Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year with plenty of family. Janelle and Garth came up and Ashley's parents were in town for Spencer's blessing, so Jason reserved the church building for us to gather all together. It makes it so roomy and gives the kids plenty of space to play. Ashley gave out food assignments and it all turned out wonderfully. We were so grateful to have family close and also have family come in to town to help us celebrate this special holiday.

The food. It was all delicious!This was the munchkin table. Only Ryden was interested in actually eating his food that day. I made the pumpkin pie and I always do one with a Jack-O-Lantern face, but this one was my pride and joy. I had to cut each of those leaves out by hand because I didn't have a leaf cookie cutter.

Making the Climb

One morning we were in bed and we hear Weston start to whine, which means he is up and ready to get out of bed. It was kind of early, so we waited to see if he would fall back asleep. Instead, we hear a slight thud and then we are both surprised to hear the door click and feet pattering down the hallway. Weston shows up at our door carrying wipes and says, "stinky" (which he was). That was around the middle of October, but it was very infrequent and he still stayed in his crib most of the time. Come the middle of Novemeber was a different story. He became a pro at climbing out and thought it was quite funny. We usually put him down for bed no problem at 8, but one night he just kept climbing out every 15 min. Finally around 10:30, I had decided that we were going to convert his crib to a daybed the next day, but Casey said we might as well do it right then since he was already wide awake, so we did. We had to lock his door at first and he would fall asleep at the door sometimes, but I think he realized that it was pointless to try and get out and goes right down now. We figure this is good practice for when the new baby kicks him out of the crib and he gets moved to a twin bed. I have to admit, it was a fun little milestone since he didn't make it too hard on us :)

Halloween Fun!

We had a lot of fun this Halloween with all the different activities we did. Weston of course was more into the holiday so that helped a lot, and he was an elephant because that was one of the first animal noises that he made. He really liked his costume, which was nice too. Our Halloween festivities started off with our ward halloween party, then we carved pumpkins, made some Halloween treats, then taking Weston out trick-or-treating with Paisley for the first time on Halloween. The funny part about trick-or-treating was that whenever someone would open their door when we knocked, Weston would always try and walk in.

Weston getting his face painted at the ward party

Helping himself. He's not shy :)
Family Picture. Weston loves suckers!

Opening his halloween package from Mama and Papa

He loves to put things on his head. This was one of his favorites.

Carving a pumpkin for the first time. He thought the bowl was the place to be.

Getting into it

Helping Dad empty it out

The finished product. We decided to go classic for his first one. I also made roasted pumpkin seeds for the first time, which turned out good.

Our Halloween breakfast. Pumpkin pancakes with chocoloate chips.

The treat I made for a some family and friends

What I put the treat in. I got the idea from Martha Stewart and it was super easy.

Weston knocking on his first door at Jason and Ashley's complex. Doesn't he make the cutest elephant? We think so :)