To Mrs. Brandon McCreedy with LOVE...

Dear Mrs.Brandon McCreedy...

I wanted to thank you for all the sweet reminders that I have received on my facebook the past few weeks. It's nice to know that someone was missing my blog and looking forward to it. I hope that this lengthy post brings a smile to your face and catches you up on the past month that I have been a blog slacker. You are an amazing gal and I can't wait to meet you in person someday... hopefully soon!!!

Love Mrs. Brandon Bing

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Hello all my blogger friends I am back after a very lengthy break from blogging... I only updated once in September which is not acceptable at all. To defend myself I must say that I was sick for THREE weeks, yes, that's right THREE weeks. It began with fever and chills and then turned into tiredness and a cold and then finally it ended with strep throat which was not pleasant, and made me stay inside for 48 hours and 10 days of antibiotics. I must report that I'm doing much better and plan to be a blogger again.

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I want to be a better blogger, one who updates through out the week with short little posts with pictures. I love everyone's little posts, but I tend to always do the lengthy posts. This is my new goal, and would appreciate any reminders. The only long post that will come will be a Disney update because I haven't even shared that experience with you all! So here is a recap of September 2009 (and a little August too!)

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When we got back from Disney we celebrated Dad's birthday with the family, it was great to see everyone since we'd been away and we were able to give the kiddies their gifts. Miss G was like another child, she was talking so much more... which is super adorable. We had some delicious cake and spent some time together.

Pops with kiddies... he needed the extra help with his candles...

Keah was happy to have mike back... Laura was just happy!

Me and Mr.Chubs Cooper... isn't he a babe!

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September also brought with it Sarah's 7th birthday... she is such a quiet and sweet little girl who was excited to celebrate and couldn't wait to open presents and have cake. She got some beautiful new dresses were on the top of her list, she was quite excited. I can't believe she is seven already, she is growing up so quick and we LOVE her so much!!

I can understand why the chicks dig him!!! That drool what a babe magnet!

This kid just cracks me up!

Me and The Birthday Girl, seven years together!!

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In the midst of all my illness I went to a Bachelorette party for my friend Nicole. We have known each other since grade primary, and she was getting married two days later here in Halifax. Her and her now husband live out west so it was nice to have them home. It was fun eating food and playing funny games with the girls. Not being a drinker, and having school the next day I headed out early but I had a nice time. Here is a group of all the ladies... we are pro's at taking pictures using the timer!

Here are all the gals, ranging from Halifax, to Calgary, to Kansas, to New York

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Nicole and Matt got married! That was the same day I figured out myself that I had strep throat, although I didn't get to the doctor until Monday! Anyway the wedding was really nice, I have not been to a church wedding in a longtime, it was cool to see one of my closest friends walk down the isle, she looked amazing, the dress was WOW! Brandon and I headed down to the water front with everyone to snap some pictures. I was an honorary bridesmaid, she had seven brides maids and then 5 honorary brides maids, we wore read and the others wore turquoise. The reception was a lot of fun, it was wonderful to hangout with all my girls and their special people. I was proud of myself, I made it through the whole day not tearing up, and then she danced with her grandfather to "I loved her first" and the tears came it was so sweet seeing her dance with poppy!

Mr.&Mrs. Blades.... so happy for them!

The honorary bridesmaids (thanks Naomi for lending me the dress) Lindsay, Emily, Denise, Kaitlyn and myself with the bride Nicole!

These are my survivor girls... I love them so much, Laura, Denise, Natalie, Me and Kerry with Nicole in the front row... it was a wonderful day... Laura is up next to be married!

The beautiful bride showing off her rings... we have the same wedding band!

Me and my sweetie at the reception, he was such a trooper that day... I was so bummed all I wanted to do was slow dance with him, but he had to leave for work before they played a song!

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We're into OCTOBER now!

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Miss Karington turned ONE... and I was able to go over and celebrate her special day. There were loads of friends, amazing decorations, and oh so many cupcakes-YUM! The birthday girl looked super cute and girlie and had a blast with her cake! It was a wonderful night and I CANNOT believe it's been a year already, I feel like it was yesterday that Phil called me in the middle of the night to let me know she had arrived! I'm looking forward to seeing how much she grows this next year!

Seriously I loved the tutu!

This was the end result of the birthday cake

Karington and Mum...even after a bath she still had a slight layer of sugar on her!

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My nanny turned 80 this past week... I can't even believe she is 80... wow! So the whole family headed over to her place to celebrate which was nice because we don't get there enough to visit with her. It was a fun night, we ordered Chinese food, which seemed weird to me, I just didn't picture Nanny with Chinese food, but she loved it. We had cake... super store which is the BEST and took some fun pictures! It was wonderful, I love my family so much, especially goofy Laura who makes us take funny family pictures, she brings a lot of fun to our crazy family!

Seriously this is a face anyone would love... I think this is why Jeremy likes her!

My Nanny with some of her grandkids and grandkids-in-law

Holly (my cousin Bruce's wife), Mike, Nanny, Kathy, Laura, Keah, Me and Brandon)

I love my family and this cheese ball picture... Laura has such wonderful ideas!

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I forgot to mention that I did three weeks of practice teaching and I LOVE it... I'm at a school in Dartmouth doing grade three and my teacher is awesome. The kids are super cute and I'm learning loads. Right now I'm back in classes at the Mount and am trying to get back in the swing of things... they are loading on the work! Today I meant to be more school productive but the four day weekend took me over and I didn't get much done, but oh well what can one do!

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The kiddies came over... there will be pictures... hopefully they sleep tonight... uncle brandon decided to go out and buy a scary Mike Myers mask and scare them... Jessica was a little scared but tried the mask on after... Sarah was crying under a blanket before he even entered the room, jake ran and hid in the corner and cried and Georgia was confused and fine at first but then saw everyone else freak out that she got scared, Cooper had no clue what was going on. So he got a big lecture from me! Sorry Kathy and Jeff... but it was kinda funny!

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This weekend is Thanksgiving and I'm SUPER excited- O'Hearon Family dinner Sunday, Bing Family Dinner on Monday!!! Let the eating begin... and can I just say, tomorrow is my first Sunday without Nursery, I don't even know what to do with myself!

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Hope you enjoyed the massive update Jennifer- you ROCK!