Trick or Treat!

Nicholas's second Halloween was definitely more exciting than his first! (Mostly because he didn't sleep through the whole thing this year.) He was dressed as a parrot, and Todd was a pirate, so he carried Nicholas on his shoulder. They looked absolutely adorable!

We went trick-or-treating at Nicholas's grandparents' houses, Auntie Gail's, where he met up with his cousins Jenna and Jacob, and his neighbor's house, aka "Little G's" house. Although he didn't eat any candy, he had fun playing with it while it was still in the wrapper.

We tried to keep him up late tonight to make up for the time change, but he didn't make it very long! He was one pooped pup. Hopefully we won't be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning.

I say this every year at school when I'm changing the decorations in my classroom. I can't believe it's time to say it already! "Goodbye pumpkins and hello turkeys!" Thanksgiving is right around the corner!

Look Mom... No Hands!

So... I think we're there. The monkey is walking! Check it out! It's not the best video, but he's tough to catch on film these days. He's so quick!

And this picture was just too hilarious not to post. Todd wanted to save it for a future girlfriend - to embarass the heck out of him, but I just couldn't resist.

Looking forward to seeing the little guy in his costume tomorrow. Will post some pictures as soon as I can. Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday, Nicholas!

It only took a week... but here they are - birthday pictures! Things have been so crazy around here. And to top it off, Nicholas woke up Monday morning with a terrible cough, which was later diagnosed as a double ear infection. Apparently the little dude partied just a little too hard! Not bad, though. This is the first time he's been sick. Preemie shreemie!!!

The party was so great. What a lucky kid to have so many people that love him. And, we were able to raise over $600.00 for The March of Dimes. I can't think of a better way to celebrate our little guy making it to 1 year as a strong, happy, healthy boy. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful gifts and donations. We are so touched and humbled by everyone's generosity.

On a completely different note - the addition is coming along fantastically! Lots of changes lately. I'll try to post an update soon.

Fall Family Fun

Today we spent a beautiful Fall day with Nicholas's Auntie Shianne, Uncle Tim and four cousins, Cody, Tyler, Kristi, and Cassie. We went out to lunch and then went pumpkin picking at Lyman Orchards. I mean, this was the real deal! This was no patch of dirt where some farmer had laid out a bunch of pumpkins for us to pick from. These puppies were still growing on the vine! It took us a while, but we all found our perfect pumpkins.

The deal was that the kids had to be able to carry their own pumpkins to the car. Well, Tyler won the prize hands down for the biggest pumpkin - 49 pounds! You should have seen this kid trying to drag this thing to the road. It was hilarious! In the end, he needed a little help, but he got it home. Todd says it was about 40 pounds of stem, and 9 pounds of pumpkin - tee hee!!

It was such a beautiful day - much hotter than we were expecting! Nicholas loved the pumpkin patch. Kristi picked him a white pumpkin, which he proceeded to lick - yuck! Everything is going in the mouth lately, though. The teeth are coming in fast and furious now - we're at 4 and counting. 1 on the bottom, and 3 on the top. And only 2 of them are the front teeth. That's my boy! He likes to do things his own way for sure.

We're doing well on the addition - this should be a big week. We're expecting windows on Tuesday, and for most of the framing to be done by the end of the week. We're certainly keeping our fingers crossed! After the framing, the mess will move indoors - oh joy!