Trick or Treat

I loaded the pics in the wrong order, so here is our little spider at the end of the night, worn out.

I was surprise that Will seemed to get into the trick or treating this year. I thought he'd just be along for the ride, but he would go up to the doors with Aubrey, say "Trick or treat" and then say "thank you" also. He also said, "dary" (scary) a few times and would cling on to me if he heard any spooky music. They both seemed to have a lot of fun, though!

Aubrey & Jett taking a break in the wagon after lots of running.

Getting all ready to go!

A quick picture with Daddy and then off to the neighborhood Halloween Parade before dinner & trick or treating.

This is the best shot I got of both of them...

After the parade, we went to a neighbor's house for dinner and playtime.

Pajama day

Aubrey & Will doing seat drops on Daddy's back.

Although it is not quite winter, Will already loves his "no man" (snowman) pajamas. The other day a solicitor came to our door wearing a scarf and hat and Will kept pointing at him and saying, "no man, no man". Also, I don't know if you can tell in this picture, but I took Will to get his first real haircut last week. I couldn't take pictures there, because I was holding him in my lap the whole time. He did a great job and looks so much more like a little boy now :(

Just dancing on the couch in her pjs, enjoying a lazy morning.

Please pray

We just found out this week that one of Robert's Baylor roommates' wife, Kristi, has stage 4 cancer. It has spread through her body -- in her bones, bone marrow, liver, around her brain...
The reason they did not find it earlier is because Kristi was pregnant with their third child and they first attributed her not feeling well to having a rough pregnancy. Eventually, the doctors realized that something more serious was going on and they did an emergency c-section. Thankfully, the baby boy was 36 weeks and is doing fine. Please pray for strength for Kristi as she starts aggressive treatment for this cancer and for Chuck as her cares for his wife and 3 boys -- they are about 4, 2 and a newborn born last week! I can't imagine what their family must be going through right now. I'm sure they would appreciate your prayers for healing and comfort that only God can provide.

This Week

Diaper boxes are always fun!

Will still requests a "bubble ba" every time we pass the bathroom... The boy would take 5 baths a day if I let him.

First visit from Robert's parents this past weekend. We drove out to WV to see some of the leaves changing.

Showing off a rock from Aubrey.

We also had a visit from my BFF/roommate from UT! She & her husband were coming to Baltimore for some training before heading across the world to be missionaries in Nov. Robert's parents babysat while we went into DC to do some sight seeing and have a nice lunch out without worrying about keeping little ones entertained. Aubrey also enjoyed their visit and had fun playing on their bed after they left. She pulled lots of pillows out and named it, "Parker Pillowland".

A quick kiss on the go before more jumping in pillowland.

Butterfly Girl

Saturday morning we went to Aubrey's friend Carleigh's birthday party. It was called "Carleigh's Candyland" and there were plenty of candyland themed decorations, games, cupcake decorating, etc. Aubrey also loved getting her face painted and was sooo excited about her "first rainbow lollipop" that she got in her party favor bag. I'll remember to consult Carleigh's mom, Caroline, the next time I throw a party -- it was a huge hit with the kids and fun for the grown-ups, too!

Pumpkinville

Aubrey had her first field trip with her preschool on Tuesday to a local pumpkin patch. Here are a few of her classmates, don't you like how Aubrey is posing?

Going down a big hay slide.

Up in a tree house with her new friend, Kyra.

On top of the "hay mountain". I actually didn't get any classic fall pumpkin pictures on this trip becasue I was so busy chasing Will around. Robert's parents are coming in town on Friday though and I think we're off to another fall festival on Saturday, so I'm sure we'll have other opportunities. We all had fun and Aubrey actually took a nap that afternoon, which has hasn't done in at least a month or more.

The"Mayment"

Will's favorite place to play is the "mayment", also known as the basement. We usually play down there either in the afternoon after his nap, or after dinner before bed.

Aubrey still LOVES her animals and has all kinds of animal parties everyday.

This one is for you, Carole. Will too has worn a headband, thanks to his sister.

Dance parties and concerts are the latest craze for both Aubrey & Will. Here they are performing for me today.

Aubrey gets pretty into her performing these days, she says she wants to be a singer when she grows up... we'll see?

All ready for her friend's Cowgirl birthday party on Saturday

Eating cheese while saying "cheese"

Getting aired up for a Saturday morning bike ride together

This is how we found Will in his crib one morning last week. He wasn't very happy that I wanted to capture the moment, he was just ready to be untangled.

The fire dept came to Aubrey's preschool yesterday and Will has been wearing the hat she brought home ever since. Oh, and I forgot 2 things I wanted to add to his 17 month list:

-the sound effects have begun! This is one difference I have noticed between having a boy & a girl, Aubrey never did this. Every car, truck, boat, airplane makes noise, and lots of it. He constantly imitates sirens and likes to make his half eaten waffles or crackers into airplanes and fly them through the air complete with plenty of sound effects.

-"My nurn" (turn) Anytime Aubrey has a toy, drink, food, anything Will wants, he'll say this until his sister shares.

17 months

Even though we're a month away from the big 1.5 yr. milestone, I just wanted to record some of Will's cuteness lately, so I don't forget! If you aren't related to us, this may bore your socks off.



-Bedtime: As soon as we sit in the glider, he always requests his favorite lullaby "buh-buh-bye, nee, nee, night" (Hushabye & Good night) . Then as I'm signing, he pats me and says "Mommy" and then decides to poke at me face in the dark and name everything, "eye, eye, nose, mouf"



-When he sees pictures of himself or when I ask him his name, he says "Wool"



-He cries "Aubrey " every Tues. & Thurs. when I drop her off at preschool. He loves his sister!



-Loves tickling us now and tries to tickle strangers when we're out.



-He's obsessed with the letters "R", "A", "Y" and "B". He had me write them over and over again on the magnadoodle the whole way to Virginia Beach and back last week. None of these letters are in his name, but they are all is Aubrey's name so maybe that's where he picked up on them?



He started saying "hud & iss" (hug & kiss) and he'll actually wrap both arms around you & squeeze. I love his real hugs!



-He's been jumping and walking backwards for a while now and loves to do front rolls.



-He's still totally enthralled by waffles and asks for them every morning. We make big whole wheat waffles every Saturday & I make extra to freeze, so at least they're pretty healthy.



-Today we were playing in the backyard, and he saw a chipmunk. When it ran away, he kept calling, "Mipmunk, are you?" (as in, where are you?) and "Mipmunk, bye bye".



-He sings the Diego theme song, kind of. This is Aubrey's favorite show and she gets to watch it when I put Will down for his nap. He always hears the song as I'm taking him up the stairs. Throughout the day, he'll be shouting "Day-do" (Diego). "Do, Day-do, Do" (Go, Diego, Go)