3. Wow.

Well, Alyssa is 3. We are definitely treated to her "theatrical threes" already! She's incredibly imaginative and creative. We're having so much fun watching her play Mommy to her baby dolls (and, of course, her baby brother!) She's coloring every day (and "in the lines," too, thanks to some careful tutoring by Tula!) and drawing things that we can actually recognize. Look how much she's changed...

Halloween

Halloween was fun... the attached album has pics from the office when a few of us brought our babies. Alyssa refused to wear her costume of course (when, exactly, can we expect the terrible twos attitude to be over?), but Cheyann and Thomas were good sports. Allison and Ashleigh came up to the house for trick-or-treating and even dressed up with us. Alyssa wasn't sure what she thought of it at first, but was completely on board once she saw the candy in her basket.

Allison brought her projector and were player the Thriller video and Nightmare Before Christmas on the garage doors for the trick-or-treaters. Everyone thought it was so cool, including the Rolesville Chief of Police who pulled up on his segway to tell us we had the coolest house in town!



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October '09

October was lovely... my favorite month of the year, as always. The weather is so nice, the colors are beautiful, and it doesn't hurt that my birthday is in October, either! The attached album has pictures from the pumpkin patch where we went on my birthday. Alyssa points it out every time we drive by, even though it is long gone!

The first 2 pictures in the album are of Alyssa in her Greek "booty-shakin' " belt from my parents. The girl has moves! I hope to put up a video once I learn how.

The last bunch are from the trip Allison, Ashleigh and I took to Asheville for the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair... sounds riveting, I know, but it was so cool! We all love knitting and really enjoyed looking at all of the different yarns and projects. We had a great time eating out, watching movies and enjoying each others' company in the beautiful mountain weather. We even went "apple-picking" at Sky Top orchard. We had to buy apples that they had picked because there were none left on the trees, but the view was worth the nearly terrifying drive to the top of the mountain.

I hope we can do it again!



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Remember Me?

I had almost given up on posting! It is amazing how quickly life has flown by these last 8 months or so! The pregnancy was great once I got past the first trimester, then things really started rolling when Andrew arrived. I think I'll get back into the swing of things on here by slowly catching you up to speed.

In September, we went to Myrtle Beach with Mike's family. We had a great time! Alyssa was very brave the first time we took a walk on the beach... she was quickly soaked from head to toe from the waves. I guess she decided it was a bit too much, however, since she was nervous about the water for the whole rest of the trip.

She really enjoyed spending time with Grammie, Grandy, Jeff and John... so much so, that she STILL talks about going to the beach with them. She can't wait for their visit next week!



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