Halloween!

We had a great Halloween week! (Kinda funny that it has turned into a Halloween week-long celebration rather than 1 day. Oh well, more fun, I guess!) We started out the week on the Monday before at some friends' Halloween party for Family Home Evening. It has (hopefully) become a tradition. I unfortunately didn't get any pictures. But, we carved a pumpkin as a family. We made one side an Angry Birds bird, and one side the BYU "Y". It turned out really good. We also watched a cute play put on by the kids for the FHE lesson. Then came the yummy goodies and just good times with good friends! Fun!

Wednesday was a Halloween pack meeting for cub scouts. No pictures, but fun!

On Friday, we went to a "Trick-or-Treat Street" where the kids got to trick-or-treat from different businesses all lined up in campers. It was really fun for them. We met up with my brother, Jarom, and his family which made it oh so much better. There were SO SO SO many people there that it was unbelievable. But, we had fun with the cousins!!



The cousins: Dillon (Super Hero), Braylon (Spider Man), Sadie (Super Cute Strawberry)




The Vampire Siblings (I really missed having "cutesie" costumes this year!!) :)


Sadie and Avery - at least I got one "cutesie" costume! Thank goodness! :)


Friday night was our ward Halloween party. Dave decided to dress up for it. He was Waldo like "Where's Waldo". It was awesome!






Ha Ha! That was a fun night!!

On the actual Halloween, we first stopped at Grandpa and Grandma Pendlebury's to trick-or-treat.




Then we went to Great-grandpa and grandma Johnson's to meet up with all of my side of the family. We had pizza and then took all the cousins out to trick-or-treat old fashioned style, or door-to-door. :) It is always fun to hang out with the cousins. Dave and I enjoy the chatting as we walk. Fun for everyone!


Quaid with his Grandma Johnson and great-Grandma Johnson

Oh, I better add some pictures of our sweet Quaid. Dave's Uncle Dennis bought this super cute monkey costume for him. It fit perfect!





We had a great Halloween-week! I was pretty glad when it was over, though! I did not want to put that vampire make-up on ONE more time!! :)

Quaid, Quaid, Quaid

So, before we had Quaid I thought that having a baby would make me blog all the time. I thought that I would want to just talk about everything he is doing, etc. Well, I do want to do that, but, well, it just isn't happening! Having a newborn is oh so time consuming. I had forgotten just how time consuming. So, as much as I have wanted to post about him, I just haven't had time!

This is how we have felt since he has arrived:



Ha ha! It is true. But, we love this little guy to pieces. I am seriously in love with this precious baby. It definitely feels different to me knowing that he is my last baby. I have held onto and enjoyed each moment, or at least tried to. He is a very sweet and cuddly baby. He LOVES to be held! That is why I don't get a lot done that I need to. Or, when I am getting things done, he cries a lot!

Quaid is 7 1/2 weeks old. I can't believe how time has flown. Very sad to me. But, he is becoming more and more fun. He smiles a lot now. Big, open mouth smiles. The kind that take up his whole face! It melts my heart! He is also beginning to "talk" to us. He coos and it is the most beautiful sound!

The whole family is having so much fun with our new little addition. The other night at dinner I was making him "dance" and do funny things. The whole family was laughing until we all had tears in our eyes. He has the funniest facial expressions!

He is also starting to really see things that are around him. I had a stuffed animal held above his head tonight and he just loved looking at it and cooing and smiling at it. It is so fun to see him grow and develop. It is happening WAY too fast, but we are having so much fun at the same time.

Just a few more notes about Quaid right now: he only gets up once during the night. There are a lot of nights that he sleeps 6-7 hours straight. He sleeps in our bed, with me holding him all night. He still sleeps for the better part of the day. He will be awake for 1-2 hours before he will fall back to sleep. His size 0-3 clothes fit him perfectly. He has outgrown his newborn shoes. He is a mama's boy already. Sad, but true. He gets pretty fussy for Dave at times which is very frustrating to both of us.

Here are some fun pics from the last few weeks:

Pictures from his first bath in his tub. He loves his bath!







We took him to a Halloween party held in our friends' garage. We got him all bundled in his snow suit and he stayed super warm! (And very cute I may add!)




Quaid with his brother and sister who ADORE him! (Paisley does, too, I just don't have her picture!) :)





My sleeping cutie!



We tried out the Bumbo chair a few weeks ago, but he wasn't quite sturdy enough.




Just a couple cute pictures of the girls! The second one was funny to me. Avery wanted to sleep with Paisley and just snuggled her way in on the bottom.




Quaid wearing his "I Love Mummy" Halloween shirt.




Quaid on his 1 month birthday! :)



We recently had a friend take some newborn and family shots for us. I can't wait to see them and post them.

I am so grateful that Quaid came to our family. He really fits in perfect and completes the family. I can't imagine life without him!!

School Pictures!!

A girl in my neighborhood offered to take school pictures of the kids for a MUCH better rate than the school offered. I took advantage of her offer and was super excited with the cute pictures of the kids!