Halloween Wrap-up and More

Last Tuesday we watched Will and Griffin for a couple of hours and had a great time. Griffin just sat on Uncle Ryan's lap for over an hour- he was so good!


I think this was the only time Emerson and Will sat still all night.


The other day Emerson was suposed to be napping- when I checked on her, this is how I found her... Hard to be upset with that!!

This was me last Sunday at 26 weeks- I'm 27 1/2 now and feeling great. In my third trimester!!! Poor Ryan is plugging away in Emerson's big girl room and it's looking great. Carpet is coming Monday so he's got his deadline!!! I'm excited to post the before and after pictures.



I know- I'm late on the Halloween pics but they were too cute not to post.



"I don't know, dad, it looks kind of gross..."

"Helping" scoop out the guts.

If you look closely they're posing with pumpkin guts on their noses...

"Helping" take out the pumpkin mouth.

I think she had had enough.

On Halloween night we took the kids trick or treating in my mom's neighborhood. I had to post this picture because of Will- so sweet! And we didn't even ask him to hug his brother.

Superman helping Emerson up the big hill.

When we got back we decided to give Emerson her first lollipop. (Let's be honest- I got first dibs on her Halloween candy...) She was VERY excited. We made her sit on the fireplace to eat it.

Mmmmmm.... Such a sweet face. Well she turns the Big 2 on Friday- I can't quite believe it. We've got a fun day planned and I'll post pictures of her party next week! Stay tuned!

5 Years?

Wow, it really has been! Yesterday was our 5 year wedding anniversary. Ryan has taken off every Friday until the end of the year (he has some vacation time to burn or it'll run out) so we had a jam packed day or I'd have done this post yesterday! My mom had Emerson from her naptime on and so Ryan and I went to the Plaza and walked around, did a little shopping (me) and drinking (him) and we had dinner at the Melting Pot. SO nice just spending time with him and remnicing about the past 5 years- what we've experienced, and what's to come. I am one lucky lady being married to Ryan, I'll just say that. Our anniversary just gives me an excuse to say so out loud...

A little trip down memory lane!!! What a perfect day it was...

Parties, Pumpkins and then some...

We've been busy! My BF Fran had her annual kids Halloween party- it was fun to see all the adorable costumes! Emerson is a flower this year.

Will and Griffin, the cutest little monster.
Oh my...

I'm pretty sure this is the first picture of the 3 cousins we've taken. After 6+ months, I think it's about time! We'll keep trying...

Then last Sunday we took the kids to a pumpkin patch. A good shot of the "bump" (if you enlarge it I guess...) and Emerson's pumpkin jacket and outfit she got from her Grandma and Grandpa Wood.

My God she looks like such a big girl in this picture. What happened?!?!

Going on our hay ride around the patch.

She wasn't quite ready for the pony ride- maybe next year.

A bit out of order but 2 weekends ago Amber and Jonathan had Will's 4th birthday party at a park. It was a bit chilly but the kids sure didn't mind. Okay, Emerson did a little bit...

From left- Morgan Cross, William Ely, Will, Ashley Brown, Miss Emerson, Ava Bollinger, Quinton Cross and Evan Brown.

She "found" a pumpkin in the "woods." (Read: Amber hid some pumpkins in some trees.)

Will told Amber he wanted a "miata" for his birthday- she wondered why he would want such a girly car. He explained to her, "the thing you hit and treasure comes out!" Ahhhh...

Mmmmm, cupcakes for breakfast!

We got out the princess tent at our house and Ryan climbed in. I told him he looked like Alice in Wonderland. There are a lot of moments we have that I say, if I'd have told you 10 years ago when we started dating that you'd be (fill in the blank), would you have believed me? Him hanging out in a princess tent was one of those occasions! What a good dad. Here's to this baby being a boy... ;)

She likes to give Elmo her binky.

Going in for a smooch with Griffin.
Ah, Guitar Hero. Let's be honest- it's more for him than it is for her...

Glad to see our Jell-O shot cups are getting some good use these days. She has these hair barrettes that she just dumps in one and then another and then stacks and re-stacks them. I swear she sat and played like this for half an hour the other night.
She has this new cheesy fake smile she does when we get the camera out. It's pretty funny. Have a good weekend!