Halloween

Halloween was a blast this year. Ansley was so much fun. Ansley and the cousins hit 12 houses which is 12 more than we went to last year. We went over to my parents house to trick or treat. It was so much fun taking Ansley to houses that I use to go to. I love that sense of community. You know you are in a good neighborhood when people never leave. Aunt Terri was in town and got to go around to the houses with us. I will have pictures up here soon. Ansley ended up being a pixie dust princess and James was Nemo.
Ansley and James both got their H1N1 shots on Monday. I am hoping this will keep us pretty well throughout the winter months.
Ansley has been doing great! She is learning so many new things daily. I think us working mom get in a guilt mode every once in a while that I should be staying at home with my little ones. But the things they learn in school is amazing. Ansley is getting spanish, music, P.E., chapel, and bible study at her school. She is a sponge these days. Yes I love staying at home and being with my darlings but I am so thankful that I am able to work and know that Ansley is in such a great learning enviornment and James is with my mom. It is such a blessing to have my mom watch the kids when they are babies. I can't repay her for the time she gives to my kids.
James is starting to run now. He thinks it is too funny to run toward the stairs and start climbing. He is defintely a mommas boy. But his sister does have a great part of his heart. It is so cute to see him giggling at her and then to see her feeding into it. James is all about the babble these days. He loves his voice.
Stay tuned for pictures!!

There is a good reason why there are more pictures of James than Ansley. The reason is she is three going on thirteen. She insists on doing her fake smile. What an awesome stage. Plus..I got them all dressed up and my camera decided to quit. So I dragged Caroline and Frances to the patch to take some pictures. You can't just reschdule and get everyone dressed up again for take two.

As I was reading the Reynolds blog page (like I do at least once a day because her blogs are too cute) I found myself being tagged. So guess what some of you have been tagged!!
So Here Are the Rules: Only use one word, Pass this Along to 6 of your favorite bloggers! Alert them that you have given them this award! Have Fun!
1. Where is your cell phone? bathroom
2. Your hair? washed
3. Your mother? Sarah
4. Your father? Tom
5. Your favorite food? Chicken
6. Your dream last night? BOB
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? 10 children
9. What room are you in? living room
10. Your hobby? sewing
11. Your fear? someone stealing my kids
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? Dagwoods
14. Something that you aren’t? DD
15. Muffins? chocolate chip
16. Wish list item? iphone
17. Where did you grow up? Alpharetta
18. Last thing you did? fold clothes
19. What are you wearing? sweats
20. Your TV? TCU football
21. Your pets? smelly
22. Friends? awesome
23. Your life? fulfilled
24. Your mood? happy
25. Missing someone? no one
26. Vehicle? Odyssey
27. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? target
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? seconds ago
31. Last time you cried? last week
32. Your best friend? husband
33. One place that I go to over and over? Target
34. One person who emails me regularly? Caroline
35. Favorite place to eat? Dagwoods
Tagged: Heather Harbin, Kelley Offenbacher, Caroline Grant, Jen Fleming, Alison Rollins, Jenny Miller. I will be checking to see if you do this:)

I have not been doing such a good job with blogging lately. So let me catch you up. The past two weekends it has been the kids and I. Bob has been traveling. The kids have been treating me well. I think they know I am a man down. I have been rushing around trying to get the house ready to sell. I still have one more charity run and then it is time for 1-800-Junk to come in and take the rest. I love this house and really don't want to move but when it comes to the kids I will do anything to give them a childhood that I had growing up!! If I could just pick this house up and move it off the main street that would rock. But we can't and I look forward to whereever we land.
The kids have been growing like weeds. I went to my favorite consignment store and loaded up on winter clothes. On Sunday Ansley jumped head first into a wall. So we made a special trip to Children's..that was loads of fun. Luckily I have great neighbors and family so they helped me out. Poor James was shifted around that day so he didn't get much of a nap therefore he kept us up that night. Ansley's head looks fine. I don't like to take chances with heads so we got it looked at anyway. The doctor said it was a good one. The goose egg went down and she got a lollipop and popsicle out of the deal so not a bad time for her. Her head does look really pretty!!!

10 months and walking..no sorry running!

Today James is 10 months old!!! However, he looks more like 12-18 months. He went from crawling to running within a couple days. He walks like a football player. It is so cute. Daddy taught him to go up stairs which I am daily thanking him for doing in so many words. Bob's reasoning is he wanted him to be safe when he climbs. So you can only imagine where I am running to get him half the time. He loves to eat. He can start before we sit down and still be going at it long after dinner is over.
James loves to look at this one book that has all different types of soft animals to touch. He likes anything that makes noise. He can be in an emotional state and you make some kind of noise and the tears dry up and he is on the move to find the noise maker. The one thing that tops his favorites list is my moms walker. He gets so excited. This walker is like none I have ever seen. I am pretty sure it is an over seas walker. I have yet to get footage on this but check back with me soon and I will have a video of him. James is a very happy baby who loves to chase his sister and has an eye for the cat. He tries to do everything his cousin does. He is getting a mouth full of teeth minus one front tooth. Hopefully that will come in soon or we will have to move to south GA. James is a sweet boy with an eye that watches everything that is happening around him. He is quick to learn whatever is going on in front of him. He completes our wonderful family!!

Halloween Preview...Meet Nemo!! Still to come Cinderella

Weekend

I survived being a single mom this weekend. The kids tried to tackle me but I came out on top...so maybe it was just James. Ansley is at such a great age that she is easily entertained. Now that James is cruising he has found a new freedom. He is everywhere, climbing stairs, tackling his sister, loving the dog, playing in the dogs water, banging on anything that makes noise, eating dog food when I am not looking, and his favorite thing to do is to open every single cabinet door. He has been polite to this point and not taken everything out of the cabinets but I am seeing that in my future. If you walked into my kitchen you would think I have been robbed. The kids are both at such a cute age. James has learned to clap for himself and others. He can pretty much go wherever his legs will take him. Ansley has been so respectful and loving lately. It is well worth the money I am dishing out to her school. I am afraid Mr. James is going to be going to school a lot earlier than Ansley went. He is itching to be with other kids. He likes Grandmas but loves being with Thomas on the days he is there.
Below are some pictures from the weekend. We went and saw Great Grandma. The kids had such a blast. Grandma is probably going to sleep for a week.
Ansley trying to smile.

Sweet picture.

Showing Great Grandma how he can stand.

Right before James took GG's wheelchair for a spin.

Cruising outside.