Halloween

Well, these boys are definitely mine! They LOVE decorating for Halloween. It was absolutely adorable watching them run around the house finding places for all of the decorations. The were so impatient because they were so excited! Love, love, love my holiday decorating loving boys!

 

Branson was so funny with this skeleton. Every day I'd find it in a new place outside (in the bushes, sitting on the chair, etc) or inside just chillin' 💀

Nolan had a Halloween themed day at school and afterwards announced that it was "the best day ever!"

Carving Pumpkins!

This is how they felt about the 'guts' haha.

Old Spaghetti Factory with Gm and Gp Bailey for a "Kids In Costume Eat Free" night 🎃

The boys were invited to a Halloween party at our neighbors house. It was the first time getting their costumes on and they were SO excited!

Nolan came up with this 'joke' all on his own! I threw away the garlic and he said, "wait!" and grabbed it out and posed for this pic. Vampires don't like garlic!

Witch Fest at Gardner Village. It was fun looking at all the witches they had set up!

Halloween Eve movie night! It was my turn so 

Trick or Treating (btw, that headless horseman and candelabra are new purchases as of this year and I love them! The boys love the headless horseman the best)

It was so good to see so many kids out! We just love our neighborhood!

Our neighbor Anna was absolutely gushing over the boys cute/scary costumes which they absolutely loved.

The loot!

I finally took down the Halloween stuff down this weekend. Even though it's been a week since Halloween they were still upset about it. Also, it's pretty cute because they are staunch celebrate-each-holiday-in-their-own-season proponents. Nolan gets upset every time he sees Christmas decorations in the store or, heaven forbid, on peoples homes, BUT they can't seem to let go of Halloween. They have commented several times that they miss seeing the Halloween decorations and still listen to Halloween music. It's pretty cute.

Caden - 10 months

I cannot believe we're on the downslope to 1 year! Ahhh! We just love this sweet, sweet boy!

 

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• He has really started crawling with his tummy off the floor, rather than army crawling.
• If you hand him your phone or the remote, not a fake one, but the real thing. it will keep him entertained for a surprisingly long time (and if you take it away he gets tiiiickked!).
• The first time he tried last month he crawled all the way up the stairs, but since then he gets one or two steps up and gets scared and cries for help. Cute boy. I'm not complaining!
• He loves to be in the middle of the action, even if his big brothers are crazy wrestling all around him.

• He's into everything! Taking items out of the kitchen cabinets, taking magazines and games out of the TV stand, taking dishes out of the dishwasher, etc.

Here he is gnawing on his brothers (clean) underwear haha.

• He loves to crawl through the chairs and barstools, not around, but through. Every. Time. Most of the time he makes it all the way through, but sometimes he gets high centered, gets upset, and needs to be rescued.

• He loves his big brothers and they love him!

• He loves baths!! And is always trying to get in the bathroom, especially when he hears the water running.

• He still just has the sweetest smile and disposition. I love how he is often standing in his crib when we come to get him. It's one of my favorite stages, when they can stand up and smile to greet you, but can't get out!

• He loves food and seems to prefer 'real' food over baby food, although he eats both. We recently discovered he loves PBJs haha.

WE LOVE OUR SWEET, CUTE CADEN!

Demon Branson

These days Branson might just do us in.

We thought all the fights and stress over potty training was tough, but now we've ADDED this new extremely strong-willed Branson on top of it and it's almost unbearable. 

He'll go from being adorable and sweet and funny to a demon child in a matter of seconds.

Seriously, in the last 2 weeks he's had a full blown fit before bed at least half of the nights. I'm talking screaming, yelling, kicking, hitting, and crying uncontrollably. We've had to literally throw him in bed and leave him there. Poor Nolan, I've almost let him sleep in our room just to get away from it, but luckily Branson does still respond to threats. Ugh. 

Lately he's started throwing things, overturning chairs, and hitting when he's mad. What's he so mad about you ask? We used the wrong toothpaste, he didn't want to pick up the toys he threw, he wanted the blue fork instead of the orange one, I asked him to get his socks on, Nolan touched him, etc etc.

Thank heavens he's absolutely adorable and sweet and hilarious the rest of the time or we (or he) might now survive!

A couple cute things I don't want to forget...

• He always misses the number 14 when counting to 20. He used to also miss 16, but just in the last couple of weeks he's been getting it.
• He'll say "university" instead of "universe." Like, "this is the greatest toy in the whole university!"
• When he wants your attention he'll loudly clear his throat with an "ahhhhheeeeeemmmm." It's cute, but a little annoying, depending on the situation haha.
• When we're playing a game and tell him he's kicking butt he stands up and does a little dance with a booty shake and a "oh yeah, oh yeah!" that's hilarious.