Halloween!!

Spidey-men.

Ren and Cohen were getting so excited for Halloween. They ran around the house in their Spidermen costumes tonight... Ren even wore his Batman mask, too... he was very intense.

In her bumbo... or bum bum.

Avery's strong enough to sit in her Bumbo chair now! Or as Ren calls it, "her bum bum". Isn't she so cute?!

Breakfast.

I love to watch the Food Network... but rarely do I ever get up from the couch to actually make a recipe I see on TV just minutes after I've seen it... but I did that with this recipe a few weeks ago, and I had to have it again this morning. It's Ina Garten's Country Hashed Browns... and it's to die for! Today I didn't have onions or parsley on hand, so I substituted cilantro for the parsley and just added chopped green onions... it was divine. I'm ashamed to say I ate this whole bowl... but do you blame me?

I'm amazed...

at how strong Avery's gotten... here she is doing tummy time with her head completely up! I guess all that sleeping on her belly is really paying off! I'm not as worried about the back of her head getting flat now either.

Swingin' with their bears.

This ride looks like fun, but after a minute of this craziness, Ren let go of the swing and fell flat on his face in to the sand... no fun at all! But, in true Ren fashion, he was up and at it again after a few seconds of fierce crying. He shakes off injuries really quickly. We decided to swing without the bears after that though. (Their bears didn't mind.)

From behind...

these two look so alike to me... their head shapes, their ears... too cute!

Laughing at Daddy.

Daddy time.

They've got her back.

It makes my heart happy knowing that Avery has two older brothers who love her so much. Just like me, I loved growing up with two big brothers who were always there for me.

Sweetness.

Isn't she just the sweetest thing? I can't stop staring at her and snuggling her! When she sleeps too long, I want her to wake up already!!

Halloween's up.

Swingin' Cohen.

Cohen's official.

Cohen brought home his official first school photo. Isn't it awesome? I think the blue background hasn't changed since I was in grade school. Love it.

Baby girl is set.

I washed all of Avery's 3-6 mos size clothes today, as she's pretty much grown out of the 0-3 mos size. So sad! What's funny is that with all the clothes my friend and sister have lent me, I have more than enough... I may only have to do laundry like 3 times in the next 3 months! Awesome!  

An evening outside with this kid makes me happy.

She's doin' her Jane Fonda.

Avery's getting so strong with her tummy time. She can totally lift her head and legs off the ground now. She's a mermaid in training!

I'm channeling my inner Martha Stewart.

Made some sugar cookies with the boys tonight. Don't they look so pretty? I think I did Martha proud, don't you?