'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Christmas Eve was spent at Nana & Poppy's. Carter loved helping Poppy play Santa almost as much as opening his own gifts. He also enjoyed all of the sweets that came with this holiday. There was also a storytime with Nany in the kitchen. Overall, this was a wonderful "Night Before Christmas."

Christmas came a little early this year...

This was our Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Rhoads. We celebrated a little early because they were flying to Florida for Christmas this year. We had a great time at Uncle Gary & Aunt Angie's house. This was Abby's first introduction to presents. She seemed to figure it out. Although, we all could have saved our money and just given her the paper and bows. Ha! Ha!

Carter & Abby Update...

Our Carter will be 3 in February; and Abby is now 6 months. Wow! Time deffinately flies by fast. Carter still loves his cars & trucks. Now whenever we get a catalog or magazine in the mail, he is fast to grab it and find which toys he wants for Christmas. (That didn't take long; he's still 2). Abby's a little wobbly; but she can sit up all by herself now. She is also able to get up on her hands and knees and plop herself onto her belly an inch forward at at time. (So far, this is her method of crawling). As of right now, she loves her baby oatmeal, veggies, and fruit. (I'll keep my fingers crossed).

Halloween Rounds...

This year Carter was a Detriot Tigers Baseball Player, complete with a Lightning McQueen Cars baseball hat of course! Abby was a little Pumpkin (thanks to her cousin Bella). We made our usual rounds to Nana & Papi's, Grandma & Papa Rhoads', Grandma & Papa Jeffery's, and a new stop to Mr. Tim's house (Tim & Sue Johnson). At first, Carter was all about putting candy into the little trick-or-treater's bags. Then the bigger kids made their appearance. Most of them were wearing pretty scary masks. That was the end of our little candy helper. Abby was content just being out and about. Here are a few pictures from our eventful night, as well as some of Bella and Carter carving pumpkins with Papa and Grandma.

Checking out all the goodies!

Pumpkin guts are still kinda yucky!

We Have a Screamer!

Abby just loves anything that Carter says and does. This was the reaction I was able to capture on video the other night. Sorry about the quality of the video. All you really need is the audio anyways. Watch and enjoy!

A Big Boy Bed for our Big Boy

As you can see, Carter loves his new Big Boy Bed! Thank you Aunt Leslie and Bella for this new "toy." As soon as we put it together, he wanted to get his Pooh Bear book and read a story all by himself. He sleeps great in it too. He hasn't even fallen out once.

Pumpkin Pickin' Time

This is what we did for our last Saturday in September. We took the kids to get their pumpkins with Papa and Grandma Jeffery. We also went to the Apple Orchard for some donuts and let the kids play. As you can see, Jack couldn't wait for an apple. He probably would have eaten the core if we let him. We were probably at the pumpkin site for about a good hour. There were just so many photo opportunities, as you can see. The kids had a great time!