Fall Fun

We went to the cornfield maze and pumpkin patch today with our friends Eric and Tiffany and their daughter Braylee. The corn maze was fun, although we cut through the stocks several times so I guess we didn't officially complete the maze. It was so windy that we had dried corn stocks, hay and dirt blowing in our faces the whole time. I got in the car to leave and licked my lips, only to taste dirt. Blown deep into the lip gloss I had put on an hour earlier. I was really excited to get some cute pics of the boys in the pumpkin patch like the ones I have of Caleb from the past two years. But I was very disappointed. Look at the picture below. Behind Caleb in the wagon you can see about 20 pumpkins on the ground. That was the "pumpkin patch" - that's it!! I was so bummed. Maybe we'll try to scout out another one before Halloween.

Our friends and Jon and Caleb in the "corn box":



The fam posing for a pic in the middle of the corn maze:

Catching up

So I've taken quite a few pics and videos over the last few days. I've posted a bunch here, so keep scrolling down, there's a lot of new stuff on here.

Look who's crawling

Ethan is really starting to move now....

Little Drummer Boy

This drum is our "go-to" toy when Ethan is cranky. He gets so excited when he's drumming.

Family entertainment

We were all entertained by Caleb's dancing and singing. Ethan was cracking up, so we tried to capture a little of him laughing at Caleb:

Playtime

more snow pics

Here's a few cold weather pics of Ethan, Caleb and our friend Jolie

More Snow...

turn your volume up if you want narration


Here's Caleb playing in the snow on our balcony

It's snowing...

that's right, it's only the beginning of October and the snow has already begun. I went out last night and it was snowing a little, but when we woke up this morning, there was a light blanket of snow everywhere. It snowed constantly all day and we are supposed to get 9 more inches tomorrow. Here are a few pics that Jon took before he headed to work this morning:

the back of our apartment complex

Jon's jeep


Some trees outback

Caleb got a hand-me-down snow suit from some friends tonight, so we'll post some pics of him playing in the snow tomorrow.

The Latest

Boy, Ethan is growing up fast. He is mastering so many new skills. He's got the army crawl down, will rock like crazy on his hands and knees (seriously the fastest rocking you've ever seen), and will crawl a few steps at a time before giving in to the army crawl again. He likes to sit on the floor between my legs and use my body to pull himself up to standing. He's also mastered the "ma ma" sounds, and will "call" me when he wakes up from his naps, and mimic me when I say it to him....so cute!! I will post some pics soon, I promise.

He's also so big that he now wears the same size diaper as Caleb - who is two and a half!!! what the heck?!?!? Kind of nice to just have to keep one size of diapers on hand though....makes it easy to pack a diaper bag :)

Caleb is very into singing these days. Last night he serenaded us with his own medley of "If you're happy and you know it", "Head, shoulders, knees and toes", and the ABC's - all combined to make one very unique song that Jon and I were required to participate in. I love this age!