Thanksgiving (2.9 years and 15 months)

Thanksgiving was very sad this year.  Brian's phone rang at 8 am and I answered it.  It was Mike telling me that Grandma had passed away.  It was pretty sudden.  We were very sad but knew that she was finally happy again to be with Gramps.  It had been understandably difficult for her since Gramps died.  We were flying to Myrtle Beach on Friday to surprise Brian's mom for her birthday. But because of Grandma's death Mike told Carol we were coming down.

We have many memories with Austin at Grandma and Gramp's house.  When they were up here we would visit weekly.  Grandma moved to Myrtle Beach before Sydney was born so unfortunately Sydney did not get a lot of time with great Grandma.  Great Grandma and Gramps were amazing people and they will be missed greatly.  We are so happy Brian made a video with them for the kids so they be able to watch when they get older and can appreciate it.

We left Friday morning and flew down to Myrtle Beach.  Austin and Sydney did really good on the plane again.  We are learning as we travel what we need to have handy.  If you give Austin his Kindle and Sydney some suckers they are happy.  Sydney needs more entertainment as she does get bored easily but between Brian and I we can handle her pretty well.  We had a lay over in Charlotte.  Austin liked that airport because there were moving walkways.  He played on them as much as we would let him.

We arrived in Myrtle Beach and Melissa, Jonathan, and Camden picked us up.  It was nice because Melissa let us use their car seats so we didn't have to pack them.  That night we went out to dinner for Nana's birthday.  We went to a nice restaurant.  Luckily the kids were fairly well behaved.  Austin was so exhausted from no nap that he fell asleep at dinner.  He was seated in a booth so we just let him sleep.  Again we just had to keep Sydney fed and entertained the entire time.  It was nice.

Austin loved driving the golf cart.  He also enjoyed the construction equipment near their house.  One night we went to a drive in place to see Christmas lights.  It was cool.   One day we went to the beach too.  The weather was cool, but the kids still enjoyed playing in the sand.  I can't wait until next summer when they play at the beach.  I think they will both love it!

On Sunday, Camden was baptized.  It was so nice we were there.  It was a nice ceremony.  After words we went to Melissa's house for dinner.  I found it entertaining that their house is not baby proof yet.  They had glass plates on the floor for dog food.  Sydney would have loved to pick that up and drop it (she did end up spilling it before we stopped her).  Then Sydney ate some dog food.  Luckily they did have some toys for the kids to play with.  Melissa's neighbor Joan had a train set from her grandson that was awesome.  Austin really enjoyed that.

We had a great time while we were there.  The only bad thing is the kids were sick.  Austin cried so much on Sunday morning about his ear.  We took him to a CVS Minute Clinic and they diagnosed him with an ear infection.  It was very sad and he had to be in a lot of pain.  After about 12 hours the medications started to work.

Before we left for Myrtle Beach, Brian took Sydney to the doctor for her 15 month check up.  She was 40% for weight and 75% for height.  She says about 6 words (mama, dada, bye bye, ball, no, and this).  She is starting to get more picky about what she eats.  If she doesn't want it she shakes head no and gives it back or throws on floor.  It's annoying.  I really miss the days where she would eat anything.  She is no longer a fan of vegetables either.  Hopefully she will out grow this.

Austin likes to say "I can't like that" when he means I don't like that.  We have tried to get him to say I don't like it but he still strongly prefers I can't like it.

I have a lot planned for us in the month of December leading up to Christmas.  It's going to be so much fun!!!!