One Crazy Month

This month has been nutso. Yes, that's a word I use. Lots and lots has been going on. Fiona turned 8 months old. She is still just as happy, energetic, and silly as ever. She's not really crawling but scooting with her arms. But don't be fooled, she's fast. She especially loves the curtains. She still loves to talk and yell. She is saying "ma-ma" and "da-da" and that's really fun. Oh, and look at all that hair!

Just a couple of weeks ago I found out my grandfather died. I was sad and was very sorry to lose him. I was especially sad for my grandmother and her loss. They were married over 60 years. Rick was not able to travel since he had to work and we had already scheduled a Christmas visit just a couple of weeks following, so Fiona and I hopped on a plane. I was a little nervous about traveling by myself with her but she was great. I thanked God for that later.

I attended the funeral and got to see family. It was very sad and we all mourned for the loss of my grandfather and celebrated his life together.

I decided to have a little bit of an extended stay since I don't have a job to get back to now. Unfortunately, while we were there, Fiona picked up a stomach virus (which she had had only 3 weeks earlier as well) that landed her in the ER. I was so upset. I was away from home, without my husband, and my precious, tiny baby was very sick. My heart was saddened to see her that sick and I will admit, I was a little bit of a wuss. I guess that's just a mother's heart. I was incredibly thankful to have family around to help and be a support.

Thank goodness, and to our mutual delight, Fiona recovered quickly and we were able to travel on the designated day of our ticket. Needless to say, we were both exhausted when we returned home.

It has continued to be busy since. This is Rick's crazy time of year (along with Easter) so he works a lot. We happily decided to decline plans on Saturday and go to the beach to spend time as a family. We haven't been to the beach in so long since we've been busy and it's been so hot. Now, it's in the low 80's and cool enough for us to go with Fiona without melting. She's never been in the ocean and I wanted that day to be the first time, but the water was so cold I didn't think she'd appreciate that. I put her feet in for just a second and she was unhappy, rightfully so. We really had a relaxing time and were able to decompress a little bit. She loved sun bathing in her lady bug bathing suit.

Thanksgiving

We went to Savannah for Thanksgiving as is our tradition. This year, we had a baby in tow. She did really well, but unfortunately, Rick and I got colds before we left and weren't feeling too hot. We were so excited that my sister Jessica and her husband Adam were able to come again this year. We had a lot of fun with them. Jessica did a short shoot in a square on our way to dinner one night. Here's a couple pictures from it.

We have our favorite spots now to go to while we're in town. Most of them are food related. :) The picture below is one of us at a little cafe that we like. It has art and books displayed everywhere. It's very quaint and fun. They also have the best grilled cheese and tomato bisque. It's delicious!!!

We always go out of town and therefore out to eat for Thanksgiving (which I love because I don't have to cook!). This year, I really wanted to go to Paula Deen's restaurant, Lady and Sons, for Thanksgiving. Here's Fiona all cute in her little polka dot dress and tights ready to hit the town.

Here were are with Paula, at least her cardboard cutout at the restaurant. It was a mad house in there! We always stay in the historic district and walk everywhere. It's so beautiful and the weather is always nice. The strolls to our destinations are really pleasant.

The other day Rick just put Fiona in her hamper to see if she liked it. haha. She really did. She's so cute playing in her hamper in her Turkey pajamas.

We had a good Thanksgiving and now we are looking forward to Christmas. Rick plans and rehearses and spends a ton of time on the Christmas concert at church each year. It's held this first Friday and Saturday night of December. So, last night and tonight were the performances. He did a FABULOUS job. The music was phenomenal and I was very thankful that I was able to go this year. Our friend, Mary, was nice enough to sit with Fiona while I went to the concert last night. I was very proud of Rick. Here we are after the concert.