Teeth!

David is cutting both top teeth- all at once. No wonder he's been ever-so-slightly cranky.
Today in the car on the way home (after purchasing Nolia's Halloween costume- a Gator cheerleader outfit, picking up C for lunch, lunch out at McAlister's Deli, dropping C back off at work, then a visit to the grocery store), baby boy was getting fussy and irritable. As we neared the house Nolia piped up, "He wants to go back in your tummy!". Apparently she was tired of listening to him grumble.
Chris just got home and I'm supposed to be starting supper. Which means I need to end this detour and actually look up a recipe for roasted veggies and cous-cous...

A lovely day

Today was one of those lovely, flow-y days.
Sunday school first- we're taking a class on Methodism in preparation for joining the church (yes, I've been a Methodist all my life thus far, but the preacher wants all who join to take the class). It's been interesting. Today we learned about the three types of grace. Nice.
Then church. Chris has joined the choir and this morning was the first time Magnolia saw him up in the choir loft- and started crying because she didn't want her daddy up there. Oh, dear.
After church we attended Morgan & Miranda's birthday party. Bouncy house! Pizza! Pinata!
We arrived back home in the late afternoon. I threw together a simple supper of tortellini and tomato soup. Then we met Taylor & Rachel at Sweet Dreams Icecream Shop for their Fall Chocolate Night. 36 variations on the chocoate theme. Yuuuummm. Vampire chocolate (bordeaux infused chocolate with rich blood red raspberry swirl and shards of white chocolate). Mexican salty caramel chocolate. Trick-or-treat chocolate (candies mixed in- this was Magnolia's pick). And lots, lots more. Bliss in a cup.
Now the kiddies are tucked in their beds. Baby boy was so, so tired. He didn't get much in the way of napping today. I don't usually rock him to sleep, but tonight I couldn't resist. His body limp against mine with his little head resting on my shoulder- so sweet. Then cuddles with Nolia after Chris had tucked her in.
Lovely, lovely day.

Autumn Fun

Baby boy peering into a jack-o-lantern.




The girls with their wax 'vampire teeth'.


Jonathan & Chera hosted a fall party at their house last weekend. We carved pumpkins, and went on a hayride after dark. Fun. Nolia obliged me by referring to the stars as "sprinkles" again. We had fun listening to the kids make up scary stories- "there was a princess, she lived in a castle, and she was bitten by a dinosour!".
Chris pitched a tent down by the pond. He and the girls camped out overnight. I ended up driving home at 12:30am as baby boy wouldn't sleep. Ug.

Growing boy!

David is clapping!
Unfortunately, I was not there to witness this as I was working yesterday. *sigh*
But so exciting, as that's one of those cute-baby things that I absolutely adore.
Can't wait to see it for myself (and photograph it, of course).