mass post, attempt to catch up!

in no particular order (mainly because they upload out of order) these were taken 9.24.11 thru 10.28.11.

maya & i attended our first bris for baby micah.

love this lion king moment.
beautiful family of four.
we had the aspinall's over for some dinner. tickle monster!!! (he loves this book aunt khaki!)
playing trains...
twirly whirly.
finn & owen feed off of each other & they are funny & rambunctious!
sophie talking with maya.
we had an intense game of hide & seek.
finn & sophie. "you okay, sophie?"


i hosted an art social & it was a lot of fun. maya helped me while finn napped.
& then chelsea came over & took both kids on a walk so i could finish cleaning! life saver :)
we decided to test out both kids in the bath. maya loved it the first time. since- she's become terrified. i think she saying she'll stay in her hammock bath awhile longer.
i bought a mullet wig for our halloween contest at frisbee. i was a redneck. thought i'd put my baby fat belly to good use ;) i claimed i was from tennessee!!
we went for a nice long walk. finn always stops to talk with "those men".

tons of energy to burn! he goes so fast!
& then this bike ride lasted a little too long. someone was tired.
our good friends brian & heather had us over to visit with heather's family.
they're baby people -so they don't put our babes down when we come over.


he was all worn out from playing with their lego's. :)

we went to the children's museum which we LOVE!


some of us wake up bright and early.
we painted pumpkins with chalkboard paint & then we wrote the letters b-o-o on them!

i'd purchased a couple chairs at goodwill. well, one was broken. woops! so we finally repaired it with the help of our landlord- he cut some new pieces for me! next up: painting them. let's see how long that takes us.
we got a new dining room table. it's fabulous. finn & bryan decorated the box before we recycled it.
finn & bryan went for a bike ride... the weather is starting to be perfect for it & maya is almost big enough to go with us!!!!
an especially good hair day :)~
kylie being so kind to act as our tunnel.


i loved this lil outfit with his dark jeans... so i wanted to take a picture & he gave me attitude!

laundry must be put on pause for family cuddling.movie watching stuff. can you find maya!?
our sweet bay-bay.


too cute. we promised he could finish the movie if he put his pajama's on & they resumed the cuddlin.

okay... we're getting there!

making finn's halloween costume.

{10.26.11}

i thought long & hard about what finn was going to be for halloween. his first year he was a whoopie cushion, but we were flying back to ky on halloween & he never actually wore it other than for this photo shoot. jill & i made it for him. it was huge. he could probably still fit in it ;)


& then last year he was max from where the wild things are. i was really impressed with how it turned out. the pants buttoned but it was really hot that day & i didn't want to over heat him & he has a black boa for a tail! Jill was there with me again -for emotional support :)

so this year... he had to be thomas. but he kept changing his mind between percy & thomas. i did a little research on how to make a cardboard train & found this link to be most helpful. so while bryan & i were watching t.v. i made the train. the next morning i taped what i didn't want to be blue & let finn paint it.

choo choo!

maya hanging out while we worked.
he did a great job.
the only mess he made!
& here is our project so far. i took the tape off & painted the rest red & yellow while he was napping. & then i used foam paper for the roof & thomas face. you'll see the finished product on the halloween post ;)
that wore maya out... so she toke a nap. that winnie the pooh in bed with her is the one finn picked out for her before she was born!
i don't know if you've seen our new kitchen table, yet? i love it. & the chairs. it makes me so happy, i even enjoy cooking more knowing we're going to sit there together.
his looks. i swear.
he's gotten big on having a snack plate for lunch.

& then maya woke up & we had a lil photo session.