TRICK OR TREAT

For Halloween, I had bought Owen a costume at the last minute. He kept asking to be things for Halloween that I couldn't find anywhere so I took matters into my own hands and told him, you can be a shark or a hamburger, which costume would you like to wear? For the record, HE CHOSE THE HAMBURGER! The night of the Halloween party, as we were getting ready, Owen decided he no longer wanted to be the Hamburger as planned and wanted to be the cow (a costume he wore last year). I thought it wouldn't fit, so I told him he had no choice, he had to be the hamburger. He looked so cute in it for the short amount of time that he wore the thing, but at least he wore it!

Jason was trying to get Owen excited about wearing his Halloween costume. I warned him ahead of time that I would post this picture to the blog.

However, on Halloween night when it was time to go around the neighborhood, Owen refused to wear the Hamburger outfit. I wasn't in the mood to argue, so lucky for him, the cow costume fit. 

GRANDMA COMES TO TOWN

My Mom came into town last Tuesday and stayed with us until Sunday. It was so wonderful to have an extra pair of hands to help with the kids. I even got to go on a few walks BY MYSELF. Do you know how long it's been since I've been able to do that! By the end of her visit, I felt like a normal person again. Owen LOVED all the attention he got from Grandma and Gavin was so spoiled. I think she held him every chance she could get. Which I feared would mean he would think I was going to do that, but today he's let me put him down and he's been happy with that so far!

Even though my Mom moved over 12 years ago, I still feel like a 4 year old when I have to say good-bye. Owen has been going through Grandma Miller withdraws all day. He keeps asking why she had to leave and when are we going to her house. I'm not sure how to explain to a 3 year old that Florida is far away. I guess we'll have to start saving our pennies to afford plane tickets to go visit her!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP MOM. 

I LOVE YOU! 

OWEN & GAVIN

JASON'S BIRTHDAY

For Jason's birthday, we wanted to do something fun, however because Gavin at the time was only 2 weeks old and I was still recovering from surgery we decided to go celebrate at Jason's parents house. We had such a good time, but I think Owen had more fun than any of us. He has an obsession with trains just like Jason's Dad and so the two of them were locked away in the basement playing together. I think we had to bribe Owen with cake just to get him to come up for fresh air. It was sooooooo nice to get out of the house and hang out with Jason's family. Thanks for the delicious dinner Mom!

As part of my birthday gift to Jason, I let him sleep in until 11am. 

Owen couldn't wait to sing Happy Birthday and blow out the candles.

What a cutie pie!!!

Gavin's First Bath

Gavin needed a bath in the worst way, so I made Jason give him one finally because truthfully the last bath he had was at the hospital and the child was beginning to stink! Poor Gavin just screamed and cried. He absolutely hated it, but that was the first night I got more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. So almost every night since, I've given him a bath just to be able to get a descent amount of sleep. I can't wait until Gavin starts sleeping through the night!