October 31, 2009

I am sad to say I didn't get a single picture of BOTH boys together in their Halloween costumes.  Not sure why except that I forgot.  So here are the boys all dressed up for the festivities.  Geema made Nate's Captain Hook coat and Alex's my monkey boy so his Old Navy ebay find was a given!

October 30, 2009

We painted pumpkins this year instead of carving them since Nathaniel saw some painted ones at the farm market and LOVED them and Mommy just wasn't up for the mess and hassle this year.

I still cracked into one so Alex could get his first taste (literally) of pumpkin guts, but it wasn't carved or gutted so it was a lot easier this way.

October 29, 2009

As if pink eye isn't enough for this little guy, it turns out he's allergic to Daddy's shaving cream, too.  He was "shaving" with Daddy today and broke out in this rash on his left side at dinner.  Some benadryl cream later (Thanks to Geema for having obscure things like that on hand in her purse!) and he was better but later that night the other side (seen below) broke out.  Poor kid!

October 28, 2009

How can this face NOT make you smile every second of the day?!?

October 27, 2009

We had a lot of fun in the leaves today, raking them, jumping in them, riding through them on our "motorcycles"...you name it!

October 26, 2009

My less than happy boy and his first bout with pink eye.  Fun times!

October 25, 2009

Sarah and I took a trip to the Pick 'N Patch for some fall outdoor fun and photo ops.

As you can see, the kids were completely thrilled with our idea to get lost, er, I mean...travel through the corn maze.

October 24, 2009

Wanna know what Nate is going to be for Halloween?

Here's a peek:

October 23, 2009

My tired boy...it had been a long day already.

But with some minor interaction, he lights up regardless of how tired he is:

October 22, 2009

Alex sitting in his "car" - he even makes "vroom"ing noises while he's sitting in it.  It sounds a lot like spitting, but it's cute, nonetheless!

October 21, 2009

You may be wondering why I have a photo of a roll of toilet paper and that is because my youngest son BIT a hole in it.  He actually took a deep chunk out of it.  Why, I have yet to figure out except that he BITES everything!  When Nathaniel was his age he bit a chunk of wood off of his crib so I guess I just birth beavers or something.

October 20, 2009

Buddies.

Our friend {"Baby"} Shawn (on the right) came over to play today.

As you can see, we LOVE {"Baby"} Shawn.

However, we still need to work on NOT calling him {"Baby"} Shawn

as he is clearly NOT a baby anymore!  :)

October 19, 2009

Alex taking his first 8 second ride!  :)

October 18, 2009

I love Fall!  Outdoor fun does a soul good!

October 17, 2009

I had a couple other photos I wanted to share for today, but the look on Alex's face here is priceless so despite the filthy onesie and my messy living room, this is a keeper!

October 16, 2009

Alex has learned how to open the doors that were previously protecting our collection of DVDs.  

This kid has "trouble" written all over him!!!  :)

October 15, 2009

We let the boys eat their lunches at the little table in the living room today.  Alex was so proud to be able to sit like a big boy with his beloved big brother.  It was a small glimpse into the teamwork and camaraderie I so hope they have as they get older!

October 14, 2009

Today was Nathaniel's field trip to the pumpkin patch with his Preschool.  It was such a grey and miserable rainy day, but I love this seasonal stuff so I'm so glad I got to go with him!

October 13, 2009

I found Nate hanging out in Alex's toy box...it was his "cave" apparently!

October 12, 2009

Ahhh, brotherly love!

October 11, 2009

Fall is here and the colors down at camp are BEAUTIFUL!

October 10, 2009

We had a fabulous reunion of Mama's from my high school today.  It was a great day, full of camaraderie and motherhood fellowship.  This is a fantastic group of women!  Since I never got their permissions to put a photo up on my blog, I chose this picture for the day of Nathaniel on the playground playing with his new friends.  

October 9, 2009

Check out the new trick Alex started a couple days ago!

HE'S WALKING! 

October 8, 2009

My sleeping beauties after a LONG day!

October 7, 2009

Can anyone guess what's going on here?

Think: Special Delivery

October 6, 2009

My BFF gave me a gift today for Alex and it was so cute I had to take a picture of it to share (since it will be a little while until Alex actually FITS this...but I can't wait until then to show you!)

This is so fitting because Digger is the name Alex was dubbed while in utero because he was a DIGGER.  He was constantly digging and squirming and moving.  I can't wait until he's big enough to wear this.  It's SO cute!

October 5, 2009

Noah's Home!

My brother just got home today from a 6-month deployment overseas.

As you can see, Alex (who was only 6-months-old when he left!)

missed Uncle Noah something awful!

October 4, 2009

Snuggle ("Nuggle") time!

October 3, 2009

Apple Fest 2009

Here are two of my favorite people with Nathaniel.

 Love these girls more than words can say!

October 2, 2009

Here are two more examples (in one day!)

of the many faces of my beloved Bug!

October 1, 2009

Here's Alex again with his favorite toys...my old cell phone and the music box.

Up and running...

***UPDATE*** (10/22/09)

It's taking me much longer than anticipated to get up to date so please bear with me! I am catching up a week or so at a time but it's painstakingly slow. I promise to keep adding so please check back and sooner rather than later I'll be caught up!

---Original Post---

After much delay, I am officially back up and running in iPhoto and therefore will be bringing my photo-a-day blog up to date over the next week or so. I appreciate your patience as I transferred (literally) thousands of photos off my computer to free up some much needed disk space so I can continue to actually RUN my computer, too. Thanks for sticking it out and enjoy catching up on what we've been doing around here in the last month!