Bath Buddies and More

Hello everybody!! We have had a pretty good week around here. Above are a few pictures of the kids. The first one is Beau reading his bedtime story to himself. I mean, who has time to read to 2 kids? He'll just have to keep fending for himself (haha). The second one is Abby giving us a sampling of some of her beautiful jewelry. The last 2 pictures are of Beau and his buddy Lola taking a bath one night at our house. I love putting kids in the bathtub together. They are so cute and have a good time playing in the tub together. In the one picture there is a toy flying through the air that Niki (Lola's mommy) was throwing back into the tub. I happened to catch a picture with it in mid air. I promise we don't usually throw things at the kids. Only for fun every once in a while...

I hope everyone is doing well. We are gearing up for our busy October - which starts tomorrow! We are so excited to be going to Gatlinburg this weekend for our annual trip with Papaw and Jody. This will be the first time (and probably only) to watch UT play live this year. Aunt Jody and I always try to kick off our Christmas shopping this week together. I think we have Toby's friend Jammey talked into taking some more family pictures for us this year, too. He is the BEST photographer. I am so sad he wasn't doing it when we got married! Check out his sight if you know anyone needing pictures for a wedding or any other event - http://www.essentialmomentsphotography.com/ - he really is awesome! Anyways, I'll try to post pictures from the trip when we get home!

Back to School

Last Wednesday (September 5th) was Abby's first day back to school ("playcare"). Mommy and Daddy were soooooo excited!! She was pretty excited, too. She got to see all of her old friends and meet some new ones! In the picture she is holding her lovee - I thought that attachment would decrease as she got older. However, it seems to have done the opposite. She is a female Linus with that thing these days. Anyways...Abby is now in the Red Room and has 2 new teachers that we really like. The only part of school Abby complains about these days is her nap. She went right in on her first day and got to playing dress up with her pals. It almost made me kind of sad as she has always been my clingy, dependent child. The only drawback to school starting last Wednesday is that Friday I was called at work to come and get her that morning as she did not feel well. I took her back to work where we learned that she had strep throat! Great! We are still taking her 10 day round of antibiotics, and Mommy just finished hers. Yep, that's right - Mommy started with her fever last Saturday and was sick all last weekend. We had a much better weekend this weekend, thought. We went to the zoo, Maggie Moos, etc.

On other news since I have not blogged in a while. Toby went to our future hometown this weekend in search of a new abode. He toured about 16 houses without out very much luck! Well, I have decided not to worry too much about it and just put it in God's hands. He is most capable and He will provide for us I'm sure. We would appreciate any extra prayers on the this matter from everyone, though! It has been a real challenge trying to take care of really important matters 10 hours away and with 2 kids. Maybe on the next trip down Toby and I can both go, hopefully. We'll see... The good news is Toby went and visited a few schools, and he said the school we went ahead and applied to for Abby is, in his words, "awesome" which makes me feels tons better. It is a little Baptist school that starts in K3 and goes through 8th grade, so she can stay at the same place the whole time we are down there. Now, where to take the little guy...somewhere with wide open spaces for lots of energy...

We are excited about lots of fun things to do over the next month and more. It seems all of our days are filling up quickly with fun plans. Next weekend is a trip east for Amber's little guy's first birthday and a visit with some of Toby's family. The first weekend in October is our annual trip to Gatlinburg for shopping and a UT game with Toby's family. The third weekend in October is Toby (and Michael's) 5 year medical school reunion. The last weekend is my nephew's first birthday party (which they are having at a pumpkin patch here, yay!). Busy, busy...

Forgive me if I fail to post much over the next few weeks, but I will try to do better!