Halloween Party

Hayden kept picking out more things to have painted on his arm. It was super cute. He ended up with a bat, a heart, a rainbow, and a spider

Robin put Ava in the bounce house and it scared Ava

Marj-- our parent educator. Hayden and Ava love her.

This afternoon we went to the Parent's as Teachers Halloween party. There was so much to do. There was fishing for candy, duck pond grab for treats, face painting, ring toss on the pumpkins, bowling, a station for coloring treat bags, a bounce house, bean bag toss, plus a slide, and candy grab. Hayden had a blast going to all the stations. He loved the painting and the teacher put it on his arm instead. He brought home a bunch of treats plus a little to share with Ava.
This is probably the last time Ava will get to wear this outfit since it was really short. It was definitely one of my favorites.

Wow! Look at those molars!

"Cheeeese"

Now that Hayden is back in his room for naps we usually find him in the weirdest spots. On top of the dresser, in his closet, under his crib, inside his diaper pail (thankfully empty) with his legs sticking out, or in his laundry basket.

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Displaying our pumpkins

Hayden did not want to go down this slide. As soon as he got two feet down he stuck out his arms and legs it was pretty funny.

Venturing through the corn maze. We also went through a smaller hay bale maze and Hayden found his own way out.

Hayden wasn't big enough for these trikes so Daddy had to help out

Sitting atop the hay bales

I think Ava likes this pumpkin

Getting ready for the hay ride

Ava Walking!

Ava took her first steps about a week before her first birthday and after that she just decided that it was easier to crawl. She'd take a couple steps and drop down and crawl the rest of the way. Well this week I guess she decided that walking is much easier and she's been using that mode of getting around a lot more often so I finally got a video of her taking more than a few steps. I had to wait until Josh got home because I needed to stand her up and then back up before she could put her arms around my legs. Here she is walking from the living room to the play room. Right now we only have a couple lamps in the playroom so it's pretty dark in there.

Recent Pictures

Hayden and Ava have been playing together more and more. They are in the playhouse together a lot. It's super cute.

Mowing the yard before Daddy gets home

Playing with his bubble/water gun

Look at this acorn Mom!

We've had beautiful weather the last couple weeks and we've definitely been getting out to enjoy it.

Life is Good

Here's Ava playing in the cute romper that Aunt Marie got her for her birthday. It's from Life is Good. I asked Josh to take some pictures of her and find a bow to match while I put Hayden to bed so I can't take any credit for her cute hairdo. LOL.

Hodge Podge

A little fashion show of one of the outfits from Pat and Jenn. She was really overtired so this was all we got. As you can see, she was pretty much done as soon as I started. I'm not sure what to do about the pants. They are huge and the length isn't really that long, but they can't be rolled up due to the detailing at the ankle.

Bear hug from Hayden

Ava wants to play too!

New landscaping of our front flower bed. We just slightly underestimated how much mulch we needed. It turned out really nice.

Sunday we went to the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield for the afternoon. It's not a big zoo, but has enough animals to be entertaining plus who doesn't like feeding goats and giraffes? It was super hot and sticky and we had to make a stop under the misting station to cool off. Then we HAD to go to Red Robin-- Josh's favorite place to eat in Springfield. We usually alternate Red Robin and Outback (my favorite).


Ava had her check-up today and she is 19 lbs. 12 oz. and 28.5 inches long. She is in the 25% percentile for height and weight. Her Dr. said she wished all her patients were as good and sweet as Ava so she wouldn't get home so tired every night. :)