My sweet grandmother celebrated her 93rd birthday on October 22. We went to Mississippi to celebrate. She would be VERY upset with me if she knew her picture was on my blog for the world to see! We love "Grandma Puddin'" so much!

We took Jane Baird trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. There was not a lot of traffic which was very nice. Jane Baird took this trick-or-treating thing very seriously. She went door to door like it was her business! Our neighbors really hooked her up. She came home with an enormous bag full of candy. She loved walking door to door and ringing the doorbells. She was so cute walking with her treat bag. We all had so much fun! I cannot remember a better Halloween :)

After the pumpkin carving we made cupcakes. Jane Baird loved shaking the sprinkles out all over the cupcake, plate, table and floor. After decorating the cupcakes JB said, "Let's sing happy birthday!" She made Alan light a candle and then we all sang Happy Birthday to Halloween :)

Sunday we finally carved our pumpkin that we got at the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago. Jane Baird liked "stirring" the seeds. I forgot to get an after picture but we let JB pick the shapes for the eyes, nose, and mouth. She asked for triange eyes, triange nose and a smiley face with teeth. Can you guess what her favorite shape is?

Saturday night we went to Boo at the Zoo! I tried to get a good picture of her in her costume before we left, but she was being so silly. Oh well! We had a lot of fun at the zoo. Jane Baird's favorite part was riding the train (we waited in line for the train for like an hour).

My clown cowgirl! We went to our church's Halloween party last Wednesday night and JB got her face painted. She picked a clown face. The look on her face when I took her to the mirror was PRICELESS!!!

Dirty face! Jane Baird loves playing outside. The kids are usually outside on the playground when I pick her up from preschool. Jane Baird's face is always filthy dirty when I pick her up. One of her teachers told me that I would just die if I saw some of the things she does on the playground in her pretty little outfits.

Alan has been working out of town A LOT recently. He has been going back and forth to Tampa and Orlando. I think he has worked about 21 days straight with only one day off. JB and I text him pictures when he is gone so he won't forget us.

Ready for school!!!

I was packing Jane Baird's bag for school when she says, "Mommy, look at me!" I turn around and see that she has made herself a "cup holder." She is so creative :)

Pumpkin Patch

We met up with Grethel Van Epps for our 2.5 yr/fall/Christmas pics this morning. We enjoyed our session so much. As usual, JB was full of energy and wanted to run and play the entire time. This is our sneak peek from our session: I love this picture! Jane Baird is a little monkey and loves to do "wips" (flips)!

Alan has to work tomorrow so I have been determined to squeeze an entire weekend of fun into a day and a half. Friday after school we went to Birmingham to eat at our favorite restaurant--Firebirds! We ate their last weekend and it was so good we had to go back. If you have not been there, you must go! My favorite is the Mixed Greens Salad and the Crab Cakes appetizer with Mango Chutney. Their steaks are very good as well, but I'm not a steak girl.

After a great dinner we went to the galleria, fabric store, Toys R Us, Target and Wal-Mart. I kept Alan and Jane Baird out until midnight! We had a great time but we were all exhausted when we got home.

This morning Jane Baird and I got up early and went to Weight Watchers. I decided to join because I really need that support system and accountability. Jane Baird was VERY well behaved at the meeting (much to my surprise) and she even clapped for other members when they shared their success. It was very cute! (It did help that my good friend was there with her son and and she brought along a bag of M&m's for them to share.)

After WW Alan, JB and I headed to the park to meet up with my friend Grace and her son, Logan. Logan and JB are 3 months apart and play together so well. We took some riding toys and let them go! They had a blast riding and playing on the playground.

This evening JB and I went to Wal-Mart to stock up on WW foods. I spent $80 on fruits and veggies and a few other things! I forgot how expensive it is to diet. I will probably have to make 3 or 4 more trips to the grocery store this week.

Tomorrow is our church picnic at Camp McDowell and I am excited/nervous about it. Alan will be working so it will just be me to chase JB around the campus (Mom and Dad will have their hands full with Jack and Hayes). If you know my child, you know what I'm talking about! It will be fun but I have a feeling I will need to wear my running shoes ;)

Jane Baird and her buddy, Logan!

I never have time to sit down at the computer anymore and JB tells me, "Mommy, don't look at the puter." She likes to have my undivided attention! We have had a lot going on around here. I've been a single parent throughout most of the school weeks since August. Alan is traveling so much. I can't remember a time in 10 years that he has had to travel so much. Anyway he has been to Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Chicago, Tennessee, Arkansas and the list goes on! I do enjoy having Jane Baird all to myself but I miss Alan terribly when he is gone. He helps me so much with the little things like packing JB's lunch, folding laundry, doing the dishes after I cook dinner, etc. I can't wait for things to slow down! Jane Baird is doing great. She is growing up so fast and is so smart. She talks ALL THE TIME! And I love that...except for when she is smarting off. Yep, she got my smart mouth!!! I guess I'm paying for what I put my parents through. She is also very silly and has a very good sense of humor. She makes me laugh all the time. She is loving school and wakes up every morning ready to go. She is doing great with the potty training. She will tinkle in the potty but still not in to pooping in the potty yet. She will tell me when she needs to poop and I put a diaper on her. I'm hoping she will be ready to get rid of the diapers soon! I know this is extremely hard to believe, but I haven't taken many pictures lately. These are all the ones from my camera card:

These are all out of order for some reason...

Alan's sweet grandmother and JB's great grandmother is very sick. We went to the nursing home to visit her. She is such a sweet, sweet lady and we have really enjoyed our visits. Jane Baird calls her "Mawmaw Rachel." Jane Baird is always asking to go see her. Jane Baird took her flowers a few Sunday's ago and last Sunday she painted her a picture. JB an Hayes!!! This was such a fun day. Whenever JB is around Hayes she is all smiles :) They crack each other up! JB and Hayes in the "time out" chair. Hayes has to go to time out so JB jumps up in the chair with him so he wouldn't be lonely! JB wrestling with the boys!

Our second visit with "Mawmaw Rachel." Jane Baird loves playing with her toys when we visit (her cane, walker, and wheelchair). She LOVES stickers! These came in the mail and I tried to hide them from her... JB fell outside and got a booboo My little Bama cheerleader :)