Happy Halloween, my friends!

Hooray for Trick-or-Treat!! (And hooray for getting the day right this year. Unlike my big fail last Halloween, if you remember....)

And this year, since we still had the baby pumpkin costume, I just dressed all the boys up like pumpkins. Holden wanted a mean/scary face and he thought Bridger should be the happy face. And without a sewing machine, I will admit, it took me an embarrassingly long time to make these fairly simple costumes.

But once they were all put together and everyone was dressed - well, I must say we had ourselves a pretty stinkin' adorable little "patch" of pun'kins :)

And they did so great Trick-or-Treating! No tears, no screaming (I'm looking at you, Bridger Dean), and Holden even got over his little shy spurt and went up to get the candy! And the smallest pumpkin just slept in the carrier the whole time, so that was pretty convenient, too :)

All in all, a fun time. And now what to do with all this candy.... We're gonna be suger-buzzed for weeks over here.

Happy Halloween!

Getting ready.

And playing with the singing skeleton while Graham got dressed...

And ta-da! Our 3 little Pumpkins! So cute.

And me with my sweet boys

Oh how these Pumpkins love their Mimi ♥







Bridger: Pun'kin Head

The riders are ready! We're off!

And Baby Pumpkin is already asleep :)

First stop!

Going up with Daddy

Cutest Pumpkin bottom ever.

Getting some candy from another one of Mimi's nice neighbors

So big.

Going to get some candy with Mimi

Daddy and his wagon full of pumpkins

We didn't officially dress up, but I just realized with the plaid shirt and the beard Jared may as well have gone as a Lumberjack :)

Relaxing on their wagon ride. They were starting to get pretty tired by the end.

Happy little Trick-or-Treater with a bag full of candy!

Momma, Daddy, and The Pumpkin Patch ♥

Two Months Ago...

So, now who threw the clock out the window THIS time? Oh how time flies.

Baby Graham is already 2 months old today! Wow.

He smiles and coos now a lot. And sometimes I even get a little gurgle/giggle.

He loves naked, bath time. And having his diaper changed.

He loves being outside and going for walks in his carrier.

He is a good eater (haven't had to supplement with any formula yet!) and a pretty consistent sleeper (generally 3-4 hours stretches at night still).

Honestly, he's a pretty good baby. I mean, sure he cries, but it's almost always just for a simple reason and then he's a happy camper again. And so far we don't seem to have any issues with days and nights mixed up or allergies or sensitivity or "colic" or anything - so for that, I'm one thankful Momma. ♥

And without further ado... here are a few pictures of this beautiful baby from this morning:

Sweet Baby

Looking for Mommy

And there's a little smile!

.... and a little more.....

... and Happy Boy!

As Daddy always says, he's just "growing like a weed."

Happy Birthday, Mimi!

Mom's birthday was last week, so when we got together for Sunday dinner yesterday, we celebrated!

As requested... Mimi and Baby Graham♥
(Here ya go, Joss :))

Opening her gifts

The Birthday Girl

A few of the handsome party guests ;)

Holden helping her open the little birdhouse we got her

And Mimi with all of her Ohio Grandbabies
(I'm looking at you, Megan.)

And then we all got down and went back into the kitchen... and heard a scream from Bridger.
No one helped him down and he was stuck.
Just sitting there waiting for someone to remember him.
Oh, middle child.



Happy Birthday, Mimi! We love you.♥

Just for Grandma

Grandma bought these cute coordinating outfits for Bridger and Graham this summer for their birthdays. And Graham has just about outgrown his, so I thought we better get a picture quick before he does.






Bridger's shirt says "Smart like Daddy" and Graham wasn't totally feeling the photo shoot... but I think it's still pretty darn cute. Handsome big brother Holden did great holding him. :)

Thank you, Grandma! ♥

It Starts.

I mean... they're boys. And they're practically the same size now. So I knew it was coming.


They've started wrestling.


And just generally playing more physically.


Rough-housing, anyone?

Bridger still doesn't understand the whole point. He just lays down and lets Holden tackle him.

And tackle him, he does.

And now this is their new thing. Dragging Bridger across the room.

And he loves it.

... until big brother "traps" him in somewhere - which happens at least 8 times a day.

And is immediately followed by a short, very piercing, scream.

And a quick moving, guilty Holden.

And so it begins.....

Warm Sunshine and Crunchy Leaves

We are weather people at this house.

It's not always that bad weather brings a bad day, but over here, it is almost always true the other way around.

It's just hard not to have a good day when it's beautiful outside.

So yesterday afternoon, I strapped Graham on, and we all went outside to play in the crunchy leaves and warm sun for a bit.

Running around in the leaves

Holden and his dog
(And just in case I forget, he tells me all the time, "That's my dog, Mommy. Indy's my dog." :))

Climbin'

Silly boys. But oh how they love being outside.

Giggling :)

Can't quite reach

Jump!

Handsome Holden

Would not smile for me. Stinkpot.

Daddy's home!
(I think Bridger's still trying to figure out the beard.)