October 2008

October was a fun filled month. Hunter turned 5 months old and continues to grow like a weed. She is bigger than Riley was at this age and unfortunately she's outgrowing Riley's winter season clothes already. We're in 9-12 month clothes already! She is a great eater and loves just about anything. She is starting to sit up on her own and soon enough she'll be crawling so the real fun will begin! She's a very laid back baby and just goes with the flow.



Riley on the other hand is all drama and very high strung! She is still taking tennis and soccer and improving weekly in both. School is going great...she is exceling in language arts and math...her teacher is very impressed with her vocabulary...as are Chris and I but there are definitely times when we just wish for quiet...it never comes! The last week of October they had Spirit Week at school so she wore jammies one day, she wore her favorite team one day (Go Heels of course), they had a pep rally, silly hair day and the week was topped off with a Fall Party and everyone wore their Halloween costumes. We looked at dozens of costumes and she insisted on being a doctor...a few days after I bought it she confessed that she wanted to be doctor so everyone would be scared of her! The Miley family came to visit one weekend from NC and Riley and their daughter Claire (4 yr old) hit it off as if they were long lost friends. It was great to see them!



Chris and I are doing great. Chris is coming up on a busy holiday season - with the clubhouse now open, they'll be serving Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas parties and for the first year since we moved here, he'll be back at work on New Year's Eve. And for the first year ever, I'm okay with this - looking forward to waking up and starting the new year with a clear head for the first time since I can remember! We are both just thankful to have jobs given the economy. My job is going great - traveling to Charlotte every 2-3 weeks so daddy is becoming a pro at handling 2 girls. Maybe next year we'll get crazy and go for #3 and hope we can get some more testosterone in the house...otherwise we're going to have to get a boy dog so Chris has some male companionship!



Hope every thing is going well on your end...let us hear from you!