Cute

Last night Ann Rae and I were lying in bed watching the Dancing with the Stars Finale (Yea!! Marie didn't win!), when Ann Rae leaned over my belly and said "I love you baby" and then while peering into my belly button "Momma, I see his nose!". Soooooo cute! What is not cute is the same question she keeps asking me "Momma, how is the baby going to come out?" one of my favorite responses "The doctor will take it out." not satisfied, comes back with "Will your belly tear?" uuuhhhh "No, he will come out from under my clothes" (Roll your eyes if you want but until you are in that situation with a 3 year old, you have no idea!!) surprisingly that ended the conversation. Either that or she just gave up because she already thinks she knows more than her mother. HELP! Any ideas are welcomed, it WILL come up again!

Alabama

Well our trip to Alabama has come and gone. Everything about it was fabulous. The weather, the beach, the food, the sightseeing and, okay I guess the people too;) Ann Rae is a pro at flying now. Funny story. On one of the planes we were sitting in the first row behind 1st class. Well the way the aisle turned it was like Tim (who was in the aisle seat) was sitting in the aisle of first class. When we were ready to land he laid our magazines, coloring book and book on the floor next to his feet. As soon as we touched down the stack slid all the way down the aisle of first class and bumped the cockpit door. The looks on peoples faces were hysterical. They slowly watched it go by then they all turned around to see where it came from. I wanted to die! Tim was laughing and I was horrified. The flight attendants had to leave it there for a few minutes until they could unbuckle their seat belts.

(Ann Rae 'found' this shell at the beach. Her cousin Brown went and bought it at a local souvenir shop and hid it in the sand for her to find. It was so sweet of him. We might tell her when she is 20 years old, but right now she thinks she found the best shell on the beach!)

Mobile is a beautiful city. We didn't do as much local stuff because we just enjoyed relaxing and hanging out at the Alabama Sissons' house. We did, however, tour the coast at and around Orange Beach. We stayed one night down there and took a Ferry ride and even ate at LuLu's in Gulf Shores (Jimmy Buffett's sister's restaurant) a really fun place to visit and eat at. It was a great trip all in all. I was sad to leave and getting on the plane in 80 degree weather and getting off in 40 degree weather didn't make it any easier.

Pumpkin Patch

We really scored this year at the pumpkin patch. We decided to visit Lacy's because we heard they had a great haybale maze for the little kids. We went on a Saturday afternoon and figured it would be packed. Well when we got there it was empty. I went up to the greenhouse and I asked where is everyone? The lady told me that they only open during the week for the school groups. Well I was bummed, until, she said go ahead and pick out a pumpkin and feel free to see the animals and the maze. We had a great time! We had the whole place to ourselves and Ann Rae went through the maze at least 10 times.

Halloween

Halloween was fun. As you saw before we had to make it an early night due to a very early flight the next morning. Ann Rae dressed as Mulan. For those of you that are 'out of the loop'. Mulan is a Disney Princess (Actually a Geisha) that joined the Emperial army to save china. Quite the hero. Anyway, Aunt GiGi came and did Ann Rae's make-up which was so funny because she is terrified with any masks, clowns, etc. She wouldn't even look at herself in the mirror because the reflection scared her so much. And poor Bubby (Michael, Cousin) he was an awesome clown and she wouldn't allow him in the same room as her without screaming. We trick-or-treated with Michael, Maci and Daniel (ex-neighbor, still good friend) and had a great time!