Good evening!!
Yes, the blog is still here. I know we didn’t post anything all of October (the month just flew by!)
A lot has happened. I will make a list:
Dean and I (and our good friend “Auntie” Jessica) drove to Atlanta on September 20th to meet Mikey/Daddy for his Ranger school graduation! After almost 3 months of no contact besides a few phone calls and good ol’ letters-it was nice/surreal to be reunited with him. He lost 25 pounds or so and you could tell he was so happy to be done and eating real food again.
Mike’s parents came down to see Mike graduate. We then drove home from Georgia all together!
A week later, we left for Minnesota for a visit and I had two weddings to photograph! We drove all the way up with a 4 month old! 2,400 miles in total! YIKES! We made a stop in St. Joseph, Michigan (our favorite place to visit) and Dean met his namesake Grandpa Dean and Grandma Betty! We had such a nice visit and the photos are shown below in the slideshow. We were able to bring the dogs this time and they had such a nice time running free on the beach. We also were able to visit with Uncle Doug and Aunt Susan and we are excited to see them again over Thanksgiving. We just love it there and never want to leave.
Dean was baptized Wednesday, October 6th at Grandpa and Grandma Huddleston’s Church. Dean cried very hard when he first was dipped in the water but as soon as we pulled him out and he realized he had an audience he hammed it up. He was smiling and flirting with the crowd-wish we had a video. We all had dinner afterward to celebrate! Thank you again for everyone coming and all the thoughtful gifts! Thank you especially to Nancy for helping organize everything and to Andy & Kyleen Dean’s Godparents!
We bought a new car while up there a Black 2008 Toyota Sequoia Limited. We were already outgrowing the 4Runner so we bought a giant boat of a vehicle for us, Dean and the two dog children. It’s beautiful and we love it. We loved having it for the ride back down to NC. Mike especially liked watching the movie “The Hangover” in the backseat.
We had his 4 month Doctor appointment and he is 16lbs. 14 oz. and 26 3/4 inches long. A big boy! Still in the 90th or so for everything. He is starting to expand his menu besides just milk!! We had a very good sweet potato experience tonight!
Oh yes, how could I forget! My sister had her baby boy on September 6th! I think I mentioned that in an earlier post…we were able to meet him while home in MN. What a beautiful little man! How awesome they get to grow up together. They are here now visiting for the next week!
Halloween was a success. Two costume parties, trick or treating (he just walked around with the older kids-no candy this year!) and good friends! Dean was a baby cow! Photos to come.
We are going to take Christmas photos this weekend and some fun ones of Charlie & Dean. Very exciting. Between editing photos and taking care of Deano, the house and the dogs, I am a very busy lady so I will TRY to blog more often but there’s no guarantee. I will try at least every month! Hope all is well. Miss you! Love, Sam, Mike and Dean
Oh yes, he is sitting up all on his own too!!!! Photos to come.
There are some photos in here from the August trip. Sorry for the repeats.
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