Happy Halloween!

Oliver and our pumpkins

Starting to scoop out the insides.  Oliver didn't like to touch it and would only do it with the scoop.

Parker was brave!

Our little pumpkin- we started a little too late and so we did this one fast so that Oliver could go to bed.  Our bigger pumpkin has Buzz Lightyear on it, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet.

Spiderman trick-or-treating at the mall on Friday.

Our robot doing his share of the trick-or-treating.

Spiderman!

A robot & Spiderman

Our Robot!

The robot lost his balance :)

One last sucker- very intently opening it.

Oliver is 2 and Parker is 10 months old!

This morning we were driving to a park and I said that Parker is 10 months old today.  Oliver said "we need to take his picture with the number 10 and his lamb."  Later in the day, he told me that he was going to draw the number 2 on his magnadoodle and I should take his picture with the orange side of my blanket and with his duck.  So we did :)  Plus I figure I haven't done much for updates on Oliver in quite a while.

Oliver is 1 month and 2 days away from turning 3.  He is full of energy and spunk.  Here is a little update on him:
-He talks pretty much all the time and loves the question why?
-He is completely potty trained while awake and is getting pretty close to switching to underwear at naptime.
-He loves to play games and do puzzles- and typically wants to "do teamwork" (which means we play the game with him or do the puzzle with him.)
-He likes to play outside.
-He likes to play with Parker most of the time.
-He has been on a big play-doh kick recently.
-He is still pretty picky on food- chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, and grilled cheese are what the kid survives on.
-He loves to go on campus and go to Dad's office.
-He is getting excited for his birthday- we are going to Chuck E. Cheese this year!
-He is very imaginative and likes to play with toys.
-He loves to sing songs.  He knows quite a few songs, but he often times puts in made-up words and sounds into the songs.
-He is getting to be such a big boy.  He is working on dressing and undressing himself.  He has been a big helper with setting the table lately.  He also helps to feed the fish.  It is hard to believe he is so close to 3. 

Parker turned 10 months old today! 
-He has 4 teeth (2 on top and 2 on bottom).  His top 2 both came in on Tuesday.
-He pulls up to everything.  He likes to let go and stand on his own too.
-He loves everything Oliver is doing.
-We have yet to find a food that he doesn't like and he typically just keeps eating until we stop feeding him.
-Sleep is improving quite a bit, we are working on sleeping through the night, but most nights are down to 1 wake up now.
-He smiles almost all the time. 
-He moves ALL the time.
-He likes to play outside too- he loves the swings.
-He started saying da-da last Monday.  I don't know that he quite uses it for Eric yet, but he says it a lot.  He does a lot of gibberish too and growling (we call him Growler)
Parker is getting big fast.  He is a boy that can always make you smile.  We are looking forward to keeping him out of trouble :)

We have all but three of our cabinets installed (as you can see, we are still waiting on doors and drawers).   The countertop is cut and in place, but we still need to attach it to the cabinets and silicone it to the walls.  The sink and dishwasher are fully functional (which is awesome!).  Once we get the countertop attached, we'll silicone around the sink and that section will be done.

Eric's parents came out this past weekend and helped us get this done.  It was great to have the help and very nice to have the visitors also.  We are very happy with the progress.

We went the the local apple orchard/pumpkin patch Sunday afternoon when we stopped working.  It was a cool day, but the boys had a lot of fun.  They had a wagon ride, a bouncy slide, a hay bale maze, a play area, pony rides, and pumpkins to pick.  Plus they have delicious apple donuts that we all had after we finished up.