Pumpkins ~ Stings ~ Reunion ~ Church

It's so hard to believe that October is almost over and November will be here next week. We had a fun filled weekend and just wanted to share some pictures. I had my 10 year high school reunion, so we stayed in Brookhaven Friday night. On Saturday, we took Jeremiah to the pumpkin patch and he had a blast until the wagon ride. We had just gotten onto the wagon and started touring the farm. He was loving it and all of a sudden he started crying. It took us a minute to realize what had happened, but he got stung by a yellow jacket on the nose. It was a little scary at first because his sinus area and eyes were swollen, but it went down quickly. He was such a big boy and and enjoyed the rest of the wagon ride.

He enjoyed helping daddy pump water.

They are posing by the Preschool maze...we didn't attempt the large maze.

My little scarecrow

He loved the pool of corn!

I loved the fields of Sunflowers!!

Picking out his pumpkin

Reading his "paper" on the way to church Sunday

As you can see from the pictures, we had a great time and looking forward to taking him again next year. I highly recommend Mitchell farms in Collins, MS. We will be heading to Crestview, Fl this weekend to fill in for Bro. James Conley and looking forward to seeing that sweet church family again. I'm sure we'll have more pictures to share next week.

October Fun

We have kicked off October with our first busy weekend of the month. If we survive this month, we will probably hibernate the month of November. We headed out on Friday to the Good Hope Association in Laurel. On Saturday, Jeremiah and I attended the Ole Brook festival, Sister Berryhill's 90th birthday party and played with family. On Sunday, we attended church and went to eat with Jeremiah's grandfather, Ken, for his birthday. I have posted some pictures below from our weekend...I hope you enjoy them!

Jeremiah playing on his laptop in the car on Friday!!

"Riding" a bike at my parents' house. Thanks grandma for pushing me around the carport a hundred times just to make me smile!!

Jeremiah at Sister Berryhill's 90th birthday party!


Jeremiah and Mr. Ken




Mr. Ken (Robert's dad), Jeremiah and Robert




Mr. Ken, Ms. Wendy and Jeremiah

Jeremiah riding the bull at Santa Fe

Did you know that October is also National Dwarfism awareness month? With Jeremiah and I both having Achondroplasia dwarfism, the most common type, I thought I would close with a few facts. Eighty percent of children with dwarfism have two average size parents. My parents are both average size and raised me just like their other three children. Robert and I knew there was a fifty percent chance of having a child with dwarfism, but that didn't matter to us. We feel blessed that God created Jeremiah just for us and wouldn't have him any other way. Jeremiah has taught us some much in just these two short years and we are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for him.

Finally Friday

Here are a few pictures of what we have been up too lately. I hope you enjoy them and have a wonderful weekend!

My boys dressed in maroon for the first game of the season.

He is showing you the bone from his first rib.

Just having fun is Daddy's hat!!

Sometimes just taking pictures makes the car ride go by faster and entertains an ill child.

Daddy's helper

Swimming Lessons

Well, we survived our first lesson without tears or choking on water. He was a little timid the first five minutes, but had fun splashing the rest of the class. At the end of the class, everyone gets a turn to go down the slide and our son clapped and cheered for each child. He loved the slide!! I uploaded two videos that you can watch and enjoy seeing Jeremiah "swimming". Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor day weekend!!

Swim Lessons ~ Slide

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Happy, Happy Birthday

In August, we celebrated Robert's, Jeremiah's and Nannie's birthday. Needless to say, we have had plenty of cake and ice cream this month, but we do have more birthday's to celebrate this month.

I thought things would begin to slow down as summer ended, but it seems like "busy" is just going to be a constant word in our lives. Jeremiah starts swimming lessons tomorrow and I am anxious to see how this will turn out. He'll be in a parent/child class, so I'm letting Robert have the honors of being with him in his first class. We've also had to child proof our cabinets. Jeremiah found all sorts of things to get into, but his favorite cabinet was the snack cabinet.