Happy Halloween!

Here are our cute little Halloween treats!

We had a blast at Halloween this year!  It was actually our first year to participate in a traditional Halloween.  The past two years we've gone to the Fall Festival at our church.  The church has tons of fun activities for kids, and Caleb was too young to go trick-or-treating.  But we just moved, so this year, the neighbors in our cul-de-sac invited us to a block party.  Our neighbors are so nice.  It's a very close-knit group of families, and they seemed to welcome us into the group.  We all gathered at the edge of the cul-de-sac, had dinner, and handed out candy.  Caleb LOVED looking for the kids coming and giving them candy in their bags.  I know people will probably think we should be committed for child-neglect and turn us into CPS, but our kids have never had candy.  Not sure Caleb even knows what it actually is.  He had more fun sorting the different pieces and looking at the shiny wrappers.  Oh, he'll have many years of eating candy, I'm sure.  I'm just not in a rush to get him hooked yet.  :)  But for now, he just enjoyed being the treater.

Another comparision pic

I did a side-by-side post of the boys at 10 months here.  Here are they are at 1 year.  So handsome.  Looking through old pictures, I can't believe how much they have changed!  The change is gradual month to month, but when you look back over a year or two, they look so different!  I love these little guys!

Pumpkins

We went to a little local pumpkin patch last weekend.   I was hoping for a nice photo opp with the boys, but these were the best we got.  :)  Caleb was preoccupied with looking at all the people and kids dressed up.  He looks kind of appalled.  hehe. 

 

He found a small one he liked.

Nathan liked the big ones.

This cute picture was taken right before Nathan fell off the bench onto his face.  He wasn't really happy with us after that.

Daddy picked out a carving one.

Caleb spent most of the time sitting in the pumpkins staring at people.

I tried to put Nathan in the pumpkins again to take a picture, but he wasn't quite over the whole face-planting experience.

Overall we had a good time.  :)

Nathan is ONE!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Nathan!  What can I say about you?  My snuggly boy has a special place in my heart.  I love your cuddles that you reserve just for me.  It seems I'm the only one who can make you happy, but I'm ok with that.  Don't grow up and not need me too fast!  We always thought you were our more serious kid, but your silly side is really starting to come out.  We love to play games together - like when you lay down and pretend you're sleeping, and the pop up and laugh when I say "awake!"  You LOVE to eat.  Perhaps my future foodie buddy?  It cracks us up when you laugh just to get us to laugh with you.  You like to put things in and out of containers.  You like to mess up all of the things Caleb worked so hard to organize and then run away.  You like to climb stairs, and are so close to walking.  You aren't talking clearly, except for "hi" and "mama", but I'm pretty sure you're trying to make the sounds for "ball" and "car."  Caleb adores you and wants to be there when you wake up so he can ask if you had good nappies and good dreams.  Daddy loves to wrestle with you, and you love when he plays rough.  You have beautiful big brown eyes that always have a twinkle.  Your little dimpled grin is my favorite.  And where did that blonde hair come from?

We love you sooooooo much!  And can't imagine life without you.  Happy birthday!!!

Video overload!

Ok, I've upload some videos.  Sometimes picture snapshots just don't capture all the cuteness I get to see everyday.  :)

Here David is having some fun with the boys.  They love to rough-house with Daddy.

They love to play in the sandbox.  Nathan was playing and doing a little entertaining dance.  It's a little long and slow-moving, but it's funny to me.

Caleb is so silly sometimes.  I love how I can see the idea come over him - like around minute 1:33ish.  And you can see he's so happy with himself.  I have no idea where that white-boy dancing comes from.  Feel free to steal those moves for your next dance party.

Nathan has been doing this fake laugh lately.  It's like he does it to try to get us to laugh with him.