Max the Monkey

Nicola makes babies AND knits dolls. Who knew?! She made me the CUTEST monkey for Max. He may get it when he's old. We'll see. Thanks Nic.

Midlands Med Tech

The biggest thing Michael has going on right now is the start of his company Midlands Med Tech. He, Todd, AC and Mrs.Ann (and Lisa, Fawn and the rest of the MMT crew) have been hard HARD at work getting this company up and running. I am so proud of them and the many successes they are having. Things are going GREAT! Michael is living his dream and not many get to say that.

Happy Birthday to Gavin!

Congrats to our dear friends Nicola and Chad Daley (and Emma and Silas too) on the birth of their handsome boy Gavin Shaw Daley!!!

20 Weeks!!

I'm 20 weeks and halfway to getting to hold lil Max. My prego calendar says he is the length of a banana. He's a pretty good kicker and likes to roll over. He's still way high so makes breathing after I eat a challenge at times. But I'm feeling a ton better and am trying to do lots of things with the boys b/f my energy is gone again. I figure I have till end of October. LOL! Thanks to all my friends for our goodies!! Ami and fam got us a whole bag of monkey gear and Carole and fam got us Hey Diddle light switch covers!! (Not to mention Max the monkey that will get his own blog) I have great friends. Love y'all!!

Dylan's First Day

Dylan Michael is now a man. He started his first day at Kingsbury Elementary School. He is in Mrs. Bradham's class and will be a Noble Knight. He was SO excited and all set to go in his Mario backpack. We all went to McDonalds for breakfast and then dropped him off in his class. He wasn't nervous or scared but he did want his Dad to wait in the car. He had a great time and couldn't wait to go back. Lets just hope it stays that way for at least 12 more years. :)

A and C are baaaaaaack!

My brother and sis in law are back from the left coast! Welcome home to SC!! Lurve ya!

Hilton Head...Murley Style

We decided to try and squeeze one more trip to the beach b/f school started and our lives are over so I booked an overnight at The Westin in Hilton Head. We should have known it was going to be interesting when the AC craps out half way there.

Our hotel is really nice, giant and hard to find w/o GPS but VERY nice. We got to swim and play on the beach. Lucas had a major breakthrough and actually would put his feet in the sand. So he sat in my lap and threw sand in while Dylan swam and splashed around with Daddy. It was great. Very relaxing and loads of fun! AND THEN...

We went back up to the room planning on going in search of food. Everyone went in ahead of me and I was closing the door, looked back at Lucas and shut my finger in the gold lock thingie. Slice half of my nail off. (I wont post a pic b/c it makes Brie's mom queasy) HURT!! Holy smokes hurt so bad. I didn't cry but I did have to sit down or fall down. So Michael calls the lobby to get a first aid kit for his bleeding wife. In comes a EMT and the front desk manager to make sure I wont sue. Only me. I swear I need a keeper. Anyway later we went to eat at the Hilton Head Diner and it was very yum.

The next day we took the boys on a pirate voyage! They dressed the boys as pirates and loaded our vessel to go in search of Stinky Pete and his treasure. Dastardly Dylan and Lead foot Lucas had the time of their LIVES. Take your kids to this!!! It was so much fun.