Our Day

Today consisted of......

Doing art projects just me and my big boy while the little boy slept......

Getting a gingerbread latte from Starbucks and a pumpkin muffin which Everett reported was "oh so good!"

Playing with a kitchen set at one of the shops at Biltmore Village and Everett telling me it is what he wants for Christmas. "I cookin' Mama."

Everett doing a little shopping in the village. After talking with some passerbys, Ev says over his shoulder, "See ya later ladies."

Laid back Hampton just along for the ride......

While Everett continues to nap, Hamp and I attempt a photo shoot....

Everett is still napping, so we go outside to sweep the deck. I see he is eating a leaf, but take a quick picture. He later throws up the leaf!

After a much needed 4 hour nap, Everett wakes up a new man. We go back to crafting and wait for Eric to get home.

I love my days at home and the icing on the cake for this one was Eric coming home after his business trip (he went to Knoxville for the TN Baptist Convention). The babies were so happy to see him too, and Hampton has been saying "Dada" lately (to anything and everything)!

Sick

We can not go out today, said our little boy Evy Grey. We have the sniffles and the flu, we're throwing up and coughing too.

Our household has been sick! It started out with Eric feeling "funny" on Sunday morning. Then by Sunday night I began vomiting. 1:00 am, we awoke to Everett throwing up. Eric was so gracious to clean up that mess, since I could not move from being so weak. 4:00 am, we awoke to Hampton throwing up. Everett still had not gone back to sleep and Hampton was up for the day as well. It was time to call in reinforcements, and so we did. Eric called his mom who came up to help us for the day, thank goodness. Also, Eric had to delay leaving for his business trip until later in the day. We are better now. We are still not fully recovered with the respiratory stuff, but we are getting there. What an experience though! I have heard about passing the flu around to members of the family, but this was the first time we all experienced it. Praying for a healthy cold/flu season without too much drama!

Urban Cowboy

Everett had so much fun dancing. He even made a dancing buddy.

Hampton's Room

Last weekend my mom and I worked on revamping our guest room. Since Hampton was born he has been sleeping in our "guest room" in a pack n' play. Finally we decided to just abandon the idea of a guest room for now and use the room as Hampton's. Our goal is to eventually move Hamp into Everett's room and have them share, but for right now he has his own space.

I moved all of his clothes into the closet as well.

I love rocking and nursing Hampton in this glider before bedtime now. It is one of my favorite times of the day with him.

Mom and I went to Michaels for inspiration and materials. We framed his initial and I love how it turned out.

We also painted these pictures. I am pleased with out they came out.

Hampton's Nana made this quilt for him. It is sock monkeys and is the story of the five little monkeys jumping on the bed.

Hampton loves his new room!

Company

This weekend Everett and Hampton's Grandpa and Nana came up for a visit. We had so much fun. Friday evening we went to a restaurant called The Fiddlin' Pig. It was barbeque and bluegrass music and we had a front row seat. Not only did they have music, but there was dancing as well. Professional cloggers to be exact. Everett loved it.

After dinner Everett took his turn dancing. It was so funny. If he has an audience, he'll entertain and I love that about him.

On Saturday morning we had brunch at Cracker Barrel. While the boys were napping we watched movies and relaxed. Everett, Hampton, and I enjoyed reading some books and having a picnic. Their Nana made this quilt for Everett. I love it.

That evening we had barbeque again (take-out). Everett just loves his grandpa. He took to him right away and I can't count how many times he said, "I want my grandpa please" throughout the weekend. Too cute.

This morning we went to church. Afterwards we went to Carrabbas for lunch and it was so good. The babies were getting a bit restless however, so I had to take them to the waiting area to play. The hostess was so sweet though because she gave Everett some pizza dough to play with. Such a clever idea and he had so much fun.

Grandpa loving on the babies.

Such a great weekend and we were sad to see them leave. We have promised them a visit this summer where I am sure the boys will have fun blueberry picking and swimming.

Hoopla!

On Saturday our church had an event called Hoopla, which was a Halloween alternative. We had fun and I definitely think it'll be something Everett and Hampton will enjoy when they get a little older. Hampton fell asleep on the way there and napped for a bit on Eric's shoulder. A napping monkey, so cute!

Everett was a gorilla. I was so happy we brought their wagon and I thought they looked adorable riding in it together. When Everett would get some candy, he would offer some to Hampton which I thought was so sweet.

We had Everett "play" a few games to earn some candy. I think next year he'll get it more. This is him milking a cow.

I just love this picture of Hampton. This describes how he is 95% of his day.

Everett lounging and enjoying his smoothie Nonny bought him.

Needless to say, he did not eat dinner that night. But that's okay, it was a special night.

Nonny's Visit

My mom flew in for a visit this past weekend. We had fun doing some Fall activities. Like picking out pumpkins at a pumpkin patch......

Everett was way overwhelmed by all the pumpkins. He ran around saying "Oh wow!"

Nonny and the babies.

We also went to the park where Everett was a really big boy and went down the slide all by himself! I was very proud of him.

My mom's visit also included shopping, a bedroom project, going out for brunch after church Sunday, and doing some trick or treating around our neighborhood. We had fun with Nonny this visit and Everett was so well behaved! We sadly had to send her off on the "airpane" this morning though.