John Deere Trunk or Treating

Spider man and a dinosaur had a great time bouncing around!

They also enjoyed riding on the hay ride with Daddy and

Yoda!

Trunk or treating was pretty fun.

But I'm pretty sure the best part of all was eating candy for dessert!

Leiran Boys

Lawrence holding Emery.


Lowell holding Emery.


Cousins - Lowell (5), Emery (1 month), Parker (2), Lawrence (4), Aiden (4)

Papa and Daddy joining in the mix.

Look at these strange lips that Papa got us! What a great weekend playing with our cousins!

Birthday Party

It's time for my birthday party. Lots of people came to celebrate, but many also wanted to meet Mr. Emery.



Opening presents was a lot of fun. Parker even took a few pictures for Allison to remember what I got!


My favorite gift was probably the Legos! Peter helped me build a few different things.


My birthday cake had bats and jack-o-lanterns on it. I was very proud of that cake!


It tasted great as well.

Talking

Just sitting down with GG talking about how I am her favorite baby!

Quiet Time

Here's how we manage some 'quiet time' when our grandparents and cousins are in town...at least Emery and Papa got a nap in!

Go Cardinals

Picking out our red M&M's.


just in time to sit down and say, "Go CARDINALS" before the first pitch was thrown out for the 2011 World Series.


I'm sure Emery will enjoy this tradition when he is a little older. We certainly enjoy all traditions that include chocolate!

Birthday Crown

Look at this AWESOME crown I got at preschool today to celebrate my birthday!

So Tired

Happy Birthday, Aiden

I am 4 years old now! I'm so excited for my presents!

Holy Moly! WOW! WOW! Holy Moly!


Halloween birthday cakes are awesome - especially the frosting and mint chocolate chip ice cream!

Hickory Park Birthday

I hope that I get to eat ribs every year for my birthday!


Wait, they serve you ice cream with a candle and sing to you on your birthday also - I'm sold. Mommy, can we do this every year for my birthday?

Reiman Gardens

We had a great time at Reiman Gardens this morning checkingout all the butterflies.



We are getting much better at walking slowly in there and trying to spot all the different kinds of butterflies.


The nice lady working there let me touch all the different dead butterflies that they had found that morning. I was just a little excited to be able to hold them and flip them over to see how their colors were different on different sides.

Howell's Pumpkin Patch

Here we are waiting on the wagon to go out to the pumpkin patch.


We looked high and


low and all over the pumpkin patch.


It was a serious task for us to find the perfect pumpkins,

but we were very successful! Can we do this again next weekend?

Tired

Preschool and the park next door, seemed to have taken a lot out of me today. I didn't even wake up when Mommy carried me into the house or when she moved me from this chair to the couch.

3 Weeks Old

Look at how big I am getting, and I'm only 3 weeks old today!

Meeting Joe

Joe was back in town tonight and read us our bedtime stories!

He also got to hold little Emery.

Snuggle Time

Mom sure enjoys her snuggle time!

Go State

I'm so excited for my first ISU football game!