October 2014

October was a very busy and fun month for the Darley family!

We celebrated Nona's birthday and had a little fun with some mustaches.

We spent the weekend of October 10th in Warner Robins. That Saturday morning we went to see Skyler play football, which he got sick so he didn't end up playing. Then we went to watch Capri cheer at her football game. Caycen and GJ had a blast with their cousins!

That night, Chance and I, went to my 10 year high school reunion. It was a lot of fun. It was great seeing old friends and seeing how much everyone has changed (or hasn't! haha).

Before we headed home, we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's so they could see the kids. GJ was loving her some Grandpa and Caycen just couldn't get enough of playing with his Grandma.

The next weekend, October 19th, we had Gracie June dedicated at church. We took her on stage, at Savannah Christian Church, and told the congregation that we plan to raise our daughter in the church and teach her all about Jesus. Hopefully one day she will come to accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior. I forgot to take pictures at church, so I took a few of her on our front porch after we got home:

We had a little shower for two of my sweet friends in my small group. Sarah's baby is due in just a few weeks and Melissa's baby is due in December. We are so excited for the new babies to get here!

Caycen and Gracie June are starting to love playing together. Caycen wants his little sister to go wherever he goes! So sweet!

Caycen and Ella Kate got to go to Disney on Ice again this year! We did bring the hubbies along this time. Everyone LOVED it! They added The Lion King this year, which was Caycen's absolute favorite. My favorite was Aladdin. It's always so neat to see what they put together for the show.

 

 

I got to go to Caycen's fall festival at school this year for all of the games and everything. He hung out with Mason the entire time and they had a blast. I love seeing my baby at school.

GJ is wanting to get into everything and even try to do the things her big brother is doing.

We love Halloween pajamas!!! Thanks to Nona for picking out some cute ones!

We went to the Savannah Christian Pumpkin Patch. Caycen had a blast going around to all of the trunks and collecting candy. We even let Gracie June pick up a few dumb dumbs.

Caycen had his soccer pictures taken and ended his first soccer season. It was a lot of fun!

Then to end the month, we went trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Lee and Melissa brought Brylee over in her cute little ballerina costume.  Our family decided to do a "Monsters Inc" theme, per Caycen's request. Last month, I asked Caycen what he wanted to be for Halloween and he immediately says "Wasowski", like he'd been thinking about it for months. I was like "ok that sounds good". Then he asks "but who's gonna be Sullivan". So it turned into Daddy being Sullivan, Gracie June dressing as Boo, and I dressed as Celia. I bought Caycen's costume for like $30 at Party City (his first store bought Halloween costume), but couldn't find a costume for GJ or Chance for less than $100, and couldn't find a Celia costume period. So the rest of our costumes we made. We probably spent a total of about $25 for the rest of our costumes together! $15 of that was a purple puffy jacket from Walmart for GJs costume. Pretty cheap for 4 costumes!!!

We had fun trick-or-treating. We went down our street and back and called it quits. The kids did soooo good too! GJ even carried her little bag up to the people handing out candy. After we were done, we went back to the house, the kids played, and we ate some barbecue. It was a great night!!!

October was such a fun month for us!

Words to Remember

A few days ago, Caycen and Gracie June were playing. Gracie June starts saying "bu bu, bu bu" and Caycen goes "I'm right here Gracie June, your bubu is right here". I started laughing and said "who's bubu Caycen?" and he says "me, Caycen, I'm Gracie June's bubu".

We were sitting at the dinner table and I had just given Caycen some ketchup to go with his fries. He said he was done eating and I said "no, you need to eat your nuggets and fries. You've barely eaten anything". Chance says "you wanted that ketchup and you made us put it on your plate… you made us Caycen".  Caycen goes "no I didn't, God did."
hahaha!!! great comeback!!!! Caycen's been learning how "God made everything" and he was definitely confused when Chance said "you made us".


Gracie June is starting to hand us everything and it sounds like she's trying to say "thank you"… you wouldn't be able to understand her, but we say it all the time and she's definitely trying to mock us. It's so cute!

GJ's 15 Month Stats

Geez time slow down!!! Gracie June is already 15 Months old!!!!! Here are her stats from her check-up:

Weight 22 lbs 12 oz (71%)

Height: 29 1/2 inches (16.6 %)

Head circumference: 46 1/4 cm (66%)

Growing like a weed is exhausting!!!

September Update

This month has been a lot of fun.

Chance went on a big elk hunting trip with Papa Ray, to Chama, New Mexico. On his trip he shot an 800 lb elk. He said it was the trip of a lifetime.

Caycen had his first soccer game this month. His team was so cute! Of course, every time an airplane went by the kids completely stopped, pointed to the sky, and yelled "Airplane! Airplane!" over and over. Caycen played goalie for most of the game, but decided he wanted to score later in the game and did pretty good kicking the ball. Caycen's team only scored one goal and the other team scored at least 5. 

Gracie June started walking this month! She started walking at one of Caycen's soccer practices and decided she just wanted to keep trying. By the end of the week. She was walking everywhere. Now there's no stopping her.

The kids also had pictures this month at school. I will upload the real school pics when they come home. Here are a few pics of Caycen on picture day (I couldn't get any of GJ):

We decorated for Halloween:

GJ got a jacket that is a little too big (better than the one that was too small) and I monogrammed it:

GJ loaded her friends up on a fire truck and pushed them around a while:

Caycen had fun with friends:

September was a lot of fun! And we have a very BUSY month coming up next month!!!

August Update

This last month has been lots of fun and we've had a lot of adjusting to do with our new schedule. I started back work at the beginning of August and the kids went back to daycare. They bit got some sweet teachers so we are very excited.

This was the only pic I could get of GJ on her first day back to daycare. 

Only a week at daycare and GJ decided she could stand all by herself and has even been pushing up to stand in the middle of the floor.

Caycen started soccer this month and he's loving it. They've only had practice so far and will have their first game in September. 

We found a turtle in the garden

Gracie June is loving her coupe and wants to climb in an out all the time.

GJ is not liking waking up early for school... This is what she looks like in the mornings:

But she's still sweet even when she wants to sleep!

And my babies have been so so so sweet to each other. I guess Caycen misses his sister during the day :)

Chance, Caycen, and I all took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge this past month, which Caycen absolutely loved doing! I'm so happy that we got to be part of a great cause. You can check out our videos on our youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/amydarley/videos?sort=dd&shelf_id=1&view=0

Caycen's video isn't on youtube yet, but it is on our Facebook page:
Caycen's video

Gracie June starting putting her hands together to pray this month. She even tries to say "Amen". It's soooo stinkin' cute! You can watch her video on our youtube page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJE15VoArvk&list=UU1uc-N9i_rbD2yB4Sr6X2Mw

This past month was so much fun! I just love my little family!!! :)