One, Two, THREE!

We didn't get the car today, so our day was getting a little boring around 3. So I piled all the blankets and pillows for Paige to jump into from the couch. She loved it. She'd stand with her fingers in the air and act like she was counting to three, and then jump.


























Cason was really watching her. He looked amazed.













Soon enough, my son, soon enough.

Happy Birthday Jess!

First of all, our little weirdo was filling her onesie with bouncy balls this morning. Nobody knows why.

























This guy's cute. He's also getting pretty good control of his head.
























And this guy is 26!
















He's also REALLY good looking, kind, funny, patient with everyone, especially me and our babies, and hardworking. He's a wonderful daddy, and helps me with everything that goes along with that. He does everything he can to make us happy, and does a great job of it. For example, he secretly takes weirdo pictures so that I'll find them when I'm loading pictures to the computer at night, and laugh.













I wish everyone had a Jess. Just not mine. :)

We love you so much Jess. Happy Birthday!

How to Look and BE Awesome

I know 5 steps.

1) Dress like this:













2) Also this:











3) This:












4) This:













5) And most importantly, like this:













Don't forget to smash your boots INSIDE your tapered jeans, and also tuck your Kingman Fire Department t shirt(the ones with the dragon, remember those? Me too.) in, with your pants as high as you can get them. Don't brush your hair.

Then when you turn 12, if your mom promises to get you a a horse if you let her give you a haircut like Jennifer Aniston on Friends, make sure you agree to it. Because then she'll REALLY cut your hair like Taylor from the group Hanson(see picture below), you'll be mistaken for a boy more than once and get the nickname "Bruce", AND on top of it, she'll never really get you a horse. The day I find a picture of myself from that time, I'll post it. I probably threw them all away though. If I was smart anyway.

Bigtime

Cason...













...was 1 month old yesterday, so I weighed him this morning, so I could put it down in his baby book. We don't have an appointment for another week, so I had to weigh him WITH me on our scale, and subtract my weight. It rounds to the nearest half pound, so it could be off by a few ounces, but according to it, he weighs 12 pounds! That's a couple pounds heavier than Paige was at his age, and SHE ended up like this:

















So he may be as fat as they come soon, if we play our cards right.

And more fall desserts:
Pumpkin swirl brownies. Sooo good.

Daredevils and Suspicion

Lots of pictures again.

Today Paige was a thrill seeker. She'd stand on top of this baby seat and gather her courage. Yes, she DID hang out in her diaper for much of the day.













Then she'd jump.













Over and over.













Then celebrate.













Tonight Cason met his great uncle Rob. And gave him a suspicious look.













He also hung out with Great Grampa and Great Grama a bit.

























And was ridiculously good looking.

Pic a Nic

Get ready for a picture-heavy post.

We always want to be cooler parents and make life more fun for our babies, by going camping, and on picnics, and so on. So we actually DID go on a picnic tonight. The light was lovely for picture taking, so here are a few.

The meal Paige never touched.













The plum she DID touch, but didn't really eat, from Jess's plate.

























What Mr. Mansie did for most of the picnic.













What he did for the rest of it.

























What Paige loved at the picnic.













And hated:













Then when the time came to take our leave, we left the park with me carrying Paige, her back arched, trying to kick against me to get away, crying and screaming loud enough for all the occupants of Centennial Park to hear.

And now we know next to the playground is not the place to settle in for dinner. Unless we WANT her to refuse to eat or ever leave.

My Boys and Little Hairdresser

Here are my boys visiting when Jess came home to see us at lunch.













I made the mistake of leaving my pink lemonade on the floor today, where Paige found it. She tried to get a drink and it wound up on the carpet. I went to get some paper towels and carpet cleaner. She wanted to help I guess, because she went into the kitchen for a paper towel. When she couldn't reach them she settled for a scrap of pink fabric that fell on the ground last night when I was sewing. She came over and helped me clean up, and then left her fabric on the floor.













Tonight when I got out of the shower Paige was playing with my hair FOREVER. She stood like 3 inches from my face, and tried different looks on me. All my hair in front of my eyes. All my hair to one side. All my hair twisted around and pulled on really hard. She pursed her lips and concentrated really hard the whole time.

L. O. V. E. and Autumn

We've tried to get Paige to say "I love you", and this morning she finally did. Cason was the lucky recipient. We're still waiting for ours.













Fall technically starts tomorrow. Best season ever, we're so excited, so we pretended it started today. I made the first of many pumpkin rolls tonight. AND I finished Cason's Halloween costume. Unfortunately I didn't do as well as I thought I did at making it a little big to allow for his growth in the next month. We'll see if he even gets to wear it by then. I'll wait to post pictures for later, so it'll be a surprise if he DOES get to wear it.

Car Show

We went to a car show today with Grampy, Grammy, Dan, Veronica, and Lily. Paige and Lily got to be pulled around in a wagon and eat potato chips, which they really like. Paige borrowed Grammy's visor, which she wore a couple of ways:

























My mom-in-law told me I've never put up a picture of me with Cason. So far most of them have come out blurry so I haven't had too many to choose from. But here we are today.

Events from Today...

Paige's first "coffee". Vanilla bean. Mmmm. Look at her own name on her cup, like a big girl.













Cason slept as usual. But I did get the first picture of him with Granny Bob. Not sure why it took me so long to take one. Look at his pose. Oh how I love him.













Weirdo with candle-holder eyes.













Dinner later with some of my family. Paige checking out the menu:













Searching, searching...













She chose garlic bread from Jess's plate. He even gave it to her, and we all know how Jess likes his bread.

A Meeting

As of today Cason has finally met all of his aunts and uncles. Tyra's home for a couple of days.













Paige has this giganto hand.