Have you ordered your Christmas cards????

One of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is receiving all of the cards and displaying them.  I start looking at Christmas cards months ahead of time trying to narrow down what I may want to send out to all of my family and friends.  I LOVE Tiny Prints. They have the most adorable cards (& gifts) for any occasion and the Christmas & Holiday cards will not disappoint! :)

Some of my favorite are:

This is Be Merry! (in Fern)

Colorful Collar (in Bright Red)

Joyful Script (in Basil)

You should really go over to Tiny Prints now & start creating your own Christmas cards! There are so many beautiful designs to choose from so, it may take you awhile! :)  I will say that every time that I have ordered from Tiny Prints, I have had nothing but positive experiences! Great Costumer service & the turn around time has been awesome!!  So.....what are you waiting for??!! 

P.S.

Don't forget to send me one!

WPeoples Choice - I Heart Faces

Wallflowers Photography: Peoples Choice - I Heart Faces: This week I entered the I Heart Faces challenge- a face from the summer! This little guy during the summer equals.....One Happy Boy! ...

My photo was picked to be in the first round! PLEASE go VOTE!!! Photo #137! Thanks so much!

Somewhat of a New Adventure!!

Well, I have ventured out & giving a shot at something that I've always loved & enjoyed....Photography!! I'm not trading in my nursing license or anything, just having a little fun & see where it goes! So, anyways... I started a website to somewhat showcase my work & thought I would share!!

So, hop on over here & let me know what you think! :)

Smiles!

Pool Time!

Charlie is loving the pool this year! I think he likes the 'kiddie' pool because he can walk around in it & do what he wants! & he is pretty cute in his swim gear! :)

Thomas the Train!

It has been a long time since I have blogged & I will try and get back into it.... Charlie is just a 'little' more active these days & extra time is a little harder to come by! :)   A few weekends ago we took Charlie to Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, NC to see Thomas the Train! He loved it & was extremely fascinated with Thomas!! He loved to sit/stand and just look at Thomas & we did get to go on a ride around the mountain.  Charlie also loved riding the chair lift up and back down the mountain although I didn't get any pictures of that.....my hands were a little tied up hanging on to the wild man! :)

Getting ready to ride Thomas!

Checking Thomas out!

Riding Thomas!

Brunch with Santa

This past Sunday we took Charlie to have brunch with Santa.  Needless to say, this is the second time Charlie has encountered Santa this year and he was not impressed anymore this time than he was the first. He would hardly look at him, he just sat motionless looking straight ahead occasionally cutting his eyes to see if Santa had left yet. 

 .....he's FINALLY gone!!

But, since I'm such a good Mama, I decided to torture Charlie just a little bit more and we went to see Santa again after brunch! :)

Hopefully, he won't be scarred for life! :)  He still gets excited when he see a Santa figurine or ornament and says "Ho! Ho! Ho!"..... so, maybe we won't have to send him to therapy! :)

My Messy Gymnast/Acrobat!

 Charlie is learning to feed himself using utensils.  While this is a good thing, it is definitely a messy thing!! It's hard not to lend a hand and help the food make it from the plate to his mouth without it spilling all over him or the floor but, I'm slowly getting better at it and so is he! :)

Enjoying some waffles

Another new trick that Charlie has learned (self taught) is standing on the saddle of his rocking horse and balancing himself.  This is usually done while watching TV.  At first, I was a little concerned about him falling but, I've learned that it's nearly impossible to stop him so now we just sit back and observe.  I'm thinking we might enroll in gymnastics or maybe we'll send him to join the circus.......

I don't know if you can tell but, he had just finished feeding himself!

Holiday Spirit!

I just thought I would share a few photos of my cutie pie getting in the holiday spirit! :) This was before (& a few after) we went to see Santa! ....more to come on that adventure! :) Doesn't he just look so handsome?! I am a little biased but, I could (& do) just eat him up! :)

Big Boy Bed!

Well, the time has come and there is no longer a crib in our house! (sniff, sniff)  Charlie is now in a BIG boy bed!! He had been climbing out of his crib more and more frequently so we had to break down and convert him.  But, he is adjusting really well.  The first time he slept in it, he seemed to mourn his crib by sitting up and crying for almost a half hour but since then- he's been fine.  Although he doesn't sleep on the pillows and mainly sleeps with his head toward the foot of the bed but, I'm sure all of that will change in time! :)  Here are a few pictures of his first night in his 'big boy bed'! 

Trying to figure out how to escape!

Below are a few pictures of him loving on Kode! :)

Pictures of the new 'big boy' room to come soon!

TrIcK oR TrEaT!!!

This year for Halloween Charlie was a monkey.  In all reality, it was the perfect costume for him because he climbs on everything- no matter what it is.  Last week, I found him sitting in the middle of my dining room table on several occasions.  Earlier this week, he started crawling out of his crib over and over again.  So, 'big boy bed' here we come!  We took Charlie 'trick or treating' for a little while.  I don't know that he really understood what was going on but, I think he enjoyed being out walking and seeing all of the other children.

Pumpkin Patch Time!

On Sunday we took Charlie to the Layman's Family Farm & Corn Maze.  We went with intentions of going to get some pumpkins but, there weren't too many to choose from and the ones that were left weren't too pretty.  Needless to say Charlie had a lot of fun despite leaving without a pumpkin! He ran all over the field and he loved playing in the 'corn crib'! 

Charlie going through the mini corn maze!

I'm sorry to those of you who would like to have seen some 'sit down, smile pretty with pumpkins pictures'- with Charlie there is NO such thing, you take what you can get! :)