First Haircut

BEFORE

AFTER

Gavin's hair was driving me crazy! It was cute but was getting so long by his ears. We had a party and cut all of the boys' hair. Doesn't he look so adorable with his new cut! I think he is a keeper.

Happy Birthday!

My mom and JT have the same birthday. Each year we celebrate it together with my family. We had already celebrated JT's birthday with his family at the Halloween party. I love both JT and my mom so much! They both help me with everything. Thanks for all you do! I hope you both had a Happy Happy Birthday!

Jumping in the leaves

The other day, Braiden, Gavin and I decided to go out and rake the leaves which had fallen on our yard. We didn't have hardly any compared to some of our neighbors, but we wanted to rake them up to get rid of them. Braiden of course had to jump in our pile. He was pretty good to not get leaves everywhere. Gavin would have loved to crawl right through the pile, but I knew the leaves would only end up in his mouth. He got to stay inside the stroller. We had a good afternoon and have really enjoyed our fall this year. I actually feel like we have had this wonderful season this year. I don't wish for it to be gone, but it will be soon. It has been a wonderful time of year.

The Final 2 days of Halloween

Ben playing with his new toy

Happy Birthday JT

Gus as a ghost

Gavin and Grandpa

Katie and Trumann

Braiden with his spider ring

Ellie as an adorable butterfly

Wyatt had two spider rings

Trumann as Buzz

The kids and their rings

Pin the nose on the pumpkin

Day 12
Have a costume parade at home.
We had one at Grandma and Grandpa Collett's house instead this year. We had a big birthday and Halloween party. Everyone was there. We were so excited Kristy and Trisha and their families could come. We had so so much fun. We had a yummy dinner, got to find spiders that Grandma had hid, play pin the nose on the pumpkin and dress up in our costumes. (The kids did all of this.) The adults enjoyed all of the yummy food:) We then had a birthday party for Jenny, Madison, Katie, JT and Brad. It was so much fun to spend time with one another. We love our family!

DAY 13
Go Trick-or-Treating!
The boys were so excited to go trick-or-treating. The weather was beautiful. It was sunny and warm. It did cool down a little, but was so nice. I was so so grateful. Braiden dressed up as NEMO this year and Gavin was his side kick SQUIRT. They both had so much fun. I was glad I was able to get such cute pictures of both of them this year. It was Gavin's first Halloween. He was such a good sport. We had fun going to Gma's and Gpa's and visiting friends. When the kids get a little older, we will go around the neighborhood.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Maddox as Buzz

Alecia is ready for kittens

Cortlynn as Snow White

Kyson as a frog

Gavin Climbing

Gavin doesn't like to sit still. We had to get this on camera. Braiden also wants to be the center of attention. I felt bad, but the reason I cut him off was because the battery was almost dead. I have so much more to post, but we have been sick. I will do it tonight before going to bed.

OUCH!

They other day was quite the day. Braiden was downstairs and climbing. He slipped, fell and bonked his head on the corner of the computer desk. Needless to say, he got a small hole in his head that of course was bleeding a lot. Luckily, he didn't need stitches. That same night, Braiden was playing with my old camera. He was letting it hang by the string. Gavin saw me get the vacuum out and came crawling over as fast as he could. Unfortunately, he met up with the camera. He got the little cut under his eye. Not to bad, but we went two for two that day. I know I am living with two little boys. I am just grateful that both were OK and there was nothing too serious.

Days of Halloween (7-11)

We had so much fun doing our 13 days of Halloween.

DAY 7
Make Halloween Marshmallow Popcorn.
We had so much fun popping the kernels and then adding candy corns to make it extra special!

DAY 8
Make a Halloween Mask.
Braiden and I chose to make a Frankenstein mask. Doens't he look so scary:!
Gavin sure thinks so.

DAY 9
Make Halloween suckers.
We had never done this before. They turned out OK, but I need a little bit of practice. You just eat them anyway, right?!

DAY 10
Read Halloween Flannel Board Stories
We really enjoyed reading 5 Little Pumpkins and 10 Little Scarecrows. Counting is so much fun!

DAY 11
Make Halloween Sugar Cookies and Decorate them
We made pumpkin cookies, frosted them orange and then made faces with candy corns and M&M's. They were yummy!

Days 12 and 13 were so busy, I will post more about them later:)

9 months old

I cannot believe how fast time flies. I know I say that a lot. A few weeks ago, Gavin had his 9 month old checkup. It is crazy to think he is that old. He is growing like a weed. The funny thing is he is smaller than his brother was at this age, but he still looks so big:) I am so glad for healthy, chunky babies. We had a little concern at this checkup, but everything turned out just fine. I am so grateful for my sweet little Gavin!