October

The month of October was such a fun month for us that I thought I would write a blog post about it. In June my mother kept insisting on taking a family fall vacation and I was super hesitant and nervous about it considering the fact that Caroline wasn't sleeping well at night and we stay tired all the time. We ended up booking a three night trip to the mountains in mid-October and to be honest, I kind of dreaded it.

The time for our trip got here and we had a great time. Caroline was actually pretty good with the exception of night time. Kyle, Caroline, my mother, and I left on a Thursday night around 7pm. Caroline slept the entire trip there and woke up when we arrived to our cabin in Wear's Valley at 10:30 pm. Since she was a little thrown off waking up at 10:30pm , she didn't go back down until 1:30am and slept until around 7. 

Since the rest of the family couldn't drive down until Friday night, the four of us spent the day relaxing, buying some groceries, and I even took a two hour nap. That evening we loaded up and went to the Old Mill and shopped/strolled for a couple of hours. Caroline was so good and loves to shop in her stroller.

We took a few pictures before leaving. 

The weather was a perfect 55 degrees and felt like fall for sure! I love these three people sooooo much.  

Uncle A, Victoria, and my dad arrived late Friday night and we woke up Saturday to go shopping at the Five Oaks Outlets.

Caroline took her a good one hour and thirty minute nap in her stroller. It must have been a great nap since she pulled her headband around her neck.  

    

     

  

We changed to warm, comfy clothes for our trip to Gatlinburg Saturday night. We had dinner at our favorites- Bubba Gump's Shrimp and of course it was fabulous. 

After dinner it was very cool and Caroline stayed warm and cozy in the stroller, sleeping another hour while we strolled the streets. 

 The rest of the month we had some fun times as well. We went to the park and rode the swings for the first time and it was a big hit.

We met a beautiful Santa and Mrs. Clause at Sandy O'Dells (because its never too early for Santa) and nana snapped a picture of us before going. I had to get dressed too, in case she didn't do so well but no worries here- Ms. Sandy handled it like the professional she is and Caroline loved Santa.

On Halloween we had plans for Kyle, Caroline, and I to run the Pink Pumpkin Run that MMCN does every year, but it was too cold and rainy for a baby. So nana, Caroline, and I went to Sparkman High School to watch the Arab cheerleaders in competition! Mandy (my good friend from work) and her husband were going to watch Alyssa, her daughter. I also knew that the Fyffe cheerleaders would be there and I wanted to watch my old Alma Mater cheer as well. So no…. we didn't go trick or treating even though I had two different costumes for her. 

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And here are some more random snaps from October….

Bottom line= this little girl is so much fun. As of right now while I am typing this, she is walking around the entire house in her walker saying "Uh-oh, uh-oh uh-oh" and my heart is smiling so big. So thankful to God for this live I live!