And this is how you stuff a fat baby in a bumbo. He has to be wearing clothes as his skin prevents him from sliding in, but he fits VERY snug.
We went to one of our favorite little hikes at Sweet Water. Its really close which means less than 10 minutes of driving, beautiful scenery, and all we can handle in a short afternoon after church. 
SM actually did okay, though extremely out of character he did ask to be
but there was no water on either side. There usually isn't a 'beach' as the water would come right up to the edge of the forest, but there was huge dry patches where people were walking around where there used to be water. 
Very sad and it really hit me how bad this drought really is. You can't really tell in this last picture, but there is usually a little river here and the rocks are usually cover in water and make little rapids everywhere, but it was barely flowing. You can kind of see all the pretty colors though in the background. I can't believe how warm it was, I hope Thanksgiving will be so nice so the kids can be outside as I am anticipating a crazy house. 
most of his other cousins also hav
e. He rides and pushes it around all over. It was a fun weekend! We wish we could have more visits down here in the South, but then I never can think of much to do and I usually just like to chill out at home and play games any way. We did have fun shopping though and eating at my favorite burger joint, 5 Guys.
So these are a little old, but I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of Nana and Jellybean's visit. SM sure had fun with his cousin.
I was really trying to wear them out so they would take good naps, which worked out pretty well. I was afraid RH would not go down in a strange place, but it was all good. As if that wasn't enough, we spent a lot of the time we were at home back out on the swings. I just love watching kids play and interact. SM is getting much better at it,
he is still kind of a loaner, but I would say he does better now at having "friends." As much as a 2 year can have anyway.
though he is just a little to small to really be able to manipulate them though. He did really like the painting though, playing in the water, and of course the truck. He loves to pretend he is driving and our usual battle in the car is me not letting him drive. Afterwards we went to Willy's where there happened to be some firemen eating. They got done about the same time as us and parked in the back lot by us so they let the boys climb on the truck, they had a blast.
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So WD wanted me to try to start blogging although it still is hard for me to sit and write my personal life onto this website, but everyone seems to be addicted to it so it must be fun. I guess it is like a virtual journal anyway, so here is one of my first entries on our blog (albeit very brief). I went to a conference in Austin Texas this week about mineralized tissues (bone and teeth) and had a good time. It was a pretty nice place and was warmer than Atlanta in November. My adviser made a connection for me to visit an orthopedic biotech company located there and that was a neat opportunity. It is still too early to try to get jobs for me, but I was trying to start some early networking. I'm not sure that we used to think of ourselves as Texas people but if the right job comes I could go lots of places I suppose. We'll have to see.
We had a fun time last night! Here is a picture from our ward party. Thanks Megan and Brenna for the pictures, my camera wasn't in the mood last night. Then last night we went to a neighborhood in our ward with some friends and got some more candy! I am actually getting to the point that it it too much. SM doesn't seem to be getting tired of it though, we try to just give him on piece everyday, but I still don't want him to expect candy everyday.
He did a good job trick-or-treating and even said lots of thank you's. He got it much better than last year and didn't try to enter anyone's house this time. Then we went and had some hot chocolate and treats. It was such a nice evening though, I wore a short sleeve T-shirt. That is one of the many things I love about Atlanta! SM was actually glad to wear his monkey costume (his cousin Ethan in WA was the same thing). GJ had a good night, I just carried him in the sling in his jammies and put his costume on for pictures. What a nice mom. It was so warm and he didn't need any candy. We went to his 4 month check up this morning and he is 18lbs, 8oz. >95th %tile. Height was over 26 inches which was about 90%. He is so cuddly! He got 4 shots today though so hopefully he isn't a grouch all day!
