Happy Halloween Everyone!

We just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween.

My little bear. My mom made this costume for my brother when he was a baby. It is over 30 years old. It fits bay just right. I thought it was sooo cute.

The skeleton costume is from my sister's boys. It even glows in the dark!

Pumpkin Carving

Over the weekend we had the chance to carve pumpkins with Candace and Chad. Candace and Chad have the most amazing garden during the summer which provided these great pumpkins. We had a great time having dinner and carving together.

No Bay is not hungry in this picture, he had just eaten.
Thank goodness for timers on cameras so we could get this shot!

Our finished products. The Owl is mine (big suprise),
next is Candace's, Then Jeff's, and last but not least Chad's.

New Toys

Bay is trying lots of new things these days, he has a jumparoo courtesy of my sister, a highchair from IKEA ( I love that store), and an activity bouncer borrowed from Jeff's sister.

Trying out the highchair, he loves it!

He is also rolling like crazy, no more putting him on the bed or couch much, he is way to mobile. He is pushing up on his hands, the crawling is not too far away at this point, oh when that comes I will be in serious trouble...I will love it but man it will be exhausting

Like Father like son.
Jeffs sister calls the kitties his pussy cat dolls

Growing Up

Its been awhile since I have posted and we have been up to a lot. We have spent time with Jeff's parents, his sister and brother in law, and some friends on the fire department. Its been a busy few weeks. I have quite a few pictures to share with you all.

Debbie Gerry and Our family

Bay and Uncle Chad

Overall things are going well, I have worked a few shifts already at work and things are going well. Its a nice break to go and have interactions with people other than a cat and a baby. Dont get me wrong its awesome being a mom and hanging out with Bay especially since he is growing like a weed, but I crave the interactions with adults now and then. I may be joining a mommie and me group next week so that may be fun too. Overall we are doing well and loving watching this little guy grow. We miss you all....

Bay in his Jumparoo

We Are Back....

I am embarrassed that it has taken me this long to post again...but we have been really busy. First of all we just returned from our quick trip to Montana to visit my sister Mindy. We left for Montana on Tuesday and came back late Thursday. I wished so badly that we could have stayed longer but Jeff was offered overtime at work and that allows us to make lots of money for a short shift. We got to see this amazing building that they bought called the straw house which walls are made of bailed straw. It was really neat and I cannot wait to see what it looks like after they do the remodeling for the dental office and they get all moved in next year. We also got to see their amazing house, I will defidently say that her house is one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen. I loved every last detail that she did in the designing processes. Here are some pictures from our visit as well as some cute ones of bay...

Bay playing with his Monkey Gym

Jeff got this hat for Bay in Montana. He also bought some Smartwool socks for him as well. The hat and socks are the only things that Jeff has purchased for Bay since he was born...sweet huh?

Daddy and Bay

Bay and his oldest boy cousin Kalvin. Kalvin loved dancing and playing with Bay...he was always trying to make him smile. It was fun to watch him interact with Bay

GROWING UP

It is official Bay is growing like a weed. He had his four month appointment this week(even though he is already four and a half months already). He officially weights 15 lbs and 5oz,at least at the moment he was weighed. He is 26 inches long and is in the 75-90 percentile in length and 50th in weight. He got his next round of immunizations which went well at the dr office but once we got home it was a bit of a different story. He was a mess for much of that evening and has continued to be out of sorts off and on for the past few days .

I have decided to blame his bad moods and crabbiness onJeff since he is working at 72 hours shift...yeah I know he's nuts and boy am I excited that he is coming home in the morning. That long with a baby no matter how good of a boy he is , is tough work...I am ready for a break. I dont think that I will be taking bay in for shots by myself if Jeff is working a shift that long again.

Now on to the pictures...these were all taken in the last week..I thought they showed his personality and they were funny or cute...

Teaching Bay How to Pet Whiskers

Daddy Kisses

The next two of these need explanations as they look a little odd...This first one is of bay playing with a teething ring...he picked it up and put it on his own face like this and proceeded to leave it there for about 2-3 mins like that...it made me laugh

This one is of bay and whiskers snuggling but bay got a little crazy grabbed whiskers by the nape of the neck and well as you can see he has a good grip on her fur and skin. Luckily she didn't seem to mind all that much, she just continued to lay there next to him and yes he did let go.

Well that is all for now...Jeff my sister in law Candace and her husband Chad are coming over today to can tomatoes which should be really fun since neither of us have done it before. I will get some pictures of that because it could be really amusing or not bad...I guess we will see.

Moved in.....at least sort of...

He is growing up so fast...

Alright so all of you know that we are here and we are settled of sorts. Things are going well, we are busy trying to get unpacked while still trying to manage a baby and periodically look at houses to buy. I am not sure why we are so willing to look at houses as the economy is such pooh these days and we may not even be able to get a loan but alas, we are still looking around with hope that someday soon we will have a place to call our own.

So there has been a few benefits to having Jeff move all of our stuff early. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I didn't have to re-arrange any of the furniture or how he set up the kitchen. Instead while he is home and watching bay I have had the time to unpack my clothes and all of our food, so now it looks like we have some things to eat. Well I realize that this is not the most exciting post but at least there are pictures of what our place looks like inside. I will post more exciting things later....

master bedroom

family room with dining room in background

master bath

extra bedroom

dining room

Bay's room