Two Southern Boys: November... a Grab Bag of Emotions

I'm onto November, a month with a spectrum of emotions. Grief, healing, holiday spirt, and some joy mixed in there.

Landon was the much needed ray of sunshine throughout the process of us grieving Kevin. He had no idea what was going on and we were all perfectly fine with that. His infectious smile and big belly laughs allowed for us to let out deep breaths and smile when all we thought we could do is cry.

The person we must loved seeing with Landon was his Uncle Jonathan. They were quite the dynamic duo.

Looking at cars. What else would they be doing?

Enjoying a nice vegan meal together.

Being a ray of sunshine is hard work.

Trying to fill Grandpa's shoes.

Oh, Grandma has poles! Let me show you my moves.

Model pose

Doesn't fit in my legs like he used to!

Beans, they're what for dinner.

As you can tell below, he DID NOT want his hair to be crazy and fun. This quickly ended bath time, however I thought the tantrum was pretty entertaining.

I mean seriously, could you look any cuter Vedder?

Rocking our new coat.

Driving is serious business.

So, this year we were the annoying people who put up Christmas before Thanksgiving was over. In our defense we're always in Ohio for Christmas and it eats into the holiday time here at home where we could enjoy the tree. Also, Thanksgiving was so darn late this year!

I know what you're thinking... how has Landon been with the tree. Toddlers are very curious creatures and there are lots of small objects all over a tree, for easy picking. Thankfully, he was very curious when we put the tree up and wanted to touch everything. So we let him help us with the tree in the entry way, where all the ornaments are not shattering balls and then most of this tree was done after he was put to bed.

There was some curiosity the next day though...

No photos please...

Here are the beloved Christmas card pictures. I snagged this great idea off of pintrest. Now on the picture on pintrest, they had a very woodsy back drop. We live smack dab in the middle of a big city. There are no sprawling woods for us to take a picture with. So, we attempted to take the picture here first. We were kinda mad we didn't think to do the garage first because he was so much happier in these pictures. Interest was lost towards the end. Thankfully we were able to nab a couple half smiles.

No clothes all day? Ok! I'll rock just a diaper until 5.

We were so excited and thankful that this Thanksgiving we got to celebrate with my sister and her husband. Kate and JJ drove down and spent the weekend with us. It's always nice to be able to spend time with family on the holidays, especially when they come to you :)