Sea World

We took a family trip down to Orlando this week.

Our first stop was Downtown Disney, Kirby loved the kid rides.

We all loved Lego land.

(We took these pics for our friend Warner)

After a fun night we got some ice cream at the Ghiradelli store. Yum!
The next morning we were up early ready to spend the day at Sea World

Kirby and mom on the scary ride that took you up 300+ feet to see the entire Sea World.

Check out the squirrel looking for some snacks in Kirby's stroller.

Kirby was totally mesmerized by this speaker which had the voice of a little kid singing.

The Jacksonville Fair

Sunday we took kirby to the fair. We hadn't planned on riding on any rides but Kirby found a few that he could ride if daddy went along.

This snake cost us $15, a least kirby likes it....Dad got talked into trying his luck at darts. Talk about "fast talking" we thought we had only spent $5 but this guy was sneaky. So we left with a $15 snake.
Kirby on the Carosel.

The livestock area, after going to the fair for 30 something years i don't think i have ever gone to look at the animals.

A little stinky,

but by far the best part of the fair,

free...

and i think the animals may actually be cleaner than the rest of the fair folk.

Trick or treat

I know you guys have been waiting or some Halloween pics..... Kirby helped daddy carve the pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.

Wednesday Kirby had his Halloween parade and party at school, baba came to check out the "little golfer"
Kirby walking in the parade with daddy.


Kirby picked out his golfer costume himself out of a catalog. We loved it. Well dad didn't like the hat so much:)

Ted went to a party on Halloween where he got to hang out with the Miller Light guy!?!

I don't recognize who he is but he is apparently in the commercial.

The days in October have been beautiul this year, we had a few cold days to tease us all into geting out our winter clothes but it was only a tease, then back to mid 70's.
A few weeks ago we had a fun afternoon on the boat we packed a cooler and cruised the river. Kirby had a blast driving the boat and sitting up on the engine and pointing out all the sights.
We hope to have a few more days like this before winter finally arrives.

OK were back, things around here have been a little crazy.

Fall is in the air and Kirby and i have been enjoying many after school picnics. Kirby dosn't actually eat much on these picnics, but they are still lots of fun!

The Swamp

Saturday we were invited to the FL/ Old Miss game with the Alban family.
We left our house around 9 am and returned home a full 12 hours later!
We didn't win the game but we did have a lot of fun, the highlight for mom was the fact that Kirby wore the same pull-up all day without any accidents! Yay Kirb!
Baby Lee enjoying the ride down to Gainesville.
Kirby Tailgating


















Kirby and dad getting the customary pic in the box.


Is kirby actually watching the game???

no the band

Kirby's new love

















After the big loss



Kirby posing with one of our wonderful hosts!

A Sunny Day

Today was a beautiful day, not very hot, the perfect day.
Kirby had the day off school and so we asked kristy, dylan and baby tyler if they would like to come to the zoo.

Kirby and dylan loved the playground

We even got to feed the giraffes

Potty training

So, i figured with the broken foot and all, and since we were already stuck sitting around it would be the perfect time to try and start potty training. I don't know if we are ready for this, these pictures were taken on one of our good days, and we have had plenty of good days but, we are now on week three.............ugggghhhh. we're still just a chugging away, hopefully this will get easier.

Sorry Casey

well i guess this post is a bit over due, but things around here have been hectic.... i guess, hectic and a little boring, i finally stopped wearing the dreaded boot and when i downloaded some pics these were on my camera i found these cuties. i can't remember when we took kirby to the suns game but it was his first real sporting event. emsley came along and we had a real great time... until the rain :)

Since then kirby has made a trip to the swamp to watch the gators play, what fun, of course dad took him and didn't take any pics. Sorry.

It has been a while since i last wrote anything about what's going on around here. Unfortunately I am a bad mommy and I didn't take pictures of Kirby's first day of school this year, but school is going well. He loves his teachers and usually doesn't mind being dropped off three mornings a week.
Kirby has moved to a big boy bed! After repeated escapes from the pack and play in the mountains Kirby decided to try and escape from his crib...... of course he is natural climber and was very successful. We have completely removed the crib from his room and done a little rearranging. He is very proud and keeps reminding us that he is a big boy now...... next step big boy pants!
I broke my foot Sunday morning and since have had a little trouble getting around. I don't think Ted knew exactly what he was in store for when they told us it would be 3-4 weeks with a cast. First of all i can't drive so if i want to go anywhere i have to ask my mom, ted or a friend to drive me around/ pick me up. At least i have a walking cast now so ted is not having to follow me around with my drink, magazine, book, etc.