Happy Halloween!

Tonight was Wade's first Halloween and he had a great time... however he was a little tired because he slept until 9:15am this morning so he missed his morning nap and just slept 2 hours this afternoon. By 6pm he was so tired. We got him dressed and we took him up to church to the fall festival. It was so nice for all the kids and they even had a free hot dog/chili supper. Not to mention the fried snickers and oreo's!! We had to treat ourselves since it was Halloween. It was great to get to see all of our friends too. My "little" cow

Ready to go to the festival
This was a couple of days ago. I just loved this pirate shirt I found at kid to kid. Its hard to see in the picture because he is leaning over, but its so cute. That has got to be one of the best places to get kids clothes. Everything is so cheap. We also got his cow costume there for only $6. Well tomorrow we are going to just relax and hang around the house. Hopefully Wade will sleep well tonight... I have always heard that kids get all messed up when daylight savings time comes around. Hopefully it will only take a day or two for him to get in the swing of things. I am so excited for an extra hour of sleep. Happy Halloween. Oh I forgot to mention Josh and I started dating 4 years ago tonight. Its hard to believe we have been together that long and married 2 1/2 years next month. Not a great night to remember so we have always said Nov. 1st. (even though we don't count this as an anniversary anymore, now we just do our wedding date)

Josh's Birthday Part 2...

Josh's Birthday dinner

Cousins- Wade & Peyton I forgot to mention that Josh and I had a great date night for his birthday. We went to dinner and a movie and it was so fun. Couples Retreat was pretty cute but not as good as Hangover. Josh has gotten to choose the last two movies we have seen so it is definitely my turn next time. Thanks Mimi for babysitting!!

This weekend we packed up and headed to Winston to see Josh's family and celebrate his birthday. Josh felt pretty special to celebrate two weekends in a row. Mom and I went by Ashley's Friday to see her place and it was really cute. We didn't stay long because she had to work that night but we were able to grab a quick bite to eat and spend and hour or so together. Then Josh picked us up and we headed to his parents house. They only live 25 minutes from Ashley. We hung out with his parents and watched a movie Friday night. Saturday we took Wade to see his great grandparents and then went over to see Matt, Kendal, & Peyton and their new house. It was so good to see them and catch up. We planned to take the kids to a neighborhood Halloween hay ride/party but it was rained out. We love their new neighborhood. We also have to give a big CONGRATS to them... I have been waiting to say anything until Kendal starting telling people but they are pregnant again!!! We are so happy for them and Peyton. But the big news is... they are pregnant with TWINS!!!!! Peyton is going to be a great big sister. She did really well with Wade. Wade is going to be so excited to have 3 cousins sometime this spring. Saturday night we all went to Fill station (an old gas station turned into a restaurant in downtown Winston) and it was so good. We had a great time celebrating Josh's birthday and seeing everyone. Sunday we went with Josh's parents to Pilot Mountain to go hiking. It is the best time of year to go. It was so pretty. We were all dying but the time the 4 mile hike was over. I know Josh was tired carrying Wade in the backpack. Wade did great, we hiked for 1 1/2 hours and he didn't make a sound, just smiled. Of course I was nervous because of all the rocks and steps and the leaf's made it a little slippery. We were so thankful that we had a safe trip... however Charlie and I were in the front and as we were walking by some mountain climbers we heard them start yelling "rock falling" and this bolder fell right in front of us. After that I was so thankful to be back to the car safely. I am so glad that no one was hit with the rock because it would have been horrible. We were all so tired but had a great weekend!

P.S

I forgot to mention we are ear infection free. The antibiotics worked great. I was pretty sure his ears would be clear today because we have our good sleeper back. We hardly every hear him anymore...occasionally he realizes his paci is out and we have to stick it back in. He sleeps from 8pm to 6am (eats) then sleeps until 8:30am. I would love to knock out that feeding and just feed and get up at 7 or 7:30 but he is starving so for now it works great. Plus it is nice to sleep until 8:15 every morning. I try to get up and jump in the shower or pump before waking him up. If I don't wake him up he would sleep until 9am and miss his morning nap. So he gets up at 8:30 and eats oatmeal and plays then goes down for a nap from 10-11am.

6 Month Visit

Today Wade had his 6 month visit. We are a little behind because he will be 7 months on the 4th but I wanted to see the nurse practitioner again because I love her. She is young, cute and bubbly and Wade LOVES her! He flirts and smiles at her every time she talks to him, it is so cute. He did really well and is very healthy. His has started slowing down with his weight. He is 18lbs and 9 oz which is in the 70th percentile. (he was in the 90% at his 3 month visit). Surprisingly he is in the 80th percentile for height! He was 27 1/4 in. I am not sure where he is getting that from? Of course he did not enjoy his shot but he only cried for a minute. I hated he had to get one because he just had the flu shot on Tuesday. He did great with the flu shot. I thought he would have been fussy because I know mine hurt so much but you would have never known he had gotten it. We still don't know what to do about the H1N1 vaccine? They are encouraging us to get it. What is everyone else going to do? Wade has officially found his feet this past week and he loves them. He lays on his back and hold his feet all the time. He is still too chubby to get them to his mouth but he loves to grab them.
We are headed to Winston for the weekend and we are so excited to see Josh's family. Besides his parents his family has not seen Wade since May. He has changed so much since then. Mom and I are leaving tomorrow at lunch to go by and see my grandma and to see Ashley's apartment in Greensboro. I have not been able to go see it since she moved in in August. Wade has not traveled lately so hopefully he will do great. Hopefully he won't be too sore from his shot.

Happy Birthday Josh!

Tomorrow is Josh's 28th birthday. I knew I better post tonight or I would get busy tomorrow and forget to. So... Happy Birthday! Thanks for everything you do for us; you have no idea how much we appreciate it. We hope you have a great day, try not to work too hard. We love you very much. I am really not sure if Josh even looks at this blog, but hopefully he will.
Mimi is keeping Wade tomorrow night and Josh and I are going to dinner and a movie. We have heard that Couples Retreat is really cute so I think that is what he wants to see. It will be so nice for us to have an evening out. Even though I am sure we will talk about Wade the entire time. Speaking of Wade he is sitting up!!!! Now... he does not want to do it much but he is doing it when he is not tired. We practice a couple of times a day and he is getting so good at it. He can even sit straight up without leaning over and grabbing his feet. It is too cute. Well I am not sure why the video would not post maybe it was too long of a video??? Any suggestions on video posting?
Guess what just opened in Apex... a new super Walmart and it is really nice. You know you are a stay at home mom when you get really excited about an outing to super Walmart. Oh how things have changed!! (a good change though)

Wade's Pictures

Saturday we took Wade to have his 6 month pictures taken. We went to Picture People and we were really pleased with them. They turned out so cute! Of course Wade did not want to smile for many of the pictures but he gave us a couple of cute smiles. He get so shy when the camera comes out. There prices were also so reasonable so we will be taking him back for his 9 month pictures as well. There computer is messed up but once they send me the link I will post it so everyone can view them. We also got a cute video of Wade laughing at my parents dog Riley this weekend. Riley would get his ball and chew on it and Wade thought it was the funniest thing ever. The video is kind of long because he laughed few times then stopped for awhile and started again. He must have know the camera was out. If you watch it just watch the first part then fast foward through the middle then he does it again at the end. I am going to attempt to upload it. (well for some reason it would not upload... I will try again tomorrow)The antibiotics seems to really be working because he is sleeping much better. He has started this new thing when someone else is holding him and he see's me he starts to get fussy and reach. Secretly I love it because he wants his mommy but at the same time I want him to be flexible. I know it is just a stage and it will get better soon. He is changing so much each day. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

6 month pictures

Fire Safety week at my Aunt's daycare Enjoying a nice fall evening

Tummy time

Trying to eat the fake pumpkin!

He is getting close to sitting up