Halloween!!!!

Here's grandpa with miss Haley on Halloween.

Little monkey Joey.

Grandpa Alan joined us again this year. The kids just love having him, and Mary was over the moon that Grandpa was a ninja too.

Look at these posses.

Grandpa Dan, Daddy, and Quinn. We were really excited to have both grandpas this year.

We are very lucky that the town we live near shuts down for the day, closes off the main road, and the shops hand out candy.

It's really great, it takes maybe a half hour to get through all the stores (just the right amount to time for pregnant mommies and little kids). It's safe and the kids don't get too much candy. I love it.

Grandma came too. What lucky kids to have such involved grandparents. I hope Quinn appreciates how lucky he is.

This guy is amazing, he was there last year too! I can't imagine how much that suit must have been, I'm glad he comes out to share it with the kids.

A project from his preschool. I love it.

Welcome Haley

So my little sister and her husband Jeff welcomed their first baby (and my second God Daughter) into the world on October 14th.

Haley weighed in at a whooping 9lb 11oz, what an ordeal she gave her mommy.

I had the great honor of being with them when she was born and let me tell just say how amazing the whole thing is when you actually get to watch it happen and are aware of what is going on.

Amazing!!! Haley, don't give your mommy so much trouble in the future though, OK!

October at the Farmers Daughter

For the first two years of his life, in October we would go to a farm down the street that had a corn maze. Well last year they didn't have the maze so we went to this tree/plant nursery near my school. It was a blast and I think we are going to try to make that a tradition. So, here we are at the farmers daughter.

Well, this one is before we went, but I like the picture, so here it is.

So the kids get to dig for buried candy and trinkets. This man was sooo nice. Normally they put the kids on a timer and only give them a couple of minutes. Well, he did not time Quinn at all, he went in and helped him, and I swear they were in there for about 10 minutes. It was really cute, Quinn really got into it.

Exhibit A.

They had a short corn maze, which was really great so the kids could go in and not be nervous.

There were pumpkin slingshots again. Always a hit. Uncle Marshall and Quinn actually hit one of the stuffed scarecrows out in the field. Speaking of, they also do pumpkin catapulting. Karra and I catapulted a pumpkin together and hit the silhouetted man target on top of the hay bails out in the field right in the neck. Great shot, who knew we should have live in medieval times!

More slingshot pics.

So this looks like we are starting Quinn on coffee really early, but actually its Dans.

Auntie and Uncle Jeffrey came with us. This was a hay ride.

And my friend Lisa who was with us last year and prompted the start of this little tradition. My friends Angela and Dave came too, I can't believe I don't have pictures of them!!!

Karra and I all pregnant and smuggling pumpkins. At this point Karra was 5 days away from having her baby (this was the 9th of Oct).

And of course, what trip would be complete without a petting zoo.

So much fun to be had. We will definitely go again next year if the nursery hosts this again. Happy soon to be Halloween.

Belly Pics and Fairs

I've noticed a major lack of belly pics with this child and I don't want him to feel short changed. So here I am at not quite 27 weeks or 6 1/2 months pregnant.

Yes I'm huge.

No I'm not scared about how big I'm going to get.

I think it's just a family thing.

My cousin, my mother, and I all get huge. Karra just doesn't have enough of a waist to get huge.

We went to our home town fair this weekend. It's been down sized a bit since we were younger, but it was still a good time. This picture was taken on the ferris wheel.

It was quite a long way down.

The helicopter ride.

Dragons.

And cars. Don't forget the food .... sausage, ice cream, fried dough, fried oreos, and more ... yum.

Back to school

Well, I'm back to school again and figured I'd kick off the semester with a post. We went bowling a little while ago and amusingly Quinn loved the schools most of all.
Here's daddy teaching the boy to bowl.

We also went fruit picking over the weekend.

The pears were really tough to get off the tree. They tasted fine, but I'm guessing they weren't quite ready to come off the tree yet.

We also picked peaches and apples.

As well as raspberries.

Raspberries are the perfect fruit for little kids to pick!!!! And eat, of course.

This week in review

Before I start this post, there are a couple of things about Quinn I want to write down so I don't forget them when the new baby comes. 1. He used to, and sometimes still does, fall asleep and wake up humming or singing. 2. When upset, his eyebrows used to get very red. I used to say he was never going to be able to hide his emotions no matter what kind of a poker face he had. Luckily the eyebrows have since left themselves out of the emotional equation. 3. The weekend Dan and Marshall had their boys weekend this year, Quinn spent Saturday night my mom. When I called him that night to check in with them and say goodnight, Quinn asked me completely unprompted, "Mom will you be OK all by yourself?". Yes my love I most certainly will. But it melts my heart you would even think to ask that. I'm sure there are so many more things I want to remember, but that's what I've come up with for now.

My two favorite boys.

Quinn at his last Gymnastics class for the year.

They normally have a closed door policy, however since this was the last class all the parents got to watch.

So this is the first time I'm officially seeing all these things.

I say officially, because there are little spots around the studio you can peak into.

Forward roll.

It amazes me how strong these kids are. They can hang from those bars forever.

Grandpa Dan watched Quinn on Thursday while I went to a slew of meetings in preparation for going back school.

He took him on his first ever fishing trip.

Quinn actually caught 2 fish. Although, like his mother, my dad said Quinn enjoyed feeding the fish more than catching them. The lake was so clear you could see the fish coming from all over to eat his food, so he just kept dropping it in.

He swims with his eyes open. Kind of neat.

First time working a water pump.

Looks like and sounded like they had a fantastic day. Thanks dad.

Next on our list of adventures for the week was Lake Comp@unce in CT.

I won the tickets through my radio station. So, we went and made it a Quinn day.

I think it was a hit.

There were a ton of rides parents couldn't go on. So he got several solo adventures.

Luckily the boy just cleared 36 inches, so there were actually a lot of exciting rides he got to go on.

Not all of which he liked at first. He ended up loving this one.

The water park was where it was at for him though.

We spent most of the day here.

Which was good for us also, since we could actually go into them and have a little fun ourselves.

Here's a belly picture for everyone whose been waiting (I did end up posting one bellow a couple of posts ago).

Quinn loved the wave pool. He drank a lot of water, public pool water, yuck. But he loved it.

Finally, a little baby news. Dan finally got to feel the new unnamed addition to our family move (23wks). The little boy gave him a couple of good kicks in the AM hours Friday morning.