Pre Halloween Festivities

To gear up for Halloween we went for a visit to the pumpkin patch

Here is the picture we took under the sign last year and then again this year. Different pumpkin patches - but look how big Blake is now!








and Blake's school had a halloween parade/party this morning. All the little kids were so cute running around in their costumes.



Want to see more....click here to see all the pictures.

Stay tuned - Tomorrow morning we will be going to our playgroup's halloween party and in the evening Blake will have one of his little friends over for trick or treating!

Happy almost Halloween!

Red Bluff Visit

Last weekend we headed up to Red Bluff for a quick visit so Chris could hunt with my dad and we were able to see Ashlei for her birthday. I can't believe she is 6 already. 6 going on 16. Funny story: My mom, Ashlei, Darcie and I had lunch on Friday afternoon and Darcie was telling us that a little boy that we know (who is i think probably 4) told his mom that he wanted to get married and his mom asked him who he would marry and this little boy said he wanted to marry Ashlei. So of course Ashlei is listening to her mom tell this story and she says, "WHAT?, Carson wants to marry me?" and then proceeds to say, "I think I just puked in my mouth". I seriously died laughing. She is 6. And she is a little diva! My poor poor brother.

We spent a lot of time hanging out with the horses on this trip which was fun. My parents bought a pony for the grand kids. Can you say spoiled! Of course Ashlei is the only one big enough to ride her now and she got to name her, Spirit. Blake loves the horses and wants to pet them and was fascinated by watching Ashlei and my mom ride. I can't wait for him to be old enough to ride too.

Wish I could have seen everyone while I was up - we always need more time!

Red Bluff Visit - October 2009

Baby Shower

A couple of weekends ago my friends Jill, Adrienne and I threw Aimee a baby shower. It was so much fun and I loved how it all turned out so I thought I would share some pics...

Can't wait to meet baby Cooper!

Jill, Me, Aimee & Adrienne


Elephant Rice Krispie Treat Favors


Cake


Elephant Banner


Baby Shower Game

I'm Back

So I realize I haven't posted in awhile. I'm hopefully going to make up for it tonight. Here is the first post of three. I thought I would share some random photos from the past couple of months - mostly of Blake. He is getting so big and is really a full blown toddler now - and almost 15 months old already. He has a new obsession with hats and wants to climb up on everything lately.

Here are the pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Sept/Oct 2009

Labor Day Trip to Washinton

Chris, Blake and I traveled up to Walla Walla Washington for the Labor Day holiday to visit Chris' family. His mom and stepdad live there as well as his sister and her family. We had a really great time with everyone and had a week filled of fun activities. Walla Walla knows how to celebrate the Labor Day holiday; Fair, Parade and Rodeo all that week. We participated in the parade and spent an afternoon at the fair. Colby and Damon had a nice BBQ at their house over the weekend so that we could meet all their friends. Good times! We also visited some wineries and did A LOT of EATING!!

The biggest and most eventful day was the morning we were set to leave. We woke up super early to catch our 6:50A flight. We are all dressed and ready to go; Blake is sitting on my lap and all of the sudden the poor little guy gets sick all over me. This is definitely one of those moments when you know you are a mom. It didn't gross me out, I only felt so sad for the little one in my lap. Needless to say we got cleaned up and still decided to head for the airport. We get checked in and are standing in line at the very small Walla Walla airport when Blake throws up all over me again. I swear everyone in that airport was staring at us. I could read their minds saying..."oh look at that poor little family"... We got Blake cleaned up and decided we were not destined to get on that flight. We headed back to Chris' parents house and let the little one sleep all day. We were on the last flight home and all worked out well. And Blake is feeling much better these days...That is one morning I won't soon forget.

So anyway...sorry for the ramble... Here are our pics from our trip

Washington Trip September 2009

First Day of School

Blake started the toddler program at Peppertree Schools of Los Gatos today. yay Blake! We dropped him off around 8:30AM, after a quick hug to my legs he immediately ran over to some toys and started playing. Chris and I signed him out and said good-bye. We walked out the door and as we looked back he had his face smashed up against the glass. It was SO cute! I wish we would have taken a picture. We picked him up around 2:30PM today and they said he did great. He cried a couple of times a little before his nap and when he woke up. Not to mention his nap was only 40 minutes long which is CRAZY! He takes a 2 - 3 hour nap at home. But all in all he did great. They told us to expect some more tears at drop off time tomorrow, so we will see. Here are some pics from the little guys first day.

First Haircut

About two weeks ago we decided it was time for the little guy to get a haircut. It was a hard decision only because he really didn't have that much hair to begin with. Chris just couldn't handle the wispy pieces that would fall over his ear from time to time. So we broke down and took Blake to one of those kiddie cut type places where the kids can sit in cars and get their haircut. The process took probably a total of 10 minutes.

Before Pic


We started off ok, I think he wasn't quite sure what was going on




Then there was a point when he was clearly not happy


All in all he did great and survived his first haircut.

Here is an after picture - which looks pretty similar to the before. ;)