Happy Halloween!

Kale had a great Halloween! He wore a shirt that says My Mummy Loves Me. He also participated in fun games and activities at the sitter's. They had cupcakes as an extra special treat. The sitter said he loved them so much she had to wash his clothes when he finished.

Kale dressed up as lion. I thought this would be a great costume for him because he growls so well.

We went to our church for the Fall Festival first. Kale loved playing the little games and "trick or treating" through the various classrooms. Next, we met up with some neighbors and went trick or treating on a few streets around our house. Most of the kids were older than Kale. It was so funny to watch the way he mimiced them. If they were chanting or cheering, or yelling "trick or treat," he would to (or at least attempt to). He had an absolute blast! 

Someone gave him a glow stick, which he promptly attempted to put in his mouth. It became a real game, trying to keep the glow stick out!

He thought it was hilarious to keep trying to bite the glow stick.

Halloween Eve

This weekend we prepared for Halloween. I made cupcakes for Kale to take to the sitter. They don't look too great, but they do taste pretty good.

We let Kale paint his pumpkin since he's not quite ready to carve one yet. He loved doing this. I think Kris thought I was a little crazy for letting a 1 year old use paint (it was washable).

Admiring his handiwork.

I made him wear one of my old T-shirts as a smock.

He didn't like having paint on his hands and insisted on washing his hands as soon as possible. He also tried to wipe the paint from his hands onto my pants...this pregnant lady can still move pretty fast when she needs to!

My pumpkin...I was pretty proud of the way it turned out. It's been years since I have carved a pumpkin.

My silly man.

The finished product...mine is on the left and Kris' is on the right.

Lovin' the Snow!

Luckily, there was still a good amount of snow by the time we got home from work today. Kris is out of town, so that left just me to play in the snow with Kale.

We actually didn't do much playing, just walking around in it. Kale thought was neat and squealed the whole time. The streets were completely cleared so there was no sledding for us (not that a 32 week pregnant lady should be sledding anyway!).

I could tell that he was working on forming a snow ball this picture.

I had him so bundled up he could barely walk.

After being outside about 10 minutes, Kale decided he should water the flower beds since Dad wasn't home to do it. I explained that the flowers definitely didn't need water.

Playing in a puddle. The water sure was cold!

Snow!!!

Amarillo has some of the weirdest weather around. On Tuesday it was 85, today I awoke to this! I knew it was a "possibility" based upon the weather report, but I honestly didn't think we would get several inches of snow!

The dogs are enjoying romping in the snow. You can see Kale's lawn mower was buried in the snowfall.

Jonah enjoyed some delicious snow to eat/drink!

Our roses were blooming beautifully, now they are completely smashed and under snow.

This tree was producing pretty red berries...not sure if those will make it or not.

Tomorrow the temperature is supposed to be almost 60 so the snow can't last long. I am enjoying the "cool" weather, but I could do without the snow!

Winter Days

It is finally starting to cool off around here now that it's actually almost November. This summer has been one of the hottest summers on record in Amarillo History. I was ready for some cool weather!

Kale also wore the heck out of his summer clothes since has been wearing them since March. I don't know if Liam will be able to take some of Kale's hand-me-downs from this summer. He got some solid use out of them. I am happy we finally get to switch into "winter clothes." I love little boys in sweaters! He just looks so grown up!

This morning we actually awoke to a few inches of snow. Kale couldn't quite figure out what it was. He kept staring at it out the window. Unfortunately we didn't get to go outside and play in it because I had to go to work. If we still lived in Houston we would have undoubtedly had a snow day today!

All bundled up in his winter gear!

Update on Liam

I am currently 32 weeks pregnant, but am measuring almost 36 weeks. This is very typical for me. I measured about 4 weeks ahead the whole time I was pregnant with Kale. The doctor is looking at moving my due date up. He is working to schedule the C-section for the 14th of December (This will mean that my boys will be 19 months apart instead of 20!) . We will have another ultrasound right before Thanksgiving. If Liam continues to grow, we might consider moving my C-section up a few more days. I was very excited to get this news, as I am ready to have this baby. I am not a good pregnant person and these last few weeks are brutal!

Pumpkins

Kris and Kale drove the pumpkins around to the front porch using the wagon. Of course, Kale was in heaven the whole time.

My little pumpkin farmer!

He was blowing kisses at the pumpkins as Kris unloaded them.

Trying to lift the giant pumpkin...

Our little family of pumpkins. We plan to carve them next weekend in preparation for Halloween.

I bought the ceramic pumpkin with the "H" on it at the beginning of fall. Believe it or not, just one month ago, it was orange. You can see how intense the sun is here based upon how much it has faded!

Letters for Liam

I ordered letters for Liam's room right after we found out we were having a boy. I got them from a lady who has an Etsy shop. If you are not familiar with Etsy, it is a fabulous website, however, it can cause addiction. Everything on the site is "homemade" so to speak, and the buyer can customize most anything.

The letters haven't arrived yet, but this is the picture she sent me. I can't wait to get them so Liam's room will be a bit closer to completion.

Uncle David

This is obviously a very old picture of Kale...it was taken last Thanksgiving when we went to visit David Ray in D.C. It has been a year since David's injury. I am so proud of the progress that he has made and I am thankful every day that I still have a brother. It's hard to believe a year has passed...sometimes it feels like only minutes have gone by, while other times it seems like it has been decades.

David is still in Maryland at NNMC. He lives on the hospital base and has physical therapy and other various required activities daily. He has gotten quite adept at using his prostetic. He did have surgery yesterday on his ear. His ear drum was blown out during the blast, so he has had issues hearing out of one ear. He will have to have surgery again in about 4 months to insert ear bone that is missing from his ear. He is recovering well from his surgery and will be up and moving sooner than later! David plans to come to Amarillo to visit Kale and Liam (and Kris and I, too) at Christmastime.

New Toy....

Kale has discovered my bras. He loves to play with them for some reason. We just had to take pictures for the baby book. Plus, these will definitely be posted in his senior ad in the yearbook the year he graduates.

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we took Kale to the Pumpkin Farm. It is so much more than a pumpkin patch. They have tons of activities for the kids to do. We took him last year and he loved it so we decided we had to go back.

I know I look like a fatty in this picture...mainly because I am! Being pregnant is not fun!

They have a giant bounce pad. Kale LOVED jumping with Kris.

They also had a huge tower of hay. I thought it was a nice place for a rest break.

Halfway up the tower...

At the top of the tower!

They have two slides that you can go down on potato sack. Kale is very into slides so this was right up his alley. (Kris enjoyed it as well.)

In one area, we thought kids were playing in a sandbox. Once we got there though, we discovered it was corn. The kids loved it and it was cleaner than sand!

Kale played right next to a little boy named Kale...small world!

Kale loves tractor rides, so he thought this giant tractor was great.

We took one last wagon ride to end our time at the pumpkin farm.

On the way out we went through bunny village. There are tons of bunnies (of course!) and they have lots of neat houses for the bunnies. This is the U-Hop.

Hare E. Potter Mercantile Store

Wild Hare Salon and 14 carrot jewelers

There were lots of baby bunnies running around. So cute! They had signs saying you could take a bunny home but Kris vetoed that idea.

I was hoping to get some good pictures with Kale amongst the pumpkins, but he refused to stay still and look at the camera at the same time.