The Baird family: October 2010

So I just realized it's been over a month since I posted!! Time sure has flown by. Here's some updates on the Baird clan:
**I'm still working on my Master's and doing pretty well! Not like my first year in college a decade ago, but we don't need to hear any of those details...Being Math Department head has been keeping me busy as well, but this school year is the best start I've had in my last 6 years of teaching! I hope it continues to go well.
**Allison is growing like a weed. She's starting to count, but can only manage "8, 9, 10" without any coaching from us. She repeats EVERYTHING we say and do, which has made me acknowledge some of my mannerisms and quirks. She is the light of our lives...such a cutie!!
**Greg is still working hard at the same Engineering firm and is slowly moving up the corporate ladder. He can't wait for Fall to officially be here in Texas because that mean the grass won't grow as fast. Our riding lawn mower has been in the shop for a couple months now (it's hard to track down parts for a 20+ year old mower), so he's had to do it all with a pushmower.
**We still love our house (we've been here 10 months now!!) and I can't wait to decorate for Christmas!
**We still have 2 mortgages :( but have found a renter for the condo who, cross your fingers, will move in next week!! That will be a big weight off our shoulders!! I'm never selling a house ever ever ever again. We will live in this house until we're old and will probably be buried in the backyard (unless there's a state lawa against that...hmmm...).

Some pics of our recent visit to Pappy's Pumpkin Patch
Allison and Maya playing