Our little lion

One of Will's Halloween costumes is this adorable lion costume. I just love it. Will doesn't. I think the headpiece is a little too much for him. He is a smiley kiddo, but we didn't get a single smile from him when he was in the lion costume. My mom's group met up at the Arboretum to get our kids photographed in their costumes. We had a Nancy Medina from Petite Photography take pictures of the group and then each family individually. It was super fun to see all the kids dressed up! I'll share the link once the pictures are ready. Here are some we took of our little lion...

Still no smile...



















Chad with our lion in the Mom's Group dads shot

Thank you Pumpkin!

We owe this pumpkin a huge thank you. We drove back from Austin yesterday after a great visit with Lovey and Granddad, the Snyder 5, and the Pettey 4. The weekend was fabulous and the drive back was long. I mean looong. It took us almost 5 hours to drive the distance that normally takes us 3. The delay was due to rain - it poured the entire time.

You would think in order to add an additional 2 hours to the drive that we must have stopped a few times. After stopping for gas just 10 minutes from my parents house, we didn't stop again until we pulled in our garage. Will was a dream baby during the ride. I certainly don't expect our 6m old baby to sit for that long without getting antsy and needing a change of scenery. Instead, he took about 3 naps and did not even let out one cry. Chad was able to recline his seat almost into the back seat next to Will, so he leaned back and fed him a bottle.

But seriously, 5 hours! Will, we owe you. We owe you big time. When you are old enough to cash in on this one, remind us of this drive back to Dallas and you can have whatever you want. Anything. You name it.

October

Will is the son of a mom with a halloween birthday. Therefore, Will has more halloween gear than your average baby. He has more costumes than most kids will have in their first 5 years of life. He will likely be wearing some sort of halloween outift most days this month as we countdown the days until trick or treating begins. It's my own little celebration of fall.

So far, he is embracing the orange and black. We surely will have lots of pictures to share this month as Will visits the pumpkin patch for the first time dawning one of his many costumes.

Sadly, the Yoda costume came as a size 2, so that one will have to wait. It isn't too late to find another Star Wars costume - the hunt in on! Suggestions welcome...