Tree Hugger

Mayson was being her monkey self playing in the tree in our front yard

After I got tired of lifting Mayson up to the tree she tried to get up by herself

Trey enjoying some outside time...except for the mosquitoes which eat him up

Last weekend

Angie and Mark were putting up their Halloween inflatables this past weekend. They barely had them out of the box before Mayson spotted them and had to go over.

Daddy made Mayson some "noculars" as she calls them

Trey found some Playdough that Mayson dropped on the floor

Random pics and videos

Mayson's class had a teddy bear picnic on the playground one day after school. This is the only picture I got b/c it was quite warm. But it was nice to have some sunshine after all the rain we have had.

Trey is double fisting between puffs and a banana. Trey loves puffs so much we call him Puffaluffagus.

Angie gave me a feeder (Sassy teething feeder) that you can put foods in and not have to worry about them choaking b/c they eat it through the mesh part. It is pretty neat, a little messy but gives them some independence.



Mayson wanted to help vacuum...I say more power to you girl!

This is what Mayson wore for picture day at school.





more walking

My boy loves to eat

The Flood 2009

We received an enormous amount of rain in a short period of time here in the Atlanta area on Sept 21. Many people lost their homes and everything they had. A few even lost their lives. We were lucky and received no damage. Our subdivison has a lake that has a dam. For a little while we were concerned with the dam breaking, but thankfully it held. It did however overflow in some areas and wash out the road. Below are some pictures. If you've never seen it, it's hard to know how crazy this was but believe me it was a lot of water!

This is a heavily travelled road outside of our neighborhood. Luckily the heavy rain stopped shortly after we took these pictures and video because the road was about to collapse.

Sam took the videos below....Our neighbor/friend/my boss, Angie nicknamed him "Scuba Sam" b/c he was out in the pouring rain forever taking pictures and video. You really can't tell from the pics but it was an absolute pouring of rain. He was sopping wet when he got back in the car. I posted the videos on facebook and didn't realize Sam had commentated b/c my computer was muted.

T-town

Sam started taking some classes to work on his master's degree. One weekend a month he is in class all weekend, so we headed to Tuscaloosa.

Always have to have a big bubble bath at LaLa's. Mayson was so tired she was like a little zombie... a happy one though

Trey is excited to have his own sippy cup now. He always wants to get his hands on Mayson's.

GrandDad took Mayson to her first Alabama game. She had a good time. We made it to just before half-time. I really wanted her to see the half-time show but she was past the point at that time. She had been up since 5am that morning and was very close to a meltdown.
She was a bit overwhelmed at first w/ the 90, 000+ other people there yelling

Thanks GrandDad!

MY BOY IS WALKING!%!@!*&*!

Trey started walking last week. So much for hoping he was going to be more laid back than his sister and not get into everything. She started walking at 9 months, so he had to beat her and start at 8 months. I am proud of him but also want to pull my hair out. He is into everything and puts most everything in his mouth. We are truly blessed to have such a healthy and happy boy...just be prepared to see my hair turning grey soon ;) Of course it's hard to catch on video, he will take 30 steps when the camera is off then fall down after a few when I am trying to video. The first video is ok...notice the topless sister w/ plumbers crack showing. I'm trying to get one of him walking toward me but he gets excited and goes to fast and falls down.

Mayson just started jumping in the pool by herself. We didn't get to spend much time this summer at the pool so she had to regain her confidence. The video is a little lengthy b/c it has Trey "jumping" in as well.

Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa Reinbold stopped by on their way to Florida for the winter. We love getting to spend time with them. I'm so glad Mayson has gotten to know some of her great-grandparents.

We used to call this "Mayson's cabinet" but Trey discovered it this week