Catching Up

After our Disney trip, we had a hard time getting back on schedule.  Since we didn't get back until late Tuesday night, it was a shock back into the real world on Wednesday.  We really discovered how much Kylie really needs sleep that week!  She had a tough time on Wednesday and Thursday at school, but Friday, she did so much better because that morning, I let them sleep in some - well, Kylie at least - Noah doesn't sleep in.  I still took them to school for a short day though so I could catch up on laundry, groceries and all that fun stuff.

That afternoon, we went to Megan, Jason and Ryan's house to play and have dinner with our 'crew' of friends - Megan, Jason, Ryan, Jennie, Cory, Megan, Dave, and Josh and Anise - who were in town visiting from Charleston!  So fun. 

Our big boy!

Kylie wanted to push Ryan in the swing

Kylie has had a huge fear of dogs forever and for the first 2 hours at their house that Friday, she didn't want their dog, Bentley, to come near her.  Then all of the sudden, she fell in love with him.  The poor dog, she wouldn't leave him alone!  Petting, hugging, kissing, more hugging.  It was so funny!  Good thing Bentley is so sweet.

Then Saturday, we realized how much Noah really needed to catch up on his sleep, too!  If only he'd just sleep in!  We ended up staying out late on Friday night and while Kylie slept until 8:30, Noah was up at 6:30.  Ugh.  We got ready and took off to the NCSU tailgate.  The plan was for Kylie and I to just tailgate and then we would come home for nap and Noah would stay at the game with Waylon,  Noah kept telling us that he didn't want to go but we finally talked him into going.  I guess we should have listened to him because he was not happy at the game apparently.  I think he was just way too tired.

When did our kids get so big!?

Kylie and Wyatt checking each other out.  :-)

When Kylie and I got home, we both took a little nap and then took off to our neighbors' house for Abby's 2nd birthday party.  Noah and Waylon got home soon after we left (they left the game at halftime) and took naps themselves before joining us a little later.

Singing to Abby!

Both our kids love to watch present opening up close.  :-)

I started getting worried that Noah was actually getting sick.  When they came over to the party, he was not interested in playing and just told me he wanted to go home.  Since he took such a late nap, I wasn't sure if he'd go to sleep but he basically told us he wanted to go to bed.  He was just super tired!  Tough day for him.  So we decided that the next day would be spent at home.

Sunday morning, ee had another lazy morning (Kylie slept in again and we let Noah relax watching TV for a while).  When we were all up and about, the kids helped Waylon make breakfast.

Both kids had good naps that afternoon and then Nana, Grandad, Andrea, Sean and Savannah came over for some playtime and chili that afternoon.  We were finally feeling caught up - just in time to go back to school and work the next day!

All that worry about Noah getting sick and Monday night, Kylie started in with the croup cough and wheezy breathing.  We are quite familiar with croup but it doesn't make it any less scary - even though Kylie was a champ through it all.  We decided to send her to school Tuesday because she seemed happy and feeling well despite the cough but got the call around 3 that she was wheezing pretty bad.  Since I had my own check up that afternoon, Waylon left work early and took her to the doctor where they gave her some steroids.  Even though you could tell she wasn't feeling so well that night, she ate well, drank a bunch of milk, danced the night away and slept great.  Crazy kid.  :-)  Since she (again) seemed to be feeling well Wednesday morning, we went ahead and sent her to school and she did great that day.  The steroids cleared the wheezing right up and she was back on track pretty quickly.

Friday, the kids and I had a fun day together.  It had been a while since I had been home with them alone on a Friday and it was fun!  We ran some errands, had lunch with Nana and just played around the house before meeting Daddy for dinner.

Noah reading to Kylie Friday morning right after she woke up - 2 hours after he did again!

Pigtails are back!  Yay!

Saturday was an exciting day for us all!  We left our house around 11 and took off to Nana and Grandad's house to drop off the kids!  They spent the night at their house for the first time while we took off for 24 hours in Greensboro by ourselves!  Nana and Grandad took the kids to Hillridge Farms for all sorts of fall fun.  Then they came back to their house for a pizza dinner with Andrea and Savannah.  We got a good report on bedtime and the night and then they had some fun playtime Sunday morning.


For our trip, we first we went to Jessica and Kevin's house to visit with them and their little girl Evelyn for a few hours.  The last time I saw Evelyn, she was itty bitty so it was great to catch up...

Then we were off to meet up with Steven and Kate for dinner, drinks and concert!  Steven's birthday is this week and we were invited to surprise him!  He was so excited to see Waylon and it was such a nice surprise.  The concert was also really great!  We went to see the Avett Brothers who we weren't really familiar with but we are now big fans!

Sunday morning, we got to visit with Steven and Kate's little one, Samantha, before having a nice brunch and heading back to pick up the kids.  She is so adorable!

We got back to Nana and Grandad's to get the kids around 12:30 and brought them home for naps and some laundry/grocery/catch up time for us.  Then we were back off yet again for more fun!  This time at Andrea, Sean and Savannah's house to celebrate Uncle Sean's birthday.  They had so much fun on the trampoline in their back yard.

What a great weekend.  This week we are back to work and school again and working on the next fun event -- Kylie's 2nd birthday!  I can not believe she'll be 2 years old on Saturday.  Where does the time go?!