Dum Dum Sucker

Owie-cakes got his first go at a sucker. Yes, striped down and in the tub! Just trying to make clean up easier :) Needless to say he liked it!

 And don't even think about trying to take it away!

Family Pictures Nov 2013

With Christmas card season just around the corner I wanted some new pictures to use, but wasn't ready for an official photography session of sorts. So kind of last minute we went out with a friend and took some pictures. I had a lot of fun taking the boys pictures, but one thing is for sure...I need to be faster :)

Sure love my family and all their cuteness!

It was super tricky to get a good family shot! But if we were only going to get one or two winners I think this is a pretty cute winner.

I'm sad this one came out blurry, but if it hadn't you can tell it would've been another really cute picture. So I'm sharing it anyway :)

Owen Makes A Run For It

Saturday evening Bergen went outside and left the back door open. Owen crawled to the open door and sat there for a while. I could tell he wanted to go outside and was contemplating the step outside on his own. After a while I noticed he was gone so a few seconds later I got up and went to the back door. This is what I found. Owen had made it not only across the yard to the trampoline, but was climbing up onto the table! After Bergen not a whole lot surprises me when it comes to these kinds of things, but Owen actually surprised me that he was capable of this already! He tried really hard to get onto the trampoline and Bergen even tried to help pull him up the rest of the way. I finally put the camera down and went out there with them. Silly boys!

 (That's a long way to go so quickly!)

A Few Picture Highlights From October

Boys just hanging out together. Owen didn't stay there long, but I sure enjoying these little brother moments!

Not even nine months old but I find him pulling himself up to stand next to things. Crazy!

Bergen contently playing with toys on his own is such a rare thing, I find myself pulling out the camera ever time I see him actually doing it.

Owen just wishing to be out there!

This was a sweet moment. Bergen had pulling the rocking chair into the room to be next to sleeping baby. He even rocked the swing for baby.

Man he's getting big! And quick too! He sees an open door and it's a race to explore the bathroom.

We were webcamming with the Olivers and the boys got silly. Bergen thought this was so funny. I love Helen's face on the computer in the background! She was trying to photo bomb this picture wasn't she?! :)

Travis loves Monopoly. Me not so much. But Bergen is getting more and more interested in games lately so the played together. I think Travis was in heaven :) 

Sweet sleeping baby snuggled up to the edge.

End of Soccer Season

Soccer season has come to an end. The coaches had some things come up during the season so Travis and I got to help at some of the practices, and Travis even coached a few of the games. The last practice I was in charge of and a couple other parents helped out with the drills. On the way home that night Bergen said he liked me as the teacher the best. Aww thanks buddy! I guess all that moving I made them do they actually liked better than the standing in line that was happening during some of the previous practices. Overall though it was a fun experience for Bergen.

He really liked playing and we really liked watching him. It was fun to see him improve on some of his skills. He got a lot better at being able to get in front of the ball to turn it back around towards his goal, and did well by the end at kicking it away from the other team. He also ended up making a total of 4 goals over the season. We hadn't been keeping track so it was kind of funny when we discovered Bergen had. He was also excited to finally have gotten his trophy!

Halloween 2013

For a long while Bergen wanted to be a bag of money for Halloween. Then he changed his mind to a transformer. Although I thought that was a cool idea, it was way more time than I wanted to spend making so we kept suggesting other things. Somewhere Vector and his squid launcher crossed Bergen's view and that was it. A costume with a squid launcher, oh yeah! To him his whole costume was based on the accessories. The squid launcher and the black bag (fanny pack) to keep his moneys. So naturally Owen got to be a minion. And a cute one at that. I was excited to have found clothing pieces from random places that, in my opinion, really nailed the costumes! I added the stripes and collar to Bergen's pants and size 24 month hoodie. Travis made the squid launcher out of spray foam and paint. I made Owen's hat and sewed the logo onto his 18 month overalls. And shh, don't tell, but his 18 month yellow shirt may or may not say grandma's princess on it. Hey sometimes you have to get creative!

The annual trunk or treat was, as always, lots of fun. I just let Bergen do his things and Owen and I followed close behind. I love that Owen was sitting forward holding onto the stroller "handles" all night! People liked their costumes and thought they were cute.

(Love Owen's face in this one!)

On Halloween we went trick or treating with the Teemants. It wasn't long before Bergen was hangin' with the big boys trying to go as fast as they could from one house to another. He would run down the driveways at top speed and I was worried he was going to biff it :) Thankfully he never did but it sure made me nervous. I'm glad we went to this area of the neighborhood because it was hopping with trick or treaters (I wish I had taken a picture of the people filled streets). We even ended up seeing lots of people we know from church. When the night was almost over Bergen told me, "This is the most best day ever!" Yay! That right there made Halloween a success in my book!

We got home late but I was too worn out to rush the kids to bed. Instead they got time to explore the loot together and Bergen had a couple, or maybe a few, or was that a lot of candy just before bed :) Anyway it was fun to see them play in the candy together and it was such a fun filled night they were both out like a light when they finally got in bed.