Here We Go!

I've lost touch with writing on my blog this year, but today is the first day of November which  makes it National Blog Month! Most years I blog every day, and I plan to do it this year. Last year I made it 2 whole days, but I think I had a pretty good excuse. The third day, James made his grand entrance into the world!

October was full of fun adventures. It is my favorite month of the year, after all.

There were pumpkin patch trips:









Fun times at the park:







And LOTS of Halloween fun!











Can I just say that I love that my kid wanted to be a door again this year? I tried to convince him to be something different several times, but that boy really wanted to be a door again and I thought, "You know what? Why does it matter? It makes him happy. It's what he wants to be. It makes him who his is. Unique and awesome." Plus, hello! No cost for a new costume either! He was so excited that one night he saw his costume hanging up and exclaimed, "Look! It's my door costume! Some people might think I'm a REAL door!" He was so darn proud of that thing, and that makes me smile. And James rocked the giraffe costume. He spent many hours in that get up and I couldn't get enough of his little giraffe tail swinging back and forth as he crawled.

Today we switched gears. We've reached birthday month! Today we celebrated James' First Birthday! I'll do something small and special on his real birthday, but today was the big shebang.
When Daniel turned one he liked (slowly) opening presents and wasn't too sure about the whole cake thing. James was the opposite. He didn't care for the present opening and wanted to eat the paper. He dove right into his giant cupcake though!

Despite some tiredness and crankiness from lack of naps and the dang time change last night, plus a meltdown from big brother, we managed to have a happy birthday celebration.











 I can't believe that one year has already passed us by! Only 2 more days of having a "baby" But whatever. Both of my boys will always be my babies!