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Halloween 2012

This Halloween was a lot of fun for us. Jaycelyn is old enough to enjoy it now and she had a blast. We started the day by going to story time and hearing lots of Halloween inspired stories. The book store shares space with our favorite cupcake shop, so of course whe got a cupcake as well. J had an orange one which she found very exciting.
Next stop was the pumpkin patch. We went to the same one as last year and J even wore the same dress! She did not exactly loving it at first, but after a little bit she did not want to leave. (It seems like that is the way it goes with everything these days!).

Once she warmed up to the place, we had a lot of fun. We must have walked around to each little pumpkin bundle 10 times. She of course picked out a pumpkin that she just would not put done, so we had to bring it home.

We even went out to Jaycelyn's favorite restaurant for lunch... Moe's! 

And when Daddy got home it was time to go trick-or-treating. Jaycelyn was very excited to put on her costume (which she calls Punzel because of the criss cross ribbon on the bodice). We decided to take her to the most popular street for trick-or-treating in town. And boy was it impressive. It felt like we were in a movie! All the houses were decked out and there were tons of people. We did not take anywhere near enough pictures. 

And Jaycelyn LOVED trick-or-treating. She actually went up to people all by herself! It you know J at all, you know how exciting that is for mommy. And she was all business too. Walk up, take candy, and move on to the next one. About a third of the way she discovered that she was collecting lollipops (her second favorite candy to Pez... she is so my child). And so we finished the rest of the house will the basket in one and and a lollipop in the other. She downed about 4 of them by the time we got back to the car! 

Despite a very stressful trip to Khol's, we had a very nice day. I think J really had fun and I can't wait to do it all again next year. 

Goodwood Halloween Bash

On Sunday, we went out to the Halloween bash out at Goodwood museum. I had always driven by this place and wondered what it was, and when we did the HootyCutie photo shoot there I fell in love. So I decided to take Shane and J there for their Halloween event.

It was the first time that Jaycelyn had gotten to wear her entire costume all at once. And she really loved dressing up. She missed her nap that day and was a little cranky, so you will have to ignore that unsightly binki. Every time we get it away from her she ends up sick and back to having it again. Ugh!

We had a great time strolling the grounds and Jaycelyn really enjoyed the tap dancers. She is so in love with dancing these days. I am thrilled! We also got to enjoy some popcorn while we watch. One of J's favorite snacks.

 We even went on a hay ride! (Which she did not enjoy as much as I thought she would :( )

Overall we had a very nice time and it was a great way to get J ready for Halloween!

Our Trip to NC, Part 2

As I shared in my last post, we made the trip up to North Carolina to see two friends get married. The wedding was so beautiful and we were so happy we made the trip to be there to celebrate with them.

The country side was breath taking and made the perfect background! We couldn't help but take advantage of it and snap some family photos.

And J was adorable as always! I am so in love with this picture Shane took of her. It just takes my breath away every time I see it!

And here are some more of her being her silly self.

After the wedding we were able to go out with the bride and groom for a drink. We actually left J with Mimi and went out! It was a blast for us. It is amazing how something as minor as that can be noteworthy these days. But I wouldn't have it any other way.

We made it back in one piece after a drive home that seemed much longer than the drive up. J was very cranky (and now that she has had a runny nose and fever all day I can conclude that she was getting sick). But we survived and had such a great time we are planning on going back next year!

Our Trip to NC, Part 1

This past weekend we made the trip to Statesville, North Carolina for the wedding of two of our very dear friends. The wedding was beautiful, but I will share more of that in the the next post. We took so many great pictures that I want to share with you that we really need to do this in two posts.

We headed up on Thursday. It was an interesting 9 hour drive. The GPS was set to shortest path rather than shortest time. So it took us at a diagonal through Georgia which made for an very interesting route. But we made it with only a little whining from the little one.

We went a day early so Shane could work in a business meeting, so we had plenty of time to enjoy ourselves. And with the weather as beautiful as it was, we wanted to spend some time outdoors. So we found a very nice park complete with a pond full of ducks! J loved them. In fact as I was sitting here making the collage bellow, J is pointing at the screen yelling, "Ducks... Ducks!"

We also did some swing and sliding which are a must at any park for J. I love the picture on the bottom right. She had slid forward in the swing and her face was priceless!

We did try to get some family shots, but the temptation of the surrounds were just to much for J. Here are a few we were able to capture by asking her to look for the moon (a new obsession for her).

And I am in love with this picture of J and I being silly together!

And Mimi went with us on this trip. It was so wonderful to have her help and be able to spend time with her. J really loves her Mimi and they were two peas in a pod this trip.

So I will be back in the morning with pictures from the wedding!

Our Little Nole Fan

Last week was the first football game of the season! If you didn't already know, we are big Florida State fans around here. We love to go to the games and J has been going with us since she was just a few months old. We only take her to late in the day or cooler games, but she loves to tag along with us.

And now it is really fun because she is interacting. Right before the game when they were announcing the starting line-up J started clapping after every player's even though none of us were. It was adorable!

It was super hot, so we had to try a few different things to try and keep cool..

J and Pop under their hoods

Dippin' Dots... a stadium must have!

But the best part of the whole day was when J started doing the chop and cheer (of course we did not get that on video!).

The game was great (we won 69 to 3 which made it so much better). We headed out a little early to get the little one to bed since it had been a very long day with no nap. And we got these really great shots of the little miss when headed back to the car.

J and her two favorite men!

Her new thing is walking with her hands on her hips...
it's so stinkin' cute!

Monster Bash Birthday Party

We had such a wonderful week this past week. It started with J's actual birthday on Tuesday and didn't stop. We had a positively wonderful visit from my Mom and BOTH my sisters! That never happens. And it was so great to spend time with all of them and J. She really loved having them all here. But the real fun was J's second birthday party! You can read all about the decorating details at my HootyCutie blog.

J is really shy around people, and the day did not get off to a good start. Poor Shane had to give her a bath while she screamed the entire time. But once the party started she cheered up some (I think it might have had something to do with all the presents).

Thanks to everyone who came. We really enjoyed having you all with us to celebrate J's big day. It wouldn't have been as special without all of you.