The Beginning of October... the final update!

The first weekend of October found us visiting Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Ray in Linden, TX. They have a beautiful little house and were gracious enough to let Tony, Bailey & I invade the evening before the Annual Ray/Shelton Family Reunion. We ended up getting to Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa's a little later than planned but enjoyed a quick walk to stretch our legs, a yummy dinner and shared some photos before heading to bed at a decent hour.

10-2-09: Bailey heading down the driveway for our quick walk to the mailbox.

Bailey testing out the fleece jacket we got for our trip to the Gila Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico.

We had some time in the morning before we headed off to the family reunion to play around Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa's property. Bailey loved all the different types of trees and loved picking up all of the acorns & pine cones she came across. It was fun to empty our pockets after our walk and look at all the different things that had caught Bailey's attention.

10-3-09: Bailey swinging from the branches of an incredible oak tree in Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa's front yard.

Bailey & Daddy going on a walk to the mailbox.

Bailey headed back towards the house after visiting the mailbox.

At the family reunion
Standing: Paul, Tony, Busia, Grant, Martha, Betty
Sitting: Me, Bailey, Dza Dza, Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma
Photographer: Cindy

After the family reunion, Tony, Bailey & I drove Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa back to their house and after visiting for an hour or so began the 5 hour ride home. Our visit was short & sweet but definitely left us wishing we had had more time to stay and visit.

10-7-09: Bailey swinging from a tree in our front flower bed, practicing the skills she learned at gymnastics.

Tony & I felt we had to include this picture simply because of Bailey's face.

Our pretty girl posing for a quick picture.

This is what Daddy's are good for (amoung other things)!!!

Since my mom spent a couple days in the hospital this month having her heart monitored, Bailey had the opportunity to explore & investigate all that the hospital had to offer. She particularly enjoyed her walks to the cafeteria with Grandaddy as well as her walks to the nursery with Mo & I.

10-10-09: Bailey & Grandaddy watching a movie on Grandaddy's portable DVD player in Mo's hospital room.

To set the scene before you look at the next couple of pictures you need to know that we were unexpectedly caught at Walmart in downpour with a dirty pull-up & no diaper bag. Needless to say we ran to the truck and poor Tony stood in the rain while he changed Bailey's very stinky pull-up. Bailey ended up with a clean pull-up but nothing else because Tony was understandably tired of getting wet. When we got home we "borrowed" the ladybug rain jacket that Bailey had dressed her duckduck in and thats how we ended up with...

10-13-09: Bailey entertaining herself inside since their were torrential downpours outside.

I knew their was a reason we kept this hamper.

Bailey walking around the house wearing a clean pull-up, a ladybug rain jacket & a hamper.

The view from our dining room window when the rains finally stopped. Usually the front portion is completely dry and although the part behind the burm normally has water you normally can't see it.

Thanks for hanging in their while I caught you up on our comings & goings. Now that we're caught up you can look forward to our pictures from the Bremond Bazaar & our visit to the pumpkin patch with Robert Thomas.