Our Fall Frenzy!

I don't know what I was talking about in my last post when I said we needed to enjoy the slow pace that September brings us.

We haven't stopped yet.  And the first round of colds have hit our house for this cold/flu season.  So much so that I was greeted after work with a 45 minute crying spell by Evan.  Nothing would get him to stop.  Not even Facetime with Grandma.  Our first sick visit to the pediatrician this season confirmed he has an ear infection.

Lovely.

Nothing that a "Grandpa" cookie can't fix.  And a round of antibiotics.

But, I'm going to focus on the positive of this chaos.

September has brought me a new "nephew"!  Meet baby Aaron.  My best friend, Trisha, delivered a very healthy and beautiful baby boy and I couldn't be happier to be an "auntie" again!  Congratulations Trisha and family!

This month is just full of birthdays.  Between Evan's 1st birthday and the birth of baby Aaron, we also celebrated Evan's friend Avery's 1st birthday too!  What an adorable birthday party for an adorable little girl!  Her mom did a "year full of pictures" party and no detail was overlooked.  She did a fabulous job with this party!

Evan and I had a blast at the party.  Some bouncing in the bounce house, a ride on the swing, trying to roll over a ball, and chewing on party hats, Evan sure knows how to party!

I mentioned our trip to the cider mill in our last post, but we also had a busy first full weekend of September at the Plymouth Fall Festival where we met up with several friends all weekend long!  Sean was finally tall enough to ride the kiddie rides and couldn't get enough of them!  A funnel cake that we all shared (shhh...even Evan had some), one inflatable Nemo, and a pancake breakfast downtown, we were all in heaven!

Scott is stoked that the Lions are back at it again for another season.  And, I have to say, they are looking pretty good this year.  Too soon to be so confident?  Probably.  The one thing they are consistent at is letting down their fans.  I'm sure they won't miss that opportunity this year.  But, football Sundays mean hanging out with our good friends Kristen and Jeff.  And for Sean, that means rides on the bulldozer at a local working site that Jeff works at.  I swear this kid is so spoiled.

Look at those love bugs!  Evan has truly made some strides in the past few weeks.  We've weaned him onto sippy cups of soy milk all day.  The only bottle he gets of formula is his bedtime bottle since the pediatrician recommends he still get 8-12 ounces of formula.  But, he seriously dropped 3 bottles without so much a fuss in one week!  Andplusalso, we're weaning him slowly down to one nap.  We've cut his morning nap down to 40 minutes so that he'll take a long afternoon nap while Sean is napping.  Jackpot.  That's all I can say about that.  So proud of this little trooper!

And for my other little man, I can't believe in one week this guy will be 3 years old.  It's unbelievable how quickly time is really starting to go by.  He's made some big strides too over the past year.  He's such a smart cookie!  We're so excited for him to start preschool next week when he turns 3 and I'm just enjoying watching how much he grows both physically and mentally each day.  What a joy it brings being a mother...

Truly, the best part of this fall has just been enjoying time with our families and our friends.  I always look forward to the foods of each season.  This weekend was pork tenderloin, mac and cheese, and fried cinnamon apples at my parents' house.  It was so nice just to slow down long enough to relax in the living room after a delicious meal.  

If it was exhausting reading this post, you can imagine why I'm ready to head to bed at 9pm just like last night.  I'm not seeing a break in our fall frenzy in the near future....