September to present…

September 2010
September always starts off with the flea market in Hillsville. Gotta love family traditions. Luckily, this year, Dad held it together and we had NO emergency surgeries. Thank goodness! It was extremely sad being at Grandma’s house so soon after her passing. Even though she hadn’t lived there in 5 years, we all still had memories of her. Oh how she hated the flea market. I usually complain about going back to VA, but I really do enjoy the flea market. I mean, I can’t ever remember NOT being there. It’s fun that way. We were in VA for the flea market from Thursday to Sunday. Monday I was off work, but we were running around like crazy people for the start of another very busy week.

Edin started pre-school that Tuesday. She’s going to school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a few hours. She really loves school too! We were so excited for her to start too. She was really ready for some interaction away from Daddy, and I’m sure Daddy is grateful for some ‘only got 1 kid for a few hours’ time.


First day of preschool!

As if September hadn’t started off busy enough, I was scheduled to go to Las Vegas for work that Saturday (11th). At the airport at around 6:45 for my flight, I knew it was going to be a long week. My flight home wasn’t scheduled until Thursday, arriving around midnight. So, almost an entire week without seeing my family.


If you squint, you can see the Hoover Dam.

Vegas was a lot of fun, but a lot of work too! We stayed at the Aria in Las Vegas and it was SO beautiful! I missed everyone back home, but sleeping (uninterrupted) in a huge king size bed was SO very nice.



My room in Vegas.


My view in Vegas.


I flew over the Grand Canyon on the way home!

After I got home on Friday morning, Flint took Jettie (who had graciously came down to help him out while I was gone) back home. Drove up there and came back, same day. That’s rough. Edin was so excited to see me, and Davis has definitely been a Momma’s boy since I returned.

Shortly before I left, we were having the most difficult time with Davis, getting him to sleep. He did so well for the first 4 months or so, but he was getting up like 15 times a night (no joke). We took him to the doctor b/c we just couldn’t figure it out. Turns out, he’s completely healthy, and the doctor gave us the go-ahead to let him cry it out. We let him cry the first night, and it was instantly better. The difference? We didn’t keep him swaddled up. Apparently, my son is a stomach sleeper. Once he was able to roll over and sleep on his tummy, he was happy! So strange, since Edin has always been a back/side sleeper. Funny how they are so different on some things!

My first day in Vegas, Davis cut his first tooth. That made me feel great. Not.

October 2010
Davis is finally eating food now. He's not a fan of green beans, but pretty much likes everything else.



At the beginning of October, I went with my best friend to Wine & Design and painted this painting - it was so much fun! It turned out much better than I anticipated.



October was a fairly uneventful month. My memory is bad, but I don’t remember anything crazy happening – good or bad. A few Hokie games watched on the TV, coupled with our VT attire that day. My kids are just too darn cute.


Way too cute!!!

They had a fall festival at preschool and Edin got her face painted - so adorable!!!



Edin dressed up as a butterfly for Halloween, and Davis was a VT football player. We got so many compliments on Edin’s butterfly wings. They were actually adult size wings, so they were quite big on her, but they worked. I loved seeing the 8 to 10 year-olds with smaller wings – made my day.


Our pumpkin that we carved. Ouch - our hands hurt.


Beautiful Butterfly.


He was so good while we were trick or treating - he even napped for about 30 minutes.


November 2010
The weather down here is so gorgeous right now. We had several visitors this month – Papa, Granny and Pappy, and Jeannie, Dylan & Jalyn came down for a visit. As if crawling at 6 months wasn’t fast enough, he’s now pulling to a stand and cruising. This is all too fast for me. Edin wasn’t crawling until about 10 months, and then went straight to walking at around 11 months. Davis has 3 teeth that have cut through already, just working on one more upper tooth.


He can even crawl up stairs!

Edin is still loving school. She’s also very excited to come to VA to visit everyone. She's doing so well! The other night she drew this 'goat' on the dry erase board. I'm not an expert, but it looks pretty good for a 3 year old to draw this!



Let’s see if I can keep this caught up for the rest of the year (and from then on too!)

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