Procrastinating

Our flight leaves for WI tomorrow morning at 7:45, so naturally I am updating the blog instead of packing.  I'll keep it short and sweet since it's creeping past my bedtime... enjoy the pictures!

You can run, but you can't hide!

Helping out in the kitchen

Multitasking

Our little leaf-lover

Higher!

Uncle Mark is so funny!

Attitude

I've been working on painting the deck over the past few weeks.  Here's the before.

And the after.

Ta da! Bring on the rain and snow.

Having a ball

Pete, Mark, Brady, and I just returned from a great weekend visit to WV.  Brady had a blast as usual with all the grandparents, aunts and uncles.  On Friday we had a nice dinner with Dad, Lyla, Dustin, Daniel, Mark, Casey, Mammaw, Aunt Mary Gay, and Uncle Frankie.  They brought over my favorite Italian food, and I'm sorry to say that Brady was not impressed with it.  We'll keep trying!

Saturday we visited Mammaw in her new house.  She's settled in now and it looks great!  Brady had fun exploring the place and playing with Mammaw.  After Brady's afternoon nap we went to Mom's house for some fun with Mom, Steve, and Casey.  We got lucky when Aunt Nancy Rae and Uncle Norman stopped by as well!  For what it's worth, Brady was slightly more interested in the pepperoni rolls for dinner from one of my other favorite restaurants.

On Sunday we had a yummy breakfast at Dad & Lyla's house and spent some time playing before we hit the road.  Brady was nice and exhausted when we got home!

"Road trip? Awesome!"

Hello, friend

Pure bliss.  Grandma & Grandpa made Brady's first ball pit!

Hanging on Uncle Dustin's every word.

Fruity fun with Uncle Frankie

Brotherly bonding

Casey's always up for a visit

Diving in

Reading with Aunt Mary Gay

Crinkling plastic cups is HILARIOUS!

Two dogs?!  Wow, PopPop, Casey, and Nana, what fun!

Playing ball with Uncle Norman

Love those fish

Daisy and Casey

Mark and Ellie

Grandma shakes things up

Mammaw hugs

Teaching Mammaw about diggers

Grandpa takes his turn winding Brady up

Weeeee!

Brady's "point"

Fall fun

I've been home for almost two weeks now, and it has been very easy to slip back into our old routines.  Brady is doing great, so we are all a little happier around here.  We've had a lot of errands to run and housework to catch up on, but we've had plenty of fun too.  The crazy rainy stretch we've had seems to be over (at least for a few days), so we've been getting outside as much as possible.

Brady loves the view from Daddy's shoulder

 

Truck!

Uncle Mark and Brady try to keep two balls going

Here comes trouble!

Beautiful day for a hike (I use that term very loosely- not quite the hikes of our old days)!

 

Of course we've been on the swings a zillion times!

"Mommy, you're in my way- I can't see the cars!"

Ready to slide

You didn't think it was all fun and games, did you?  Time to teach Brady to fold!