Monday morning

So today Frank left for Texas for work for a week. And I woke up with a sore throat! It seems like something always happens when Frank is out of town. Thankfully Frank IV was not too cranky this morning even though I had to wake him up. Hopefully he will not notice Daddy is not here for a couple of days. As soon as I woke him up Frank wanted "eats". He had two cereal bars between getting up and school. He talked about the "geese" and "trucks" the whole way to school. He was in a good mood when got the school especially since they were having cheese toast for breakfast.

I stopped to get some Tylenol cold SEVERE so hopefully I will feel better soon. I did have some visitors to Open House yesterday so I am praying to hear something soon on house. I will try and upload the Trunk or Treat pictures tonight. We had a good time Saturday night at church but I think being outside has led to my sniffle...

***As an aside I have been sick for over a week with what turned into a Sinus infection and pink eye. Hopefully Frank will not go out of town anytime again soon.

Fall Festival 2008

Frank is holding a pumpkin at the Fall Festival on October 23, 2008.

Here is part of Frank's Class...Freddie, Josh, Savannah, Frank, Jaeden and Eryn. We were in the middle of putting on the costumes for pictures and play time at the Fall Festival.

Mommy & Frank enjoy a hug at the fall festival.

Frank is ready for trick or treating before the fall festival. He says I am ready Mommy!

Frank's Class picture. Freddie, his Mom Kesha, Ms. Golston, Marcus, Josh, Savannah, Jaeden, Joshua, Frank, Eryn, Kelsey and Mrs. Sultan.

We had a great time playing with everyone. Frank played in the jumpy, rode a tricycle, ate cupcakes, snow cone, cotten candy and a hot dog. Plus he got treats. This was a wonderful event at Brookland Academy.

"EATS"

Frank has a new favorite word this week and it is "eats." I think he must be going through a growth spurt because he woke up at 5am on Monday morning andwould only say "eats." He then ate two blueberry cereal bars and went back to sleep. He recently was asking for juice when he got up but not food. Now it is food! I went in this morning and he immediately stood up in the crib and said "eats" until I took him to kitchen. He then ate a blueberry cereal bar while we were getting ready and a blueberry one on the way to school. We got to school and he put his chair under the table and told his teacher Ms. Sultan "eats" three or four times while staring at the plates of food.
Frank IV also demanded his "coat" and when I put the new one on (cannot find the old one we were using that Frank was wearing around the house to play in once he saw it again) he kept saying he wanted the old one! It was 46 this morning according to the car when we left the house. We turned the heat on last night and it works thankfully!

Jan 2008 Pictures

Frank is wearing one of his Christmas outfits from Nannie and Granddaddy. He is ready for the cold. What a cutie!

We took the puppy sweater picture on January 18, 2008 and the truck sweater on January 20, 2008.

Here are Brooks and Julie at the Wofford Game On September 20, 2008. We had a great time going to the game with them and tailgating with John and Patty. Brooks looked like a true USC fan in his garnet shirt. Frank had a garnet shirt too...I only had my old white t-shirt. There was a ton of garnet in the stadium. I wished I had gotten a garnet t-shirt. There was some black and gold for Wofford too! As always Wofford challenged the Gamecocks but USC pulled out the victory. I cheered for both my alma maters.

Frank at Nana's Dec 2007

Frank is is dining room at Nana's house in Laurens on December 17, 2007. We have pictures of Brooks and me on the same quilt from thirty years ago. Hopefully I will scan those in and post them.

It is funny how we save some things and not others. I am glad I somehow ended up with the quilt at my house. Until I had Frank I did not realize the significance of it. While unpacking I found more things as well of my great Aunt Ruth's and some things Nana and Gran gave. None of it is worth any money but as a Mom I appreciate being able to remember and pass on my memories.

Nana is not having Thanksgiving at her house this year. Frank's first birthday party may have the last big event we have in Laurens but I hope not. Something about Nana's house brings all of the family there together.

Stomach Flu Bug

I got home Friday to find Frank was already home sick with the stomach flu. He was sick until Monday. Then Monday on the way home Frank IV threw up everywhere....and let me tell you that chocolate animal crackers are hard to get out of polo shirts (3 times in the washer). Thankfully Granddaddy fixed our washer connections this weekend and I can wash clothes anytime now! Our car is still yucky! Hopefully I will figure out the carseat cover this weekend. Then Frank IV threw up for about 6 hours and in the early monring hours of Tuesday morning while Mommy's stomach decided she would hurt too! Probably because Mommy got thrown up on 6 or more times. Mommy and Frank IV missed school/work on Tuesday. Grandma came Wednesday night for a meeting and Frank IV threw up in her car seat too! We are a germ loving family! Hopefully by this weekend we will all be feeling better. (and we are hopin Grandma does not get sick too.) Wolfie got in on the fun and also threw up a couple of times last night. So far Markie has avoided the flu bug.

This weekend...October 10-12, 2008

We are looking forward to a nice visit with Nannie and Granddaddy. Granddaddy is to bring his tools to help us finally finish up all the little repairs we need to make. Hopefully this will mean I can wash clothes anytime since we have had trouble with the cold water switch at the new house...as in it leaks when you turn it on so we have to put a towel around it. I was really looking forward to have the laundry room on the same level as the rest of the house and it has been better but hopefully we can get the issue resolved. Frank IV loves having the laundry where he can get to it. He wants to try and help spray the clothes and the put them in the dryer. He always want to shut the dryer once he puts on thing in it.

I am planning to have Frank IV pictures made on Saturday. Hopefully with a fall outfit and his Halloween costume. Grandma bought him a puppy outfit last weekend when she was here. He wanted to play with it so it is hanging in Mommy's closet for now.

Selling a House Saga...

We are trying to sell our house and get moved into our new house. It has been a crazy two plus months dealing with everything. We finally have the old house on the market and ready to show. So far it has been slow on the sale side but I have a couple of possible renters. The good thing is that we are all moved out except for the stuff we left to show house and that is going into storage. The carpets are cleaned and it is in "show condition."
We have another open house this Sunday.

As for the new house, we are getting more and more organized. We only have a couple of boxes to unpack. I still do not have a dresser so my closet is a mess. Hopefully once we get the dresser in I will be more organized. My scrapbook stuff is all in one place (not completely organized but in one place at least.) Frank IV stuff is all over still but he loves his room and all his books. He wants to read books all the time - just like Mommy!

Frank has a separate office for all of the business stuff and he has organized it. Unfortunately our business equipment is outgrowing the office! Check out CahoonsCloset.com for all of the great personalized products we can make now.

Tumblebus

At Brookland Academy one of the weekly activities is the Tumblebus. The Tumblebus is a converted school bus that the kids do gymnastic and tumbling things on. The children go down the hall chanting "tumblebus, tumblebus..." Frank says it like "tum ba bus, tum ba bus" and shakes his hand at the same time. Now all buses are called the tumblebus.

Frank LOVES Tumblebus despite his expression in the picture. This picture was taken at the end of the summer session when he got his first medal!

October 8, 2008

Okay, everyone else is blogging so here we go...

I will try and keep in touch this way if I can figure it all out. We are feeling better and have gotten settled in the new house. Most of the boxes are gone and we just have a littel more to get organized....with us there is always a little more to get organized.

Frank IV is doing great. He loves school, especially the outside play time and Tumblebus. Everyone says he eats a lot too. Of course at home he does not eat "alot" - he just snacks all the time time. Now he always wants what I have...if I have tea, he wants tea, etc. He did actually eat part of a chicken leg at Little Pigs the other night with three helpings of peaches. No BBQ for him!