Grandpa's Pumpkin Party!

It's a great party and a great tradition! One of my favorite events happened on Saturday: Grandpa's Pumpkin Party. It's always so fun for me to think of a new costume to wear, enjoy the family, eat some good food, play some fun games and get lots of pumpkins.



This year I was so excited to dress up as Audrey Hepburn, but I couldn't figure out how to tie the rest of the family's costume's in with mine. In the end we went with a celeb, Hollywood, movie type theme.

Craig and I dressed up as each others celebrity crush. He was McDreamy from Grey's Anatomy- I can't help but find Patrick Dempsey absolutely charming and I don't feel bad about it because I think he looks a little like Craig- and I was Audrey of course.




The boys were dressed up after a famous movie quote. Does anyone know what it is?





Here's another hint. This is my cousin Jeni dressed up as Dorothy.



"Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!"

As promised the evening was full of. . .

. . .cute costumes,





. . .good food,




. . .fun games,




. . .and lots of pumpkins!






Thanks to Alisha for carrying this little tiger around all night!



And thanks to Grandma and Grandpa G. for another great party!

How you ask. . .I do not know

We've been putting the boys down in there beds at bedtime, and then as soon as they climb out and start playing we put them in their cribs. We really don't need the transition to happen right now, and I really didn't know if they were ready, so we haven't been pushing it. Which is why I was shocked when, on the third night of this nightly routine, the boys stayed in their beds. They did it the next night too. And the next day at nap time. I still can't believe it!



P.S. Big H did fall off the top bunk twice.

P.P.S. He now won't get of anything by himself no matter how close it is to the ground.

Poor Little Baby!

Earlier this week, while I was up feeding the baby, I noticed he had a white film in his mouth. I thought it was just milk he needed to swallow so I didn't worry about it. Then I noticed that it was still there the next day so I called my mom to see if it was something to worry about. She said it may be thrush and to call the doctor. The doctor said the same thing, so we took him in and sure enough he has thrush.



As I looked at it more closely I couldn't believe I ever thought it was just milk. It was all over his mouth. It looked just horrible!



Poor little baby. Thank goodness we got a prescription, and thank goodness it's working so well.

Our Summer Full of Projects!

Our Dresser

I was tired of the dresser we had, and I knew we would need a new one for the baby, so I started searching KSL. That way I could have a new dresser and we could rotate our current dressers so the baby would have dresser too.

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After



Our Nightstands

Another KSL find.

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After



Upstairs Bathroom

We decided to switch the bathroom fixtures around, so I could have somewhere to put my stuff upstairs.

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After




The hardwood floor

Our hardwood floor really needed some TLC. We used the yard sale money to complete this project. The floor looks great now!

Before




After



The boys' beds

You already saw this project in the making. Here it is complete and in their room- now if we could only get them to sleep on it.




The boys' dresser

No before picture. This was our dresser, and it is now the boys dresser. The refinish turned out beautiful. Way to go Craig!

This Weekend

It's all about Big H. . .


. . .who finds ways to tug at my little heart. How cute is he making a poncho out of this blanket made to go in the car seat? The boys love fleece. Especially when it has some fringe on it. I think I will be making him a fleece poncho for Christmas.



. . .who looks so handsome in his fancy new shirt. A great find at DI. We knew we had to by it- and take pictures especially for Grandpa Stratton. Too bad there was only one.




. . .who is getting so cute with Baby M. I love it!



It's all about Little H. . .

. . .who is too cute when he tries on mom's earrings.




. . .who is becoming such a big help. I taught him how to hold the binkie in for Baby M.



. . .who fell into the ditch. Now both boys have taken an unexpected dip.



Look at all that water.



. . .who decided the paint looked like a yummy treat, and had to get cleaned up. And had to be changed yet again.



It's all about Baby M. . .

. . .who is becoming so cute and alert.





It's all about Craig. . .

. . .who painted the boys bunk beds. . .




. . .and the extra dresser for the purple room.



It's all about me. . .

. . .receiving my sales tax license in the mail. One step closer to having a business license. It will just be a small cloth diapering business. I'm not sure how well it will do,- and I feel a little crazy for doing it- but I'm excited to give it a try.




It's all about the family. . .

. . .who made it to church for the first time since Baby M was born.

An Early Happy Halloween!

OK, Cher, you win the costume contest!



At first I thought, "Cher was in West Side Story? I hope she didn't play Maria."

Then I thought, "Oh she played Anita. That would be a good role for her."

Then I thought, "That Tony has a good voice!"

And then I figured out what was going on.

What We've Been Up To!

Baby M went to his 2 week check up. He is now 7 lbs 3 oz and 20 inches long. Everything looks good! He's a good, strong, healthy baby.

The boys have stayed every other night with us- my mom took them the other nights. Life is sure crazy with three boys, but at least I can't say I'm bored.



Thanks to my cousin's wife, Heather, who introduced me to this website called freecycle! I was able to take my husband on a date. We got two free tickets to Hale Center Theater Orem. The play was, "The Girl, The Grouch and The Goat". It was a cute show, and it was nice to get out with my hubby. My poor parents ran double duty though. They watched my brother's 8 month old, his 2 step kids, the twins and baby M.

I got Baby M's pictures in the mail today- Thank you to my mom who helped pay for them- so birth announcements will soon be on there way. Along with invites for the blessing.



That is pretty much all we've been up to. For some reason our lives have slowed down a bit around here ;)