Sunday, November 16, 2008

Caitlin's Random Photos...

Caitlin is all about taking pictures with the digital camera. She often takes very random ones, but her "subject position" tends to be very good! This is one of Abby and Casey on their dog bed. A little dark, but not too bad!This one I think is funny because it is just a light switch cover that I found at a thrift store, but it looks very good centered in this picture!Here is our messy living room with the big beach ball (taller than Cody). My running shoes (that have never hit pavement at a jog) centered just so. This one is my favorite. She caught Cody crying one morning while I was trying to get him dressed. Doesn't he look tired and miserable? He definitely takes after his Daddy in the morning!
We are always trying to guess what Caitlin will want to be when she grows up. Maybe a Veterinarian? Maybe an Artist? Maybe a Photographer? You just never know.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Trick or Treat!

October 25th, and 31st...
We got to "trick or treat" twice for this holiday. A local grocery store and the rest of the strip mall shops around it, hold a trick or treat time the Saturday before Halloween. We dressed the kiddos up and off we went. (But first, we had to take some photos, right?)Here they are laughing on the chair. Cody was Tigger (as I'm sure you can see) and Caitlin was a "spot doggy" for the second year in a row.

Cody wasn't too sure about wearing his hood. It sure was cute looking on him though. Caitlin wore this same outfit when she was 1.Coders wanted to play "beep the nose" which always gets a laugh.
I really hope that Cody keeps his blue eyes!

Here's Cody, walking around the grocery store. Brian went in a few days later and found out that Cody had won 4th place in the costume competition. We didn't even realize there had been a competition. I wonder what 1st place won?
Halloween Night...
Caitlin got to go out trick or treating with her Daddy, while Cody and I stayed home and handed out candy. I'm just going to post a few of the pictures for you all to see...

We found this neighborhood that was all decked out for Halloween. We drove by it a few times in the past week just because of the decorations. Caitlin seems like she isn't bothered by all the crazy, scary decorations. She usually just thinks they are "funny." Hmmm...
Caitlin did bug us about not having enough decorations up in our yard. We did have a few, but no blow up decorations. Sheesh. Brian and Caitlin found this funny pumpkin on their travels. Some people are so clever!
Caitlin seemed to tire of the walking around rather early, I thought. However, it might have been that she just wanted to go home and hand out candy to the other kids. She did come home with quite a stash of candy though.
Every year, it's more and more fun having the kids experience the holidays. Can't wait for the next!






Pumpkin Patch

We all went to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago to get some pumpkins. However, I can't find those photos. So, Caitlin got to go to the same pumpkin patch for a school field trip. I found this photo of the two kiddos in the haystack maze. Aren't they so cute? They really do, usually, play really well together and have lots of fun.

Cody's Birthday!

October 16, 2008
Unfortunately, Brian had to work on Cody's 1st birthday. But, luckily, Brenda, John and the boys were coming up the day before to see a new baby relative here in Portland. So, we decided to plan a party for that day instead. I guess we technically celebrated the last day before Cody turned a whole number.

Here we are hanging out in the living room getting our photos taken! We were waiting on tacos, I believe. Caitlin is ALWAYS SUPER DUPER excited when her cousins come for a visit. She just has a blast with them. They all love to entertain each other. Brenda is so happy that Cody is so much more receptive to being held and loved on by his Aunty! (Caitlin was a teensy-weensy bit less receptive, heh, heh!)Here's Caleb entertaining Cody 'til the food arrives! Love those bubbles!

I'm not sure why, but when we were handing out plates for cake, Sam didn't seem to want to use the mermaid one! = ) {He almost didn't notice at first.}Oh so patiently, waiting and eyeing the cake!I'm going to just flat out apologize to Brenda (and Caleb) for including this photo, but it's a good picture of us eating the cake, right?

This kiddo really doesn't refuse much in the way of food. He sure did enjoy his birthday feast! Hope for many, many more sweet Cody!

(Caitlin helped pick out the photos to use for this blog entry! Thanks so much for your help, Caity!)