Happy Halloween!

Brandon went as Troy Polamalo of the Steelers (although he thought the wig made him look like a girl so he ditched it for most of the night), Kendall went as a little witch, and I went as a pregnant lady. Scary.

One of my fave pics of K of all time!

Eating from the Tree of Knowledge...

This evening Kendall crawled up onto our kitchen table and grabbed an apple out of the fruit bowl. She sat down on the chair with it. Then, she took a bite. Then another. Pretty soon, she had eaten half an apple! Her first "whole" apple.


Nom nom nom.

Orange and Black...

We had my mom and bro and his family over for a Halloween Extravaganza!! on Sunday. The little ones got dressed up for the occasion...

And so did the not-so-little ones...

Everyone had to try on Brandon's Palomalu wig.

Palomalu, is that you??

Then, it was off to the Punkin Patch even though it was drizzlin' pretty hard. No matter, the ride and pumpkins were still all systems go.

Kendall had so much fun running around touching the wet punpkins and looking at the animals in the petting zoo.

Brandon got to go on a few rides.

And we managed to find the perfect pumpkins for Halloween. Happy Haunting!

Vocabulary of a 17-month-old

"side?" = Momma, can I go outside?

"per?" = it might be time for a diaper change here...

"bit-ee?" = Gimme a dang bite of yer food!

"nigh-nigh" = time for sleep

"Bye-yee" = Something Kendall says as she shuts the door in your face.

"wah-wah" = water or a drink

"Ball" = Ball. Duh.

"Ba-woon" = balloon

"Car" = Car

"Dadda" = Daddy

"Ma-MA!" = Mommy

"Bah-bah" = bottle

It's so cool to see her vocabulary practically exploding these last few weeks. She is a great little communicator- whether through sign language or words.

She sure keeps us all entertained and smiling. What was life like before Kendall? It's so funny to think how we will ask ourselves that same question about this new baby one day.

Yeesh, EVERYTHING is photoshopped these days!!

Cousin Love!

Little Dean is hard not to love...big, juicy cheeks to kiss, a great Elvis style hairdo, chubby-wubby thighs...I could go on and on about this guy! He is so irresistible that even Kendall had to get in on that action!

Must...hug..cute baby!

And because I am beside myself over her outfit, here are a few more pics of her in her new skirt...

Practicing for when baby bro or sis arrives!

Happy Birthday, Honey!!

Chris, what can I say? I feel so lucky to have you in my life. Every morning I wake up happy because you are beside me. You keep me smiling and take such good care of us. You are an amazing husband, dad and step-dad. I love you!!!