ACC Championship - Go HOKIES!

What an adventure we had this past weekend! The Virginia Tech Hokies played (and won, might I add) in the ACC Championship game on Saturday against FSU at the Panthers stadium in Charlotte. Sean and his Grandma Leigh hung out at home (they turned out to be the smart ones) while the rest of us took our chances with the weather and headed uptown to tailgate and watch the game. Pretty much as soon as we got there it started raining with some sleet so we found ourselves packed in the carwhich was actually pretty warm and a ended up being a pretty nice setup of cheese and crackers :) The weather just got crazier after that, with freak hail storms on and off. I honestly haven't been that cold in I can't remember how long, and had on so many clothes by the end of the night I couldn't even turn my head. All in the name of football (and so we can tell tall tales as we get older)!

I think this was before the hail storms. Everyone still looks pretty dry!

Check out the awesome gloves!

Hanging out in the car to get out of the rain and hail:
Check out the cool Hokie Bird thingy (I swear it has a name but I can't remember). I almost tripped the poor thing trying to get my picture with him!

This is what happens to your16-month old child after a weekend with his grandparents and all of his aunts and uncles :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We were lucky this year and took off Thanksgiving week. We headed up to Richmond and then Chesapeake to celebrate and visit John's family. We spent a few days with Grandma and Grandaddy - John and Gus had fun golfing and shooting while Leigh, Sean and I took a few trips to the park for some swinging and wagon rides. Then it was off for Thanksgiving dinner in Chesapeake... the food was so good and of course, we all ate too much!

Visit from Pop Pop and GG

Sean's Pop Pop and GG came to visit last weekend. They hadn't seen Sean since his birthday (GASP!) so he kept them busy showing off all of his new tricks (walking, talking, throwing his cup on the floor all.the.time!). We took a boat ride, went out to dinner and played outside. We had a great time!!

Halloween Part II

Sean officially went trick-or-treating for Halloween this year. He got a whole Snickers bar and seemed pretty happy with it (he actually wouldn't let it go so by the time we got home it was melted inside the package!). We were still a little limited this year since he's just starting to walk but I'm sure next year he'll really be on the move :)

Community Halloween Party

We just got back from our community Halloween party. I can't believe it, but Sean wore his costume the whole time! He was just adorable, I couldn't help but post the pictures tonight :) He won 'Funniest Costume' in the 1-2 year-old category. All of the "older" kids were rooting 'Mon-Key, Mon-Key!!' hahaha

Finally!

I'm so glad I came home early from work yesterday to see this. I think Sean is practicing so he can show off for his Dad tonight when he gets home :)

Pumpkins!

Well it's finally that time of year again! We had a good time today picking out our pumpkins (although I have to say I could deal with the weather being a bit cooler!). Sean was pretty quite in typical Sean fashion... he had his serious face on most of the time :)

Snyder Visit

Jeff and Elise came to visit this past weekend - we had such a good time! We went shopping, watched college football, visited with Tam, Josh and Hayley (Hayely is the cutest!), and took the boat out. I think by Sunday night we were exhausted (Sean slept until 9:15 Monday morning) but unfortunately for the Snyders they were out of our house at 4:30 in the morning to catch flights to London and Denver. Yikes!! It's weekends like these when you wish your closest friends were closer. I'm scoping out homes in south Charlotte just in case they get the itch to move ;)

What a Difference a Year Makes

It's truly amazing how much has changed in a year. The first picture below is one I took of John and Sean watching one of Sean's first football games. I remember thinking then how much things had changed... John's football watching days would never be the same! But now, looking at the second picture below that I took a few days ago, it doesn't seem like so much of a shock :) Sean's found his place in the house and is right at home sitting on the sofa watching football with Dad.

Grandma Leigh

Grandma Leigh came to visit last weekend. She and Sean held down the fort Saturday evening while John and I went out on a fantastic date night! Sean was busy all weekend showing Grandma all of the new things he can do - especially how he can play the piano :)

Looking Out the Window

One of Sean's new favorite things to do is look out the windows downstairs. It just so happens that the height of the windowsill is perfect for him to pull up and stand.