Fly By

It has been a crazy month. 


We made it to Alabama and back. The baby girl did as good as can be expected on the car ride. The actual time in Auburn was disastrous, but I am beginning to think that it is just the way it is always going to be with the in-laws.

The baby girl had a birthday. I can’t believe she is one!

We survived the 16th Thanksgiving family reunion. There were about 90 people there. It was chaotic but good.

It is almost December, my house is half decorated and I am not sure if I can do anymore decorating because the baby girl is getting into everything. My Christmas tree is short and skinny and half undecorated due to the fact that the baby girl is making it her mission to pull off every ornament she can reach and the lights too. We find ornaments everywhere, in the bathrooms, on the couch, in the toy box, etc. When your house is already littered with toys, what’s an additional ornament or twelve?

I really want to get a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha and do some Christmas shopping!

Alabama- Take 2

After our disastrous first attempt to go to visit the boy’s family in Alabama, we are trying again. This time the baby girl is older, we are equipped with a car seat that looks more like a La-Z-Boy recliner than a safety device, and of course Old McDonald Had a Farm.

Things are in full packing swing here. Laundry is in, butter is sitting on the counter coming to room temperature waiting to be made into cupcakes for the baby girl’s birthday celebration with the in-laws, suitcases are out with neat stacks slowing filling them, the carpet is freshly vacuumed, and lists are being checked off.

I am hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. The boy and I have bets in as to how long the baby girl will last in her car seat before she starts screaming and becoming a bucking bronco. Hopefully he wins; he was a little more optimistic than I was!