Fall Week

The family was back together for the weekend and weekend felt like fall!

Ready for our walk

Representing

Practicing bike riding

And then it went and got warm on us again, so the boys put on their suits and we hit the beach!

Sadly one of the last "pools" Jimmy will build Danny this year

Gnawing on shells

Debuting their matching skeleton shirts from Grandma at a Halloween party

Danny not enthused with my picture taking 

Now that's better

It's a squirt gun!

Helping mommy pack for our next jaunt - the mountains!

Quick Trip

Jimmy had a business trip so I went up to Chapel Hill for a quick and impromptu visit with Ali, Colin and Dieter. It's always super chaotic being away from my home with the two kids (even with my mom and Ali's help), but it was fun. Big thank you to Ali for being such a gracious host!

Danny is obsessed with Mr. Kitty (and all cats)

Making homemade pizzas

Hurricane Joaquin and a Black Eye

My little maniac, Crew, decided to head butt me and I'm now sporting a little bruise under by eye. Thanks buddy! In other news, we were hit by major amounts of rain from Hurricane Joaquin. It was pretty uneventful outside of our house (not in the flood zone) but other areas, including up by my mom, was really bad. The worst for us was DAYS of being trapped indoors - hence the "outing" to Walmart to play with costumes.

Right after the collision

About a week later and I had to go into the office!

Good thing you're cute!

Scary storm before the hurricane

Entertaining ourselves at Walmart

Part of CB under water

Poor Crew

We've had a tough spell with Crew! He refused to nurse for about a day and half and then eventually started running a fever. At the doctor they tried to get him to take in some Pedialyte via syringe because they were afraid of dehydration. It wasn't strep or an ear infection or anything we could treat with antibiotics, so it was just a waiting game until he started feeling better. All the spotting nursing caused my supply to dip, so it's been a hard time for all. Luckily we had Lita and Papa to help entertain us for the weekend!

Poor fella 

Yep, that about sums it up

Papa, the human horse

The Daily Grind

At this point, our floor remodel project is STILL not complete, but our house is livable. So everyday it's much of the same...

Snuggles

Playing

Baths

Eating

...without pants on!

Exploring

Crew loves cabinets and drawers!

At the new CB fire station grand opening

Two thumbs up!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Nana had the boys while Jimmy and I hit up one of our favorite spots, Rx, in downtown Wilmington for our 6 year anniversary!! It was such a nice night just the two of us - proof that despite all the ups and downs of life, we still love spending time together! Woo hoo!

Shoppers in Training

Our local mall is kind of lame, but Danny thinks it's the Taj Mahal and both kiddos enjoy riding around in the free car carts. Anything that keeps them happy and let's mom have a little retail therapy...