We have been home almost 6 months... Can't believe it.

Jordan is loving school! I thought it was suppose to get easier for the mother putting your child on the bus. It hasn't, but I can say that she smiles when she leaves and she is smiling when I get her off the bus so hopefully in time the process with get easier. This photo was taken as she got off the bus last week. It was a hat she made that she carefully pasted sparkles and sequence on.

The topic of conversation most mornings center around Halloween and costumes. It is only the beginning of September and this has been going on since the end of August!!! Jordan is absolutely certain that she will be Batman and she wants Garrett to be Robin. I have never seen a kid so sure of something. She has expressed an interest in decorating the house this year for the holiday. Martha Stewart, I am not. I couldn't even make playdoh. We both decided on creating a large web with a HUGE spider in it. We thought we would include Chris in our project as he seems to be the best on a ladder. He thinks we need to draw the web out to scale first... I guess that is what it is like being married to an engineer.

Garrett is doing fantastic. It has been so much fun watching his personality take shape. He wakes up happy and goes to bed each night saying, "nigh night, thank you and bye." He is very energetic and has become very focused on music and dancing. If I don't have music playing on the stereo, he waits for the commercials. He can truly light up a room.

This past week Jordan and I purchased our first item on eBay. There was some concern that I had bid too many times and for awhile there we weren't totally certain how many were going to arrive. I have had to promise Chris that I will not make the "shopping" a habit. He keeps repeating to me, "shopping and wine don't mix." I am not sure I totally agree with him. Anyway, we love our purchase and use it often. Jordan laughs the entire time we are riding and it is so nice spending some one on one time with her. She is at a fun age and shares our passion for athletics.


People often tell us how lucky Jordan and Garrett are to have had such a wonderful chance at life. I often walk away and smile to myself knowing that we are the lucky ones that were given a chance in life to love in such a way that we never thought possible.

Keeping fingers crossed for a continued quiet hurricane season!