Bonfire Continued...

Daddy split some wood with Micah by his side.

They took a break to play.

The gang roasting marshmellows minus Amy who was taking the picture.

Bonfire

Way back in the summer of 2002, Tom and I spent many nights around bonfires at Camp Foley where we met. Tonight we're getting back to our roots. We've invited over some friends for a bonfire down by the water. Micah enjoyed spending some time down by the water on one of our first cool (in the 50s) days of fall.

Well, company just arrived....I'll post more pics later.

Learning Our Colors & 2 Year Check-up

In our house you have to work twice as hard for your Halloween candy. Last week Micah had to go door-to-door asking for it, and this week he has to tell me the colors of the M&Ms before he can have any.

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Friday, Micah finally got in to see the pediatrician for his two-year-old check-up. When we first arrived in Dallas we chose a doctor, and we've been in for a couple of sick visits. The pratice seemed to be pretty great. Scheduling a routine visit was a little more challenging. In August, the doctor was completely booked until the beginning of November for routine check-ups. Plus, one day during the last week of October we got a call from the doctor's office notifying us that our doctor wouldn't be able to see Micah and another doctor in the same practice (but not covered by our insurance) would have to see Micah on a different day other than our scheduled appointment. That's when we gave up on the first doctor and found a new pediatrician who was able to squeeze Micah in this past week.

At his long anticipated appointment, Micah got a couple of shots and didn't cry one single tear. In fact, he didn't even flinch because he was so content and focused on his goldfish crackers. Later that evening he pointed to the bandaid and said, "oowee". I suppose it did hurt him a little bit.

And his stats:

Height: 25th percentile

Weight: 45th percentile

Attention Smurfs:

Condos available. New construction growth. Lake view. It's a must see!

Lake View

Tom worked on cleaning up the backyard over the weekend in anticipation of Thanksgiving! We're getting excited to host my ENTIRE immediate family! I can't remember the last time we all spent the night under one roof!

Happy Halloween!

Since Halloween fell on a Sunday and we usually go to church on Sunday nights, we attended the early morning mass today in order to go trick-or-treating tonight. Micah was a really good boy and stayed in the nursery for a full hour. After communion I turned to Tom, held his hand and said, "Wow, this kinda feels like a date." We'll take what we can get.

After church Micah was showing off his Sunday duds and his tricycle-riding abilities.


My mums are all in bloom!

And, a little more tricycle riding before we went trick-or-treating...
Tom says I dressed up as Hannah (our neice) for Halloween. This shot best displays Micah's mood for the evening. He'd gotten away with not taking a nap today which resulted in a cranky little lion.

Our neighbors had a tractor set up to pull a hay ride through the neighborhood. Before they left, Micah wanted to take it for a test drive.


We went door-to-door and raked in the chocolate. Yummy!

Happy Halloween!

Princess of the Prom

Friday was my first time to attend the company Halloween picnic. I decided to wear the princess dress I made 3 Halloweens ago. It took a little sucking-in to get it zipped post-Micah, but I got it on. Actually, the tightest part was in the chest region, and I'm not going to complain about that. *wink, wink*

Sadly, though, I couldn't find my tiara and wand. Micah was playing with my wand a week ago and lately he's been enjoying hiding things, even himself. As for the tiara, I was too lazy to climb into the attic to track it down. So, my princess costume looked more like a bad 80's prom dress. See for yourself.

I still had a good time. Afterall, a day off of work to enjoy socializing with my co-workers isn't anything to complain about either.

Trick-or-Office Treat

Today, Tom gave Micah a treat, a trip down to Addison to his office. Just after naptime at school, Daddy picked up Micah to take him to his office for their trick-or-treat party for the kids. Here are a few shots of Micah helping Daddy with his work.