Halloween

I completely missed out on writing Cason’s 10 month post, but this can serve as his 10 month picture!

Before we get to Halloween, we had two birthdays to celebrate. The first was that of my 86 year old grandmother, Big Mama!

Next, was my nephew Griffin! I somehow managed to not get a picture with him, but here are a few of my little fam skating at his party!

And an extra of my little buddy being his silly self!

Ok now on to Halloween. A few days before, we had our annual Trunk-or-Treat at church and the boys got to wear their costumes.

Well, Noah got to wear his. Cason didn’t because it was 5000 degrees outside that day. So he settled for his favorite vampire shirt and a sucker instead.

On actual Halloween, Noah wore his costume to school (he’s Mike the Knight by the way!). I got a phone call from school about midday that Noah was playing Simon Says and spun around right into a bookcase and needed stitches (this would be the second time in a few weeks) on the back of his head.

He is becoming a pro at getting stitches!

That night, the cousins came over to trick-or-treat with us!

I begged and begged Brad to let me dress Noah as a lobster for his first Halloween and he flat out refused it. But this go around, I got my way!!

LOVE IT!!!

We had a very Happy Halloween!!

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to a different pumpkin patch this year and we LOVED it!! (Which is why you are about to see 574 pictures!) It had been warm around the time we went, but on this particular day it was FREEZING and the wind was blowing like crazy. So we bundled up the baby…

and then came the corn maze!

We like to do fun holiday adventures with our cousins, of course!

After we all survived the corn maze, it was time for a group cousin picture! With six kids, we consider having them all in the same shot a success!

Up next, my little fam jam.

Then, we found a really big slide made out of a culvert that Noah was dying to ride.

And Brad went down with Cason!

They also had big jumpy houses, which are always a hit with Noah! We caught him mid-air!

Then we headed to the corn tubs. Cason was not a fan, but Noah LOVED it!

Thennnnn, the piles and piles of hay bales! Noah was a little apprehensive at first, but after Daddy climbed to the top with him, he gained his confidence.

Baby bro and I stayed safely on the ground!

These two cousins LURVE each other. Hard!

We had a little time to kill before heading out on the hay ride to get our pumpkins, so petting zoo time!

Then we headed out to pick our pumpkins!

After all of that fun, we were ALL worn out. So we let Noah get his face painted like a ninja turtle and then headed to the house!

Both kids were asleep by the time we hit the interstate!

Cason’s first haircut!

I am sooooo behind with blogging, friends! And because my sister keeps hounding me that I will regret it down the road, I am attempting to catch up. Back in SEPTEMBER, Cason got his first haircut! He’s had a couple more since then actually.

Here are a few ‘before’ shots of him.

He was so excited that he got to sit up in the airplane car. He thought he was super cool!

During…

He stayed pretty still throughout his haircut. I was surprised!

And AFTER!

Brad’s mom came to help and offer moral support! Haha

Look at that big boy haircut! Noah came with us and got his hair cut, too, but the place has a little play area for the kids and Noah was too busy to join us for pictures!

Little Man also got his first sucker for doing such a great job!

Coming up next…..The Pumpkin Patch!

Cason–Nine months!

Soooo Cason turned nine months old on SEPTEMBER 5th and here is it at the end of the month and I’m just now getting around to posting this! FAIL.

-We finally moved up to size 4 Pampers Swaddlers! He is getting so big!

-He can still wear some 9 month clothes but we are transitioning over to 12 month

-At his 9 month check up, he weighed 21 lb 6 oz.

-Little Bit still doesn’t have any teeth.

-He’s started to become a bit pickier with the food he likes. He eats a wide variety of foods but sometimes he will refuse what I give him. And it’s not always the same thing. Some days he will eat carrots and some days he won’t….that kind of thing. But his favorite food right now would probably be The Pioneer Woman’s Bowtie Lasagna. I’m pretty sure he could eat the whole bowl! He also really likes those baby cheese puff looking things, but they are veggie flavored, yogurt, applesauce, rice and beans, baked sweet potato, or basically anything that I’m eating!

-He’s a pro at crawling these days. Now he has learned to pull up on furniture and cruise! And just a few days ago, he stood on his own for a few seconds without holding on to anything!

-Sleep is (dare I say) awesome these days! We give Cason a bottle whenever he acts tired, usually between 6:30-7:30pm. When he is done, he falls asleep and we lay him in his bed. He rolls over and doesn’t make a peep. And will sleep until 5:30am when I wake him to get ready for school. On weekends, he will usually wake up around 5:30am as well, but sometimes will sleep until 6:30am. I think if we got some black-out shades for his windows, he would sleep longer. He’s like a rooster. As soon as he sees a speck of daylight, it’s time to get up!

-Cason has been a Daddy’s boy his whole life….until this month! He will follow me around in the mornings when I’m trying to get everyone ready for school/work and will pull up on my legs and just smile! Or want me to pick him up. He LOVES when I get on the floor and let him crawl all over me and chew on my shirt! That’s his favorite.

-He will play independently, but most of the time he still likes to know you are in the room with him. If you try to get up and sneak away, he will cry. He LOVES wrestling around with Noah and ANYTHING Noah does gets a big belly laugh.

-We are working on words right now. He will say da-da (talking to his Daddy, talking to me, or just making the sound) and bye-bye (sometimes). I am trying my BEST to get him to say ma-ma. He will concentrate SO hard on watching my mouth as I say ma-ma-ma-ma and then he will smile SO BIG and say DA-DA! And will be so proud of himself! I love that little stinker!

-Tomorrow, Cason is getting his very first haircut! I’m so excited! If I don’t keep it brushed over, it hangs down in his eyes and he has some curl starting to come in on the side so we need a trim! He is going to look like a big boy after his haircut and that makes me sad, though!

Cason, we love you so much! You are such a happy baby and I am enjoying this stage with you a lot! You are starting to be able to play more with your brother and I just love watching you two together (when he’s not trying to drag you across the room by your leg…). I never could have imagined having two boys, but now I wouldn’t have it any other way!