Girls Just Wanna Have Fun..

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday, we went to the Pumpkin Patch with Holly and her kids. I've been wanting to go, since last year was such a hit. Sadly, we went on Friday..and no one was there to run the train. We still had fun watching the kids play on the train and go through the corn maze.



Addy and Peter


In order to get her to smile for the camera, I say, "Show me your teeth!"


Daddy's boy


corn maze


Parker, Noah and Addy

Halloween Gingerbread Disaster

We bought the Halloween Gingerbread kit at Walmart, because it was so cute and we knew Addy would have so much more fun than the Christmas one we got last year. Well, it was fun and it was hard to keep Addy from eating all the candy....but it didn't hold together at all. I gave up trying to keep it all together and just let it fall, then dumped frosting all over and threw the candy on top. Chris and I both don't like Halloween, but this was a fun activity we could do as a family:)





"uh-oh, Mommmy!!" (the roof fell)




The Gingerbread dump

Grandma's Birthday!

Oct 12, my beautiful mom celebrated her 56th Birthday. I have no idea what I'd do without her..and the thought of possibly having to move in 6 months for Chris's internship just freaks me out right now. We're so spoiled to live close to both of our parents, and they do so much for us - I just really don't want to move right now. Anyway, my Dad was out on a trip on her birthday..so we tried to make it a fun day for her. Before she left work, Addy and I surprised her with balloons...sadly I didn't have my camera. Then we had her come into our place for dinner and cake/ice-cream that evening.


I hope I look this amazing at 56!


Holly and her boys came up to celebrate with us






Happy Birthday!!We love you Mom!!

Can't get enough of these two...

Big thanks to my best friend Lindy for taking these at my parent's house this past weekend. We wanted some pics of the kids in the leaves while it's still nice out! I LOVE THEM!!

Our brown-eyed beauty....


and blue-eyed cutie..






Telling Mason a secret..


oh those dimples...






eskimo kisses:)

Buddies

I know some people are going to think we're horrible because Addy has a binky, and she's 2..but yes, we still let her have one to sleep at night. That's the only time she uses it. Our goal was to have it gone before Mason was born, but that didn't happen, and now we barely get any sleep because of Mason..so it's being put off. Anyway, this video is a daily occurrence of these two at bedtime. I love how they make each other laugh.

Twinkle Twinkle

She always gets camera shy when I turn the camera on to record her...so this is the best I could get of her singing one of her favorite songs. She usually runs around the house belting out her favorite songs:)

Mason..(aka Tank)

Seriously?? My little baby will be 6 months old this month?!??! He has started so many things this past month. He loves his baby food...this boy was born to eat. He rarely spits it out, he's a natural when it comes to keeping the food in his mouth. His favorite fruits are Pears and Applesauce...favorite veggies are Beans and Squash. He sits up on his own for about 5 minutes, then tips over. He is now taking after his sister and rolling across the floor to get what he wants. The second you lay him on the floor, he rolls immediately to his stomach. So hopefully he'll start crawling soon. He gets his butt in the floor and can inch forward on his knees, but he hasn't figured out what his arms are for yet. He picks most toys up with his feet and brings them to his mouth. He's a great napper, always takes 3 naps each day..most nights he goes to bed at 7:30, I have to give him his binky once and a bottle usually around 5:30-6 and he's back to sleep till around 8. But he still has his nights when he's up a lot more. He's been having a really hard time teething since he was 4 1/2 months old...and has always had a hard time digesting his food since he was born. He spits up a ton, and has bad gas sometimes. His cries sometimes are so sad, and it's so frustrating not being able to cure these things. (yes, I've tried Mylicon drops, etc...the Dr just says he'll grow out of it) But for the most part he's a very happy, chill baby. Loves to be held, tickled, swaddled, loves his baths and jumping in his doorway jumper. He is slimming down!!! He doesn't get stuck in his bumbo anymore!! For those of you who don't know..he's been a very chunky baby, but he hides it well...all his weight is in his adorable, delicious thighs. He weighed 18lbs at his 4 month..but he's on the move now, so he'll slow down:) Here's some pics of our cute dimply, blue-eyed boy.