just, bre, and boys: Beautiful October

Look at this beautiful family!!!!!

So Fun!! Doesn't grandpas face say it all?

Jon and Melissa and their darling family came this October and spent some time here. We were able to have them stay at our house some of the time and we went to Gardner Village to visit the witches. The weather was beautiful as is was all of the month of October. Love the warm sunshine.

Uncle Matt and Meredith took the boys to the zoo for the day. The boys had a blast! Justin and I had plans to paint the new nursery but decided we had to take advantage of no kids and went to a movie first. The only problem was that we just showed up at the theater and had to watch whatever what showing at noon. We watched Hotel Transalvania...not the movie we would have picked but hey we love the movie theater and we jumped on the opportunity.

Happy Halloween!!!!!

We carved pumpkins, Jensen wanted Jack Skellington, and Drew wanted Iron Man.

We bobbed for apples at the Nickle family Halloween party and Papans (grandpa) gave them a dollar.

Check out Justin's sweet graveyard in the background. This year we added a spooky chandelier with flicker lights.

We were hoping to have 3 ninjas for Halloween this year. The 2 older boys wanted to be ninjas and I was going to make a costume for Breckers, but I ran out of time and energy to make one so I grabbed the fireman decoration off his wall and called it good. We had to bribe him to wear it but man he is cute in anything. The weather was incredible. I think the warmest Halloween in years. The boys had a blast and Justin took them out for like 3 hours.

We have been training Breck to sleep in a toddler bed so we could use the crib for the new baby. It was a struggle at first, and took a couple of weeks but he has finally figured it out and is doing really well. However, it cut his naps in half. He went from 3 hours to 1 1/2 hrs. CRAP!!!!! Oh, well.

So, I know this is dangerous but he cant really close the fridge all the way. On that bottom shelf is his sippy's and juice and he just makes himself at home and sits down and closes the door.

Breck is being so funny right now. He is particular about what he wears. He is a 2 1/2 year old boy....how do you have an opinion????? He refuses to wear his jacket or coat. Grammy even bribed him with a treat, so he put it on.....went to the snack bar and got his treat and then took it off. What a stinker! He doesn't like me to put long sleeves and pants on him. He is having a hard adjustment to the colder weather, I guess, just like his mom. For a time there he would wear his swimming suit and swim shirt. Now, he only wears gym shorts and a few different t-shirts. Then, it is a fight to put pajamas on, so sometimes he just sleeps in it too. This outfit is going on like 3 days in a row. I know, so gross, whatever! Also, he loves to wear Drew's cleats. Mostly cause he knows what they are for and he goes outside and kicks the ball around.

He is talking so much right now and it is super fun. I am going to try and describe some of the things he says that are our favorites.

"No minute": Just a minute

"Walk knee": Watch me

"Nenen": Jensen

"Hone": Home

"Wheuw (like the firetruck sound)": Fire (like the Kindle Fire, he loves to play angry birds on)

"New knack": Fruit Snack

For awhile there he was calling us all "idiot", which really, my kids don't say too often so I'm not sure where he got that. At first it was hard not to laugh, then it did get offensive :). Now he has basically dropped that and just tells me all day long "A mean" ("you're mean"). No matter what I am doing, sometimes I am being mean, sometimes I am trying to get his jammies on so he doesn't freeze at night, and sometimes I am trying to help him.

All day long he likes to ask me where everyone is....."Where's daddy?", I repeat it and he says, "work", then he asks where Jensen and Drew are and I repeat it and he says, "school". Then he asks where mommy is and I repeat it and he says, "Hone". Then he asks where Breck is and I repeat it and he says, "Hone".

Drew lost his two bottom teeth, one right after the other. So fun! He was so excited he brought his tooth to show his cousins and then lost it. Luckily, the toothfairy still knows he lost it and brought him some money. Drew is so funny, he makes us laugh all the time. He went grocery shopping with grammy and papans and they split up to make it go faster, but then He and papans, couldn't find grammy so he told papans, "Maybe we should split up?" Papans reassured him that it would be ok and they would find her. Then he suggested they say a prayer. Such a good kid!

2 weeks until I deliver...look at the belly not the face. I am starting to swell and look just awesome. I almost didn't even want pictures but we have to document!!!!!!