Exciting Weekend

On October 21st, Grey's new cousin Noah arrived! He is a precious, healthy boy! We were so excited to meet him last weekend. I think he looks like Maddie when she was a baby but has thick, dark hair like Tim. He is so cute! We got to see a bunch of family and meet Hayes (Erica and Daniel's boy) this weekend too. Hayes is adorable - looks just like Daniel! We had a blast hanging out with everyone.

Then on October 23rd, Morgan and Marcus got engaged! Congratulations! We are all very excited for you two! Marcus surprised her and had all his and her family in town at a lake house that he rented for the weekend. We had a blast celebrating with them and Grey loved running around outside and eating all the candy, cookies and ice!

Welcome to the family Marcus (you were an honorary member before but it's official now :) ). Let the wedding planning begin!


Noah Mayfield

Grey playing

Grey, Maddie, Georgia and Emma

Grey, Georgia and Maddie

Erica (Emma, Georgia and Hayes), Daniel (Grey) and Tim (Maddie - Noah was eating)

Fun at the Gym

On Tuesday Grey and I met up with Alisha and Sonoma for some play time at WOGA Gym. Sonoma goes there frequently and is an expert - she immediately started playing on the equipment. It took Grey about 5-10 minutes to analyze everything and figure out what he was doing. As soon as he figured it out, though, there was no stopping him! He would run, run down the tumble tracks and plop face first into the red mats. I would kind of hold him in between my legs and jump real high on the trampoline and he thought it was fantastic!

There was a girl a little older than Grey in a ballerina outfit (tutu included) that he was enamored with. He would walk up to her and just look at her. He even followed her around for a little while and tried to do the things she was doing. It was too funny.

I was amazed when Grey grabbed the rings and then lifted his legs up for like 15 seconds. He is a strong kid!

The funniest part is the next day at school he was wearing a new shirt and his teacher asked him if he went shopping yesterday. Without hesitation he replied, "Yeah, with Mommy". What a goof!

Arboretum Day

We went to the arboretum again this year to see all the pumpkins. Grey got to run around everywhere and loved being able to go about at his own pace! There was a time that he did take a detour through the shrubs and there wasn't even a path :) This was my Dad's first time there and he hasn't stopped talking about it yet! He made sure to visit every inch of the place, including the pioneer exhibit. We thought he was just going to show Grey the teepee, but after 20 minutes of waiting and no sign of either one of them, I found them going through all 5 houses to see them all. It was a fun way to end my birthday weekend!

Running through the woods

Typical picutre of Grey lifting up his shirt to play with the tag

In the mud hut from the pioneer exhibit

Smelling the flowers