This is Halloween

We had such a great Halloween. Much more eventful then last year sitting in the NICU. :) We started off the fun on Sunday with my family. We had a Halloween party at my mom's. She is so cute. she made cute scary treats for the kids. They decorated cookies and a Christmas ornament. It just wouldn't be my mom if she didn't through something Christmas in there. It was so fun to see all the kids cute costumes. Then we spent actual Halloween up at Kristyn and Nick's. Their neighborhood can't be beat. It is so darling and there are lots of other trick or treaters. We had a great time. We had some yummy Chili, Thanks Kristyn, then we headed out to Trick or treat. I was so curious if Jude would hate it. He was so funny. He can't take more then about 5-10 steps without falling so he'd hold our fingers and off he went. He grasped the idea of it after the first house. He would troop up the walkways and pull on kids clothes to move them out of the way so he could get to the goods. Then he'd stick his tiny hand in and pick out a prize. Sometimes it was a quick grab and sometimes he wanted to think long and hard about which candy was the right one for him. One time he grabbed two and stuck them in his bag and quickly grabbed for more. It was so fun and he lasted as long and Nixon and Milo who are 3 and 4 years old and Jack who is 8. He was a total trooper.

The Chaos at Grandma pats!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Always in the kitchen. No breaks for this woman!!


Hangin out!


US!


The gang


The cow and the scare crow!



The yellow brick road to candy.




Towards the end he didn't want to put the candy in his bag. He wanted to hold it.


Checkin out the stash!

The new obsession

One year's time

I quickly have to post what changes a year can bring. WOW.

Flo rida!!

Jude, my mom and I were able to go visit my brother and his cute family. We had so much fun. Jude was an absolute angel on the flights. I was shocked!! We got to do so many cool things. Daily walks on the beach, feed alligators, hit up Disney world, went shopping, made cards, played Tetrus, we pretty much did it all. We had such a good time and were well taken care of by our hosts. It was so hard to leave.

First thing. We hit the beach. Too windy for a swim. we just took a nice stroll.


One of the highlights for Jude was the stairs. He spent so much time playing on them. Such a goofy kid.


Getting so hugs from Ian!


The boys were so helpful with the stroller. I only got a shot of Ian pushing but Alex was a huge help too!


Attack of baby Jude. Stealing glasses and trying to stick his hand in Marty's mouth.



Tetrus!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so addicting you have to play it in the car!!


Don't mess!!



Alex huggin Jude!


Gators!!

Don't worry. This one is fake.


This one's real. But much smaller. Jude liked to squeeze his claw.


Playing at the gator farm park



Feeding the gators


We went to our favorite little place there and the food was delicious but, it was a little interesting. they didn't have any seating inside so we sat outside and it was freezing and Jude pulled a glass of ice water on himself. LOVELY!


Beach time!!










I Rescued a horseshoe crab. I think????


Disney!!

We have arrived!!


Jude's favorite ride. NEMO. No flash photos my eye!




Everyone at lunch and Jude couldn't wait so we gave him parmesan cheese to hold him off. I'm still waiting on my mother of the year award.



The Boys





Jude was also OBSESSED with the play area after the mars ride. Total highlight.



Goodnight disney


"Good baby Jude" (Marty's nickname for Jude.) He was so so good on the flight.
I snuck my phone on to take a pic. Shh...