Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year with Will. It was so much fun because it was his "first" real trick or treating experience. Last year he didn't know what was going on but this year he seemed to really enjoy it!

We started off the day by carving our pumpkin. At first Will wasn't too into it, he preferred eating his snack and watching Eric but once Eric opened the pumpkin, Will enjoyed pulling out the insides. Our pumpkin didn't last very long...we were victims of late night pumpkin smashing. Fortunately, Will wasn't too attached to the pumpkin so he didn't even notice it was gone the next day.














Later in the afternoon, we went to a pre-trick or treat party at a neighbors house down the street. I met the mom at a gym class that Will and I go to and we started talking only to find out we lived a few houses down from each other! Turns out there are several other families all close by with kids the same age so we got to celebrate Halloween with our new neighborhood friends which was really fun. Will looked adorable dressed as a lion and actually kept his costume on the entire time.









Before it got too late, we all headed out for a little trick or treating with the kids. Will caught on surprisingly quick when it came trick or treating. He would go up to the front door, put his bucket down, take a piece of candy, put it in his bucket, pick it up and walk away. We tried the thank you part but he isn't quite there yet.




Here is Will at the first house. It took him one house for us to show him you weren't supposed to go into the house but instead just stand at the front door and wait for the candy. After we showed him what to do, he caught on very quickly and was always the first one up to the door waiting patiently for his candy.

Eyes and Ears and Mouth and......Cooooookie

Here's a little clip of the Will man. His favorite word of the moment is cookie. He loves cookie monster and all of his snacks are "cookies".

The Big Move

It's official...Will is now fully transitioned into his big boy bed. After procrastinating over buying a mattress which delayed the move, Will finally got to sleep in his new bed this past weekend. I still can't believe my baby is out of his crib and is now sleeping and napping in his bed. We wanted to make sure we had moved him into his bed before the baby came so we could give him time to adjust. Well, he has adjusted better than I thought he would. There really wasn't even much of a transition period (knock on wood). He happily went right into the bed and hasn't looked back since.

The first night I was putting him to sleep I got butterflies in in my stomach because I couldn't believe that he was old enough to be sleeping in a bed. It seems like just yesterday we were putting him into his crib for the first time and here we are making room to put another baby in the crib!

Here's Will right before going to sleep. He looks so little in this big bed!




After reading a couple books, and kissing him goodnight...he was asleep in a matter of minutes. Success!!!!

Last night we caught him in a very interesting position. Thank goodness for bed rails!!

Fall Fun

It's hard to believe it is already the middle of October. And it is harder to believe that it actually snowed today and accumlated on the ground. What?! I'm not quite ready for the snow but it does get me excited for the holidays to arrive. Luckily we got the chance to take Will pumpkin picking last weekend before this cold weather set in. As parents, I think we were more excited to take Will for pumpkins than he actually was being there. We took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch which Will enjoyed, grabbed a few pumpkins (and of course lots of pictures) and headed back to the farm for some lunch. Here are some pictures from the day.

Hayride out to the pumpkin patch




Will wasn't too impressed with the pumpkins but he did seem to find the gourds rather interesting.













I kept trying to get him to stand with the pumpkins but he wanted nothing to do with them. Last year was a lot easier to snap pictures because we could prop him next to the pumpkin and he couldn't move anywhere.



Now we can't wait to carve the pumpkins!