Halloween shenanigans

Our ward does a little Halloween carnival for the kids each year that the youth put on. So cute! MJ and her cousin had a blast.

My sweet visiting teacher held Oliver so I could take Mary to the different activities. MJ just loves her and runs to give her a hug whenever she sees her. She always has a little treat in her purse for her.

 Practicing being a cat before we head out trick or treating!

Looking every way but at me...I gave up after the 10th photo..

 She had such a blast, it was so funny when people would say Happy Halloween to her. She'd respond ''I will!" And of course would grab a handful of candy before I could say to her to take just one. After this picture we realized Ollie lost his cute sock with bones on it! ugh dang kid kicking those cute chubby feet!

Before running errands I had to take a minute and take some photos of my cute little monsters ;)

It melts my heart to see how much MJ loves her little brother ''Oviler'' as she so lovingly calls him,

or Ollie of course. She is such a good helper and best mini mama. He follows her with his eyes

all across the room when she plays and giggles when I use his hand to tickle her. 

I love seeing them grow together and the bond they are creating.

                 My beautiful brown eyed blonde haired girl and adorable blue eyed blonde haired boy.
                       My ovaries occasionally squeal and say ''ready for another yet?!" They're that cute.

Spending my first day being 29 was a day well spent. Breakfast in bed, for lunch we picked up cafe rio and spent the afternoon at the park. After we went to our ward chili cook off. I feel so blessed to married to my best friend and have two sweet adorable kiddos.

Oh how I love this little butter ball of mine. He is such a sweetie, I love hearing him coo and ''talk'' to me. I'm so grateful for this little dude.

This little sassy girl looooves her baby brother. She cracks me up and is a joy in our family.

Being a mom is the best thing in the world. It has its tough days that's for sure but none the less it's the most rewarding job ever. I love my little family.

 The colors are beginning to change just a bit, the weather is getting a bit cooler finally. Fall is in the air! We went with some friends up big cottonwood canyon for FHE, take the kids for a little walk and enjoy some doughnuts with apple cider. yum!

FHE

For FHE tonight we went to the church museum to show Mary the rug her great grandparents made. This is the same great grandma that she is named after btw. I'd say it was a success for the most part but having a toddler and baby always brings little bumps along the way like Mary having a melt down because she no longer wanted her picture taken, she wanted to push Oliver in the stroller, she no longer wanted Oliver in the stroller but her baby doll in it and push her instead. And poor Oliver was tired and not having the heat and wanted to nurse so he cried and cried and cried the entire way home, completely blotchy faced when we finally arrived. 

      It can be tiring and hectic having kids but I wouldn't change a thing. I love being a mom and am so grateful to have a daughter and son that our Father in Heaven has trusted me to raise and teach them.

 I am so ready for fall weather! Even at 8:30 at night it was so flippin hot! I love summer but I am beyond ready to pull out my boots, scarfs and jackets.

Oliver's 2 months!

I can't believe this cute little guy is two months already. I know I'll be repeating myself each month but it's true!! I am savoring every moment I can with him because before I know it I'll be back to work and missing him and MJ like crazy.

update:
He's just shy of 11 pounds which brings him from the 19th to the 23rd or 25th percentile
for height he's still in the 9th percentile and head he's 50th... for those big brains!

He is suuuuch a good baby just like his sister was. The only time he cries is when he's hungry or super tired. He's a bit on the higher maintenance side because he wont go to sleep unless I nurse him so therefor we do a lot of co sleeping because I just end up falling asleep myself and he's a super light sleeper! If I move him to his bassinet, more times than not he'll start waking up getting upset so we have to start all over again.

Such a chunker! check out that double chin! He is just solid now, total boy.

          yeah needing a re do on this photo shoot, he was getting hungry and kicking his feet like crazy so this was the best out of the handful before he began yelling at me to feed him.

MJ wanted to be in his pictures too haha. Love my brown eyed girl and blue eyed boy!

He is NOT a binky baby...sad face! So like I said in above comment I have to nurse him to get him to sleep for the most part. He acts as though I'm giving him a lemon when I try the binky these days.

He loves being around people and being talked to. I recently went to the dentist for a cleaning. He was fed and changed and should have been totally content. Nope. So of course the girls loved taking turns holding him, cooing with him. He just gets the biggest grins when someone says hi to him.

He eats typically every 3 hours during the day. At night he can go 5-6 hours. (Hallelujah!) I feel so complete right now with him in our family, we just adore him.