Crazy Boy

This is what Nolan does every night after dinner...I swear I don't feed him straight sugar! And here's a little clip of him at Music Class today, wearing his Halloween costume.

Halloween Card

This video was actually meant for Nolan's Uncle Dan and Aunt Carly, but I'm having problems with my editing software and couldn't e-mail it to them. They sent Nolan a Halloween card that plays music, and he's pretty fascinated by it!

Blue Ridge

We spent last weekend in Blue Ridge, GA up in the mountains. It was amazing how different everything was just an hour and half north of Atlanta! The trees had all changed colors and there was no doubt it was fall. We stayed in a mansion on top of one of the mountains with a group of our friends. There were 7 toddlers between the ages of 12 months to 17 months, plus their parents. I was worried it might be a little crazy (which it was), but we had so much fun!

On Saturday, we made a group trip to historic downtown Blue Ridge where they had a dog Halloween contest going on. There were also llamas and alpacas and some puppies that had been rescued and needed homes. The Stockton's couldn't pass up one of the cutest puppies and decided to take him home! That afternoon, the girls made a trip to an apple orchard while the boys decorated the mansion for Meredith and Anna's 30th birthdays. We spent the evening eating way too much and playing Catch Phrase.

Sunday we spent some more time downtown with the Hawkins family. We were hoping to take a train ride, but it was sold out for the day. We had fun with the kids anyway!

View from the mansion

Nolan and Mike walking through downtown Blue Ridge

Nolan petting an alpaca

Llama dressed up for Halloween

Nolan's favorite part of the trip, pushing Teddy around in Audrey's stroller

Mommies feeding the babies

Bathtime!

Clint, Walker, Nolan and Mike at the train station

17 Months Old

Nolan turned 17 months old a few days ago. He's starting to show that he's got quite an imagination! He enjoys pushing around his toy cars and he really loves playing with his stuffed animals. He feeds his animals, gives them drinks from his sippy cup, and even lines them up on the windowsill to look outside. We've been taking swimming lessons for two weeks now (twice a week), and his teacher has already commented on how advanced he is! This makes Mike very happy since he was a swimmer his whole life.
We also did the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes yesterday. It was pretty cold, but we had some friends walk with us and had a good time. It's so nice to have such great, supportive friends here in Atlanta!

In this video, Nolan is listening to one of his favorite songs off a CD he got from Grandma and Grandpa Creasy. For some reason, every time he hears this song he spins in circles, and of course gets very dizzy!

Playing with his friend, Owen.

Fall is Here!

Yesterday we took Nolan to the pumpkin patch. He had so much fun with the pumpkins and the animals (goats, piglets, roosters, and turkey)! I wish we could have stayed all day, but Mike had to get home to do some work. After the pumpkin patch, we stopped by a nearby park to have a little picnic.Watching the goats.Welcome to my Pumpkin Patch!Nolan making his way through the "gourd patch".

Driving the tractor.