Thursday, October 25, 2012

Zoo Halloween!!!

We had a great time at the Zoo Halloween on Sunday!  Grandma and Grandpa Parker, Aunt Dodie, Uncle David, and Vladi went with us. 
 Taylor as the beautiful princess (dress made by Oma).
 Vladi as Mickey Mouse
 Drew as the Birthday Boy (shirt made by Aunt Marcy)
 Benny as the baseball player!
 The kids loved doing the mazes!

 We even ran into some friends there!
Camden the ghost and Taylor (she wasn't too sure about him)!
 Taylor and Stella the bumblebee
Later that evening we celebrated Drew's birthday!  Grandma made him his favorite cavatini and we had ice cream cake!
 Again, never took a bite....just smeared it around!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Drew's Birthday Party

We had a birthday party for Drew on Saturday evening.  Thank you to everyone that came and celebrated with us!!!! I realize I need to do a better job of taking pictures....I don't have a single picture of Drew with anyone at the party :(




 Cake time....not too sure.

 He never took a bite......just smeared frosting everywhere!
 Ben's cupcake eating style...

Monday, October 22, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday, Drew!!!!

We had a great time celebrating Drew's birthday this past weekend!!! I can't believe he is one already!  He is starting to stand on his own, but isn't taking steps.  He can crawl really fast and loves to climb anything he can!  He is still a good eater and still wakes up EARLY every day.  Most nights he sleeps until about 5 or 5:30 a.m. but sometimes he still wakes up in the middle of the night.  He can say "hi", "dada", "uh-oh", and "choo-choo".  He likes playing with cars and trains, balls, blocks, and reading "touch and feel" books.  We are transitioning away from the bottle and is doing well.  He's starting to drink quite a bit of milk from a cup now.  We found out last week that he is allergic to peanut butter....we'll talk to his doctor about it more at his one year appointment.  I posted all his monthly pictures from his first year because I can't believe how much he has changed.  I don't think he looks anything like he did when he was first born!












Happy 1st Birthday, Drew!!!!!
We love you!!!

Monday, October 15, 2012

Crown Point

Last Wednesday I went with Taylor's class to Autumn in the Country at a farm in Garrett. It was cold but we still had fun!  After the field trip (and some new brakes on the van) the kids and I headed to Crown Point for a few days.                           (Taylor is 4th from the left)
In Crown Point we hit up our favorite spots.  First we HAD to eat at the "Train Station".  The kids love it here...they sit at the counter where a train brings your food.  There are trains to play with and trains to ride!
We also went to Bellaboos one day.  I don't have many pictures from there but Taylor and Ben loved playing in the ball pit! 
Oma and I also took Taylor to see a stage version of Cinderella!  It was cute and she really liked it!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Pumpkins and Apples

Last week Grandma Parker and I took the kids to pick out some pumpkins and pick apples.  It was a beautiful day!!!
 Ben in the pumpkin patch!
 I love how the boys are both doing the same thing!



 There were only about two trees left with apples, but the kids liked picking them and they ended up tasting really good!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Fort 4 Fitness

I ran the Fort 4 Fitness half marathon last weekend!!!  It really was a fun time and I did much better than I thought I would.  Below is our "group".  Six of us in the picture are neighbors and the others are friends of some of the neighbors.  Troy and Taylor came out and saw me in three different spots along the route, it was fun to see them cheering us on!
 I finished in 1:53:51 which put me in 703rd place out of 2,582 runners.
Kim, Karen, Me, and Abby ready to start!