It's that time of year again

The never ending leaf blowing, raking, and bagging season is upon us again! It's a weekly project around here so that we don't get invaded by the piles of leaves and sticks from all our huge trees! Logan thinks it's fun to help out. As long as she's outside, she's content. Our neighbor's dog, Sydney, actually fetches the ball when you throw it for her which is a trait our "retriever" failed to inherit. Logan thinks it's the greatest thing that she can throw the ball to the dog, and the dog brings it back and drops it at her feet to do it again.

Fall Festival and Trick or Treating

We went to FBC Alpharetta where my sister goes to church for their fall festival. It was a lot of fun! There were little carnival type games for the kids, big inflatables, a choo-choo train, and pony rides. I got some video of Logan on the pony, so I thought, but turns out that it didn't turn out! Sorry.

Logan buzzed around and ate a whole hot dog! Addyson, our neice, is the little hot dog beside her in the photos. She has an obsession with doggies, so of course, that's what she wanted to be for Halloween!

The latter photos (in the drizzle rain) are from our annual neighborhood Halloween parade. The whole fire department shows up and leads the kids down the street to the clubhouse. They love the big red fire truck and the firemen love the free food! Logan was a hit with the neighbors. Everyone thought she was the cutest little bee. I might add as well that we held up the end of the parade because she walked some of it. Hollie, our dog, wore Logan's bee ears because Logan didn't want to have anything to do with those! Later that night we went to a few houses trick or treating. Logan liked putting the candy in her jack-o-lantern. I'm just thankful that she's not into eating it yet :) Her daddy and I made sure she grabbed the chocolate stuff.

Baby Dedication

We had a great Baby Dediation service at our church last Sunday. We enjoyed having family in town and the opportunity to share in this special occasion with friends. Above are our friends from small group, Jeff and Reagan, and their daughter Mary Palin. Not sure where my picture is of my sis and bro-in-law, but they were there as well. Also hiding from the camera was another small group friend, Akilah. We got to share with our table some of the homework we did in preparation for the event. We told them the values we wanted to instill into Logan's life and our home, we shared 3 habits we wanted to commit to as a family, and we read to them letters we had written to Logan. It was really special and a great time to have people prayer for us as a family! I can't wait to see the photographer's pictures from the event.

Party Time

Guests!Pinata fun!Yummy cake!

Thanks everyone for celebrating with me for my 1 year birthday party! I had a blast! Let's do it again next year!

1 year old

Logan likes to crawl up on Hollie's bed.Logan's 1st Birthday was yesterday, the 6th!! It's still a little rainy here, but we were able to play outside for a little while. Here's a picture of her in her big girl carseat. You here of how all babies like to face forward for the first time. Logan liked it as well, but was a little tired for her first ride.

Last night we met the Holcomb's at Dreamland BBQ for a celebratory birthday dinner! Addy sang to her a few times, and they got to run around a bit. Then we walked around the Forum which is a nice outdoor mall. Her party is in about a week and a half! Can't wait!! We go to the Dr. today for her 1 yr. wellness visit.

Pumpkin mania!

Here's more of the pictures from our day at the Pumpkin Patch, which is really a family farm. As you can see in the background they also have Christmas trees. It was a lot of fun. Fleetwood is home after a 3 week adventure/epi-aid. He'll report on that later. We are so glad to have him home!! He wasn't here for these pics, so Logan and I went with Lisa, Justin and Addy. We went on a hayride, fed some catfish, and picked out some pumpkins for the house.

I will say that Fleetwood surprised me when he came home earlier than I expected. I woke up last Fri. morning to a baby crying, Hollie barking at "something" and wanting to go outside, and my phone ringing. It was him and I told him to hold on while I let Hollie out. He was standing outside! He had been airlifted from the Navy ship into a helicopter out in the Pacific. He spent the night in Hawaii, surfed the next morning, then got on his flight home! How about that for a story?

Not MIA, just busy!

Here's a couple of pictures of Logan at 11 mo. She's surpassed walking now and into climbing! She's also still trying out new foods, like spagetti, which from the photo you can see she thoroughly enjoyed! 2 days ago, I gave her beets and she liked those as well. She's had eggs and muffins, biscuits, grits, yogurt. There still hasn't been anything she's rejected to this point. Guess that's good!

Some of you know that Fleetwood has been gone for 2 1/2 weeks doing an EpiAid on a Swine Flu outbreak on a Navy Ship. We've really missed him and are looking forward to his return. I've been taking a nap sometimes when Logan's napping for energy. I have a new appreciation for single moms and I don't even work! We were blessed to have my mom come over not last weekend, but the last. She was an extra pair of hands and it was nice to get to have a little break. She put Logan to bed while I showered and got her up in the mornings while I slept in. It was helpful to me. We didn't get to do much of anything outdoors because of all of the rain. I'm sure you've all heard of the floods in Atlanta. It's been crazy and a lot of streets were closed and schools. Luckily we weren't really affected. We did have some leakage on our ceiling from a new roof. Hopefully, that will be fixed! Besides just being couped up all day indoors, we survived. Now, it's blue skies and fall weather. It's cool here. Time to get out the fall decorations and put your shorts away!

I will post some pictures from our day at the pumpkin patch later. We went yesterday with Lisa, Justin and Addy. We had the place to ourselves, so we got special treatment with a hayride and everything!

Gym Humor

We joined the YMCA a few weeks ago. Today when I finished riding the bike, I got off and got the cleaning stuff to wipe down the seat. There was an old man that passed me and said, "It's good to see teenagers using the gym." Not sure how to process that since I'm nearing 32, but I guess I'll take it as a compliment. I'm pretty sure he had on some glasses, maybe not.