All Turkey'ed Out

After a quick couple days at home to recover from a weekend in Kings Mountain, we left Thursday morning to celebrate Thanksgiving in Cary for the first time since college. I thought it might be weird, since this is the first time Bryan AND Lisa weren't there. But it wasn't. We had brunch when we got there, and then a nice dinner with all the fixings for supper. And Seth slept this time! The down side to that is that he was into EVERYTHING by Friday morning. Nathan and I drove to SouthPoint and braved the Black Friday shopping to take Seth to the playground, which was the best thing we could have done. Nathan got a bunch of work clothes shopping done. We even went back Saturday morning on our way home because it was such a hit! One picture is from the playground, the other is of Seth in his big boy chair in Cary, and the third is Seth O-U-T Saturday night, notice the bink is in the hand, not the mouth!

17 months old!

Today Seth is 17 months old. It's funny, we were just talking about it this weekend, but today I didn't remember until 4pm! Oh well. We have had a weird day...Nathan is home fighting off his first cold of the season, and Seth took a big nap (still recuperating from the weekend). Work kept me hopping last night, so other than unpacking, I haven't gotten a lot of housework done. Seth and I did go grocery shopping and made a big Walmart trip, and he got this hat while we were out. He's been wearing it on and off all evening, in this picture he's watching Noggin on the computer (his favorite activity second only to the hangers!)

Early Thanksgiving

We spent the weekend in Kings Mountain celebrating Thanksgiving early with the Mayse side of the family. The whole gang was there, and Nathan's grandparents popped in for a little while on Saturday, too. Seth was an insomniac the first night we were there, but otherwise we had a great time. As you can see, Seth enjoys playing with his cousins!

How do you spell anal....

....S-E-T-H! Poor kid, he can't help it, his mom is a NICU nurse, his dad is an accountant. He never had a chance! It started out lining up his ducks in the bathtub (he may get that from Play With Me Sesame, where Bert lines up pigeons and Ernie lines up duckies.) This past week his fascination is with hangers. Every morning he goes to our closet to see if there are an empties for his collection. For the rest of the day, hangers are hanging from chairs, knobs, and doors, and then when he gets tired of them, they all get lined up on the drying rack in the laundry room. And he almost always faces them the same way! He also likes to line them up on his arm. It's a riot to watch him!

We've had a good week...I worked Monday and Thursday, Seth had a play date with his buddy Landon Wednesday, and we did a little bit of Christmas shopping. In a little bit we'll be off to Case's birthday party...how are all these little boys turning one already?

First look at the new and improved Demon Deacons!

Today we went to the Wake Forest men's basketball home opener. Nathan and Jigar are sharing tickets in the lower level. They are great seats, we are only one section over from our friends Chris & Steve, and ice cream and frozen lemonade are right near by! Seth did GREAT during the game. He would get fascinated by things for long lengths of time, and we only had to distract him once or twice. We are two sections away from the student section, and he loved watching them jump and dance (or maybe he was just dizzy looking at the tie-dye!) He also liked the blimp and the Deacon. He'd clap along to the fight song, or every once in awhile randomly clap, which was really funny. All I know is that I got to watch a lot more of the game than I did last year. The Deacs won (which I don't think we saw all last year...), and the freshmen look like they got a whole lot of hustle in them, so hopefully they'll be fun to watch this year. I think I am already finding my new favorites. I know I won't go to too many games this year, but we had a fun afternoon!

Just a little update

Nothing too noteworthy going on this week, just working and running errands. Seth got his flu shot today, but a DumDum made the tears go away really fast. She let me weigh him prior to the flu shot, he weighed 22 lbs 5 oz, which is a big jump since his last appt. He still looks like a stick, so I guess he's probably taller, too. Seth is fascinated with plugging Ms. PacMan into the TV, and then he wants one of us to play while he sits in our lap. That might have to find it's way back into a cabinet after bedtime. Nathan gave him his first horsey ride today after work, and I think he created a monster...Seth kept trying to climb on his back long after Nathan was ready to be done with the game!

Boys will be boys, Vol. 2

As many of you know, this week we had our laminate wood floors replaced. The tw0-day job ended up only taking one day, but Seth and Colette still went to Cary so I could do a thorough cleaning. I brought them back home yesterday afternoon, and was sweeping the kitchen when I commented that I needed to sweep up "daddy's" bathroom next, because there was still sawdust in there. Seth was playing with a broom, and all of the sudden it got quiet. I asked him where he was, and decided he was in the bathroom. This is how I found him...jeans, shoes, and all! I have no idea what possessed him to do it, and I know the lid had been down...this picture will resurface in his wedding video, I'm sure of it!

More costumes

Here are some Halloween pictures from Seth's buddies...



Cousins Evan (the pirate) and Ryan (aka Bob the Builder)...


Great Grandpa Meek showing his horns....


Bennett the lion...



Case the koala bear....