"Gotcha!"

We decided your yard needed a little redecorating.  HAHA!

Gotcha Grandaddy.  

The MC Tradition-Cornhuskin

For those of you who went to Meredith you know what I'm talking about.  For those who didn't nor have ever been to Cornhuskin, "You just have to experience it."  I used to strongly dislike this statement, but it's really true.  It's hard to put a crazy week of strange activities into words.  Cornhuskin week activities include:  corn shucking, hog calling, can art, parade, apple bobbing, hall rades, dancing, etc. 

This past Friday night Jason, Caden and myself joined Tori, Rebekah and Brian for a night of Cornhuskin at Meredith.  Brian nor Jason had ever been.  They thought it to be very interesting.  

Because Meredith does not have a football team, Cornhuskin is basically like their homecoming event.  Many alumni come back to see the classes compete in the finally performance.  It's pretty fun every so often especially if you're with great people.  

Thanks Rebekah for inviting us.  We had a great time! 

"That was then and this is now!"

Our Caden has had a change of opinion in his cereal.  We started him two Thursdays ago on cereal once per day in the early evening and he wasn't feeling it.  This past Thursday he really started enjoying it...Now he loves it.  

Our first Cereal feeding

Mom, seriously, I really don't like this.  

Please just get me out of here.  

Look at all the napkins we used as he spit each bite out.  

For a few weeks now Caden has not seemed too satisfied with Mommy's milk.  It seems as though he's wanted a little more.  Last Thursday night, I finally got up the courage to feed him a little cereal.  We'll let the pictures explain his reaction.  Needless to say, it didn't go over too well.  Every day gets better though.

P.S.  His diapers are horrendous now.  

Happy Birthday Grandaddy and Yahoo Fiesta

As you can see we had an exciting week last week.  On the 28th, my dad turned 51.  So on Friday night (Halloween), my dad, 3 brothers, sister, and Brandi came over to celebrate Dad's birthday.  Then we headed off to our Fall Festival called Fiesta at church.

We had a wonderful night as you can see.  Caden did so well.  We bundled him up in his halloween outfit (with 2 layers underneath) and he handled it like a champ!  

Happy Birthday Dad.  Thanks for coming over everyone.  We had a wonderful time!

To The Pumpkin Patch We Go

Here's the One.

This is the first Halloween for our boy so we decided to take him to the pumpkin patch last Thursday in his candy corn outfit.  Thank you to Grandaddy and Mema for the outfit.  Look at my two favorite Men.  

Mommy broke it.

He's thinking, "Hope you're not taking me out of my beloved."

If you have a swing, do not go into that box on the upper right hand corner.  BEWARE.

Our hope has come!

Before Caden was born, the students at UNC gave us this amazing swing.  It goes with our pack n' play and we love it.  It's still one of Caden's favorite things too.

A couple of weeks ago the batteries needed to be changed.  Jason had an extremely busy week that week so I thought I would change the batteries (he put together all of Caden's toys).  So I was a little unsure where the batteries were.  By looking at the swing, it looked like they could have been two places.  I tried the first box, that wasn't it, so I put it back together and the swing didn't work.  I got so frustrated with myself.  I messed with that swing for 1 hour and still couldn't get it back working correctly.  

A couple of days later Grandaddy Randy came up and he and Jason worked on it for another 30 minutes...still not fixed.

Then I went to Babies R' Us to see if they would help us out. They suggested that we call Graco (the manufacturer).  Graco is GREAT!  They sent us a whole new motor for our swing free of charge.  

I am a happy Mama.  My child's favorite toy is now fixed and our swing and pack n' play can still match!!!

If you ever need anything for a baby, I encourage you to buy Greco.  They're the BOMB.