Halloween 2008

Here are some pictures from the kids Halloween experience. Kaylie really got into it this year and was loving all the candy she was getting at each house. Landon enjoyed riding around in the wagon looking at all the funny looking kids walking around. It was wonderful weather so we had a great time. It did get cool by the end of the night so we set up a bon fire and hung out in the drive way. Here are some pictures...

Kaylie had fun carving her pumpkin with Daddy. As you can see Daddy found it easier to use the drill on the small parts...







Kaylie and I enjoyed doing crafts during the fall and here are some examples...



Now to the cutest little trick-or-treaters...









This last picture is from our tailgate at the Purdue game this past weekend. We went to the Purdue game with some friends from Chicago. One of the couples have a little boy Nolan who we have already decided will be roomates with Landon. We decided that they could live in a co-ed dorm and Kaylie would be there to watch out and let us know what is going on. Ha! The first picture is Kaylie entertaining the boys with all of her songs.

Disney on Ice and more...

We have continued to stay busy with all of our fall activities. We had a fun weekend last weekend when Kaylie and I got to have a "girls night out" and go see Disney on Ice with one of her friends and his mom. It was so fun to get to spend time with just Kaylie while Landon was getting one on one play time with Grandma (daddy got a night out in Chicago with some friends). We had a lot of fun and Kaylie really enjoyed the show. I went to these shows when I was little so I was excited to take Kaylie and see her excitement.




We passed up the cotton candy but did allow them to get flavored ice.


Landon continues to love to stand up and walk around. I have become Landon's personal walker. We make several laps around the house and yard daily. I discovered 2new teeth that came in today that I didn't even know he was getting. He got his bottom 2 teeth when he was 5 months and has not gotten any new ones until this month the poor kids has gotten 6 new teeth in the last few weeks! He is a trooper! He now has 8 teeth!

Here are a few pictures of our monkey's before bedtime. Landon enjoys pulling himself up to the railing and jumping and of course Kaylie loves to jump along with him.



The kids enjoy being outside, although it is getting a little cold these days. Kaylie loves riding her bike and Landon enjoys "driving his car."



Last night I raked our leaves for Kaylie to jump in. As you can see we don't have very many leaves but she still thought it was a lot of fun.

Fall is here...

I hope everyone is enjoying fall and this beautiful weather, although it's a little chilly for me. We are excited to do some fun fall activities over the next few weeks which includes, going to a pumpkin patch, apple orchard, and trick-or-treating at the zoo. I will have pictures when we make each trip. Each year since Kaylie was 10 months I sit her on our porch with our fall decorations and take her picture. I enjoy looking back and seeing how much she has changed over the past year. As I took her picture today and looked back at the past few years it made me really sad to see how fast she has grown up and how much she truly does change each year. I see my "baby" not looking like a baby anymore and looking like such a young little girl. Although I love each new stage, when I look back at these pictures, I remember those fun stages as well. I am excited to start this new tradition with Landon as well and watch how much he changes each year. I am not ready for him to grow up either. He had his first fall photo shoot today. Enjoy.

10 Months


22 Months


34 Months


Landon- 10 Months


Brother and Sister



The other big news here is that Landon still has no interest in crawling but loves to walk, so we have been walking all around the house. He wants to hold our hands and walk all day or sometimes when I get tired and he is forced to use the walker he does that as well. So hopefully before long he will be walking on his own. Here is a little video. I think it's so cute when they are learning to walk.

Go Purdue!

We went up to West Lafayette last weekend to cheer on Purdue. Unfortunately we didn't cheer hard enough because they lost in OT. OH well hopefully this week they can pull off a win. Despite the yucky weather on Fri. and Sunday, Sat. was actually really nice for the game. We decided to take Kaylie to her first Purdue game which she loved. My parents were babysitting for Caden and Olivia so we took Caden with us as well. They both really enjoyed themselves and we enjoyed taking them.
Here are a few pictures from the day.








When we got home on Sunday we had some really crazy weather. The effects of Hurricane Ike decided to visit and give us 70 mph winds. I have never seen anything like it. We were without power for 3 hrs. and we were lucky because as of last night (Tues.) there were still several people without power in Batesville and Cinci. When we drove around there were a lot of houses damaged and huge trees uprooted. It looked as though we had a tornado. We had house damage along with most of the people around us and a tree blown over, but we were lucky.

Zoo

We had a great Labor Day weekend! It was kicked off on Sat. by nothing other than shopping at the Edenburg Outlets (Jennifer watch out!! :) ) I love that place. We found some winter clothes for the kids and of course Jeremy and I walked out with only 1 shirt each. How did that happen?? Oh well, it's fun shopping for new cute clothes for the kids. Sun. was spent by Jermey golfing with his dad and brother and then we all headed to a cook-out at a co-workers of Jeremy's. Sun. we packed the kids up and headed to the zoo. I found that going to the zoo with Jeremy's help versus me taking the kids and a friend and their kids is so much easier. It was so relaxing being able to tag team and walk around the zoo with Kaylie and push Landon in the stroller. Jeremy said he wondered how I saw any animals by myself between bottles, snacks, bathroom breaks, etc. I said, "exactly!" This time we went through the zoo with ease, no crowds, and lots of animals sightings. It was so fun! Kaylie loved it and Landon enjoyed it as well. It's so fun to see the excitment in their eyes.
Here are a few pictures.




Landon enjoyed relaxing in his stroller and eating his bottle. We are so blessed with a happy "little man" as we call him.



After a hot walk around the zoo everyone needed a snack so what better than cold ice cream. Kaylie loved sitting next to daddy and sharing her ice cream with him. I hope she enjoyed the zoo as much as we enjoyed taking her and watching her excitment.



Poor Landon was wondering how he got stuck with Puffs when we were eating the good stuff. Soon he can have "fun" food.

Baptism

Last Sunday we celebrated Landon's baptism. It was a beautiful day and Landon did geat. Our minister carried him around the church to meet everyone and he was a trooper. He was done being social however at the end and was ready to just get baptised. It was great to share this special day with our family. After church everyone came to our house for a cook-out where we were able sit outside and the kids could run around and play. It was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures from the special day.

Update

Here are a few pictures from the things we have been up to over the last week or so. We have been keeping very busy hanging out with family and our friends. We are sad to see many of our friends here go to back to school this week. Luckily most of them are only in preschool.
Jeremy and I decided to get our rackets restrung, knock off the dust, and head to the courts last week. We took the kids with us. Kaylie enjoyed running around for a little while and then she was great entertainment for Landon while Jeremy and I played. It was a lot of fun and made me excited to watch the kids play in the future.

Jeremy stained our swing set last weekend which took a long 7 hours. He is hoping to not have to do that again for awhile. The kids continue to love playing on it.


Yesterday was beautiful so we headed to Miami Whitewater State Park which is in Ohio. It was a lot of fun. We did a 7 mile bike ride. Jeremy pulled the kids in the trailer behind. They enjoyed the ride. The best part was when we were almost done and plain as day Landon said, "Mom." We were so excited. Jeremy wondered why he said, "mom," after he pulled him for 7 miles, but I explained that I carried him for 9 months and gave birth to him. :) Of course he won't say it today and when I ask him, he just smiles at me. Silly boy. We also had a picnic dinner, fed the ducks, and played on the playground. It was a great family day.

Landon's other new trick is he loves eating crackers. This is great when we are eating or out to eat and he needs to be entertained. He does a great job holding it and feeding himself.


Kaylie has been begging for Landon to play with her. Every day she wakes up and says, "Mommy, is he big enough to play now?" It's really cute. Now that Landon can sit and play more they like to sit together and this morning Kaylie she even decided to do Landon's hair. Good thing he is such a sweet and patient little boy. He just smiles and does whatever.




This weekend we are celebrating Landon's baptism so I will post more on that soon...