Trick or Treat...

The cutest Garden Gnome you ever did see!!!
Halloween night was so much fun! Went to Uncle Richard and Aunt Kay's house for Scott's first trick or treating experience. And luckily Scott still fit in his costume, even though he was not at all thrilled about wearing the beard portion or the shoes!

The Campbells celebrate Scott's first Halloween!

We loved getting to see Auntie Al and Steve (who is really getting into character here...Can you find him? Get it...Where's Waldo?....get it?) We are so excited for their wedding in less than 8 months!!!! Loved their costumes...so creative!!

What no baby? I had to include a picture of me and the girls, Chantal (cowgirl) Alyson (Wenda) and the hostess Kay (cruela). Daddy was awesome and carried Scott around most of the night...he is getting sooo heavy!

Trying on mommy's witch hat (from my last minute, super creative (not) costume)

Holding his candy pumpkin getting ready to trick or treat!

Going in for the kill!

We only actually trick or treated at one house then headed home (it had already been a long night of socializing and picture taking) when we got home we trick or treated at two of our neighbors houses so they could see Scott and then we called it a night! Mommy and Daddy scored some Reese's though so everyone wins!
Happy Halloween!!!

More Farm Fun

Ok so I went to the Pierce Farm 3 times this week...what?!?! Hilary and Parker really wanted to go and its not fun to go alone...who is going to take pictures? Then of course my parents are now in town and wanted to go with the boys...so we went again! I did not post the scads of pictures we took each time because there are already sooooo many pumpkin patch pictures up, but I just had to put a few more!

"Don't be scared cousin, I'll show you how its done, come on!!!" - Scotty P.

Parker in the pumpkin patch

Carousel ride

Pumpkins with Grammy and Grandpy

Wheel barrow fun!!!

8 months....

Happy 8 Month Birthday Scotty P!

I'm a little late with this post but our little dude is 8 months old now! Can you believe it?!?! We already know Scott is full of personality and energy and it only becomes more apparent everyday! He is so much fun! We love going to the park and playing outside! He is desperately trying to walk and can stand with no hands for 5 to 10 seconds! He can walk while holding onto furniture and even takes a few steps with the push car toys but they eventually get the better of him by going to fast and he tumbles! Scott loves other kids, especially his cousin Parker, he loves playing in the sand and playing with Charlie, his favorite time of day is when Daddy gets home from work...he is sooooo excited even just when I say: "Daddy is home" and then when he sees Brian he is beside himself! Scott is a good eater and rice yogurt is his all time fave (blueberry flavor please!!!!). He sleeps most nights in his crib but spends a few hours here and there with us and we love it! I absolutely can't believe he is already 8 months old and only 4 months (less than that now) he will be one! We are still loving and treasuring every moment!

My Gym

Scott turned eight months and learned to drive...no big thing!

This week we had my gym day on Scott's eight month birthday! We had sooo much fun and I finally remembered to bring my camera and bonus Hilary and Parker came with so it was double the fun and we got pictures of both boys!

Parker was pretty excited for his first class.

Scott loves the push cars and scooter boards!

Good muscles Parker J!

Just trying to do pull ups!

Trampoline is always fun

Too tired to go another step!

First "roller coaster"

Swings are #1

Double swinging cousins

Pierce Farm

Yesterday Brian took the day off, so aside from getting some things accomplished (like tire rotations on our cars...super exciting!), we also went to the Pierce farm for more pumpkin patch fun!

I just can't get enough pumpkin patch pictures!

Checking out all the cool pumpkins with his dad!

Family photo op!

My personal favorite picture of the day! Too cute and too hilarious!

Playin' in the hay!

Scott just wanted to climb the whole pyramid! Maybe next year buddy!

This was my first time at Pierce farm....it is so cool! There are so many activities! There are animals, a corn maze, a train, a hay ride and all kinds of cool stuff!!! Most of it Scott was too little for this year but I'm already looking forward to taking him back next year!!!

After the farm we went to the park for a little while! Scott went down the slide for the first time (with daddy!!!). Then we did our grocery shopping and came home for a nap!

Later in the day Scott and I went out to the park again (we go at least 1 or 2 times a day, sometimes more!) and met our friends Andy and Zoey there! Scott and Zoey played on the swings, in the sand and on the dinosaurs until it got too dark and cold to play anymore! Then we picked up dinner and came back to the house! It is so nice to have a playmate for Scott and a girlfriend for me that live so close by! We treasure their friendship!

Zoey and her mama ridin' the dinosaur!!!

It was Zoey's first time swinging! She loves it too! I see many swing dates in our kids' future!

Just looking so grown up!

Hats

Below: not a hat picture (duh!) Just showin' off his stair climbin' skills! Thank goodness we don't have stairs in our house or I would be in such big trouble!!!

To bed I said...

"Mom, do you seriously think I'm going to make this bedtime thing easy on you?"

Bedtime has been....interesting....lately! Scott starts most nights in his own bed and usually stays there until between 2 and 6 when he wakes up and cries. Due to sheer laziness on my part I go get him and bring him back to bed with us, because quite frankly I don't want to wake up completely to rock in his room I would rather just fall back asleep with him next to me. I'm not ashamed to admit that I still enjoy him sleeping with us and I know it won't last forever so I will enjoy it while it lasts. Even Brian admitted that when he is in his crib he misses him. Never the less we know that we should at least be practicing sleeping in his crib, hence the nightly starting off the in crib routine. Last night Scott would not settle down (the trend lately) he was soooooo tired (from our super busy day...see below) but just kept wanting to play, and then he would fall or get frustrated out of extreme exhaustion and completely melt down, I would finally get him calmed down and he would want to play again, repeat sequence (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie comes to mind here, a metaphor for life truly!!!!). I'm not a supporter of "cry it out", I will not go into my reasons because you might be and I don't want to sound critical, but suffice it to say it is not right for us. But last night I didn't know what to do to get him into bed mode so I put him to bed and let him cry for about 5 minutes and then he got quiet. I checked the monitor and he had fallen asleep sitting up with his head on the bumper of his crib. I let him sleep like that for a few minutes then moved him to a more comfortable position. I check the monitor again at 2 (he wakes up so often at 2 that when he doesn't my body clock still wakes me....awesome!) and he had sat himself back up to sleep on the bumper...weirdo! So I moved him again and he stayed there until about 4 when he needed a diaper change. All in all it was an ok night, but bedtime is definitely the hardest part of our day!!!