Happy Halloween!

we took logan trick-or-treating with the family and some neighbors. he fell asleep two houses in but he woke up later on and saw a bit more of the action. chris and my brother really got into decorating our house this year. there were skull torches on the front lawn, spiders and cobwebs all over the place (i just loved those spiders!), creepy flying pumpkins, skeletons, a graveyard, and spooky halloween music. it looked great!

nathan decorating the traditional pumpkin brownie

this is where oreo spent halloween
logan's pirate pumpkin. . . arghh!
one of the skull torches

our knight getting ready to head out

wondering what all the commotion was about
the twins next door were jedi's

carson was yoda. he was so cute with those ears!
two houses in our little pumpkin was alseep

chris and kris with logan and hendrix
hendrix was chewie (hilarious!)

my brother stealing some of nate's costume

Legoland

ever since legoland opened a few years ago, chris and i couldn't wait to someday take our son there. we were so excited to take nathan there last year with chris and amanda. this year, we took logan! i only have a few days left of my maternity leave so chris took a few days off to spend time with logan and myself. my parents and nathan came too! we all had a good time. i love legoland, it's so clean and everyone is really nice. almost all of the visitors are parents with little ones.

us arriving

a pumpkin made of legos, of course
taking in the scenery
logan on a boat ride
nathan and my mom
racing a turtle

checking out the firefighters

hi therechris, dad, and nathan racing in the fire engines

mission accomplished

halloween decorations, legos style
nate cory

so silly!our little man
checking out the mini-land of legos

"teenagers getting into trouble"
(teepeeing with lego toilet paper and smashing lego pumpkins)"trick-or-treaters"
(notice a few of them dressed up as legos)

a pumpkin patch

a halloween party

how many of us can fit inside a shark's mouth?

having a great time with aunt mimi

it's amazing what they can make out of legos!

mom, using the force

leaving legoland

Sea World

we took logan to sea world on saturday. probably shouldn't have considering i have my very last paper due monday for my master's program but hey, you only live once right? chris, amanda, nate, uncle pat and his girlfriend jen were all going. so what the heck, we went too! it turned out to be a very nice day in san diego. isn't it always. . . ahhh. . . i love that city! logan liked watching the killer whales and hanging out with his cousin of course. he took a nap and missed the penguins and polar bears. oh well, at least he took a nap!

when we first arrived

logan watching the killer whales below

killer whale heading towards us
(it looks closer in the photo than it really was)

a perfect view

we saw sea turtles

nate cory wanted to walk with logan and his aunt mimi
to see the sharks

ahh. . .they sure do love eachother

penguins (logan and i missed)

polar bears (logan missed)

one happy baby at the end of the day

We've Been "Boo'd"!

ok, last night around 11 pm, i'm sitting at the computer upstairs diligently working on my 60+ page paper (that's an entirely different story altogether) and the doorbell rings. hmm. chris is awake downstairs so he goes to the door, probably thinking it's our neighbors and hoping, like i was, that everything was ok with whoever it was that rang our bell. he opens the door and finds we've been "boo'd"! someone has doorbell ditched us and left us a "boo bag" of goodies. we received some really cute halloween dish towels and a super cute pumpkin cookie cutter. oh, and a snickers bar (which i already ate). there is a tradition in our neighborhood towards the end of october that we do this. after you receive a "boo bag" you have 2 days to deliver your own "boo bag" to 2 additional neighbors. by halloween, most of the neighbors have been "boo'd." it's a really cute tradition and i think i know who "boo'd" us!

He Rolled Over!

so i put logan down for a nap today on his tummy. about 20 minutes later when he decided to wake up, i went into the nursery to get him. he was on his back! he has been close to rolling over the past few days but he actually did it unassisted! i was so excited i called chris right away. too bad we both missed it. i actually noticed him on the monitor waking up and realized he had flipped over to his back. such a big boy!

this is how i found him

happy as can be