TP Man

So this is what Curtis was doing while I was folding laundry Monday...

The great thing is that I watched him do it the entire time...not only did I allow it but I took pictures of it. I am totally going to regret this when he TP's our house in another month or so but for now it was too cute not to capture!

Curtis' First Hair Cut

It was a big day in the Counts' family...Curtis had his first hair cut! It had gotten pretty long in the last few weeks and was hanging over his collared shirts. It was also my first time cutting hair... Its not exactly easy to cut hair on a squirming 10 month old! It didn't turn out too bad though all things considered. Here are the before and after pictures.

Happy Belated Halloween

I finally have a chance to blog about our Halloween adventures!!! Its only a few days late I suppose. We went to Zoo Boo last Saturday (pictures on our picassa site) thankfully it was cool enough for Curtis to wear his costume...too cute! Halloween day was way too hot for the full suit so its a good thing we had tons of pictures already. We had a great Halloween with all of our neighbors and enjoyed some stew (thanks Sabrina) and beverages while we passed out candy. Hope you had a great one too

Beautiful Weather

What a fantastic weather week this has been! This is definitely my favorite time of year. We have had a lot of fun this week laying on blankets in our front yard and hanging out with Zane and Clare. It makes for a really nice break in the long days Jacob has been having at his new job this week (which he loves by the way). Tomorrow we are headed to ZOO BOO with Kelly, Drew, Jacob, Jane, Adrienne, Hunter, and Nana. I am looking forward to another excuse to play outside! Saturday night we have a wedding for a friend from high school in Richmond. Sunday my mom is being inducted into an amazing spiritual council at our church. I am so proud of her for taking a leap of faith and accepting her nomination. I know she is going to be amazing in her post and really make a difference in our church. So we have a busy weekend as usual. I will post lots of pictures on Monday. By the way congratulations to Brittany and Steven on the arrival of Preston Patrick! We can't wait to see the little man! Have a great weekend!

Just me and my little man

Just us at home again :( Jacob started his new job this morning. He didn't have to be there until 8:30 this morning so we all got to wake up as a family again. He left ridiculously early this morning, (arriving late on your first day just doesn't make the boss feel too confident in his decision) but only got there about fifteen minutes early due to the traffic. Hopefully he can work with his boss to have earlier work hours so he can avoid rush hour from now on! Curtis and I are going to spend the day relaxing from our hectic week and weekend. We are both looking forward to getting back on a more normal schedule this week, although we will definitely miss daddy! By the way we had our second session of our NFP class this Saturday and it went amazing! 10 of our 13 couples returned on their own accord to take the second class (our priest requires engaged couples to take the first class before they can marry in our church). We were thrilled at the huge turn out. Maybe it was our amazing teaching ability?! Or the holy spirit I suppose :) ! Only one more class to go before we are officially certified instructors!

Fantastic Week

We have had such a wonderful week with Jacob home for nine whole days! He is taking the entire week off before he starts his new job on Monday at Ion Geophysics. It has been wonderful to wake up as a family every morning and to be able to run with my two boys at the crack of dawn. We have also done some much needed chores around the house: Installing light fixtures in the play room, touching up paint around the entire house, painting our guest bedroom and ripping out plants in the back yard. Today we are going to work on that dang shower door and hopefully get our new stove installed (if Uncle Mark makes it to our house). We are so blessed to have had an entire week to spend as a family. Hope you have had a great week too!

It is finished

He-who-must-not-be-named is finished. And so I am with those crazy books that are SOOOOO addicting. I have been caught up in books five, six, and seven for the past month now during Curtis's nap time (he actually naps daily now :) what a relief!). If any of you have read the books you will understand just how captivating they are. They really get inside your head. So I'm done now and looking for another interesting read. If you haven't read them you are sorely missing out. The ending is fantastic!

I leave you with a tushie picture of my love bug and my precious niece Clare. I can hardly believe they are nine months old already! They are a blast when they get together and crawl all over the place. It is absolutely not possible for me to love those two any more!!