storm pictures

Take a look at these pictures. This was what we had a few weeks ago. Anything that says Norfolk, Ocean View, Shore Drive, Lynnhaven, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth....look at, everything else is a little farther away, although there are some awesome pictures in there.

http://www.wavy.com/generic/weather/nor_easter_slideshow_generic_20091110

9 Months

Adelaide had her 9 month check-up today. She is 19 lbs and 9 oz. She has 6 teeth and is standing up with no help. She claps and smiles and eats everything in sight. We LOVE our Tater.

Hunt Club

I took the girls out to the Hunt Club Farm today to get a hayride and to pick a pumpkin. Adelaide LOVED the animals and yelled at them as much as she could. She yacked at this poor cow for about five minutes. She tried so hard to get through the fence to it. She also had quite the conversation with a chicken. Apparently the hay was pretty tasty.

Hallie loved the hay ride and playing on the swing sets. She picked out a very special pumpkin and is very excited to carve it with Dad.

Cape Fear Botanical Gardens

Hallie and Adelaide near the Cape Fear River. Hallie wearing Mouse's shirt.
We had a good time visiting the Botanical Gardens in Fayetteville, NC while Tobin was working at Fort Bragg.

Updates

Here is a little update on our family...
Tobin-back from Colorado, where he thought he had frost bite, learned he didn't, and will forever be the Eagle Scout he claims he is by being prepared to camp in the snow at 11,500 feet from now on. He is still enjoying the GAO and spending oodles of time appreciating all I do at home...because I can finally enjoy at little "me" time.
Alison- taking a step class again. Went shopping with a friend to the outlets in Williamsburg...oh heaven!!! No kids!! Melinda and I both turned when a kid cried, then smiled and said...not ours!!! Had a FANTASTIC visit with Chelsea last weekend even though all our plans got ruined and the kids were terrible. LOVE YOU LADY!!!
Hallie-Dance and Swim lessons! She is loving life. She is learning to sound out words and loves being outside!
Adelaide-walking all over around furniture, walls, people....and who needs a vacuum when you have an 8th month old.
We officially have a contract on our house. We hope to close the end of this month! STRESS STRESS STRESS.

Hatteras/Ocracoke #1

We went on another fabulous weekend trip with the Millets. We drove down the Outerbanks Coast all the way to Hatteras and then took the ferry boat across to Ocracoke Island! The girls love riding the boat and Adelaide LOVES the wind in her face and just shrieks with delight!!

Tobin and the girls on the boat leaving Hatteras.

Adelaide and her messy milk beard.

Ocracoke/Hatteras #2

Ocracoke Island is incredibly beautiful. The water is a turquoise green (can't tell by the pictures), the beaches amazing and full of beautiful shells, and almost completely empty of people. HOWEVER...we were nearly eaten alive by the mosquitoes at our camp site. I was either in the car, in the tent, or making a run for the rent with Adelaide covered in a blanket. We went through most of a can of bug spray and still lost the battle. Tobin had about 30 bites on one ankle. Guess he missed that spot with the bug spray. They seriously swarmed the car or where ever we went. Once we left camp, there were no bugs...thank goodness. Needless to say we ditched the idea of cooking around camp and headed to town and ate at a restaurant. Breakfast was in the car.

Our camp site also had many other critters. Crabs were crawling all over around the tents and the girls loved chasing them. Tobin and Brock apparently saw a spider so big they didn't tell anyone because Melinda and I would have never gotten out of the car. We did find this spider friend near the Ocracoke light house. He was a big fellow (about the size of my palm), and he had an interesting web. They sure do grow 'em big!!!