Jeremy's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Daddy!  On October 21st we celebrated Daddy!  

Jeremy and I had a little date night on his birthday eve.  We went to dinner at Recess, a small restaurant basically just around the corner from us.  After a yummy meal we went over to another new little spot in the neighborhood for a glass of wine.  Had to make sure we got home after the kids were in bed!  Loved being able to spend some quality time together :)

The next morning, the actual birthday, Maryn was super excited to get up, decorate, and make breakfast for Daddy! As you can see from the pictures it was quite festive :)  We made some of Daddy's favorites, pancakes, eggs with herbs, bacon, and fruit.  Oh, and of course hot tea :)  Unfortunately I got zero pictures of him opening gifts...oops!  

Our big plans for the day included a trip to the pumpkin patch.  You'll see those pictures in the next post.  After the pumpkin patch, we came home and ordered sushi for dinner and devoured some cupcakes!  Hoping Jeremy had as much fun celebrating as we all did!  So thankful to have him in our lives.  He is an amazing husband and father and as Maryn said, "you're the best daddy in the whole world!"

Date night with my birthday love!

Happy Birthday breakfast!!

Maryn was so excited for Jeremy to open his card!
The hamster danced and it played music :)

The birthday boy and his pj matching boys! 

Cormac loves Daddy!

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Great Wolf Lodge

In early October over Maryn's fall break, we made a trip down to Great Wolf Lodge in Cincinnati. It was a Christmas gift from Jeremy's parents that we finally felt ready to take advantage of with all three kiddos.  The kids loved it!  We spent lots of time in the water area of course.  We went down slides, coasted along in the lazy river, dodged buckets of water, played in the waves and sprinklers, and even jumped on lily pads. What a fun two days!

Welcome to Great Wolf Lodge Maryn!

Cormac and Mamaw

Cormac and Papaw meeting the bear.

mr. blue eyes and the big bear

Theo loved this bus in the arcade!

Taking a slushie break :)

ohhh...scary faces!!!

on the merry-go-round...one...

two...

three...yeah!!

Theo and Cormac loved the sprinklers that came up! 

Having fun :)

she loves the water!! 

This is fun!  

he loved laying his head in the water!

Splashing around with Daddy :) 

ready for the waves! 

a little quiet time before dinner

oh no, dinner with a wolf!

wait, two wolves?

yikes, three wolves at our table!!
good thing they are all cute :) 

thanks mamaw and papaw for a fun two days!

Smiles all around!

she needs a cupcake hat too!

mmmm...ice cream!

Cormac...8 & 9 months old

Time passes so quickly! i cant believe i missed posting Cormac's 8 month update.  Eight months brought up on all fours crawling, pulling up to everything, more sounds and interests in what is going on, and his first haircut. Cormac is the happiest little guy!!

 (9 month update below)

time for a trim up!

let the snipping begin!

he wasn't thrilled with the adventure, but at least he can see now :)

8 month cutie! 

he loves the music table :)

What... 9 months old?!?!
At Cormac's 9 month check up he was 21.6 lbs and 30.1 inches.  While I thought he was chunky, he is actually much longer than I thought.  He is a growing little boy!  Cormac is not really interested in baby food so we are moving on to table food. He's tried apples. bananas, grapes, peas, cheerios, green beans and pancakes.  He is crawling everywhere and is trying to figure out how to cruise.  Unfortunately sleeping is not his strong point, but he is the happiest little guy!  I love watching play with Maryn and Theo, he's right in the middle of things!  Just recently he has started imitating sounds and so some screaming has begun :)  

peas and green beans...yum!

cormac and mommy :)

love that smile! 

busy little boy!

ready to use some tools!

Stuckey Farms

During the last weekend of September, the kids and I spent the weekend with my parents while Jeremy was out of town.  It was a beautiful weekend and the perfect time to to Stuckey's and get pumpkins for Mimi and Ceta's porch.  Of course the trip would not have been complete without an apple cider slush for the drive home!

Maryn found her pumpkin pretty quick!

Trying out Mommy's shades on the wagon ride :)

Where's the pumpkin Theo?  Just sitting on it for safe keeping! 

Cormac's first trip to the pumpkin patch!

Best view of the patch from Ceta's shoulders

One out of three looking works for me!

Theo trying to help Uncle Brad find a pumpkin!