Happy Halloween!!!

Hi all! Happy halloween! We had a great week and went to 2 block parties. Friday night we went to our neighbor's church out in Sandestin. They had all sorts of food and entertainment, but Leah spent most (all) of her time on the bounce castles. Eric and I had some funnel cake...it was good but greasy! Then Saturday afternoon we went to Tracy's church for their party.  Leah LOVED dressing up like a princess and waving her wand around. I made her wand out of foil...let's just say it was one-of-a-kind...but she didn't know any better :) She loved being a princess so much that she insisted on wearing the outfit to church today! 

We're really enjoying the cooler weather and are looking forward to having a fire out back sometime this week. We're also excited that Karen and John are coming for a visit, and I already have my list of projects to get through (since I won't have to entertain a certain 2 yr old). Yippee! We hope everyone had a safe holiday. God bless!

(note the mohawk)....

Leah's wand (proof that I am soooo left brained)...

Eric blowing the pine needles off the roof. They provide quite a bit of fuel for our fire...

I had to get a shot of this stroller decked out like a pirate ship...so creative!

An hour of gymnastics is more than enough to exhaust Aine...

For some reason Leah chose to go upstairs, grab her Christmas hat from last year and then make funny faces for me :)

Seriously...this cat is so spoiled.

I love the expression...

She was busy "poofing" with her wand...

With her fellow princess, Katherine...

In her statue of liberty pose.

Thoroughly enjoying her PB and nutella sandwich :)

Cheeks and Chins

Can you tell why I titled the post "cheeks and chins"? :) It's hard to tell, I know! Obviously Aine is growing well and getting big. Leah is still loving her...constantly giving her kisses and hugs. She likes to go into her room in the morning with me and say "good morning Baby Aine". Leah's vocabulary increases daily, and she's always saying something that makes us laugh. 

It was an eventful week: we went to the Baytowne Wharf Beer Festival last weekend. The weather was perfect...just cool enough with enough sun cover.  Eric also had an ORE (Operational Readiness Exercise) at work this week ...he was working from 6 PM until about 1 AM (so all of our schedules and internal clocks were a bit off). Then Tracy had her baby on Thursday...all 9 lbs 10 ozs of her! Then we went to the pumpkin patch this weekend. We let Leah pick out a small pumpkin. She picked out one for herself, Aine, Katherine and baby Libby (Tracy's new addition). She walks around the house with it and insisted on bringing it to church yesterday! "MY baby pumpkin!"

The pumpkin patch had a hay ride. At first Leah was a little hesitant, but fully into it once it got going.

The fam...

Hmmmm...so many to choose from!

She didn't quite understand the concept of throwing the bean bags through the holes and chose to stick her hand through the hole and drop them. She enjoyed it though!

LOVING the bouncy castle...surprise, surprise!

She decided Boo needed a pumpkin.

Sugar kisses...

How nice of Aine to plump up in order to provide her sister a pillow...what a thoughtful baby!

At the Beer Fest...

There was also a Corvette show. LOTS of gorgeous vettes!

Passed out (errr sleeping) on the way home from the beer fest.

"I hold Baby Aine"...

Tracy's new angel, Elizabeth Grace (Libby)

Aine's 3 Month Pictures

Here are the photos we had taken of Aine. The plan was just to take some of Aine to show how she's changing during her first year. We were just going to humor Leah with a few takes...but the one of the both of them was too cute to pass up!

Cloth Diapers

I've converted from disposable diapers to cloth. Many people think I've finally lost it (I think including Eric...hehe), and they might be right! Oh well :) With the exception of rinsing off the poopy diapers, it's not very hard. I have some friends who've done it and just love it....and now I'm starting to understand why.  

Here's a shot of Aine in her first cloth diaper...