So long October

Wow, is it seriously November? I cannot believe how fast this year has gone. It's crazy. I'm not complaining, but just in awe over it. October was a pretty fun month. We had way more activities going on than we normally do in like a years time. Mid month the hubby and his good friend ran a zombie 5k. They chose to be zombies and got to "chase" the humans for 3.1 miles. Everyone loved their make up and costumes. It was like they were famous zombies, getting stopped and people asking to take pictures of them. Proud wife right here :)

 Hubby's on the right, the zombie surgeon

Then came the adventure to the pumpkin patch. It was actually kind of disastrous. Mr. E wanted nothing to do with the pumpkins and EVERYTHING to do with the wagons. Maybe next year?

That next night, Riverwoods was having some Halloween market thingy. They had bounce houses, craft booths, a teeny tiny animal petting cage, and free pumpkin spice cupcakes. That was probably the best part of it all.

Next came Halloween. I wanted to do something cute as a family because I figured this year would maybe be my last year where I get a say/choose what I wanted Mr.E to be. I'm assuming next year he'll be old enough to maybe decided what he wants to be, and because he's a boy, it'll probably be lame and boy-ish :) We dressed up as the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts. And let's just say, I'm crafted out...at least until a week or so before Thanksgiving, and then I'll have to kick it up a notch and get stuff done for Christmas, whoa, yes, I did in fact just mention Christmas. Anyways, back to Halloween. Mr. E was a champ trick-or-treat-er. He learned quickly to knock on the door, reach his cute little hand into the bowl of candy, grab a handful and put all of it back except for one piece and put in his jack-o-lantern. And then he'd run off to the next house and repeat. Too cute, but after about 45 minutes, we all had enough and called it quits.

The last event, that I guess technically counts as November because it just happened this Saturday, was another zombie 5k. I did this one, along with my sister-in-law and her husband, and her sister-in-law and her husband, and the same friend that did the first race with hubby earlier this month. And we were the ones being chased by zombies...down the canyon...at sun set. And the zombies were all BYU track team members. So yeah, they were fast. And we even had a 5 minute head start. Sadly, 4 of the 7 of us were "infected" while 3 lucky ones survived.

(missing 1 of the survivors)

Now I'm ready to get my turkey on and set up my Christmas tree. Peace out October, see you in 2013.

Texas

Last weekend we (Mr. E and myself) flew out to Texas to see my sister and family. Mr. E was a champ flyer. It helped that the man next to me moved to another seat, so we had the row to ourselves. And man, what a difference it makes to have seat for your toddler. Only way to fly!

It had been 8 months since the last time I saw my sister, so it was definitely time to change that. It was a quick trip but so much fun. My sister's kid are hilarious and played so well with Mr. E.
The day we flew in, was a pretty mellow day. It was too hot (for me) and humid that I don't think I could have managed anything else but lounging around inside...in an air conditioned  home. Friday we packed up the kids and headed out to the infamous Texas State Fair. And holy cow, you really CAN deep fry ANYTHING! I attempted to take pictures of everything you could deep fry, but started to get lazy with it because every booth had something new you could batter up and fry. Here are just a few of the things you can eat to jump start a heart attack with...

My brother-in-law got the deep fried brownies, and of course, we had to try. I'm kind of mad I didn't try the pineapple. Oh well, next time. 

These were the cutest baby goats! I seriously wanted to steal them and bring them home.

Saturday we headed to the aquarium and ate the best BBQ I had ever had. I would be so fat if I lived in TX. Sunday came, we packed up, and flew out. Like I said, quick trip. But so fun!
Thanks for the memories! To see better pictures, check out my sister's blog
Happy October! My favorite month of the year! Yay for fall!

Whoops.

It's that time to update again. I'm not really feeling the whole typing thing right now, so I'm going to keep it short.
The Hubby and I are still here. He's working 3 jobs, 2 paid internships and 1 unpaid. I am substituting as a coach at a tumbling gym for little girls. And Mr. E is still growing and is still hilarious. He keeps me laughing and pulling my hair out all day, every day. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
And the weather is finally cooling down. Yeeeah! I can't wait for Fall. It's my favorite time of the year. Bring on the scarves, boots, leggings, and baking! I'm ready.

And I know this is way over due, but my parents came out about a month ago and my mom and I took Mr. E to the animal farm and it was a blast. Even though he was more interested in pushing his stroller, it was a great day with NeeNees.

This one above cracks me up. It's like he's saying "Hey world...nailed it."

And today the hubby and i were home with a head cold of some sort. So I asked myself, "What would make us feel better? Ah, chocolate cake of course." And it didn't. Well, it made my chocolate craving feel better, my throat and cold is getting worse, but I'm not even mad. I had cake. And I had the cutest little helper ever! Mr. E used to be terrified of my KitchenAid but now that I let him help put all the ingredients in, he loves it. He also loves to eat the baking tools and batter.

 You know you have some good frosting when your baby eats it...for dinner.

If you would like to try this amazing cake check out my other blog  here

Mr. E update

I don't think I've really done an "official" post on some of the mile stones Mr. E has hit. It's crazy to see just how fast these little ones grow up.
Mr. E is growing by the minute. He's hilarious, smart, stubborn, sweet, vocal (without the use of real words), and just melts my heart with all of this little characteristics he's picking up.
He knows how to blow kisses and give kisses (loves), when I say "doh!" he puts his hands over his eyes, when I ask him where his nose is he takes my finger and puts it up to his nose, he loves his blankie, he knows how to do his nightly routine all by himself now, he loves to cuddle stuffed animals, he blows on something if we say "hot", he knocks on a door when he wants it opened, he shakes his head "no" when he doesn't want something, and the list goes on, but it's probably all stuff that no one else really cares about besides his mom :)
 But I just adore this kid. He's so cute and I'm obsessed. And I just have to share his night time (bed time) routine. He goes into his room and grabs his blankie and binki. He then walks over to his daddy, pulls his binki out, and gives daddy a kiss. He puts his binki back in, then waves "nigh nigh" to daddy and heads back to the room. He shuts the door and then waits for me to pick him up to turn off the lights and turn the fan on. It's just the cutest thing. I think I'm really going to miss these little things when he grows up...now for the pictures

 Loving his blankie

 Oh yeah, sometimes I dress him up

 He LOVES bubbles

 His dad must be proud...playing with an old game boy

 A little family hike (that did not last long)

 He went from quickly being happy...

 to terrified ha.

Shirtless, and cuddling one of his favorite stuffed animals

And life would not be complete without a little stop at Pirate O's for some delicious (European) goodies

Happy 4th of July!

What 2 posts in one day? Is that even real? Well, yes. I'm on a roll and don't want to lose my groove, so I may even do a 3rd post? What? I know.

Anyways, our holiday was spent at my parent's condo, at the pool. And it was great. Mr. E loves to swim...well, I take that back. He likes to get in the pool and then get out, and then get back in, and then get out and repeat about 50 times. In between getting out and getting in, he likes to run around and steal all the other kids toys. I'm now that mom that has a kid that just grabs stuff that's not theirs and doesn't do a dang thing about it. In my defense, it's toys that are just laying around and not being played with. So that's not that bad, right?

Happy 4th!

Baby boy is getting down with his bad self

 Cool stick, or wand, or sword, or whatever you want it to be

What happened to June?

Is it really already July? How did that even happen?!

A recap of June. The hubby and his family left for South Africa for 3 weeks...Yes you read that right, THREE WEEKS!!! Baby and I stayed behind because the thought of traveling to another country that involved over 24 hours of traveling sounded like a big ol' head ache and a lot of stress. While my hub was off gallivanting across seas, we headed out west to stay at my parents house. Who happened to also be on the continent of Africa at the same time for 2 weeks. So that awesome. I'll admit this, it was lonely, sucky, and I hated it but I am so grateful and lucky to have an amazing sister-in-law who took us under her wing and played with us practically everyday. Mr. E loved playing with his cousins and actually didn't cry when my brother approached him! He loved being around him, it was super cute. Mr. E was in some serious need of male bonding.
Our adventure back home wasn't too adventurous though. We didn't even make it the beach once...gasp! We did spend time at the pool (well the Crockett's pool) and plenty of time at Target and Trader Joe's. I mean, you can't go wrong spending time there right :)
I was also able to spend time with a few of my best friends. It was great to catch up and act like it was just like old times...only we're older and have babies.
And I totally slacked and barely took any pictures but here's what I did capture, with some help from my talented photographer sister-in-law, Carly.

Not the greatest, but one of the very few pictures I have of us recently

Pool time

 Enjoying his first ice cream cone with his cousins...

little did we know, he would be EVERYWHERE!!

 

 Love, love, love, love, love this one (thanks Carly)

 And I found my most favorite flowers at Trader Joe's and just had to buy them for my mommy

 

Exactly 3 weeks later, the hubbster picked us up from the airport and was so so so excited to see his little man. I'd like to say Mr. E was just as excited but it was hard to tell. He wouldn't look at him for like an hour. It was actually pretty funny, well for me at least :) It was so sweet to see them reunited again. They've become even more best of buds since we've been back.

Thai Peanut Pasta

Check out my latest post over here for a yummy dinner dish!