a sick day, in black & white

yesterday penny woke up a bit feverish and a bit stuffy. there were a healthy amount of snuggles in bed, and more than enough peppa pigs were watched. i wish i could say that today she's feeling much better, but sadly it's looking like more of the same. the dogs don't seem to mind it all one bit... lazy bums.

it never occurred to me...

i knew when we moved from charlotte to atlanta that there would definitely be a period of transition for penny. i expected to sleep disturbances, i was prepared for the possibility of cranky afternoons, but what caught me completely off guard was just how much she asks for her best little bud that we left behind. penny has spent the last 9 months watching mr. wiley boone grow up. she saw him the day he was born, spent many an afternoon taking walks (or being pushed) around the neighborhood with him, and when we were moving the next morning, her very first kiddo sleepover was with her best friend, boone. she's named one of her dolls after him, and is constantly telling me which toys and books boone has at his house, as opposed to the ones at hers. ya see, when two mamas are best friends it's only natural that the kiddos follow suit. i knew this, and yet for some reason i am completely in awe at how much her little heart hurts to be apart from him. the first of many heartbreaks i'm sure, and though it kills me that every time we go somewhere these days she says "boone come too?", the ache is a little less knowing that they'll be friends for years to come... and then eventually husband and wife, but i won't get ahead of myself here.

the charlotte thanksgiving day parade

playing catch up on posts these days...

down on the farm...

this weekend our little family (and that includes our best buds. ie, extended family) loaded up with snacks and headed on out to the pumpkin patch. lemme just tell you about the wonder that was that afternoon. we got to hang with the likes of horses, cows, a rooster, some chickens, what may or may not have been quail, and one rather aloof donkey named cracker jack. it was great. it was free. and somehow none of us left with a pumpkin. too early in the season if ya ask me...  

so if you're in the charlotte, nc area i'd definitely recommend checking out Hodges Farm. it was some good family fun!

park days...

a few more pictures from this day. penny and i packed up a little dinner, met evan at his office, and walked on over to this new park downtown. we stuffed our faces and then ran around while the sun set along side us. it was basically my definition of a perfect friday night. my my how times have changed...