Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Cutie Pie William



Sniff Sniff. William turned 11-months old this week. Somedays it seems like this has been a really long year, and other days I wonder how my baby got so big so fast! He is just a real sweetheart. We have had a miserable couple of teething weeks this past month, but now he is back to his curious fun-loving self! I took these pictures a while ago, all on the same day. He is just on the go all day long! So, first I found him strategically sitting in a booster seat, watching the paper towel roll unravel. Then, he got food all over his clothes so I had to change him. It is not uncommon for me to find William pulling the dishes out of the kids' dishes cupboard, but this day, that wasn't enough. He had to be IN the cupboard throwing everything out. He's always trying to get "up" onto something.

Which brings me to his next messy picture (which wasn't too messy this day, but potentially it leads to flour spilled, pots on the ground, cups, spoons, whatever onto the floor). He loves to climb. The kids sometimes use this ladder to help me cook or to reach something in the food cupboard. They have a bad habit of leaving it out and William is like a magnet to it! He sees it set up and nothing else can deter his mind! He is up in a flash destroying whatever he can reach on the counter!

(He does mix up a pretty mean fried eggplant and spaghetti, so maybe I'll let him keep climbing!)


September Harvest


Look what I picked from my garden yesterday!! Ok, so I know it isn't much, and the eggplant is tiny and the onions are about as big as they were when I planted them, but its September and my garden is still going! I have to admit, our success this year was medium-fail! But, its nice to have a little bit to show for all of the hard work. Oh, and just so you know, I whipped up a mexican omlet with these ingredients for dinner and it was so yummy!

Hurricane Irene

Wow, so blogging has taken a backseat for a while! I thought I would throw a few pictures up on here while I had a minute.


So, the big hurricane came through a couple of weeks ago and it was just a really interesting time here. We talked about this hurricane days before it arrived. When it did come, yes, Bryce and the kids went outside and played in it. Earlier in the day, it was all just fun and lots of rain and wind, but then that wind picked up and boy, it was kinda scary! We don't have many trees around our house, so we were fortunate enough report that our only damage was a ripped off corner piece of the house, and tipped over topiaries (and spilled gravel) on the front porch.

Glad we didn't have this to clean up!