Dallas

4th year of medical school is full of rotations-some at home and some away.  In October/November, Matt had a rotation in Dallas, which followed a rotation in Virginia.  We weren't about to be without our Matt for two whole rotations, so we went to Dallas with him.  We're glad we did, because we had a dandy of a time while Matt was in Virginia and we needed another parent to care for children.  Badly.  

Graham turns 2!

We can hardly believe that this little teeny baby is already two.  I don't know where the time went because it seems like we just barley brought him home from the hospital.  This year for Graham's birthday we just stayed home and celebrated with the four of us.  It was perfect, and we think Graham had a pretty good day.  Graham is such a sweet little boy.  He's super curious, very happy, and so fun.  We're so blessed to have him in our family, and are so grateful for his little spirit.  We love you, Graham!  Happy birthday!

Graham takes pictures

Graham has recently learned how to take pictures.  He takes them on our phones and most recently got ahold of the camera and snapped a few shots.  These are some of the pictures he took, which gives us some insight into the point of view of a two-year-old.  My favorite thing about some of these pictures is the little feet that appear in many of them.

buddy walk

Our little buddy, Clara, had a very special day in September.  We all joined her for the Walk for Down Syndrome and we had so much fun!

ice cream truck

Graham gets really excited when he hears certain things outside of our house.  #1: the garbage and recycling trucks.  He loves these most of all.  We must drop whatever we are doing and rush outside to see the truck pick up the "stinky" garbage, and we must do so every time, and for both sides of the street.  The garbage and recycling men must think we're nuts.  #2: ambulances and fire trucks.  "weeooo weeooo weeooo"  and #3: the ice cream truck.  This particular ice cream truck has driven by our house at about 5:00 every afternoon every day for the last 3 and a half years.  It has also played the same song for the last 3 and a half years.  Needless to say, when we hear the little song (and, by the way, Graham hears it well before any of us do) we have to run and find the truck.  We don't always buy ice cream, though, which is probably really annoying to the lady driving the truck, having us run outside to just watch her drive by.  One day, however, we decided to let Graham see what the ice cream truck was all about.  Matt flagged down the truck and got Graham an ice cream. 

little dr. serafine

Graham is a little doctor.  His elephant had an owie.  One day, the string in the elephant's tail came loose so it wouldn't play it's little song anymore.  I told Graham his elephant had an owie and that we needed to fix him.  I picked open a seam, tied a knot in the string to take care of the excess slack, and sewed him back up.  Once he was done with his little surgery, this is what Graham did with his elephant.

Mr. Serafine goes to Washington

While Matt was doing his rotation in Virginia, he had a day off and decided to take advantage of his location.  He headed up to Washington, D.C. for a day and saw as many touristy things he could fit into an afternoon.

pumpkin patch

A few weekends ago the weather was nice and chilly, just like fall should be, and we made our way to a local pumpkin patch.  It was super cute and Graham loved every minute of it.  Mason slept the whole time, but woke up right at the end so we could snap this cute picture of both the boys.  Graham is super silly.  He doesn't like Mason touching him, as you can see here.