Drew's first haircut

Drew had his first haircut this weekend. I had not planned on cutting it for the first year but about 4 or 5 people commented she is so cute at the pumpkin patch in Huntsville. Yes...time for a cut.

Pumpkin Patches

OK...sorry guys. I will try not to go away for so long next time. Things are going fine. We are gearing up for the holiday season...Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Ashley is starting to think that pumpkin patches are the place to be. This is Ashley and Drew in a corn bin.

Let me tell you about Ashley.

Ashley gets to go to her friend Sam's birthday party later today. I have been telling her to practice singing him Happy Birthday. Happy Day Happy Happy Day Sammy Sam Sam Sammy Sammy. It's going to be interesting at that point in the party when she tells everyone that they are singing it wrong. And I love that she takes the liberty of nicknaming him. Nice.

So, for those of you who know me really well, you are all aware that I can't dance. At all. Well, if I am extremely comfortable and relaxed, I will dance anyway. I do these silly exaggerated moves around the house. It keeps Mike laughing. Ashley does kind of giggle....but then she says No dance Momma. That confirms it completely. I can't dance.

Random signs

This past weekend, I met my friend Kristie Cross at Big South Fork to go hiking. On the way, I had to drive through many many small towns on back roads. Well...let me just say, I LOVE small towns. Really. I do. I'm from a small town and would move back there in 2 seconds. Why don't I live there, you ask? Mike said I will never live here the first time he visited my hometown. Yes, the first time. I thought it was a little presumptuous myself but I did marry him...so how presumptuous could it have been really? Anyway, Mike and I love driving through small towns. You find the best restaurants that way. We love Big Ed's Pizza. Have you ever been there? There is next to no lighting and the pizza is served on tiny paper plates. Seriously, their overhead has to be close to nothing. Well, once, when we were looking for Big Ed's, we took a wrong turn. While we were trying to find our way, we pass this church sign that said WWJD?..he wouldn't be making meth. Nice. The sign I saw this weekend does not even come close to that...but was amusing nonetheless. It Ain't Hardee's...but it ain't bad. I'm just imagining living somewhere that Hardee's is the best option. And if that is the best thing you can say about your restaurant, I think I'll keep driving. I did keep driving but I immediately called Mike to tell him about it.

He's a big boy...

We took Drew to the doctor for a 3 month follow-up visit. His head is the same size that Ashley's was at 6 months. His weight is going to catch up to Ashley's sooner rather than later.

Ashley's birthday

On the day of Ashley's actual birthday, we took her to the zoo and then to eat at Red Robin. She liked it but got a little scared when they sang to her.

Seriously...who is watching Ashley?

I don't have to tell some of you this...the addition of a second child has been a rude awakening for us. We are not used to not having a free second to relax. This was the source of quite a bit of friction in those first few weeks. Now, I think we are getting the swing of things. Well, the picture is from one night when Uncle Jim (Mike's brother-in-law) was visiting. I was feeding Drew and we were all just chatting. Ashley was in the same room with us and found an ink pen. Not one of us noticed until she came to show me her work.