Our Lil' Pumpkin

It's hard to believe in 24 days our Bear is going to be a 1 year old! Where has the time gone, I mean, really!!! We have been busy at school, playing at daycare, going to Gymboree and hanging out with family this month. Last weekend, Geoff and I went camping with a group of friends to Brownwood, Tx. It was an amazing time, but it was the first time I had ever been away from Michael for more than 24 hours! My cousin Rachael offered to keep Michael for the weekend- she has an almost 4 year old, Gino, and lives just up in Frisco. The drop-off with Rachael was so traumatic, for me, not Michael:) I cried the entire way back to Plano to get my bags:) However, before I left with the group for Brownwood, I received the phonecall that Gino has the flu! Uhg! So, I went back and forth on what to do and my wonderful cousin Genevieve agreed to take Michael for Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say, it was a great weekend and everything worked out!!! We got back on Sunday and our sweet Bear was a good boy for his cousins and they both offered to take him again, anytime:) I think we will be taking them up on this:) It was so great to get Michael up from his nap that Sunday- he was so excited when he opened his eyes and saw Geoff and I standing there- he grabbed the sides of his crib, pulled his pacie out of his mouth and had a HUGE grin, saying "Da-Da, Da-Da" while reaching for Mama of course- such a sweet boy!

We are having quite a busy week this week! Today we have the Gymboree Halloween Party and on Friday Michael will be in the Shelton Halloween Parade:) Also, Michael has his 1 Year pictures on Sunday with JosephMark, our FABULOUS wedding photographers! I will post pictures as soon as I can! In the meantime here is a pic of Michael from 2 weeks ago at the Pumpkin Patch- he had a GREAT nap, I had him dressed cute, we took him to the Pumpkin Patch, snapped 2 pics and my camera died, of course! At least I managed to get one good picture- he loves to have his picture taken:)
I hope everyone has a great Halloween weekend!
Kate