Sweetest boys ever

We headed to Bozeman for Halloween, trick-or-treating, a little cousin time and, a head start on our trip to the coast. We had a delicious meal with the Schuylers and then headed out for some doorbell ringing with Super-Sawyer-lightning bolt, Spiderman, Spiderman, a duck and a Soldier.




Maddox insisted on entering every house as soon as the door was ajar despite many attempts at explaining the proper etiquette.


You can see here, Maddox is standing NEXT to the candy lady, facing the camera :)

All was well, until the third time that Maddox ate it and smacked his face on the cement. He got a little skinned on his upper lip and squealed like a stuck pig.

You can see the owie on his sweet little face.

I got him calmed and he desperately wanted to know where his candy bucket was and to rejoin his cousins. Reese and I headed inside with the littler guys and the dads took the boys for more trick-or-treating. Upon their returning I learned that Maddox had fallen several more times, the last time breaking the bucket... the dads didn't realize what had happened and so he left a trail of candy behind him as it fell out the bottom. Bing recovered a small handful and Maddox was perfectly happy eating all of it, not realizing all that he had lost. I, however, couldn't help but cry for my sweet knight. I continued to replay the falling and candy dropping over and over in my head until about 4 am, and would melt into sobs, I was a big mess. He didn't even realize that he was bleeding until mid-morning when I pulled out a mirror to explain why it hurt every time he scratched at his owie. What was supposed to be a fun night with his cousins hoarding candy and sorting the loot turned out much less glorious than I had in mind, but Maddox didn't even notice. When I asked him today if he had fun last night, did he trick-or-treat with his cousins, did he get lots of candy and eat it all.... the answer was a happy yes on all accounts. He is so tender and sweet, I just melt for this kid. I suppose I could take lessons from him on having a positive outlook.

Jetty had fun too, his monster mittens made it impossible for him to hold a bucket but he stood with the best of them, waiting patiently for the candy to be dispensed.


little stinker

After eating all of his candy, we put the boys into jammies and headed out for Astoria. We rolled into town at about 9:30 this morning, napped and recovered from a really long night of driving. Whew.

because typing one handed is so tedious

It has been life as usual around here, nothing terribly exciting to report on. I am still recovering from surgery, I have one week left in the splint and then I start some exercises to make it work right. We have a few trips planned for the next two months which will mean a whole lot of driving and a whole lot of fun. The pregnancy has been super easy, the boys are super busy and we are loving our life.

Here are a bunch of photos from the last of summer, they are just cute and require no stories...








Maddox loves kids, he just wants to be everyone's friend...

1st and 3rd

Well, we recently celebrated both of our Boys' birthdays, several times... Maddox woke up on his birthday to grammie Marcia who flew in the night before to assist gimpy mom :)

He came downstairs to a new train set and drawing easel.

A muffin with a candle for breakfast, golfing with his daddy,

and then a sweet CARS cake from the Myers grandies.

He finally got his very own rifle (the toy variety), a Buzz Lightyear doll and blanket, to make a pal for his Woody doll, and numerous other prezzies. It pretty much rocked! I slept through the whole day, waking only for the moments described to you.

On Jetty's day, we headed to the Muzzle Loader for a fancy breakfast(by fancy, I mean red-neck), again, with candles.

Jetty burned his pointer, of course, but not bad enough to stop him for long! He devoured pancakes, eggs and some sticky bun and a funny older gentleman gave him a dollar, too cute.

He got a brand new Rody rocking/bouncing horse from the Perrine grandies

a musical standing station (not a good idea), sweet new shoes and a panda cuddle pillow. It is hilarious watching him with all three, especially seeing him sprawled out on a pillow in his crib or smashing Maddox with the drum sticks. Rody is a wee big but, he'll fit it in no time. We had a yummy dinner and cake at the Myers', Jetty was so cute with the cake and Maddox just wanted in on the action.





The next day, all of the cousins came for pizza and swimming/sliding at The Reef, an indoor water park. It was a blast, even though I had to sit out.

There are so many photos from this fun, a slide show is the only way to go!

Dr. Says....

Our baby has "indoor plumbing". Double and triple confirmed :)