Pumpkins!

This afternoon we went to pick up a few pumpkins... It was the perfect, cool Fall day and Tucker was excited about picking out pumpkins.

It's impossible to get a picture where they're both smiling, so I'll share a few...

Don't worry--that's a pumpkin stem behind Hadley's head, not a pony tail :)

They happened to be in decked out in their ECU gear...which is apprently not going to give us any good luck in the game tonight :(

A little fun with Daddy...

Taking our pumpkins to the car!

Big helper!

LOVE this time of year... Welcome October!

Hadley Weekly!

Hadley is 37 weeks old!

This week was all about her pulling up! She is loving her toy that she stands up on...and so is big brother! She pulls up on the couch, on the ottoman, on Tucker's tool bench...she would much rather be standing that sitting. She is trying to move a little along the furniture and I doubt it will be much longer before she's quicker on her feet!

One hand!

She wants to do whatever Tucker is doing...

She got her 4th tooth this week which has seemed to bother her quite a bit. She now has the two on the bottom and the two incisors on top--no middle teeth up there yet :)

She's saying "da da" a lot and making lots of other screams and outbursts :)

She also has mastered getting puffs in her mouth all by herself--Yay for high chair entertainment! Going out to dinner tonight was much more enjoyable :)

We are lovin' this age...Hadley is one happy girl!

8 months old

8 months old!

Got it!

Who is this bear anyway?

I.know.I'm.cute.

Loving preschool!

The world just wouldn't be right without a digger backpack...

First artwork :)

Tucker is loving preschool! He's excited to go each morning...he sings songs and tells me what a little bit of what they do...and he takes great naps when he gets home :) Happy MAMA!

Hadley Weekly!

Hadley is 36 weeks old.

In the last few weeks, she's...

Grown our of her infant carrier. We bought Tucker a booster seat and she moved into his car seat. Seeing her in there makes it hard to believe Tucker still fit in that seat! No more carrying around that heavy seat :)

Tried her first finger foods...puffs. She's not great at actually getting them into her mouth but it's happened a few times. It will be nice to have something that occupies her while we're eating...it's always a challenge to eat these days between feeding her and helping Tucker.

Crawling everywhere! She can get across our entire downstairs in minutes and she's officially into everything she shouldn't be--eating mommy's shoes, buttons on the DVD player, and every other dirty, dusty, thing on my floor. This is one way to motivate me to sweep :)

Working hard on pulling up. She's achieved it a few times in her bed and is close to standing up on the couch and the coffee table (which we just moved out of the den to prevent any incidents). She is BUSY and developing way too fast in the mobile department.

HAPPY! She is so smiley, happy to see anyone and everyone, and just rarely fussy. She's just starting to act a little shy, in a sweet way, when people talk to her...doing the whole "lean into mommy" thing...love this!

Very fickle about the bottle. She still takes a bottle with Brad every night at bedtime but she will not take it from anyone else, at any time of day. It's so frustrating because she wont't take one with a babysitter but I usually just feed her when I get home or catch her up on the next feeding. This.is.a.hassle. But, I'm glad she'll at least take it from Brad!

Wearing 12 month clothes and her hair is just starting to get long enough for a bow :)

Still most happy when she sees her big brother. She literally starts kicking her legs and making noises whenever he enters the room. They are so sweet together...hoping it stays that way! She even loves to watch Mickey Mouse with him :)

A lil' diet update.... Over the last few weeks, I've added gluten and soy back into my diet. Although I observed some effects on Hadley (and myself) as she adjusted to having it in her system, I think she handled it fine. I started dairy last week (very little each day) and there's nothing too alarming right now except her lack of pooping. It seems to back her up (sorry, TMI). So, I'll probably give it a little more time before I decide to take it back out of my diet. I'm SO close to eating normal again :)

We are loving this stage with our sweet girl!

First Day of Preschool!

Tucker and his friend, Kit

Tucker and his buddy, Miles. We're so happy they're in the same class!

Tucker had a great first day at preschool. There is an ease in period for the first few days so he's only going 9-11:30 instead of 9-1. He gave me a kiss and a hug and never looked back... this made it so easy for me to say goodbye! There was a funny story to the day... When I came to pick him up, the teacher said, "Who are you here to pick up?" I said, "Tucker". To which she said, "Tucker's not here today." Hmmm... "Yes he is...or he better be, right?" The teacher looks puzzled and begins to tell me that they have been calling Tucker "Max" the whole day!! Max is Tucker's good buddy and he is in his class but was sick and unable to come to the first day. Somehow they got the two of them mixed up and since Tucker never corrected them, they just went with it! "Max" was on his artwork, his photo... it was like Tucker was never there :) We had a good laugh and they said "Max" had a great day. Here's hoping his teachers remember his name next week! :)

Celebrating Lindsey!

We had a family shower with to celebrate with Lindsey a few weeks ago at the beach. We are blessed with a lot of women in our family and Lindsey fits right in.

Lindsey is due towards the end of October and we're so excited to see if they're having a boy or a girl! Still can't believe my baby brother is having a baby!

My cousin Anna is due just a few weeks after Lindsey...3 new babies in our family this year!