Pumpkin Patch Time!

It's that Halloween time so that means time for pumpkin patches! Last week Isaac's daycare went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch and Rose and I went along too. The place was pretty nice and had lots of animals to pet including cows, horses, a bull, donkeys, llamas, piglets, chickens/chicks, and ducks. At the end of the day we each got a free small pumpkin to take home.

 He wasn't so sure about the cow...

 With some of the older kids from daycare

 The three of us on a hayride.. the little girl next to 

us almost looks like she belongs with us 

as well with her blond hair haha

 Checking out the horses

 Donkeys!

 Smiling? I dont know haha

 Baby piggies! They are about a month old

 Watching the little piggy (didn't realize till after 

I took the pic that he piggy was peeing haha)

 Rose just chilling out in the stroller

 Ike and momma piggy

 Isaac about to feed a llama

 Isaac with some kids from daycare (as well as the daycare providers kids)

 Baby goat!

Trying to pic a pumpkin...which to choose?!

That same day, Rose turned 10 months old! Can't believe in less then two months until she is a year old! By the way getting her to keep her sticker on and to sit still are nearly impossible at this age lol

 Yes, she stands on her own, but no walking yet. 

Below are pics taken from my cell phone throughout the month of October. I tend to take more pictures with that since it's always with me and very easy to use. 

 She love standing over by the stares. Usually calls for dada

 Yummy toes

 He was eating a blue Robin Egg candy and licked 

it then smeared it ALL OVER HIS FACE 

 Fun with chalk

 After a haircut. So handsome!

 Trying out bows 

 She was too quiet... I looked over and she had shredded a few sheets of tissue

 More fun with chalk

We went back to the same pumpkin patch that we went with Isaac's daycare for a birthday party this past Saturday. Some of these pictures were taken with my cell phone and some were taken by Liv.

 On a hayride with Noah

 Matt being silly with Rose

 Me, Matt, and Rose

 Devon, Isaac, and Noah

 Isaac, Noah, me and Rosie

Isaac and Noah

Noah, Isaac, and Ethan checking out the horses

 Petting a baby goat!

 Rose's lil pumpkin

 Liam and Rose with the pumpkins

Jameson, Rose and Isaac

 Rose and Liam

Rose and Liam

She loves the pumpkins

And now, here are some videos for your viewing pleasure :)

Having too much fun on daddy's rocking chair

She sort of says "dog" :)

He loves playing with the empty yogurt box. 

I still cant figure out what he was saying... 

Love it when she does this

Little stinker...

Ok, that's all for now! Next post will contain family pictures we got done at Sears and possibly images from pumpkin carving and Halloween.

An actual update

I've realized that the last few posts don't really have much of an update on us or the kids, but just pictures (which I am sure most of you don't mind). But for those that are curious, here is all that is going on.

Isaac is almost completely potty trained. He still has some small accidents where he pee's a bit in his underwear before saying he needs to go potty but majority of the time, he lets us know ahead of time. He sleeps in underwear too and in the month in a half or so, he's only had one accident in his bed. I'm so proud of him! He is going to a new daycare and he's adjusting well. He's starting to recognize numbers now and still knows tons of shapes and colors. We're working on teaching him how to undress and dress himself as that will help with going to the restroom on his own later on. He's in the "I do it!" phase which is both good and bad haha.

Rose is almost 10 months old and growing too fast. She crawls everywhere and pulls herself up on everything. Sometimes she will even stand without holding onto anything, but no walking yet unless she is holding onto a push toy or car. She loves to mimic people, whether it's waving, raising eye browns, or copying sounds. She says mama and dada really well and even says dog and uh-oh on occasion. She loves her brothers cars and even makes what sounds like a car engine while playing with them (she's been watching her brother). She eats almost everything we do except for things she's not allowed to have yet. She has three teeth completely out, a fourth that just broke through and two more working their way out, so lots of teething going on here (yet still not as drooly as Isaac was). I'm still nursing but lately I've had to pump and offer bottles because she is refusing to nurse (I think due to teething). We'll see how the next few days ago and if I can keep up a supply, otherwise, I'll have to start supplementing with formula.

I'm looking forward to Halloween this year. Isaac still loves the show Team Umizoomi so he is going to be Geo and Rose is going to be Milli. My friend Erin is making the dress for Rose's costume and I'm making the shape belt for Isaac's. The only thing left for his costume is buying the top and pants in a solid royal blue color. I'm even contemplating spray painting his hair blue haha

As I said in my post last week, we will be going back to Hawaii next year for another three years. We're starting to go through our stuff to sell or donate, mostly books and movies. I really wish we could go someplace to exchange actual books for digital copies of them. Same with movies (at least for the ones that dont have Digital Copy codes).

Last new news for this post, yesterday, Matt and I traded in our 2005 Volvo (hatchback) for a 2011 Honda Odyssey minivan! 

 
It's a purchase we've been taking about making and we figured this would be the best type of vehicle to have while in Hawaii. This way, we can fit up to 4 -more- people in the van, besides our little family, so when other family or friends comes to visit, they do not need to rent a car if they don't want/have to.




Well, that is it for now! I'll go back to posting tons of pics of the kids in my next post :)

Catching up

Time to play catch up! It's been a few weeks (sorry!)

At the end of September, our good friend Noah turned 4 years old! Here are a few pictures from his party.
 

Lots of pics from around the house:

 Drawing in his handy dandy notebook

 Trying to attack the camera

 LOVE this face!

 Love this pic of Isaac!

If only his foot was down, this would be 

a good pic of the two of them together!

 Playing nicely

 Petting her doggy

 She loves her collar

 Drinking from her sippy cup

I just had to get his onsie.. it says "I make chunky thighs look good!"

 Attacking daddy

 Laughing. SO cute!

 You can see her top tooth here (since this picture has 

been taken, 2-3 more are popping through too)

 Watching Blue's Clues in his "thinking chair" and handy dandy notebook

Dinner!

 Hanging out in her dogs bed

 Rose and Liam

Noah and Isaac playing so well together

This past weekend we went up to the Air and Space Museum in VA. Isaac kept asking to go, so we figured we should go :)

 Couldn't get these two to look at the camera together, silly kids!

 The Discovery is now here! This one was actually in space :)

He loves this shark plane so I wanted to get a picture of him with it.

That's all for now! 

For those that don't know yet, about a month ago Matt got notified that he is being reassigned again and we're heading back to Hawaii next April. We were shocked to learn that we will be leaving Maryland so soon after getting here (by the time we leave it would only have been 2yrs). We weren't happy at first but we're slowly getting used to the idea of going back. The kids will be older and they will be able to enjoy it as well. We'll keep family and friends updated on our travel plans while heading out there as we plan on visiting PA and in CA on the way.