Big Boy Stuff!

Yesterday, Byran went ahead and disassembled the crib. :(
While the "big boy bed" has been waiting patiently for Dylan, I have not been in a hurry to get him into it. But, last night we tucked him into his big boy bed and he fell asleep just fine. He was so excited that he spent some time hanging out playing his Wall*E game.

A boy and his dog.

It's so awesome to watch this little guy grow up - but, does it have to happen so quickly? Yeah, I know - it has to happen eventually. Pardon me while I get a little teary-eyed.

Attempting to fill his daddy's shoes.

The Newest Nelsen

We have adopted a new family member! He is our adorable little pound puppy that we have named Oliver (the brief stint as "Buddy" did not seem to suit him). He is (we think) a Pekingese mix. His papers from the Humane Society identified as both a Shih Tzu AND Pekingese. But, he is long like a wiener dog. We'll never know.

He had kennel cough when we got him, so our first ten days with him involved a lot of watching him sleep. In fact, he didn't bark once until he had been with us for a couple of weeks. He does still sleep a lot, but he does like to play fetch (in the hallway, which is funny).

Dylan likes to walk Oliver to the bus in the morning. He is always excited to see his "goggy" when he gets off of the bus after preschool.

He is not a barker or a digger, but he does like to chew on Dylan's toys. Or underwear. Can't figure that one out, but whatever. He's a sweet, cute addition to our family.

Halloween, Sweet Sixteen and the Great Pumpkin

October was a fun month in so many ways! Birthdays, pumpkin patches, trick-or-treating - oh my! Rhianna turned sixteen...I'm still in shock. But, first we chronicle our trip to the pumpkin patch at Pheasant Field Farms.

This giant tractor was a fun find. Now...everybody smile! And look at the camera. Picture FAIL.

This is when I gave up. There's only so much in a day!

Dylan was THE MAN, he pulled our chosen pumpkins from the field to the cash register for weighing and paying. What a champ! I think he needs a Radio Flyer for Christmas.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

And sheep...

SWEET SIXTEEN!!!!!

What a beautiful girl! I can't believe she's sixteen, a sophomore in high school and so unbelievably smart!

Her "cake". I'm glad she loves the Halloween motif for her birthday, because that was fun to do!

Our troupe of trick-or-treaters. When did that become a descriptive noun? Anyhoo, we have ourselves a pirate, a Clone trooper (Star Wars, folks), a Seahawks cheerleader, a train conductor and a pilot. Nothing scary. Just SUPER CUTE!!

Dylan the train conductor.

It's Maverick! Or Ice Man...well, what a cute pilot!

Rach, the invisible pirate...no, that's somebody else! It's Rachel the Pirate! Arggh You Matey! And some rum...or just hand over the chocolate and nobody gets hurt!

I asked her to do "the Rachel". She's so funny.

Alrighty, clone trooper. May the force be with you.

Go team!

So ends our wonderful October with these great kids...it was a good time had by all!