Nathan woke up yesterday with a runny, snot-crusted red nose. 🙁 He doesn’t get sick very often – something I’m SO thankful for! – so it always catches us a little off guard. We stayed home all day yesterday and I filled him to the brim with orange juice, squirted him up with saline, suctioned him out with the nasty nose sucker thing (his absolute favorite thing in the whole world – NOT. Not that I can blame him) and wiped him down with Boogie Wipes.

Honestly, I might have bought those just because I think the name is cute.

So, he got to sit in his chair and watch the Cedarmont Kids and then he sat in my lap and we watched Larry Boy and then by the afternoon, he decided he was well enough to try and kiss my face and run through the house waiting to get tickled.

I think he’s feeling better today. 🙂

Any wise words of advice for how to help a sick kid get completely well and stay well through the sick season?

Every year, our city has a Balloon Fiesta in October and I’ve been going for probably 20 years. I absolutely, positively LOVE it!!

Last year was Nathan’s first time to the Fiesta and he was SO tiny that I’m not sure he got too much out of it. Ha! 🙂 This year was SO fun! He loved the balloons and he loved the music.

We went the first weekend with Clint and Leigh Ann – such a great time!! The only bummer about the Fiesta is you have to get up WAY early in the morning – this picture was taken before 6AM!

My favorite thing to get at the Fiesta – the mini cinnamon rolls in a cone!! Nathan was a big fan. 🙂

It was such a beautiful morning for hot air balloons!!

Me and my dear, dear friend!!

Then, Jon’s parents – Nonnie and Papa O – came in town and we spent this last weekend wearing them out. Ha! 🙂 We redecorated my guest bath, we went to the Aquarium, we went to the Fiesta twice… I think we are ALL needing a little bit of rest now!

I burned my fingers really badly on a glue gun while redecorating my bathroom (I’ll show the finished product soon – the bathroom, not my fingers). I should not be allowed to own anything hot or sharp to the touch. The only band-aids in the house were Toy Story and Cars, so Nathan decided that he needed a sympathy bandage.

Nathan got spoiled rotten by his Nonnie – lots of new toys, plus she took us all to Chick-Fil-A and we’ve already established that is Nathan’s favoritest place in the world. 🙂 She also got some fun bathtub crayons for him. Jon had a little too much fun with those:

Nonnie and Nathan outside the aquarium:

Mother, Son and Grandson by the fish! Nathan goes crazy in the aquarium – especially now that he can walk. Thank goodness it’s a fairly small area!!

We went to a Balloon Glow with Nonnie and Papa O. The Glows happen at night instead of early morning, which is MUCH easier to take Nathan to! We had a blast – Nathan was totally in awe of those balloons! There was a band performing when we first got there and Nathan just danced and danced – he put on a real show. It was hilarious!

Touching one of the balloons with Dad:

You can’t really see the balloon because it got dark quick, but it’s a baby bee!! When Jon and I were dating and first married, our favorite balloons were these two bees – one guy and one girl. They always lift off holding hands and then turn midair and kiss. It’s adorable! The year we found out we were pregnant with Nathan, they introduced this little baby bee! So, we always have to get Nathan’s picture in front of it:

Watching the fireworks! Nathan did great! He sat very still through most of the 30 minute display. 🙂

Before they left, we took Nonnie and Papa O to the Pumpkin Patch to get some grandparent pictures with them. We had such a great visit! I’m so thankful that Nathan has two sets of such amazing grandparents – he is blessed way beyond what he even knows.

I cannot believe that this was already a year ago!!

What happened???

Every Monday, I get to hang out with these beautiful girls and their amazing kids:

Y’all. They have honestly saved my life several dozen times. Being a stay at home mom can be one of the loneliest places in the world – odd, because I’m never alone. It’s so wonderful to have a group of women who know exactly where I am. I love these girls so much!

Last night, we had second girl’s night out – we’re aiming for once a month. We had to get kicked out by the restaurant when they closed. So much fun! Each of us is very different, but somehow we all just clicked.

Such sweet blessings.