crash

Our computer is in the process of crashing. Therefore, we cannot access the internet at home. Sorry for the lack of posting. Hopefully I will get my Christmas wish (a new computer) and we'll be up and running after the holidays! 

p.s. the baby in my womb seems to be growing at a rapid pace as evidenced by the extreme tightening of all of my clothes. This is good news. I went to the doctor yesterday and am 12 weeks and due on June 1, 2009! The heartbeat was strong and made us proud. (and tear up just a little)  Just thought I would give you a little update.

The First Year of Trick-or-Treating...for all 3 of us!

Matthew grew up always being at Fall Festivals at the church where his parents worked. My family never celebrated Halloween. Therefore, none of us had EVER been trick-or-treating...until last night! I did manage to get Grey a $6 costume the day before Halloween. In my mind it was totally worth it. I wouldn't have necessarily chosen for my 18 month old to be dressed as a pirate but he did look cute. Matthew was totally excited about it. The costume was complete with a hat (worn for a few minutes), boots (that slipped over his shoes), a sword, and the actual suit. (which he barely fit into) We went over to our friend's, Greg, Ashley and Brooke (Grey's best bud) and had dinner and went to a few houses to trick-or-treat. Grey slowly got the hang of it after face planting twice on the concrete which completed his rough pirate look. He was scraped all down the left side of his face but it didn't stop him. He loved holding his Elmo bucket (thanks to Marie from last Halloween) and got a hold of a sucker halfway through the process and wouldn't let go of that. We had lots of fun!

The Latest...

Guess Who's

Pregnant?!

The correct answer would be Meghan! We just wanted to share this exciting news. More updates baby Gladys or Gulliver coming soon....

Cousins!

Grey got to hang out with both of his "Tidd" cousins this weekend! We all had so much fun. It is so cool to see the three of them together. The older they get, the funnier they are. They each have their own individual personalities and I love seeing them "play together."

We all got to my parent's house Friday evening and my mom made a yummy dinner that they had in Alaska this summer. It was absolutely delicious! We then spent the rest of the evening laughing at each other playing wii Fit. Saturday we took a walk in the morning and tailgated at home while watching the Clemson vs. GA Tech game! Chad, Nathan, and I were long time GT fans before actually attending Clemson. My dad is a proud graduate of GT :) We took a trip to the park and then Matthew and I left after our dinner at Anita's. We proceeded to drive home and AGAIN, we got a flat tire! This is our second one, while driving in the dark, in about 3 months. All is well and we made it home. We had such a great time with our family and can't wait until Thanksgiving.

Blowing bubbles with Poppie

Singing "If You're Happy and You Know It"

The City with Big Fish and so much more!

We had the pleasure of a visit to Atlanta last week to see Uncle David, Aunt Stephanie, and Maddie! Matthew had a conference (at which half the ministry world attended) and Grey and I got to spend two days with Steph and Maddie. We, of course, lived the life. Thursday night we went to a cooking class (not with the kids) at Whole Foods. It was done by the man that owns Sugo, a Greek Italian restaurant. It would take me a while to write all the details of class I would like so I will just sum it by saying I have never tasted food so stinkin' good! Let's just say this man roasts garlic for 5 hours and adds a little honey to all things!

Friday morning, the four of us went downtown to the aquarium. This was my second time going but first with Grey and Maddie. I absolutely loved listening to the way that Maddie took it all in. (she's been before but was super excited) Grey really enjoyed the first half. He wanted to lay on the floor in the front of each tank or exibit and see the fish/sea animals eye to eye. There is so much to take in! He had a major lack of sleep last week and so the second half was a little rough due to his extreme exhaustion.

Grey does whatever Maddie does, listens to whatever she says, laughs at her, and thinks she way cool so I'm pretty sure in this picture they are having an intelligent conversation about the fish.

on the moving sidewalk
Check out that shark!

As you can tell, Grey had had about all he could handle. Maddie was awesome!

Sky Top Orchard

As is our fall family tradition, we headed up to Sky Top Orchard near Hendersonville, NC yesterday. Matthew and I have been going for 4 years now and this was Grey's first trip. The whole day was so much fun! Grey absolutely LOVED it and we loved it even more this year seeing it through his little eyes. We all picked apples, ate apples, had apple slushie (yes, this is simply amazing), had hot apple cider donuts, played on the playground(s), played in the pumpkins, rode the wagon, and saw "how tall this fall." Do you have memories that just bring you so much happiness?! We made one of those memories yesterday with just the three of us. Matthew took some really good pictures. They speak for themselves.

Before the picking began

He probably picked half a bucket all by himself. He couldn't get enough of it!

He climbed so high on the ladder into the tree I almost couldn't reach him!

Sharing an apple

Enjoying one on his own

He is actually watching me do karate moves. Don't ask how I discovered this makes him laugh really hard.

Caught up in the moment

Yay for pumpkins

showing off their "muscles" b/c their growing