Make a Smilebox photobook

Halloween

The kids were SO excited to put on their costumes tonight!  Ethan was a dragon, Jett was a pirate and Hudson was a banana.  Jett even let me paint his face!  They had so much fun at the Trunk or Treat at our church, but we weren't there very long before Ethan said he wanted to go home and eat candy.  Jett didn't quite understand the concept of putting the candy in your trick or treat bag, he wanted to eat everything that was handed to him.  Needless to say, we had several "episodes" over not getting to eat everything at one time!  :)  Hudson was a great banana, he just enjoyed being held and eventually fell asleep in Grammy's arms at the end.  It was a wonderful experience with the boys and we got a lot of pictures.  Hope everyone else had a great Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Here are some pictures of Rod carving the pumpkins for the kids. They got to pick out what they wanted on them and were so excited about it! Ethan even stuck his hand in a couple of times, but then he said it was slimy and didn't want to do it anymore. Jett refused to stick his hand in... I'm with him, I don't want to touch that stuff! Rod thought he would be tricky and use his drimmel tool to carve Jett's pumpkin... it worked pretty well, but it made a mess! No more drimmel on the pumpkins!!! :) Well, I am so sad to see that this is my only entry for the month of October, I will post soon with some pictures I have taken this month.

Afternoon at the fair!

Today, Rod took off the afternoon so that we could go to the fair. It was beautiful weather and not crowded at all. We were so glad we went when we did! The first thing we did was go to the petting zoo. The boys loved feeding the animals. I think Jett wasn't too sure about some of them, but he never really got scared... on the other hand, Ethan was so excited to feed the animals! Next we went into this building (I can never remember the names of the buildings out there) where it was set up for kids. They had a "bug" station, as Ethan would call it, where you could see different kinds of spiders, scorpions, millipeeds, those nasty giant cochroaches (even typing it makes my skin crawl). This was his favorite thing to look at. They also had several incubators where you could watch baby chicks hatch. They had plants with caterpillars on them and then some with criscilas (I think I'm totally spelling that wrong-I'm talking about cocoons) and then a butterfly area. It was pretty cool! They had a cow there that had just had her calf on the 15th and it was so cute!!! They also had a milking station where you could milk a cow, but the cow was resting when we were there. She had to have been tired! They also had sheep and goats there. There were several tables where they had the wool of a sheep laid out so you could feel it. I tried to explain to Ethan what it all was because this week in pre-k he is learning about the farm and all the animals on a farm and what they provide for us. Next, we went to the horse barn and got to see they Clydesdales... they are so beautiful! The boys weren't scared at all, which I was surprised by. They even had some horses for sale, but Rod wouldn't let me go down that isle! :( I have to say that walking through the livestock buildings are my favorite thing to do at the fair! I LOVE the smells in those barns... brings back so many wonderful memories! I know that there aren't many who actually enjoy those odors, but it is great to me. So, I know I have given maybe way more info than you want to know, but it was so much fun and I wanted to share it with you. Huddy did great. I carried him on me the whole time and he got to get out and lounge in the stroller while we ate our indian taco... which was WONDERFUL!!! One tradition we have is to always buy cotton candy for my mom because she loves it and they don't ever go to the fair, so we bought some of that to take home... as well as a cinnamon roll! What a way to end a great afternoon!!! ;)

Jett putting "mesin" on his boo-boo

Jett gets these dry patches on his skin, so we put hydrocortisone on it, which works great! Well, today we found him with this cream on his face and legs... he had gotten into the diaper rash cream and was smearing it all over himself saying, "mesin, face... mesin, boo boo" He was so serious while doing this and he looked so cute, I had to grab my camera! I'm tellin you, I think I'm going to have to rearrange a lot of things around this house! He gets into EVERYTHING!!! This morning he had the fingernail clippers out and was digging around his toes! OH MY GOSH!!! It's always something around here! I do have to say that he makes us laugh ALL THE TIME... especially when he's getting into trouble and he gives us these looks (I will try to take a picture of it to show you how cute it is) and tries to make us laugh. I can't believe he is already doing that! We are in big trouble!!

Ethan waiting to be picked up from Pre-K

I was waiting in the line to pick up Ethan and thought I would take a few pictures. I was telling Rod how I always think he looks like such a big boy, but when I see him standing in that line, he looks so small! I wanted to take pictures of how small he looks to remind me that he is still little. It is really cute how they have us pick up our kids. You can either park and walk up to the yellow line on the sidewalk, or you can pull around in the circle and they will bring your child to your car. They gave us signs to put on our visors with our child's name on them, so when they see which child goes in which vehicle the get them out of line and hold their hand until they get to the car.They open the door behind the passenger side to let your child in and don't let go until they are in the car... it's all very well planned. It's so fun to watch him in the line. I think they are supposed to stay on the sidewalk, but I have seen Ethan look around and then dive and roll into the grass, jump up and run back into the line again! I was laughing and shaking my head in the car! Such a boy thing!

Weekend with the McLaughlin Family

Over the Labor Day Weekend, we went to Bartlesville to see some family that we haven't seen in a while. It was so much fun! On Saturday night, we went to a kiddie park where they had all these miniature rides for the kids and it was all free! The kids had SO much fun! Well, Jett was a little terrified a couple of times, so we don't have many action pictures of him... the boat ride was the only one he would ride without having a terrified look on his face! But, Ethan and Avery had a great time! The weekend was so much fun and it made us miss them more! Hopefully we will really try to get together more often than we have this last year!

Long time, no blog...

Well, I can't believe it has been almost a month since my last blog! These are just a few pictures of my boys during that time. Hudson is gettting so big, I can't believe how fast the time has gone by! He is almost 4 months old! We tried the bumbo chair tonight and I think he really likes it! The only thing is that he looks down a lot, but he sure does wiggle and move like he's havin a good time! The boys look so big in these pictures... it's amazing how fast they grow up!

Ethan's first day of Preschool!

Well, today was Ethan's first day of preschool! We have been talking to him about going to his new "big boy school" and he is so excited!  He was especially excited about his new backpack!  When we went to get his school supplies, I wanted to take the camera along and take pictures, but Rod was a little embarrassed by the thought!  I am so sad that my baby is growing up and we are entering this next phase of his life!  I got a little teary on the way home, just wondering what he's going to face in his school (not really preschool, but later on), what friends he will make, if he can stand up for himself... many other things as well.  I have to keep asking the Lord to take away all my anxieties and worries... they can be overwhelming!  We just have to realize that He is in control and is with Ethan even when we are not!  Man, this parenting thing is tougher on the heart than I thought!  

Hudson already makes me laugh!

I have been meaning to post this because it's pretty funny... 

Hudson will all of a sudden let out a scream from no where and when you look over at him, he is pulling his own hair!  He is so upset and crying, but all I can do is laugh at him! He has done this several times, so,  now I usually know when he is doing it!  He is already making me laugh!

Hudson will be 12 weeks tomorrow!

Hudson is going to be 12 weeks tomorrow, I can't believe it!  He seems to be growing so fast!  He is smiling a lot more and starting to coo as well!  It's so great!  He loves to be held all the time, imagine that!  So, when mommy can't hold him, he gets upset.  Jett will come over to him and say, "SSSHHH!" really loudly in his face.  Needless to say, it doesn't really help the situation, although, he thinks it is. Ethan & Jett love to get in his face and try to make him smile, which doesn't take much.  He loves his big brothers and loves to smile at them!  

Jett is 2!

Jett turned 2 on August 2nd!  I can't believe it!  We had family over to celebrate and it was so much fun!  He was so excited about having "Cars" on his cake!  He was smiling the whole time we sang "Happy Birthday"  to him.  It was pretty cute!  My boy is growing up! 

Jett's BIG BOY Haircut!

Jett got is first real haircut and it makes him look like such a big boy!  We did it a couple of weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to blogging again!  Anyway, Rod cut his hair and a literally cried at least 3 times!  It was just so sad to have him looking so much older... I wanted him to have curly hair!  The problem with that was you only saw his curls when his hair was wet.  I am used to it now and he looks absolutely adorable!  After all, he isn't my little baby anymore!  

Jett getting caught... AGAIN!!!!

When Jett is awake and you see bear and paci laying around, you KNOW he is into something, you just have to look for him.  So, it didn't take me long to find him... he was in his favorite room of the house!

He had the door barely cracked and the light was off so I didn't see him until I opened the door...

this is what I found!...

He was enjoying some chips!  He loves to eat, what can I say?!

This is what I found when I came home last night...

So, I go to Walmart last night and leave the kids home with Rod so that I can make it a "fast" trip.  When I walk in the door, Rod tells me to go look in the kids' bathroom.  This is what I found!  I ran to get the camera and took some pictures and this video.  This child is ALWAYS getting into something!  He has been trying to give his bear a bath just about everyday for the last several days, it was this time that he thought he would get in the bath tub with him!  Isn't he fun?  :)

Hudson is getting bigger!

Well, today was Hudson's 6 week visit and he got an A+!  He now weighs 10 lbs and is 22 1/2 in. long.   He got four shots today and he has been telling me all about it ever since then.  Boy, time sure does fly by fast!  He is changing every day and getting so big... I can't believe it!  He has done a half smile twice, so he is getting really close to actually smiling!  I can't wait for that!  

Ethan and his Papa

Papa and Grammy took Ethan to the lake to fly a kite and he LOVED it!  I was told that he had more fun getting Papa tangled up in the line than actually flying the kite.  He was laughing hysterically at Papa's expense! :)  Ethan told me the other day, "papa is my friend, he plays with me".  I think that says it all, don't you?  

Ethan and Jett holding baby Hudson

This is the first time Jett has wanted to hold Hudson... it is also the last. :)  Ethan loves to hold his baby brother and asks to do it all the time.