Happy Halloween!

As much of a slacker as I am, I can't believe I'm blogging about this so quickly!  But it's the easiest/quickest way to share the pictures from tonight with friends and family. I am happy to report that our little football player (aka Braeden) was very excited about trick or treating this year. A far cry from last year where we only made it out of our cul-de-sac before he was crying. Here are some pics from our night. We went with a football theme for all of our costumes: B was a UT football player, Zach was a referee, and Gage and I were a football!

Before we headed out:

Some dirt and worms we brought to a party on our street:

Our candy bowl we set out before we left:

Out and about:

Our bowl when we got back:

A few more pics to finish off the night:

For those of you wondering, BCS are Braeden's initials, but we like to joke around that he will be playing in a BCS bowl one day with a name like that :)

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

My new love...

Sleeping has become somewhat nonexistent these days. Between needing to get up to go to the bathroom, and not being able to breathe because of my allergies, good sleep happens rarely. So what to do when you can't sleep? Turn on the tv and watch infomercials! Yep, between 3-5 am there isn't a whole lot on tv, but there are TONS of infomercials. Usually I am not a believer, but I think my nesting got the best of me a few nights ago...

I have become obsessive over cleaning my floors. They just never seem clean enough, and I WILL NOT get on my hands and knees to scrub them. The back pain afterwards is just not worth it. Fortunately, I was up on one of those lovely nights battling my allergies when I flip the channel to the Shark Steam Pocket Mop infomercial. Let me tell you...I wanted to order that thing right then and there, and take it down stairs and use it immediately. My problem...shipping time :( If I ordered it through the tv I would have to WAIT for it to get here. I'm not one for a lot of patience, so the very next morning I got my handy computer out and googled for it. Read some more glowing reviews about it, and found out that Bed Bath and Beyond sells it...woo-hoo! Plus, now I could use the ever-popular 20% coupon. So off we went to BBB and got our Shark mop. As much as I wanted to try it as soon as we got home, I decided to wait until after B was in bed. It was like Christmas morning when the kids want everything they open taken out of the box right away and put together so they can use it that instance. Well, picture that but replace the kiddos with a 7 month pregnant momma and the toy is a mop. Not even 30 minutes later, my floors we perfection! That steam mop worked wonders on the tile. I even took a paper towel to the floor afterwards to see if there was any dirt left behind....NOTHING! This mop is as amazing as the infomercial said it was, and that makes for one happy nesting momma! (on a side note: the floors don't dry as fast as the infomercial says, but they do dry faster than mopping and swiffering.)

Braeden's 1st day of preschool...

Today was the first day of school for Braeden, well kind of... They had a class walk through on Monday for an hour which would have been his first day, and then today (Wednesday) was a half day to help them adjust to being at school. I'm sure it is a great idea for those kiddos who aren't as fond of the idea of leaving mom, but that is completely opposite of Braeden. He loves going to school to play with friends, so leaving me has never been a problem. If anything, the gradual entry is harder for him, because he'd rather stay and play!

I tried to get a few pictures at home before we left, and then in the parking lot, and again going into his class. Oh, how I respect the job photographers have! It can be difficult at times to get him to do what I want AND have the camera ready once he finally does it. Oh well, at least it's documented even if they aren't frame-worthy :)

At home and the parking lot...

Going into his class...

Anyone notice how once he got to his class, he isn't looking at me :( Too excited for school, he just waved his hand in the air and told me "bye, see ya" without looking back. Not going to complain, at least he enjoys it!

Back at home "eating" lunch after school...

Fresh Beat Band was on, so he decided he "need to watch, Mommy". This car lining up is his other activity while he avoids eating lunch, but it's so cute!

Overall, it was a good day! He must have painted at school, because well, his shirt did not have yellow on it when I dropped him off. Plus, when I asked what he did, he told me "I did painting". I guess I better get good at getting stains out, my neat little monkey is probably going to come home more often than not with stains :( I guess it's a right of passage into the toddler years. Looking foward to next Wednesday...his first FULL day... Mommy likey!

Beach time...

We were very lucky to go to 2 beaches this summer. We started it off with a trip to Gulf Shores, AL with Zach's family.

Then later in the summer we went to Destin, FL with my family. (Zach couldn't make it due to business-Boo!)

On a side note...we were fortunate to not deal with oil at either of the gulf coast beaches :) That made for one very happy momma!