonderful job he did putting in the new granite tile counter tops in our kitchen.

Halloween Portraits

Wahoo, this is my 200th post!

After Micah's nap today, we went to the mall to have his picture taken in his Halloween costume. He thought posing for the camera was a blast! The only problem was that he didn't want to sit still for any of the pictures. I would position him and walk away, and there he was trailing behind me. A few of the pictures turned out okay although I wasn't thrilled about any of them. You can view all of them by following these directions:

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Micah Deen's Day Off

Well, it's two days later and I'm sitting on the couch while Micah is watching Sprout. Yesterday I sent Micah to school and got another call from his teacher that he wasn't feeling well, so I took him to the doctor to get him all checked out. They tested for strep and the flu. He has neither, just a cold. Likewise, Dr. Gin suggested that he stay home for at least 24 hours before returning to school to minimize the spread of the cold. So, here we are. It's a great day to stay at home considering it snowed all day yesterday and it seems to be sticking around today.

This is what things looked like when I left for work yesterday. It looked like this all day long.


This morning we still had several inches of thick wet snow.


I thought this was a good mix of fall and winter all in one.

Sick Little Man

Micah woke this morning with a mild fever of 99.1. I coughed it up to teething and sent him on to daycare. Around 11:00 I got a call from Ms. Chrissy, his teacher, that he wasn't feeling well and that he had a fever of 101.1. Secretly I was a little happy. Not that Micah was sick, but that I got to take the afternoon off. Little Man slept most of the afternoon while I did some laundry and cleaning around the house. Hopefully, he'll get plenty of rest tonight and will feel better tomorrow. Say a prayer that he doesn't have H1N1.