October

We took the kids miniature golfing this month. It was their first time and the older two had fun playing while the younger two had fun running around! Max and Lynne were nice to go with us and help out!

This month Reese started this cute smile. She looks up and smiles so "hard". I don't know how else to describe it! We started calling it "super smile!"   Whenever we tell her "super smile!" She will throw up head up and give the biggest smile! So funny!

Max has been our first child to be so obsessive about toys. It's not always the same toys. He might have a few favorites for a couple days and then switch to others. But he has to have them with him always. Hiding in his pockets, tucked in nooks and crannies around his room or in a back pack or purse. He likes his "stuff" and since it has yet to cause a problem I think it's adorable. You can see here how he lines up all that kitchen food and utensils on his bed, complete with a drum and his choice of "guy" (action figure) for the week. A pirates him we got at the dollar tree a long time ago and is missing an arm. The boys LOVE that one for some reason. 

He really got into back packs, bags, purses this month. He loves to put toys in, go to a different room, take them out-reorganize-stick them back and and zip back up. Repeat! It's really cute to see. It drives josh a little crazy that one of his favorite bags is a pink hello kitty purse. I think it's funny that Max and Reese fight over it! She has gotten into purses his month too!

Max's also has a few "musts" this month. As in he MUST watch one of the toy story movies at least once a day. He also asks EVERYDAY multiple times for chips and candy (he does not get that everyday but he sure asks!)

His brekfast of choice is 2 eggo waffles. 

   Reese tries to jump she can't get off the ground yet but she thinks it's funny to squat down real low and thrust up. Her poor feet never leave the ground. 

     National walk to school day was this month. The kids walked from the community center to school with the procipal, teachers, the mayor and people from the school board. It was a long walk and I heard Braden was last...they had fun though!

     Braden went on his first field trip.  They went to the pumpkin latch and got to take a school bus there. He was sooooo excited!!!!! He thought riding on a bus was the best thing ever! Oma met them there and took some pictures for us!

     Reese is mimicking our actions more and more and can sign "more", "please" and is learning "water" and some other handy signs. 

   Monte took his son and josh on a deep sea fishing trip. They had a blast and josh caught a dorado! 

   If Reese happens to burp/fart she thinks it's so funny and tries to do it again which just results in some grunting. 

   She can go down stairs and by tht I mean she can fly down on her belly!

 She has also developed quite a sassy attitude and like to screech/scream if she doesn't get her way!

 The day of Reese's party she realized how much fun dress up shoes and purses can be!

  She got her her first sucker after some shots at her one year check up!

  Max's speech is still behind (I think) he is pretty hard to understand. But it is getting better-josh and I try to have him repeat words that he says incorrectly with the right sounds. He is putting more and more words together now too to make more complete sentences. 

He adds an "s" on the end of every word, for example "bye Lydia's" or "bye daddy's" 

Max's first time with water colors

   A couple months back Max was having nightmares every night. He would be in bed with us several times a night and sometimes we would wake up in the morning not realizing he came in our bed!

   Because he can't talk too well we don't know exactly what was so upsetting. We felt awful for him. He would continue to say "bad guys!"we would reassure him there are no bad guys and ask him where they are since he insisted. He would say they were in his room. His dreams seemed very real and very scary to him. He even had a dream that a bad guy was going to Riley's room and Max grabbed his legs and he must've pulled his pants down on accident because he kept saying "bad guy butt!" Hahah we did our best to assure him that bad guys are just in movies and when that didn't work that we locked all the doors and windows, checked and shut his closet door, and that daddy would surely beat them up. 

   About about 3-6mths of that and it stopped all of a sudden and Max even WANTED to turn to hallway light off. We got about a month of no bad dreams before they were back. He even stored "weapons" (Harry potter wand to poke their belly) and a other things on his bed. Poor guy!

   My mom threw a bday party for all the kids she missed out on this year due to being sick. 

It was really fun-they all liked their guys and being with grancy!

   I made Reese a healthy version of a cupcake to save her first real bites for her first bday

Uncle knuckle head helping Reese on the slide

   The kids are both doing great in school. We ended the month with Halloween :)