Happy Half Birthday Callie

I got to spend last night with my girl while Matt was in DC and Amanda went to her Zumba class. We did a little of everything over the two hours I watched her, including a 30 minute nap. I worry that I'm going to make my own kids ADD whenever I have them because the slightest sign of her getting bored and we were on to the next toy or activity. She has turned into quite the mama's girl and I hate for her to get fussy without Amanda there to pass her over to. We had a blast though and there was no fussiness except when she got ready for her nap. I stayed the night over there to watch SYTYCD and Glee with Amanda and then I got to wake up and wish Callie a Happy half year birthday :-) I can't believe it has already been 6 months!

Here are some pictures of our play time and bath time last night...... Only the modest shots get posted on the blog, but don't worry, i did get some pics of her doing a naked Micheal Jackson grab in the tub that will get shown when she's a teenager ;-)

Pumpkin Bath toy from Grammy and Grampy

Happy 6 months :-)

Autumn is a mosaic of winter, spring, and summer

This past Saturday was the perfect weekend day. After a nice quick morning at work, I went over to Matt and Amanda's for a family fun day. The three girls went to lunch and out shopping while Matt listened to the VT game on the radio and watched the UVA game on the tele. Callie isn't quite up to the full Spiers shopping potential yet, so after Amanda and I wore her out, she took a nap at home while Matt watched some more football and Amanda and I headed out to the farmers market. They had gorgeous mums, pumpkins, cornstalks, produce stands, and we may have even indulged in a little South Mountain Creamery ice cream :-)

When we got back home Matt and Callie were ready to head out to the Hunt Club Farms Fall Festival in south Virginia Beach. They had chickens, roosters, bunnies, and all sort of animals roaming around. There was also a petting farm, hayride, and lots of little rides, but Callie will have to be patient and wait a few years for those. She was actually thoroughly entertained and content looking up at the trees on the hayride :-) After the outing, we went home to watch some more football and go to dinner at a local mexican restaurant.

Side note- while we were in the restaurant, Amanda noticed a guy in the check-out line with a concealed weapon that was not so well concealed in his pants. It actually gave me a very uneasy feeling.

1. why did he need a gun in the restaurant

2. was he sane enough to be carrying a gun around

3. what if some other crazy person had grabbed it and started shooting.

I'm totally for the right to bear arms with obvious rules, restrictions, and guidelines, but seeing someone out in a public place that was less than 10 feet away from us while we're havng a quiet dinner was a little unnerving.

Besides that it was a GREAT day with my Brother, Sister-in-law, and Neice to kick off the fall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The "little furry pigs" Amanda saw at the farm. Matt and I thought they looked more like bunnies ;-)

Notice Matt's Peanuts Halloween Tshirt :-)
Callie's not so sure about the scarecrow Cutie Pie in her little Ghost Onesie

Myrtle Beach Pics- Finally :-)

Morning fun with Grampy and Grammy

One last moment of shut eye before fun in the sun Splish Splashin' on the beach

Ready to go out to dinner (after I spit up on Grammy)

Watching Baby Einstein