Our September

I've decided that September is pretty much the ideal month of weather here in Georgia! It's still warm and feels like summer, but the humidity is not nearly as bad and I feel like I can get out of my house without becoming drenched in sweat. So we've been a bit more adventurous. Last year I was in a hospital bed the entire month so I missed out on this blissful reprieve from summer. Before the fall weather hits.


We started the month by working hard around the house over Labor Day...Stephen took a day off and we dug in and got some good projects done. (Ahhh the joys of being home owners.) So Monday afternoon we decided to do some exploring and found an awesome little park.

Andrew now thinks he's a real cowboy. We've started another therapy to add to our weekly regimen. Hippo therapy. They have been awesome. He rides every week for 30 minutes and works on a lot of core muscle strength and fine motor tasks. It's been so wonderful! His therapist is amazing and they've already done some pretty amazing things with him. We're gearing up for another surgery next year and so we are hitting the therapies hard.

Stephen's Aunt and Uncle who we lived next door to us in Texas have sold their home in Arlington and moved to North Carolina about 2 hours away from us! We are super excited to have some family close by. We couldn't wait to go say hello and welcome them to the south! They live in a quaint little city in the Applications and their home is right on the edge of the national forest. It's very secluded and very beautiful. They took us hiking to some nearby waterfalls and we had a little cookout on their back patio. What a fun day to spend with them!

Now that it's a little cooler, we've been able to use our fire pit out back! Its been so fun! Andrew especially loved being a "fireman" and help daddy put out the fire. He insisted that we get his fireman hat from the recent visit to the fire station with preschool for fire safety week.  I just love his imagination.

We are getting out doors so much more these days! When Andrew gets off the bus and the girls wake up from their naps we like to go on a walk/bike ride down the street. It sure has been wonderful weather and we're soaking it up!

We go walking with a bunch of friends each week! It's pretty fun! We meet up at the park and walk and chat. We are quite the force to be reckoned with. We counted last week there were 8 babies/toddlers altogether in strollers. You'd better watch out or you'll be run over! These girls love it! They love even more playing at the park every time after we get done with our walking!

We had Andrew's Fall break the last week in September! We had a bunch of fun things planned like going to the zoo and the children's museum and playdates with friends, but we had to cancel all of that. Poor Olivia was pretty sick with a very high fever for about three days. After a bad rash and a trip to the urgent care we found out she had Roseola. Then a few days later Kathryn started the whole process again. It was no fun...not to mention we had side effects of the hurricane rains that hit Charleston. So the entire week was rainy and humid and yucky. Finally on Friday we broke out of the house and headed to the mall to see the Lego exhibit we'd heard so much about from our friends. It was awesome! Andrew had fun building his own car to race down the track and I loved seeing all the different national monuments built entirely out of Legos. The 10 foot tall Statue of Liberty was pretty neat and so was the white house!

We got pretty creative being inside all week long...here's a little dress up session done entirely by yours truly..Sunday shoes, sunday belt, his watch and cowboy hat...
"I'm a cowboy. Ya know, Cowboys go to church too mom. And I'm late!!!" ~Andrew
I just love this stage he's in right now! So much fun....and I never know what's going to come out of that little mouth of his....he kills me sometimes!

Before we headed home, we stopped off for a little donut treat! Mmmmmm. Donut eating is serious business!