First Pennsylvania snow!

Ok...I know, all right, I know. I know that I haven't posted anything on this blog in over a month, but come on, we've been super busy! Finally got moved in to the new house in Pennsylvania (and not without a few hiccups here and there, but I won't bore you with those lovely details), got the kids settled into school, and even made a trip back to Atlanta for Thanksgiving (and no, I don't have any pictures of the kids' first day of school here in Pennsylvania or Thanksgiving because my camera was still in a box somewhere!).

Finally, this past weekend, we unpacked the last box....it only took us a month! The camera made it's first appearance in Pennsylvania just in time to capture an image of our newly erected Christmas tree....which Will seems to adore.




And thankfully, the camera reappeared just in time to capture our first real snowfall of the season! (I may sound excited about this now, but I can assure you that after a couple more weeks of this snow stuff and my excitement will subside substantially). Now, we've had snow falling every day for the past week, but today is the first day with any accumulation on the ground. It's been snowing for about 2 hours now, and I'd say we've got 2 inches on the ground with plenty more rapidly falling. It's like a blizzard out there!

Here are a couple of shots of Allie just after the snow started falling...


(throwing a snowball)...


And here's a shot from our kitchen window about an hour later...


I wish you could see it now! Everything's covered! Winter....here we come!

Nikki

"Happy Halloween Day!!!"

Yea Halloween! We had a great Halloween this year! Many months ago Allie decided that she would be "Baby Bop". For those of you that are not familiar, Baby Bop is a little green dinosaur character from the kids show "Barney" (you all know Barney, right? That giant, annoying purple dinosaur?).

So, since she was consistent for a couple of months that she wanted to be Baby Bop for Halloween, I found this really cute costume for her. She might just be the cutest Baby Bop ever!



And poor Baby Will, of course, was left being a monkey....which is what Allie was last year. Hand me downs.....

And no, I promise I won't make him be Baby Bop next year....

We started our festivities with the Halloween parade and party at their school. Allie did a great job in the parade marching around the room and then jumping up on stage yelling "Happy Halloween Day!" to everybody.


Will wasn't into the parade so much, but he was super happy to get his costume off and go to his classroom to play with pumpkins and eat cupcakes!


Sunday night we ventured out for our first trick-or-treating adventure. Allie was SOOOO excited all weekend and she practiced her "trick-or-treat" for several days leading up to the big event. We first attended a little neighborhood party when all the kids paraded around in their costumes, and then we turned them loose!



Here's Allie's hesitant approach to her first house.


Daddy went to most houses with her....


....and it didn't take her long to realize that she had a bag full of goodies!


Will spent most of his time in the stroller, but he was a happy camper for more than an hour and then he decided it was time for us to all head home.


Check out Allie in action!


We had a GREAT first trick-or-treating adventure!!!


Nikki

Will and his doors.....

He would do this all day if you let him......



There's just something about this little man and doors!

Nikki

Allie's first haircut!

Yes....at 29 months old, Allie got her first haircut today! Because she has such curly hair, there really has been no need to get it cut before now. Actually, her hair is really quite long, but it curls up so much that you'd have no idea how long it truly is. Her hair has been getting a little too wild and crazy lately, so we decided today would be the day for her first cut!

Now, it is unfortunate that we happened to pick a day when Allie is being "2" to get her hair cut. Most of you that are around her often know that she typically acts more like a 3-4 year old, but for the past two days she really has been a "2 year old".....thus the reason that she is sitting in my lap instead of sitting by herself, and the reason that she is whining and crying instead of being "big girl". Oh well, this too shall pass.....

In the end, she ended up doing a great job....







Oh, and the stylist, Ms. Debee, wanted us to be sure and let everyone know that she doesn't typically dress as a cowgirl.....it is Halloween weekend, however. :-)

Nikki

Snapshots from Pennsylvania

Last weekend, David and I made a quick trip up to Pennsylvania to meet the movers with our stuff. My primary goal for this trip was to get the babies' rooms set up so that they would have a place to sleep upon our official arrival on November 7th. We did manage to get the rooms set up....mostly. The rooms look pretty bare right now, but "decorating" can come later.

Allie's room is a bright lime green....brighter than we anticipated. Fortunately, after getting a just a little bit of furniture in the room, the green doesn't look quite so overwhelming.




Will's room is a great red!




Not only are there great colors in the kids' rooms....there are great colors outside in Pennsylvania in the fall too! Check out these trees on the golf course just down the road from our new house...





And finally, as we were driving back to the airport, about 1/2 hour away from the house, we encountered this great little Amish community. Looks like they were all leaving their church for a Sunday afternoon ride...




More to come from Pennsylvania!

Nikki

Allie's first BAMA game....

This past weekend was homecoming at Alabama. Allie was fortunate enough to get to go with her Granny and Honey to Chris' house for the weekend to enjoy all the homecoming festivities! She was so excited to go....she kept talking about going to Alabama and seeing the elephant that shoots water from his nose (an elephant out at the pool at Chris' condo).

Her trip went great....well, except for the sleeping part! They drove over to Tuscaloosa on Friday afternoon and spent the evening sitting on the elephant at the pool, shopping, and eating guacamole (this kid loves guacamole!).


Again, all was just great. At bedtime, Allie took a bath and jumped right up into the bed and waited for Granny to join her. Then, it was Granny's time to wait....time to wait for Allie to fall asleep....which she did at 5am!!!

Poor thing was just too excited. She kept talking about going to the parade, seeing the football game, and hearing the music from a party down the hall. So finally, at 5am, she goes to sleep. Granny let her sleep as long as possible the next morning until it was time to get up and make their way to the quad for the day's events.

Fortunately, she woke up exclaiming "it's a beautiful day!" and was excited to get her BAMA gear on and get going. She was dressed perfectly for a day at the quad, and she had a great time!


She was busy running, playing, and turning flips all day, until finally, she had just had as more fun than she could handle and she crashed on her Granny for an hour.


After a nap on the quad, she was up and at it again, playing and playing until it was time to go back to Chris' and get ready for bed. Unfortunately, the game was scheduled at 8pm and it was just too late for Allie to get to go to the actual game, but she had a GREAT time at homecoming!

Her Pops would be SO PROUD that her first "football game" was a BAMA game....

Nikki

Happy Halloween!

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Will's walking!

Here's proof that our baby is becoming a big boy!


Nikki

What a difference a year makes! Pumpkin patch 2010....

This past Saturday, David and I took the babes out to a Pumpkin Patch about 40 minutes from our house. It was an absolutely beautiful day, and we had a great time! We couldn't help but reminisce about taking them to the "Pumpin Patch" (as Allie called it) last October.....




My, what a difference a year makes!!!




















We had a wonderful time on the hay ride, petting the farm animals, picking out pumpkins, and watching Allie during her first official horse ride! It was truly a great day.....

Nikki

Helpful little brother....?

Will loves to push things around the playroom....mostly cars, of course, but he also loves to push Allie's tricycle around the playroom. We often catch him going around in circles in the playroom like this....





Well, this week, Allie capitalized on a great opportunity....she somehow convinced her helpful little brother to push HER around on her tricycle.....HOW CONVENIENT!




Helpful little brother.....or conniving big sister???? Hmmmmm?????

Nikki