On August 8th my friend Jessie had her baby girl, Charlotte aka Charlee. She is as cute as a button! Kayla, Craig, and Claire are all really good big siblings. And Claire even calls her, "my baby."
Then on August 14th (my birthday!) we packed up my sisters car and drove the four hours into the Baltimore Harbor and checked out the shops, ate some fudge, went to Barnes & Noble and bought our newest book, The Kill Order, James Dashner. Then Heather took me to Hard Rock Cafe for Dinner. It was a great time. To top off my amazing birthday, we went to our Hotel for the night and got to go swimming! I am a total fish out of water. And by 10 pm my parents finally arrived just in time to wish me a happy birthday.
The next day we drove to my sisters new school. Move in day for the freshman! It was a little upsetting leaving my sister behind, but I think my mom took it the worst.
The rest of August kind of flew by. Rocking the normal schedule of hanging out with Jessie and the kids or Angie and her family, and going to work. Dinner time at home was a little awkward in the beginning without Ms. Talks-a-lot, lol.
In September I started Claire in Dance class and she loves it!!
We go every Wednesday. Sometimes Mommy and Charlee come too.
In October we celebrated my Goddaughter Claire's 3rd birthday! She is getting so big I cant believe it!
I made both of these cakes! First time with fondant.
The beautiful Birthday Girl! |
The rest of October was kind of blah, we even missed Halloween because of Hurricane Sandy! I was without power for 8 days. It kinda felt like a type Hanukkah thing. Oh and my parents left for Mexico (second honeymoon after 31 years) leaving me to deal with the storm and the flooding by myself. Thanks guys!
Anyway the birth of November brought new promises. I was able to go back to work on the 1st, because we were the first branch to get power and people needed money. I started a Thankfulness Challenge on Facebook, which is harder than you would think. Also my Godson, Alexzander turned 1! he is awesome! blonde hair, bright blue eyes he steals my heart every monday. Here he is with his "Thomas the Tank Engine" cake I made him.
Sadly I had to miss his birthday party, because of work but he is only 1 right?!
Thanksgiving and Black Friday. We celebrated at my Aunt Conni's house were there was so much food! I mean we could have fed an army, no joke. And this year there were two new little faces to be thankful for. I actually attempted Black Friday shopping and as long as your not in it for the overnight stuff its just an overcrowded mall. Got to see my sister for the weekend and we even celebrated moms birthday a week early so she could be here. A couple of more weeks and she will be home for Christmas! And I am almost done shopping, how exciting is that?! and its not even December yet.