Thanksgiving in Tallahassee

We were fortunate to spend a third Thanksgiving with our good friends, Robert and Meri. We had a very relaxing and yummy weekend, and we also got to be with Mr. B's brother Sam and his girlfriend Audi. The two drove down from DC to spend Thanksgiving weekend with all of us. So great to see everyone!!Very cute!
Audi, Audrey, and Sam
Playing "1, 2, 3, Jump!" off the fireplace. Audrey LOVED their cats. This one, named Crazy, was actually pretty tolerant of Audrey.
Audrey also loved playing in the cabinets. We love you Sam!

St. Louis

Audrey and I had an opportunity to fly up to St. Louis and visit her Grammy and great grandma (Mary Lou). It was a pretty last minute trip, but you have to snatch any chance to visit grandmas!! Audrey loved playing with her grandmas and getting spoiled.
It was really cold!!
Audrey did really well on the stairs. She took a header once, but I was there to catch her. After that, she told me "Be careful!" and "Hold tight!" whenever I carried her up or down the stairs. And she got a lot more careful too!
Dinner with Grandma Mary Lou, Aunt Verneda, Grammy, Uncle Randy, and family friend Betty. This is Mr. B's maternal family (just missing his cousin Julian, who lives in CO).
So much fun with Grandma's toys! Love my Grammy!

Eww...

So this is a palmetto bug, or American roach. It's big. About two and a half inches long. They drop by our home to visit occasionally, but I've felt lucky this year--haven't seen more than a few. However, this morning I had one of the grossest experiences of my life!! I was talking to my family while getting breakfast items out, stepped on something squishy, looked down to see, and it was one of these nasty bugs!! EWWWW!! Its guts squirted all over my foot. I am usually not a stereotypical squeamish girl, but I started screaming and freaking out. It took me several minutes to calm down, and luckily Mr. B cleaned the floor/disposed of the bug while I washed my foot. Ew. It must have been half dead or something because they are usually really fast and stay away from humans. Shudder.

A much better experience an hour later: I came into the front room to hear Audrey playing the piano and singing, flipping the pages of the hymnal every few seconds. It was so sweet. So, good surprise and bad surprise today.

Announcing...

Many of you probably know that we are expecting our second baby. Today we found out we are having a boy! Our due date is March 15th, so I'm 21 weeks--here's a belly photo:
And here's a picture of the ultrasound:

Socks and a hat

I gave Audrey a pair of my fuzzy socks and she loves them. She's been playing with them for days, alternating between putting them on her hands and feet. We're talking HOURS a day... Also please note her adorable smile--the one mainly reserved for photos!
Audrey also found a hat of mine, and I cinched the strap so it would stay on her head. She has worn this quite a bit too!

Halloween night

I thought that Halloween fun was over, but our wonderful friends invited us to trick-or-treat with them in their neighborhood. Four families got together and enjoyed trick-or-treating followed by yummy treats and cider. Thanks Wendy!
My friend Lisa got this great shot of Audrey at playgroup this week--all the kids were so cute in costume!