Exhausted.

Yesterday I was exhausted and did not feel good. It has been a whirlwind of a week around our household! I apologize for the lack of blogging, but let me get you up to speed.

Maddux was sick. The poor little guy. He went to bed last Monday not feeling well and woke up Tuesday morning with a fever. He got to stay home with his daddy for the day and by 5 pm the little man was starting to get spots all over his body. I decided to let is take its course and see what happened. Well, with NO sleep on Tuesday night (literally I got a max of 2 hours), when the sun came up on Wednesday the bumps had multiplied and he had a high fever...off to the pediatrician we went! The doctor said everything looked ok. The rash was probably was from the fever and he should be back to normal within a few days, which he was. A huge thank you to my father in law for watching Maddux last week when he was miserable. He was a trooper for watching more hours of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse then he ever wanted to see in a lifetime and comforting my little guy when he wasn't feeling well. Here is Maddux snoozing in his swing with spots....

By Thursday Maddux was back to normal...thank God because it was the start of my long working weekend.  I helped my best friend Kate out by marketing for Artistry at the Southern Women's Show. All was looking well until I woke up Friday morning with a fever, sore throat, head ache, and upset stomach. Did I mention it was 10 hour work days? The weekend was a long one. My dear friend Stephanie worked with me and she was a trooper for dealing with me feeling awful Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! On Saturday Will came to the show with his mom and Maddux. That of course made me feel a little better :) Maddux got to meet Kristina Janolo, Miss Florida 2011. Artistry represents the Miss America organization therefore Miss Florida hung out with us all weekend. She is an absolute sweetheart. She will be competing in Miss America on January 14, 2012 @ 9pm on ABC! I can't wait to watch and cheer for her....if I could vote she'd definitatly get mine. Here she is with Maddux, a for sure picture for the baby book.

 And here are all of the ladies I got to spend my weekend with. All of them are wonderful people. I feel blessed to have met them (and it was fun hanging out with girls from Grap! I miss that place!!!).

 
Before I knew it Sunday night had arrived and it was back to my regular work week. The pile of laundy I had to fold was unbelievable (THANK YOU Miss Pamela for doing that for me), the house was a disaster (THANK YOU Will for cleaning the house), and my bed was calling my name knowing I still felt awful. Yesterday was a rough day...still feeling under the weather. I toughed it out and hit the hay by 8pm. No joke. It felt glorious. Thank you Maddux for sleeping through the night.

Phew! Craziness. Glad we're all feeling better. I'll be back later this week. Maddux is spending the week with his Granny...I'm we'll have pictures to share.

Love to all of you.

The Pumpkin Patch.

Yesterday we took Maddux to the "pumpkin patch"! I have to say it like that because lets be realistic, it was at a church, in the grass, with a busy street beside it, and the pumpkins were organized on wooden crates to make it feel like a real pumpkin patch. Regardless, we had fun. Thank you so much to our friends Steph and Brandon for inviting us!

I love the thought of starting traditions with my family, the pumpkin patch will definitely be one. Hopefully someday it will include cinnamon sugar donuts and hot apple cider, I trust it will. I would call our first trip to the pumpkin patch a success! Someone loved checking everything out....

He even cooperated while his crazy momma took pictures of him sitting in the middle of the pumpkins! 

We then of course had to attempt pictures of Maddux and his friend Hudson (they are 4 days apart). Let me say this, it isn't easy capturing a picture of two 4 month old boys barely strong enough to hold themselves up. Good thing they were surrounded by pumpkins. :) 

And then they let us know they were done. Ready to not be propped up by pumpkins anymore...

I wanted one last attempt at a good family shot with my boys...

And since Maddux wouldn't take his thumb out of his mouth, we thought we'd suck our thumbs too.

So many wonderful memories made. I can't wait to take him back next year and chase him all around!

I love the little man...

A New Toy.

Yesterday, we flipped Maddux playing with his new toy...

Shutterfly

It's been so fun watching him grow and develop into the little man he has become. When people told me to enjoy every minute because it whips by, they were not kidding. Phew! Sometimes I feel like I need to sit down, take a deep breath, and enjoy that very moment with him.

We had a rather enjoyable weekend spending time together as  family. The weather here has been rainy, dark, and "cold" the last few days making it stay inside type of weather. We played, watched TV, took naps, read books, cleaned (well, I cleaned), and slept in. I love those kind of weekends, I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world.

Shifting gears slightly...I know you're reading this blog....will you follow it? I want to know who is keeping up with us! Or at least leave me a comment every now and then....it's fun knowing who is keeping up with us :)

A longer post will come this week....I've had some things on my heart and I'll share them soon.

Happy Monday ya'll.

PS - New pictures are posted on Shutterfly. Click the link 'yesterday pictures' and it will take you there.   Not many, but a few. I promise to be better at not only posting pictures, but taking pictures. I've been slacking. I think I need to leave the camera out at all times to remind me to take pictures.....shame on me.

Family Visit.

Yesterday we said goodbye to my dad and Jill, what a great time we had with them. It's always so nice when family comes to visit. We had a busy, yet relaxing weekend. Saturday we headed to Amelia Island, it was beautiful. The weather could not have been more perfect. Sunny, mid 70's, and a light breeze coming off the ocean. We walked around downtown, ate lunch at a local restaurant, tried on shoes, ate frozen yogurt, and spent quality time together. At one point I got out my camera to capture some pictures only to realize I forgot to put the memory card back in after downloading pictures to the computer, boo. So I have nothing to prove of our fabulous day on the island. Sunday was relaxing aside from deep cleaning our porch. It desperately needed it and looks SO MUCH better. We had happy hour on our clean porch followed by a tasty stir fry dinner! Monday Will and I headed back to work while dad and Jill ventured out towards the beach. Monday night we did dinner at Gene's Seafood...Will and I couldn't believe we'd never been to that place before! It was delicious and so well priced for a delicious seafood dinner. We will definitely be going back.

Maddux always love spending time with his grandparents. He loves when his grandpa sings to him. Grandpa got lots of smiles and giggles from him this weekend, quality bonding time for sure.

 

We love you dad and Jill and can't wait to see you again in December!

Yes!

Yesterday I thought back to that Wednesday 4 years ago when I said yes to marrying my best friend. I love you Will, even though I had blisters on my feet that night because of your proposal plan!

soon after I said yes...grinning from ear to ear

PS - Do you like the new header picture?