Crazy Month

Wow, I already feel like I've had my share of sicknesses and troubles for the year and we're only through the first month!

First we got back from vacation. Don't get me wrong vacation was FABULOUS but getting back up to speed after being gone for an entire month can be ridiculously frustrating. Then, just when things were starting to settle down, all of us got sick. Then since we were starting to feel better Autumn received her 1 year vaccines. Four shots, she was not happy. Then both Ebby and Autumn got sick again. That time it actually turned out to be bronchitis and concurrent ear infections. (For both kids.) Right after they were diagnosed Andrew and I got upper respiratory infections. We all only started feeling better two days ago. Now Autumn's decided to have a reaction to the MMR vaccine. Thank goodness it's only a mild reaction. She's uncomfortable and has small pick dots all over her little body, but it should be better in three days. Oh, and through all of this Andrew has been studying his heart out for STEP 2. He took it last week.

It's not all been sicknesses and stresses. We've been able to see my brother Tim twice and my Dad came into town last weekend. Seriously they have made this past month worth it.

It's been so long since I've posted anything that I feel like I need to post some pictures to prove that we're still alive. So here are a few cute ones.

P.S. Just so you know, I'm still planning on posting about our fabulous vacation. And if we're healthy for more than two days it might actually happen.

Really Autumn?

I have so much stuff I want to post about our holidays that it's incredibly daunting. So, I'm not going to. Yet.

Instead, I'm going to give you a quick glimps at Autumn's adorable, quirky self.

She's decided that this is the only right way to sit at the table.

Number, Shapes, Colors AND Letters!

I know this will make two posts in one day but we took this video tonight and I couldn't wait to put it up.

Chill dancing by Autumn

Our backyard

So, these videos were taken a few weeks ago when we were all healthy, it was a little warmer outside and it was still light outside when Andrew would come home from work.

Ebby loves the little slope in our backyard. At first he was content just running up and down but he's since expanded his repertoire with running backward and crawling. Here he's added two more varieties.

Autumn on the other hand is happy with a few leaves on a bush.

Crawl/Walking

We're so sorry for not posting anything recently. At first everyone in the house was sick at the same time and then Andrew got sick. He was sick for over two weeks! Not fun times. But he seems to be getting better and besides the constant runny noses the kids have we're pretty much back to normal. 

Onto the actual post.

Autumn is on the brink of walking. She'll take a few steps here and there but she's still unsure and prefers to crawl. She's always had this weird sort of crawl/walk thing and we wanted to make sure we got it on camera before she starts to really walk. Here she is in all her glory.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to ya'll! I've been looking forward to Halloween since August. Probably because that's when we got our costumes. I just couldn't pass up on the Cowboys and Indians theme. I wish they had something for Autumn but she does make a really cute pink bunny. 

Since Andrew was sick this year we decided a quick walk around the mall would be just about all he could take. (Our mall did a Halloween Trick-or-Treat where certain stores gave out candy to the kids. Sometimes I love our little town.)

All of us Trick-or-Treating at the Mall.

Ebby was scared at first but he got the hang of it really fast when he realized he got to keep the candy.

   

Autumn had a good time too. We let her chew on an Oreo candy and when we got home we realized she had actually opened it with her mouth. She was covered in cookie crumbs and loving every minute of it.