Happy Halloween!

For my first Halloween Mom and Dad dressed me up as a pumpkin, and if I do say so myself I was pretty cute! I had a great time helping hand out the candy, I can't wait until next year when I can do a little trick-or-treating myself.

Love,
Vivi

Trip to Mobile

We recently made a trip to Mobile for Mike's grandfather's funeral. We were able to see family that we haven't seen in awhile and spend time with Vivi's other set of grandparents. It was great seeing everyone. I hate that Papa is no longer with us, but it was good to share childhood memories with Michael while we were there.

We were also really glad to see our nephew Aaden, our niece Ellie, and Patrick and Meghan on our trip.

Reading

I try to read to Vivi at least once a day, she seems to enjoy it and always stays pretty quiet during story time. The other day the Runaway Bunny put her to sleep. I guess she got tired of hearing about the little bunny running all over creation to escape his Mom. I will say she loves Itsy Bitsy Spider, probably because it teaches you to try and try again until you have success...I hope that's the reason at least. Glad she's not more interested in running away, guess we're doing a pretty good job! :-)

Fun at the Fair

Last Friday night we took Vivi out for her first fair experience. She really enjoyed it! She loved looking at all of the lights on the rides and she even had her first pony ride! Next year she might be tall enough to ride some of the rides, but this year she'll have to settle riding in her Mamaroo...sorry Vivlet!

One Month

It's amazing how much changes in just one month. My baby girl is one month and one day old today. Happy One Month Birthday Vivi!!

Pick-Up Where You Left Off

This past Saturday Mike and I attended one of my dear sorority sisters wedding. I have to admit I was pretty excited about attending this wedding, mostly because I was able to celebrate Natalie and her new life, also to see several of my sorority sisters I haven't seen in almost 6 years. It's funny how you may not see someone in such an extended amount of time, but you can easily pick-up where you left off. Even with the transition into marriage and motherhood recently it felt like old times to be with these girls again, like we were at one of our semi-formals together. It feels like time has gone by so quickly since I graduated from college. I've decided the one thing I would really like to do is not just keep up with my friends via facebook, but I'd like to make an effort to see them more often as I was reminded on Saturday how much I truly miss their friendships and spending time with them.

Above is a picture taken before we left Vivi for the first time to go to Natalie's wedding.

Sweet Sleep

Sleep is such a wonderful thing. We often take it for granted, too little sleep makes you irritable and cranky, sometimes can even make you sick! I thank God that He has blessed us with a terrific baby, she can contently sleep just about anywhere; restaurants, during football games, in the car, etc.

Yesterday, Michael, Vivi, and I all met up at the grocery store. Vivi began to get hungry so I left while Michael was checking out so that I could feed her. When I returned home the dogs were begging to go out so I opened the door to let them out and had a surprise visitor come in, we had a rat snake! My Biggest fear in life has happened, I've been confronted face to face with a snake in my home with my one month old baby just steps away! I was screaming bloody murder and crying trying to get it out of my house, the whole time Vivi was asleep and didn't so much as make a peep! I got the thing out of my house about the same time Mike walked in the door. After all of the hoopla was over with I looked at my sweet and peaceful sleeping child and thought to myself, "man, I wish I could sleep like that".

Above is a picture I couldn't resist taking this past Sunday. Vivi fell asleep in Daddy's arms during the Saints football game. This is her favorite sleep position, especially because she gets to lay on Daddy.