Hats

Since I didn't have a girl this time, I get to buy hats instead of hair bows :) Too bad he isn't the biggest fan of them...but at least he's not old enough to rip them off his head! I'm always on the lookout for more cute hats!

"One of a Very Few"...

that's what my husband is! I knew that, but it was told to him by the cashier at WalMart. Why would she say that to him? Because he was buying "female products" for me :) He does hide them in the cart with other things, but he does buy them ;) And then the cashier said "and I know you know what I'm talking about." I had to laugh. I'm sure most people that know him can't really imagine him doing it...I usually can't! It used to freak him out, but not so much anymore. I think it's funny she said something to him about it and it makes me smile :)

Day of Thanks

Here are some of the things that I have been thankful for today (even though it's just after midnight):

• My husband for letting me sleep/lay in bed for waaaaay too long today.
• My husband for spending a long time working on/figuring out digital calendars for me, because it was stressing me out!
• My husband because he's getting up EARLY to do the early bird Christmas shopping, because if I got up that early, it wouldn't be a good day ;)
• My Drake for wearing the sweater I wanted him to, even though he hates it and REALLY wanted to wear his truck shirt.
• My baby Daxton for letting me take his picture with him on top a huge pumpkin, even though he didn't want to stay asleep and just lay on it, or really be on it period.
• My Xavier for helping me carry things that I just couldn't grab all at once.
• My Xandria for giving the baby his pacifier in the car on the way home.
• My dad for making the best dinner!
• My family for being there for us and loving my kids so much! I know there is more, but those are the major things for today. I'm so blessed and so lucky to have all I have and such wonderful people in my life!

Bumpy the Clown and other things happening...

I love this pictures! They show what a clown our little Drake is! He's always such a goofball! My favorite is the first one...I love seeing him laugh and it's so contagious! The last two he is snipping his nose off...he kept doing that on Halloween! He would also pluck his nose off and balance it up in his hair! See that lil thing in his hand? It's for his tie that squirted water out! That's what made him love his costume...before I showed him that, he wasn't very into the outfit. Decided to post these pics today because they make me smile. This week has been tough...dealing with the whole pms thing sucks. Especially not having had to for so long. The moods and the exhaustion have been kicking my butt! Also on the way to pick Toots up from school, I ran over a squirrel :( I saw it by the side of the road, it turned and started going the other way and at the last second turned back around and ran under the car :( Ugh, I felt so bad (and still do). Needless to say, I took a different way home and think I will stick to that for awhile. Geez! I had to go clean today and it was nice to get a little break where I could think without voices around. Feeling pretty good now...hopefully it lasts til bedtime. I hope to post more pics of the "baby monkey" later.

Apple Orchard

We had our family phos taken at the park the other week and after we decided to head to to the apple orchard! It was 80 degrees out that day...no coats or red noses needed! It was around 4:30, so it wasn't too hot anymore. This was our first time actually going out and picking the apples ourselves. We loaded up on the tractor and they took us out to the fields...golden delicious first and theb red delicious. It was a big hit, the kids loved it, plus they could eat as many apples as they wanted!! Drake LOVED the golden delicious, when we got to the red ones, he would take a couple bites of one, then throw it on the ground, pick up another one and do the same thing! I guess he thought he would find one that tasted like the golden ones! I only got to eat one of each because of course I was busy trying to take photos AND hold the baby! They expected you to fill the bushel or come close, but our was about half or so. It's normally 30 or 35 dollars, but the lady was nice enough to only charge us 20! That's alot for some apples I think!









S-T-R-E-T-C-H
One red apple
Let me show you the way
Apple orchard 2007...bribed with promises of donuts :)

in the field, eatin those delicious apples
Look, notice anything? Yes, that appears to be lil guy flipping me off. Maybe didn;t like being in the apple basket? Nick loves that picture, men!
I love how you can see Nick behind Drake chomping on an apple :)
Xavier Xandria. And I don't know where the picture of Drake just disappeared to. oh well.

Our Halloween Costumes

xavier as Anakin Skywalker, Xandria the movie star, Drake as Bumpy the Clown and Daxton as a slice of pizza and also a cuddly sweet penguin. Drake was super excited to get "lots and lots of candy"!We trick or treated in my parents neighborhood like we do every year, only thing is there wasn't many trick or treaters like there used to be. Not many at all...kind of a bummer because I like seeing all the different costumes! Guess people do alternative things now or something? The weather was perfect, just a hint of a chill and no rain!

my parents new puppy Sophie
Pizza, get yer pizza!