Getting geared up for Halloween

Halloween is this weekend. Wow!  Didn't I just take Karson trick or treating, like, last week?

Karson is super excited.  He will be Thomas the Train this year.  Toot toot!  He got to be a 'Hawkeye football guy' (his words) at the Story Hour party. 

Kamden is going to be a bear.  He really has no choice.  Karson was a bear when he was one, so Kamden gets to wear the hand-me-downs.  Next year I 'might' let him pick a new outfit, but I'm hoping he will want something we already have.

Both boys are excited (Kamden will be when he figures out whats going on anyway) to be spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's on Saturday night. We will be going out to eat with the Mitchell's and to a Halloween party.  This will be my first night away from Kamden.  I'm a little nervous.

What are we going to be?  I'm glad you asked :)  I'm going to be Dorothy before she went to Oz.  LOL  All because I found a pair of black sequined pumps and thought to myself, "Hey, I'd wear these again."  So I got the shoes and decided to be black and white Dorothy.  My Aunt Marilyn made my dress.  I'm going to get it tonight.  I'm so excited.

Dustin is going to be a scary scarecrow.  He got a mask, but will paint his face under the mask so he can take it off at the party.  He has put more work into his costume than me!  He sewed patches with staw coming out of them onto jeans, splattered blood on the jeans and his hat, spray painted his straw hat a little so it looked dirty and worn.  He is really getting into this.  I already told him to figure out what he wants to be next year so we can start working on it now.  I'll post pictures next week of our darker Wizard of Oz costumes and of course the boys.

Wish us luck on our weekend in costume!

A few more...

Family Pics

We finally got some family pictures taken!  Along with Karson's three year pics and Kamden's one year pics.  I'm suprised we got anything usable.  Karson wouldn't sit still and Kamden didn't want to be held.  They were both tired...poor planning on my part.

The bridge we had our wedding pictures taken on got washed away in the flood of 08'.  This bridge is it's replacement.

I wanted to post a few more, but my computer or blogger won't let me.  Grrr...

Mini-Fashionisto

This is how Karson went to daycare today.

I was in a hurry and doing other things so I told him to pick out some shoes, a sweatshirt, and if he wanted a hat to get that to.  This is what he looked like right before we went out the door.  Awesome.  I should of known with a dad like Dustin, that this was inevitable.  Eh, it's just daycare so I let him where it.

Kamden was even like WTH!?!?

I was running late, but stopped to take a picture because I literally laughed out loud when I turned around and saw him in this get-up.  The sweatshirt and shoes alone would not have made me laugh, but the hat on top of the hood is what did it for me.  Not to mention that in his hands are two cookies, one sucker, and a DVD (The Polar Express).



Kamden is ONE!!!

My sweet little boy is one!!!  It doesn't seem possible, yet it seems as though he's been here forever. 

We celebrated by going to Village Inn.  I ate pancakes there the morning I had Kamden so we had to go back to start his birthday tradition.  Other than supper we didn't do much.  I sang "Happy Birthday" to him through-out the day and he got all shy. 

Birthday boy taking his morning nap in his "nest"

Karson and I made him sugar cookies (oh man are they good) and we just lounged and watched Mickey Mouse Club House, Shapes, and Colors.  Kamdens 3 favorites.  He never pays attention to the TV unless one of those three are on.  They just mesmerize him.  He will hear them come on and toddle out and plop down in the middle of the floor and cross his little ankles in true Kamden style.

This little boy is full of love and kindness.  He's the sweetest little pooper.  I'm so glad he's here.

Fall is Here

The boys birthday party went great.  So uneventful I forgot to write about it last week.  I'll do a post with pictures later.

Kamden walks more than he crawls now, which is a ton of fun.  He is such a boy.  He'll walk over and tackle Karson just because it's funny.  His laugh is high-larious.  Kamden laughs like a dirty old man.  This low chuckle, that comes from way down in his belly.  He scrunches up his nose a lot too, which shows his big front teeth.  This kid is pure comedy.  I always tell him he's my good one.  Kamden is just so good natured.



Karson is as crazy as ever.  We went to the pumpkin patch and picked our own pumpkins in his favorite town.  Osage.  He likes Osage, because that's where we go swimming.  We've started swimming lesson's on Monday's.  You can definitely tell he's the youngest one there, but he's doing fairly well.  Karson is a good peddler now.  He rode his bike all the way to Grandma and Grandpa's and back.  Kamden was jealous.

Karson is as crazy as ever.  We went to the pumpkin patch and picked our own pumpkins in his favorite town.  Osage.  He likes Osage, because that's where we go swimming.  We've started swimming lesson's on Monday's.  You can definitely tell he's the youngest one there, but he's doing fairly well.  Karson is a good peddler now.  He rode his bike all the way to Grandma and Grandpa's and back.  Kamden was jealous.

The house is coming along.  I need to get out and take pictures so I can show the progression.  I can't wait for Dustin to get to work on the front porch.  Maybe we'll spend more time out front now that Kamden is walking and really get to enjoy it.

Houston, We Have a Walker!

I can't believe I forgot to mention Kamden walking.  He will take about 5 steps before he realizes, 'holy shit, I'm walking' and then he'll fall to the floor.  I think he'll be all-out-walking in a few weeks.  He looks like a mini-zombie all stiff and wobbly.  I'll be sure to get pics this weekend.

Kamden also learned to do TOUCHDOWN.  He'll throw his arms up and say "ta-doh".  It's so cute.  Nobody believed me, but my mom witnessed both the walking and the touchdown action last night.