Fall Update

Can you believe another 3 months have flown by?! It is funny to look back at my last post and see the summer getting ready to start while we were waiting for Nathan to walk... Now our little Nathan is 18 months old and walks, spins, runs, and climbs everywhere!! He says new words everyday and calls for Erin the whole way home from dropping her off at school. Erin loves princesses, the computer, school and ballet class - probably in that order!! Dennis has been training and training and training for his 50 mile race on November 21. Wish him well and pray we get a sunny, warmish fall day.

Our summer in a nutshell...
We spent lots of time at the neighborhood pools in Columbia (there are 21 but we only tried out a handful). By the end of the summer Erin was jumping off the side of the pool by herself, doing cannonballs, and even attempting to float. Nathan had no fear and would walk at the beach front entry of the pool until it was over his head. I would then bring him back to the start and we would repeat. We also spent some time in Ocean City, MD with Dennis's mom once she recovered from back surgery. She is doing great and can chase the kids around better than she had been able to in years!! As you can also see from the photos Nathan loved being Stan's first mate.


Kure Beach
We went on vacation with my sister, her family and my mom to Kure Beach, NC. We had a great time! Nathan was not walking yet but loved to hang out in his baby pool on the beach. Erin LOVED spending time with her cousins, Natalia and Jeremy - I swear we did not see her all week.


Ohio Trip
We went to Ohio for the Akron Marathon and had a great time visting with my family. Erin had a sleep over with Lauryn, Nathan loved to swing, and Dennis had a great cheering section for his run! Dennis completed the Baltimore Marathon (his 10th marathon) two weeks later with a PR (personal record for you non-runners).


Fall Outings
We went to two pumpkin patches this Fall. The first one was not "officially" opened yet so we had the whole farm to ourselves. The second one was in the parking lot of a church in Atlanta but we had to get a photo of the kids in their pumpkin shirts! Erin was so excited to be Snow White for Halloween and Nathan was the happiest chocolate bar eating spider you ever saw.



Erin and Nathan
As I said before Erin loves all things princess and wants to be a painter (one that paints walls so she can go on a ladder) when she grows up. She loves Nathan so much - sometimes too much! I never quite understood when people would talk about their younger kid watching their older sibling all of the time until I see the two of them. If we go out and Erin is playing with other kids Nathan just follows her like a puppy. Pretty cute.