Oh my goodness, updates!

Have I been MIA or what?! My laptop finally gave up the good fight and I'm sharing the desktop with Beau. I have never known what sharing a computer is like and let me tell you, it's not fun! So much to talk about so let's dive right in....

Halloween Wrap-Up
I must brag on Beau for a minute. He carved these pumpkins of our family and they were amazing! So much detail and it only took him an afternoon to do it.

I mentioned in my last post that my Fall decor kind of fell apart. Welllll, let's just say mold took over - on these pumpkins, one I was using as a vase and the gourds in my cake stand from this post. Looking back, that cake stand was a glorified petri dish. Gross. I most definitely did NOT take a picture of that.

And finally, more pictures from Grayson's second Halloween costume for his first Halloween (got that?) I ended up buying costume #2 when we realized that it was going to be 87 degrees Halloween day for the Prestonwood Baptist Fall Festival. The bumble bee would have been suffocating to my already-sweaty boy!

I included this last one because if you look in the background just to the left of us....now THAT'S a bat! :-)

Ma in town
My grandmother has been in town this week and we have been BUSY! This week has flown by and each day of running around has ended with me practically falling asleep at dinner, my mom worn out and Ma wondering what's next on the agenda. Ha! She has so much energy - ready to keep going and we just couldn't! Yes, she's 90! When Grayson starts walking, I'm sending Ma after him!

Play Group
Thanks to our friends Kristi and Emmie, Grayson and I have joined a play group full of fun moms and cute, cute babies! It feels so good to have him socialized and too many things on the calendar to count. Even better, this group finds all the free/low cost fun things to do in town - I don't even know how they find them! Here is a picture from Mom's Night Out (not so free but oh so fun!) this past Wednesday.

Good News!

Beau has accepted a job offer that will put him in Dallas for the first time since I have known him! This is the job that most everyone has heard us talking about since before the baby was born and he is so excited about it! I'm just happy to have him home :D

Changes to my Digital World
You may have noticed that my Facebook page looks a little different these days. I have tightened down on some settings for a little while for security reasons. Nothing to be alarmed about but on that note, I'm following in many friends' footsteps and this blog is going private! I will be in touch when I'm ready to make that move.

Family Pictures
Beau and I decided that we would take some pictures after church last week. Why not, it was a beautiful day and we were dressed for it. It was much more difficult than we imagined since no one was behind the camera to get Grayson to smile, look, focus, etc. We decided no more picture time BEFORE his nap. We are such amateurs with all this baby stuff! ;-)

And finally....
a little backyard family time. These two had been giggling and chasing Brinkley around for a solid 20+ minutes before I grabbed the camera. So this little boy is exhausted from laughing so hard (not crying, like I say in the video). I wish I had captured ALL of it! We just can't get enough of his giggles :)