Halloween Fun

Cute Connor the Octopus

Adorable Mickey with Parker inside. I'm sad I didn't get one with him and Hunter as Donald Duck!

Note the scowl on Max's face. He is getting quite good at making faces.

To infinity and beyond! This was the favorite activity of the evening by far!

Yummy Mac and Cheese dinner!

Last night we had a couple of friends come over for dinner and a Halloween FHE lesson. Thanks to Siri and Brooke for the delicious soup and Sarah for the yummy bread sticks!
It was a great night and I loved seeing all the little kids in their costumes. Max sure went crazy playing with all of his friends and showing off his Buzz costume to anyone within earshot. He sure has become quite the showoff! They were all so cute, though, and I'm so sad I didn't get more pictures!
By the way, I'm still so sorry that a certain Shark kept getting beat on. It was just too scary of a costume, I guess! I hope he isn't traumatized!

Helping mom

Max was a HUGE help to me tonight while I made some Halloween cookies.
Here he is rolling out the dough...


Here he is helping with the clean-up....


About halfway through making the cookies, he discovered he liked eating the dough. The recipe said it made about 3 dozen cookies but we only managed about 2 dozen. I wonder why...

Ready for baby sister

Yesterday I got out our infant car seat to readjust, clean up, etc. and while it was out, Max decided he wanted to eat lunch in it. Whatever works, right?
I have been talking to him a lot about his little sister and I think he's really getting anxious for her. When we heard Morgan pull up after work, I said to him "Guess who's here?" And he said "My baby sister?" He was a little disappointed dad had come home alone. We're getting pretty excited around here!

Thanks, Auntie Jenn!

Auntie Jenn sent me the CUTEST cross stitch for my nursery and I finished the frame and put it up tonight. It is stinkin' adorable! Thanks, Jenn, for being so thoughtful!

Morgan's project

Here are a few pictures of our yet-to-be-finished nursery. Morgan has done an amazing job, he's so cute about getting it fixed up. I had totally forgotten that he decorated Max's nursery, too, while we were living in Utah. As you can tell (and if you've seen Max's room) we love the surf/aloha theme. Her bedding is so sweet, just cute patchwork with some island trees/flowers for the sheets. Morgan made the cute ALOHA sign that's on the shelf (which he also got starfish and sand dollars to put on) and he repainted the jewelry box that is on the hutch as well. It was my mom's old jewelry box and Morgan painted little pink Hibiscus flowers on it. On the wall with the shelves is the ribbon board I made that's for pictures and bows. There are a couple of changes I'm planning on making, once I get a certain ADORABLE stitch my talented sister made, but mostly it's set up.
There is a lot of extra wall space which I think we'll use up once we've figured out a name. Morgan is super crafty, I'm sure he'll do something really cute. With just a few weeks to go, I have to say I think we are mostly ready. Thanks, babe, for all that you've done!

My little Hercules

He likes to sing "Go the Distance" while riding Pegasus (dad) and wearing one of my headbands. And of course, waving his sword. I love this age!

Weekend Update

-Boys after our long walk, just as conference started, of course asleep-

The past week has been quite a nice one. Morgan has a very relaxed rotation and is home most days by noon which Max has really loved. I've been in quite a frenzy reorganizing, deep cleaning and finishing up projects before having the baby. Having him around to entertain Max (and make dinner and run errands) has been awesome.


Sometime this week we discovered that we had some renters move in while we were gone. As I was locking doors and getting ready for bed, I noticed a Gecko running around the ceilings. I was freaked, but still really wanted to wake Max up and show him. Lucky for me the stinkin' thing came back the next night, in time to get Max all hyped up before bed. Max did love seeing the thing, though, and we've since seen several (or the same one) on a few more occasions. We've named them Carl, Lenny, and Homer. Morgan won't chase them out because he says they eat the crickets. And since I have never seen a cricket in our house, I guess I believe him?!

I did have a doctor appt. this week and things are looking good. This pregnancy seems to drag compared to Max's and I find myself thinking of things to do to keep myself busy. We take lots of walks and do lots of crafts, that's for sure. And there is always the nursery. Luckily for me, Morgan has taken on that project and is making it perfect. I think it's going to fit her little personality just right. He is so excited to have a little girl and I can't wait to see him with her. She'll be spoiled rotten.
Oh, then there was the treadmill incident this week. Max learned how to pull out the stopper that kept the treadmill upright and it fell right on his arm. It was so scary and we were so lucky that it didn't do worse than it did. I swear, the past few months he has had more bumps, bruises, and cuts than his whole life. He is really becoming a little boy!


Funny thing happened to us this afternoon. In between conference sessions we went on a REALLY long walk with Max (looking for pine cones and kitty cats, thank you Auntie Jenn) and ended up at the park. There was a sweet little blonde girl there (about Max's age) who walked right up to me and said "Where's your baby?" I showed her where Max was struggling to climb the slide and she went over to him and declared "He is stinkin' cute!" When Morgan heard that, I could just see his face soften and I knew what he was thinking. He is going to be the cutest dad to this little girl. You should see the stuff he's stockpiling for her. I think my friend Siri is right when she says Morgan is probably more excited to have a girl to dress than I am!