A Genius?

Thought you all would get a kick out of this one...

He's not solving it...yet :) But he is making sure it tastes good.

He is his daddy's boy.

It sure is cold here! But it should warm up by next week! Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!

More pics of my cutie...

Someone is exploring the Christmas tree...


And he gets a little peeved when you take him away...

But Lex always makes him feel better!

It is getting chilly here - down in the 20's last night! Brrrrr! I got the apartment cleaned out today...blech, glad that's over! Anyway, just wanted to share some pictures!

Love,

Chel

Just hear those sleigh bells ringing...

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas! At least in this little nook of the county. Oh, all right, the tree's not up yet but barring any unforseen disasters, we'll be pulling it out tomorrow and decorating the heck out of our HOUSE! Or at least a strand of lights on the front porch :)

We even visited Santa at the mall today. And learned an important lesson - Go early in the season, before school lets out. We WALKED RIGHT UP - yes, that's right, no waiting! Now THAT is the way to meet Santa, LOL!

And to prove that we did go...

As you can see, my kiddo is in short sleeves...because it's been in the 70's this week! From what I hear, that will be ending tomorrow, but it was nice while it lasted! Gotta love NC in the winter!

The house is great! We are slowly but surely unpacking (but don't peek in the spare bedroom!). I have one last box in the kitchen full of things I'm just not sure where to put...so the box keeps on sitting in the kitchen and we just keep walking around it!

Toby is into EVERYTHING!!! That kid sure is curious! And he loves to help us out. He's such a sweetheart. I have some cute video of him crawling that I'm hoping to post later this weekend...we'll see when I get around to it.

I hope you all are having a wonderful December (it IS my favorite month, you know!) and take some time to enjoy the Christmas lights! I think that is my favorite part - driving around looking at lights!

Love to all,

Chel

We've Moved

We are officially into our new house! We moved in last Saturday and it already feels like home! Life has been incredibly hectic lately and I haven't had time to take many pics but I thought I'd usher in the Holiday Season...

Hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! We ended up going out to eat...my dishes aren't all unpacked yet. But they shall be soon! Anyway, it's past my bedtime so I need to get off, but I wanted to touch base!

Love to all,
Chel

Has it been that long?

I offer my profound apologies on my lack of recent posts. We have been out of town and it takes me awhile to get back in the swing of things! I have lots of pictures to share though, so I hope that will earn back your forgiveness ;)

Here is Toby in the leaves in my parents backyard. It was quite chilly so he is decked out in his winter wear! The leaves were so pretty though.

Happy family! We don't get many pictures of the three of us so it was nice to get some family shots.

Toby was a giraffe for Halloween. He was the cutest giraffe ever! Everyone thought so, not just me, lol! He was quite the little trooper for a whole afternoon in costume!

We spent one afternoon at out alma mater and got some shots of Toby on campus. We joked that we now have his campus tour out of the way, so all he has to do is fill out his application! Go Tigers!
He does tend to get tired of the camera though ;)
We had a wonderful trip home, but now that we're back we're full swing in Moving Mode! We're hoping to close on our house middle of this month...which is less than 2 weeks away! We tried to do our walk through today, but no one left the keys so we're trying again tomorrow. We did get our washer and dryer and fridge ordered today...can't wait to use that brand spankin new gorgeous washer and dryer...especially after the cheapo I've been using the last 3 years! We also had to get an entertainment unit since right now there is one built in to the wall so we ordered a beautiful armoire that should be in before we move. There is just so much going on right now, and I have tons of packing to do! And somewhere in there I have to start Christmas cards so I can send out our new address...which means I need to take pictures of Toby for Christmas cards...oh yeah, and Christmas shopping...head spinning...too much to do...and here I am online, lol! I will try to keep the updates coming but if I go MIA for awhile, just assume we are very very busy!

Love,

Chel

A Breath of Fall

A rainy day has brought a change in temperature and it definitely smells like Autumn now! It's supposed to be nice and cool all weekend. Our Autumnfest is tomorrow and we're heading downtown to check that out, provided it doesn't rain too much!

Toby has figured out how to make jsut about anything into a teether:
















He's just about cruising...I dread the day he really figures out how to pull himself up on the furniture...the dog...his toys...I think there are a lot more falls in our future!

There's not a whole lot going on around here...we've been watching the news about the nearby chemical fire...how scary! I'm glad we don't live any closer than we do!

Will post more later,
Chel

Picture Overload

We have been busy little bees lately! The house is coming along - they were in the process of laying carpet when we were there this week. The porch has been screened in and the concrete is down! Can't wait...

Here are some pics from recently...Toby is the master of the funny face, as you shall see!





Curtis was in Arkansas recently, but is home again...and hopefully he will stay here until we move! I am NOT moving this place by myself with a 6.5 month old underfoot...no way, no how. Fall is settling in across the Carolinas...but as I say this we're supposed to have highs in the 80's this week, so maybe a brief trek back into summer before we fall back into autumn.

Toby and I have been busy with Playgroup and the different activities that involves! It is so nice getting out of the house and meeting with different moms. Helps me keep my sanity anyway...if you believe I ever had sanity to begin with.

We shall be seeing some of you shortly! Can't wait!

Chel