Happy Halloween!

Tonight was a great night! Grammy and Pops came to see the kids and Jeremy, Holly, and Luke came over to trick or treat with us. We had dinner together and then we loaded the kids up and headed to the fall festival in our neighborhood. Then we walked around for a while from house to house. David had a blast! He loved going into the garages that were really decked out. He only acted scared once. He just ran around carrying his treat bag and saying "tri-tree" (trick or treat). Several people had a fit over their pebbles and bam bam ensemble as well. As long as Alex had a sucker in her mouth she was content to go wherever we wanted! When we got home and my mom was getting her ready for bed we realized she was covered in black fuzzies from her shirt because she was SO sticky. Hopefully my children will not wake up with sugar hangovers...
After the trick or treating we all came back to the house and ate candied apples on the deck and watched the kids run around and play. Then we sat around the fire pit talking for a while until everyone had to go home. Just a great time all the way around!
On a completely different note... David has started using the big boy potty! He acted like he wanted to use the kiddie potty at the Hanks last night so I let him and he actually used it. Then today I asked him if he wanted to go tee tee in the potty and he got up and went to the bathroom and then he went! He did this 3 times today! I had no idea he was so ready to start potty training but I am so proud of him!
I hope everyone had a great Halloween and I will end with fun pics from the night.

Layers of candy and chocolate all over his face


Relaxing with Pops


yummy candy!


Note the sucker in her mouth...


sucker in hand...




Another sucker...


Jeremy found a friend!


Grammy figured someone should be using the wagon...


Cute family pic!


another sucker in her mouth!


Anxiously awaiting her first sucker of the evening..

Sweet little Luke Skywalker!

Pumpkin patch (second try), trunk of treats, and stuff in between

In hopes that I will lose the rest of my baby weight, I have started walking with Sarah. We load the kiddos up in our matching strollers (except mine is double and hers is a single) and we head out. So far it is working out great, I get exercise and social time!
We didn't get very good pictures the first time we went to the pumpkin patch, so we went back on a weekday morning when it was a LOT less crowded. We ended up with some really cute pictures this time and the kids had a blast! Alex LOVES bounce houses. David likes them too but Alex just laughs and smiles the whole time she is in one and she has no fear! I ran into a friend from school (Ashley Hall) while I was there that I haven't talked to in probably 6 years. She and her husband have adopted 5 kids and plan to adopt more in the future. It was really neat talking to her about how they got the kids and everything. I would love to adopt too so she turned me to several places to start researching and praying over.
I went to Laura's for some more bow making. I didn't get home until 1:15am. I spent most of my time making a butterfly clip that I don't even like very much! Oh well, now I know how to do it so I can make a cuter one and this time it should go faster.
Grandma came to stay with us for a couple of days so we could make the kids Halloween costumes and to spend time with us before she left for Europe. David is Bam-Bam and Alex is Pebbles for halloween and their costumes turned out really cute! Thankfully Peggy was here because David and I both got sick so she took care of us, made two costumes, made the casseroles and dessert for our small group, and got all of my laundry done. I don't know what I would have done without her!
Saturday I went to Grapevine to go to Canton in the City and shop the cute stores on Main st. I realize I am a sucker for boutique clothing for Alex. I can't afford it, so she doesn't get any of it, but I love it all!! So I have decided i have to learn how to sew because I want to make little girl clothes!!
Then we went to Trunk of Treats on Saturday night at our church. It was fun watching David do some of the games this year but he mostly wanted to just run around in the parking lot. We left early because Jon and Peggy both started feeling sick. They both ended up with what David and I had.
So Grammy and Pops took care of David on Sunday and I took Alex with me to help Grandma get packed so she wouldn't have to worry about it while she was sick. Then we came back and took care of Daddy (he was really sick, poor thing!).
Everyone is better now and I have been changing sheets and lysoling everything this morning in hopes that Alex will not catch it.
I have lots of pictures from the week so I will let you get to the good stuff. Blessings!!

David's Pics

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Birthdays and other stuff

We went to Plano for the weekend to celebrate Phillip and Nana's birthdays. We had a lot of fun and ate great food! While we were there we had David's pictures taken and they turned out really cute despite how awful it was trying to get a good shot of him. He will not just stand or sit where you put him. He moves almost as soon as you let go of him. It was a workout for Peggy and me just to keep him in front of the camera, much less looking straight ahead and smiling! But it was worth it because he is so cute. (I will have to post these pics later bc I forgot the cd in plano)

Alex ran fever from Monday till Friday. We went to the dr. and she was tested for the flu and a uti but she was fine, so it was just a virus. Most of the time she acted just fine and happy but when the fever would spike she would look at you with these sad droopy eyes and I would have to scoop her up and hold her just so my heart didn't break! She looked awful! She is all better now though, and has started talking up a storm in her own little language the way David used to do.

David started saying the names of everyone this weekend. He said Andrew and Katie the clearest but he attempted Jennifer and it was pretty funny. He calls Grandma, Ma and he calls Grandpa, Ampa. He calls Jon, Daddy but I am still Eri most of the time. He never even tries to say Alex. He calls my dad, Pops pretty clearly but he hasn't said anyone else so far.

I can't believe this but I didn't take any pictures this week. So I will post David's pics later this week.

Blessings!

A Quick Week...

I can't believe another week has come and gone. We were pretty busy so I guess that is why it flew by.
The kids and I went to Laura's on Tuesday. We had a bow making day and it was lots of fun! The kids napped and then played together the rest of the afternoon. (well, Alex hung out at the bow table screaming a lot) We wanted to keep making bows all evening too but we had to shut down and feed the families. Here is a cute picture of the boys watching tv together.



Peggy came over for a couple of days and while she was here Jon and I went to see Fireproof. We loved it! The movie really reminds you of your purpose as a spouse but it is also just really sweet (and funny)! I think everyone should go see it.
Friday night was girls night at Karen's. We had pizza, watched a movie, and talked a lot! It was fabulous. The only thing that would have made the night better was if Karen had just bought enough pizza!
On Saturday, we met Grandma and Grandpa at the Pumpkin Patch in Flower Mound. We planned to get there early so we could beat the crowd but we only beat it by 15 minutes. So it was hot and crowded and David and Alex wanted nothing to do with posing for pictures. It was not the best experience but breakfast made up for it! We went to Weck's and the kids were really cute. As long as Grandpa kept feeding Alex she was content and David just colored the whole time. These are the best pics I was able to get. Hopefully we can get better ones when we go back on a week day morning!





After we got home from the pumpkin patch, Grammy and Pops came to visit for a little while and I got to take a nap :) and finish putting up my fall decorations.
Then Sunday we went to church and then to Canon's first birthday party. He was super messy with cake from head to toe! The party was fun and we had the best cupcakes I have ever seen in my whole entire life ;). When Matt and Karen got there they had Jack in his wagon so we put Alex in there with him and Matt just walked them around. I took pictures because Karen says we have to document their times together for when they get married since they met in the hospital. (Karen was across the hall from me in labor and delivery and Jack and Alex are only 5 hours apart.) Here are a couple of the shots I got of them in the wagon. Alex had ripped the bows out of hair in the second picture.





I am going to post a few more pics from the week and sign off. Blessings!





We forgot where the Mr. Potato Head pieces were supposed to go...