First mountain

My 2 favorite human men. (The other man is my dog).

We took a short hike to the top of Owl Mountain. The fall colors we incredible.


"Mommy, I hope you brought another diaper!"

Clearly being carried up and down a mountain is very exhausting!

Dylans mountaintop commentary....

Lake Placid mini break

Every year around my birthday Chris will humor me and actually, willingly hike a large mountain with me. So every year we come back to my favorite place in the world. Lake Placid NY. We got engaged on the top of one of the high peaks and I cannot wait to get Dylan up the mountain. I bought a kelty backpack at the local consignment store and will try it out tomorow. We had a nice ride and Dylan was a trooper. Bailey was a nervous wreck, weird, cause he is a seasoned car rider. He ended up with his big monkey self sitting on the floor on top of a can of formula and jars of baby food. Ok, totally random, but has anyone ever passed gas and blamed it on the dog? Can somone tell the difference? Our converstaion this weekend is centered around this topic! Glad we are parents of three! I will let you know tomorrows topic.
We had a great diner at the cottage. We did take out and sat on the lower deck on the lake, drinks and all. Best view, best company, my men and me! The girls were with their dad. Normally I work this weekend but am off for another month. Will post some fall views tomorrow.

ah...ma ma!

AT 6 months old, all he wants to do is crawl. He gets up on all 4's and makes monkey noises, and says mama! He sounds frustrated but that is nothing to the squacking he lets out if you try to stop the man!

What we do when Dylan is sleeping and we are alone!

Last night while we were waiting for our friends to come over for dinner. We had a few moments to ourselves.

Bailey quickly located the cheese platter. He is trying very hard not to be noticed.

But try as he might he is just a dog.

And he is up! That cheese really looks and smells great! Maybe just a taste, no one would notice.

Daddy did I ever tell you how much cheese means to me in my life. Cheese would make me a better person, I mean dog, I'd do anything for cheese. Cheese would complete me!

He's as sweet as tupelo honey...

What is everyone looking at?


Bailey helping to clean the baby!


Making dinner tonight my favorite Van Morrrison song came on. I scooped up my little man and we had our first slow dance in the kitchen. I was choked up because I remember dancing with my girls to this tune when they were babies. Claire was always "My Brown Eyed Girl", Em was my Tupelo Honey Girl. Life is such a sweet circle and I feel so incredibly joyous to be able to raise one more child. As I started to sing, Emily told Dylan, "Welcome to the crazy house, she dances too!"
Oh well, he is young enough.
Other observations today:
- As I was running to change the 4th major poopy diaper I stepped in dog vomit with bare feet, through my toes!
-One of the kids has atomic poops that clog up the toilet and have to be manually removed. Happened today as well. Lucky me!
-Someone has a book report due in 2 days and has 100 pages more to read. I almost encouraged lying to the teacher, but caught myself.
-Chris went to a job interview at 9am to find out it is for NEXT tuesday.
-My 100 dollar coffee pot exploded over the weekend.
But who cares because I have the cutest little boy in the world, who I love to hold and kiss. Did you check ou the thighs?

I am blessed!

I am blessed to have in my life wonderful friends, and family. Yesterday my good friends Rita and Judy threw us a beautiful shower. They put so much time and effort into it planning and decorating and COOKING! (The food was terrific and I am still full 1 day later.) Thank you everyone who was there, I am so lucky to have you all in my life. These woman are my friends AND their daughters and sons are friend with my girls. We all know each other through the grammer school, and our children, and through the years have become so close. I never worry about getting stuck and not being present when school lets out. One phone call and anyone will stand in for me.
It was a great time and Dylan was the life of the party. Claire got a new camera for her 9th birthday and took pictures of every detail. The kids and adults had a great time.
After the party Chris and I took a drive into a local town with lots of cafes and quaint charm. We got some coffee and sat on a bench to people watch. Dylan woke up in the sling, big smile on his face. He reached out and put his baby arms around my neck, hugging me with all his might. In the background a man was playing "Somewhere over the rainbow" on the violin. I look over at my sweet husband, with this little man nestled into me. I will never forget that moment. All the dreams that I have dared to dream, really have come true!