I Blinked

I'm sitting here at 8:38 pm wondering where my weekend just went. I feel as though I blinked on Friday night and now it is Sunday night. We had another packed weekend that has left us all completely exhausted.

We kicked our weekend off with a yard sale at my Nanny's. I don't really do yard sales. I HATE pulling all my unwanted junk out of closets and the attic, pricing it, and having it sit in my guest bedroom awaiting for the day I haul it out the door. But I had all Cecilia's clothes I wanted to get rid of so I decided to bite the bullet and just do it.

The yard sale sellers consisted of Nanny (well she only had like 2 items. apparently she "doesn't have anything she needs to get rid of." guess she couldn't find anything in those 2 attics of hers!), my aunt, uncle, Kelli, Kristopher, my mom, and myself.

The good thing about the whole thing other than walking away with some $$ was Cecilia got to hang out with the family.

She was passed around and she kept us entertained during the LONG periods of time when there were no customers.


Nanny even allowed her to help her with the cash box.


The yard sale was a semi success. I got rid of about 1/4th of her clothes and got some cash to buy her fall clothes. I think I'm taking the rest to consignment. It's easier that way.

Hanging out on Nan's glider.

Today, we had a birthday celebration for my great, great Aunt Kathryn. She will be 96 tomorrow and my Granny wanted to celebrate this amazing point in time. Aunt Kathryn still lives by herself and is still sharp as a tack.

I tease my Granny about out lasting us all, and she always replies that Aunt Kathryn will be the one to do that! I can't imagine all the things she has seen in her lifetime. The woman amazes me!

Lots of her friends and family came by to wish her a happy birthday. I'm bettin' we do this all over again at her 100th birthday! :)

Table decoration

This afternoon we headed out to Jackson's Orchard to get Cecilia a pumpkin and enjoy their Fall Festival.

It was a nice day but a little warm for fall (note C in a summer dress!). There wasn't too big of a crowd so we were able to enjoy ourselves and she loved watching all the people mill around. I really wanted to take her on the hayride but there was a huge line and I just didn't think it was worth it. We opted for a fried apple pie with ice cream and apple chips and caramel instead! :)

A good time was had by all and Cecilia ended up walking away with 4 pumpkins. One (the one next to her) her Daddy swears he is going to carve for her. We shall see!

Big Announcement

My day started off with a phone call from my brother. Usually it's an email but today was a phone call. Hmm...what could he be calling for?

To tell his precious, adorable baby sister that...

HE IS ENGAGED!!!!

AHHHH!!!! I was completely surprised but knew this day was coming.

Leslie, I want to welcome you into this craziness we call the Mayeur family. You are a brave woman for wanting to share you life with my brother but I am confident you can handle it! :)

Mayo, I'm extremely proud of you and think you picked a fantastic woman to join our family.

Brent, Cecilia and I are so excited and happy for the both of you! Congratulations!

Homecoming

Homecoming is a big deal in small towns. All week long you can find store front's painted, high school kids running around town in their school colors doing silly things to earn points for their class, and at the end of the week the whole town shuts down for an hour to watch the parade.

My hometown in no different and last week was my old high school's Homecoming.

And since Cecilia was staying with my Nanny on Friday, she was able to experience her first Homecoming parade.


She is anxiously awaiting the decorated floats and the big tractors that pull them.

The excitement of all the candy being thrown and all the beautiful Homecoming candidates stops her in her tracks.

Brayden was so excited about the whole thing he fell asleep at the sheer thought of all those tractors and pretty floats.

Brayden apparently slept through the whole thing while Cecilia just sat there starring. You will notice that Cecilia is dressed as if it is cold and yet she has no shoes or socks on. Hmm...what a fantastic mother I am. I was so worried about wind blowing on her ears that I completely forgot about her feet!

After the parade, Cecilia got to hang out with my mom and her co-workers for a bit until I could get there.

She was good for them and they loved having her there.

Unfortunately though, because she was wearing a light blue top she got called a boy. Thankfully my mom's boss jumped right in and asked him the last time he saw a boy wearing a bow.

That's the third time that has happened. Since Halloween is approaching I think I will go buy her a wig until she grows her own hair. Maybe then we won't have anymore confusion.

(Thanks Freak for taking the pics! You did a good job!)

Little Mayo?

Over the past couple of months a few people have started saying Cecilia looks like my brother, Jason aka Mayo. I laughed it off but the other day when I went to pick Cecilia up from my mom's work, 2 of the women who have known us from birth said she looked just like him! Not exactly what I wanted to hear. I mean who wants to give birth to a precious baby girl who looks like her brother?

During the 9 months I was pregnant, I dreamed of what Cecilia would look like. Would she have more of Brent's features or mine? Would she have his dark hair or my lighter hair? Of all the faces I had going in my head, my brother's face definitely was not one of them.


So here I am again posting a comparison between my brother and Cecilia.
As my dad put it, 'do we really have another Mayo melon?'

You be the Judge

As with every baby, everyone has been playing the guessing game on who Cecilia looks like. Now that I have pictures of all 3 of us at 6 months old, I thought I would let my faithful readers (all 4 of you) decide for yourselves on who she takes after.

Kaci's Adding Another Duck to Her Row

This weekend Brent and I loaded the truck with every possession we own including the baby and hauled it to Muncie, his hometown. I was hosting my sister in law's, Kaci, baby shower. She is due in about 7 weeks and we are all excited about the new arrival.

I used a rubber duck theme and it turned out better than I had imagined. Here are some pictures of the big event...

(notice the ducks floating in the "pond")

Me and Kaci. Doesn't she look fabulous? She is all baby.

At the end of the shower we took a little family photo.

Cecilia did awesome all weekend despite the teething and ear inflections. She made a huge come back on Saturday and it made the whole weekend more enjoyable.

We are all currently pooped and I'm wishing the laundry fairy would come and make all my dreams come true!

Stats

Yesterday I took Cecilia to her 6 month check up. It actually came at a perfect time because about 11:30 am I hear "Mrs. Miller this is ______ at the daycare. Cecilia just woke up and she is really hot and has a temperature."

"Someone will be there in a bit." This was the 2nd call two days in a row. I should have never opened my mouth in the last post.

Thank heavens my Dad works in BG and has a pretty flex work schedule because he was able to pick her up and watch her until I got home.

Anyway, back to her doctor's appointment. She is weighing in at 19lbs 8oz, is 27 1/4 inches long and has a head circumference 44 1/2 cm. She is still in the 94% or higher percentile in all the categories.

She is moving right along in her weight gain and overall growth and we are working on our 2nd double ear infection. That's right I said 2ND DOUBLE EAR INFECTION! All the symptoms were there, very sleepless night on Tuesday, high temp, and not eating well, but since I found those teeth I chucked it up to teething. Wrong-O Mary Lou! She took one look at her right ear and said those magic words, 'oh its red.' The left was red too but not as bad. The great part of all this was since she wasn't feeling well the doctor decided not to give her her shots. Thank you, thank you! Brent was out of town so I had no back up and was dreading the whole thing. So now we get to go back in 2 weeks for an ear checkup and shots. At this point I'm honestly thinking about renting an office at the building and just living there. I mean the money I would save on gas alone would pay for all the meds I keep having to buy.

After a trip to the pharmacy (thank you very much for having the right medicine this time!), we went home and she took a long much needed nap. And to her surprise she woke up to a big brown package on the front porch. Hmm wonder who this is from. Ahh Leslie, my brother's girlfriend, sent Cecilia a 6 month birthday gift with a very cute outfit of brown and blue and some new bath toys. This cheered everyone up. I mean who doesn't love gifts when they aren't feeling well? Thanks again Leslie!

Now we are just hoping after another sleepless night Cecilia will find some kind of comfort today.