Recap

This month has found us equally busy and lazy, thus resulting in less posting from me. So here is a little bit of what's been going on around here:

Weston has his daddy's imagination and sometimes we walk in his room and find things that just make us laugh. Like this parking garage he made.

Speaking of daddy's imagination, he built this fort for the kiddos the other morning. Poor Jonas wanted to know what was going on back there with all the laughter!

But you can always pacify him with a teething biscuit. This boy can tell when anyone is eating grown up food and he will squirm, lunge, and try to grab at anything and everything in sight in the hopes of a bite. I don't think he'll have a hard time eating with the family as he gets bigger!

We wrote to Santa.

(Saydi asked for barbies, coloring books, hearts, purple, and Mater. No idea where she comes up with some of the stuff she says. Weston asked for Lightning McQueen, Mater, hearts - the idea was planted by sister =), treats and a train.)

We had three days of Thanksgiving but do you think I took pictures on any one of those days? Of course not. It was fun though and our kids always love spending time with the extended family. On Thanksgiving day Mark turned the big 3-0! He was in denial but I don't see what the big deal is since he has a lot to show for being 30. It also probably has something to do with the fact that I'm still in my 20's. =)

We have enjoyed decorating the house for Christmas and going to the Forgotten Carols and doing other things to help us feel the spirit of the holiday season. Definitely my favorite time of the year!

Uh-Oh

My wonderfully talented friend, Jaclyn Davis, sent me this picture last night from our photo shoot with her.

My concern is this: if Saydi bug is this beautiful now, what are her teenage years going to bring?? Yikes. It looks like Mark will be getting a shotgun for Christmas.

Pink Pals

Have you ever seen two girls cuter than this?

Or sillier than this?

Halloween

We started our day of fun with orange pumpkin shaped pancakes. Although, I learned that orange pancakes will just look brown when you cook them. Oh well, I tried.

Then Wes went off to school with his besty, Olivia.

Weston's school work for October

After school Miss came by and we took the kids to the story time at the library. Saydi got woken up from a nap to go and you can tell how much fun she was to deal with. But she had fun when we got there!

Sarah and her adorable gals came by our house before we went to my mom's. And yes, Sarah made Harper's costume. We call her Martha.

Our little fam. Beck convinced all of us to dress up this year so this was what we could come with at the last minute.

The group. Most of us anyway. Note that Maylee is hysterical. You might wonder why we didn't wait till she calmed down to take a picture - it's because she doesn't calm down easily! Good thing she's so flipping cute!

Cute cousins. Saydi (butterfly), Weston (Spiderman), Makoy (storm trooper), Channing (goldfish...yes folks, a goldfish - adorable), Emma (scarecrow), Keira (witch), Kaden (Harry Potter - the nerd in me LOVED his!)

Sisters! (Not sure why Amy and Becky don't look very happy)

And then the fun commenced! Not pictured is the frigid cold and outrageous wind. Yikes it was chilly.

My Saydi bug and me. Love this girl.

My kids had so much fun! Weston was hysterical and could hardly be contained he was so excited. I'm almost positive he was the first person at the door at every single house. Buster went with for a little while but then went back to grandma's with daddy. He looked cute in his Halloween jammies though!

Another successful holiday filled with fun and far too much candy. And now we can start celebrating the good holidays!

Pumpkin Patch

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch a few days ago. They started out with a train ride. Super excited.

And then they got going and Saydi gave me this look the whole time:

"Mom, are we going to die?"

They loved Mark pulling them around in this cart and looking at the different pumpkins.

Weston had to have a turn pulling of course!

Right after this picture Saydi turned and ran frantically back out of the maze to find her daddy. Not her cup of tea I guess.

The next morning we painted our pumpkins and the kids loved it! Wow that's a messy project. All the fun things are right?

The finished product. Long story behind Jonas' pumpkin. Basically I started painting it and then Mark reminded me he did the same exact thing last year. So I changed it last minute and went with a shout out to my old school years. Weston's on the left, Saydi's on the right.

I had to throw in these last two pictures too. And let me just interject here and say that Saydi DOES wear pants. She takes them all the way off to go potty and sometimes she just doesn't want them back on. So I apologize for all the recent undie pictures! Anywho, I love it when Wes and Saydi play with Jonas, and so does he. They climbed on the table last night to get closer. So cute.

Having fun in the laundry basket wearing daddy out.

We are LOVING the fall weather and all the fun things fall brings. Stay tuned for LOTS of Halloween fun coming up!

Cute Videos

My kids love it when I wash my sheets. Apparently jumping on a bed and being crazy just isn't as fun with bedding on. =) Here they are being 100% silly. And adorable.

Speaking of adorable...Jonas loves his bath time and goes crazy in there! Such a cute guy. He had his 4 month checkup (FOUR MONTHS?!) and here are his stats:

Weight: 14.5 lbs - 24th percentile

Length: 26 inches - 84th percentile (he grew a whopping 3 inches in two months!)

Just Because

A random post of the randomness that is our life:

I let the kids paint the other day using condensed milk and food coloring (thank you pinterest) and they l.o.v.e.d it. They were sticky all over and I didn't even care. The 30 minutes of quiet was fabulous.

Wouldn't you love to be this chipper first thing in the morning?

Buster tried cereal for the first time yesterday. I know people who get paid to tell you how to raise your baby would frown on me doing this at 4 months but this guy was ready. He's hungry all the time and my milk just isn't cutting it for him. So we are adding cereal and people who "frown on that" or want to judge can just shutty. (Do you think it's a touchy subject for me?) ;)

He was hilarious. He would kick and smile and open up. Then I'd put it in his mouth and he would swallow it while making a yucky face. Then start all over with the kicks and smiles. =)

Weston went on his first field trip today! They went to the fire station and he was completely enraptured the whole time. My batteries died in my camera though so I didn't get many good pictures. =( It was fun for me to see him with his classmates. We are so glad that he loves school and learning so much!

Mentionables

I don't know about you, but every now and then I scroll through my pictures on my phone and I always have a ton that I think are just too cute to just sit there on my phone. So on the blog they go. Poor quality and all.

Wes loves the computers at the library. The giant headphones crack me up.

This melts my heart. In case you can't tell...they're watching the "propet".

Daddy getting his Buster. Buster getting his daddy.

Mark and Wes went to one of my nephew, Tyrel's, football games. I got this picture from them while they were gone. Love. Love. Love.

Jonas sat in Austin's bumbo chair for a bit when Sean and his family were here visiting. I want one. So does Jonas.

In case you're wondering what else is going on around here there's been lots of sleeplessness, fussiness, and pee every.where. from our second attempt to potty train Saydi. A whole lot of stuff not worth mentioning.

Stuff definitely worth mentioning however includes:

Jonas breaking out the hysterical baby laugh. LOVE.

Weston and Saydi getting impatient with Mark and I taking too long to get to the dinner table so they said the prayer on the food all by themselves. LOVE.

Weston and Saydi playing "bedtime" and having the following conversation:

Saydi: climbs into her bed "Night!"

Weston: "Night Saydi. I love you!" Shuts the door.

Saydi: "Saydi!" (which means Weston - even though she knows his name is Weston and her name is Saydi)

Weston: *sighs and goes in her room "What Saydi? What's wrong?"

Saydi: "I need water."

Weston: "Ok." Gets her a drink. "Now go to bed."

Saydi: "Saydi!"

Weston: "WHAT Saydi?"

Saydi: "I wuv you."

Weston: "I love you too. Now stay in bed."

Spot on. LOVE.