Four more paws...

Perhaps we are crazy, but last weekend we adopted a dog from a shelter in Connecticut.  She is a 10 month old lab/mix named Charlotte.  She's fun and playful and adjusting well to our home.  Since she's from a shelter she has no training and needs to learn some doggie manners.  All in good time.

Parties, visitors, and Halloween!

October was a super busy month for us (as usual).  We had both kids birthdays, which included individual friend parties and a combined family party (although Tyler's friend party wasn't technically until November).  Let's start with Juliana's friend party.  We went back and forth on the theme and then finally settled on a "Trip around the world".  We had information about how each country celebrates birthdays and a couple of activities for each country.  It was a super fun time for all!

My favorite activity was making candy sushi, the kids all loved it, it's was fun and tasty!

We then moved onto the family party, which coincidentally fell on Tyler's birthday.  We had Steve's parents from Florida, his grandparents from the Cape, and my family from RI and CT.  My dad picked up the cake, it was a bit large for the small crowd we had, what am I saying it was HUGE for the crowd we had, but the kids loved it!

Finally we had Tyler's friend party.  We were so exhausted with the other parties we kind of dragged our feet with the planning.  But it all came together and the boys had a super time.  It was a Lego/Hip Hop theme, Tyler's two most favorite things in the world.  We mostly let the boys run wild in the backyard, boys will be boys and love to run, jump, wrestle...  anyway we did do a few organized games and then came in for some coloring and Lego play, and of course for the cupcakes.

And of course there was Halloween mixed in with all the birthday madness!  Tyler wanted to be something from Star Wars, I found him a costume of Anakin Skywalker, and he totally rocked it!  Juliana originally wanted to be a Gummy Bear, but I couldn't figure out all the logistics, so she decided on a Polar Bear, and she looked adorable!!!

 We went trick or treating in the afternoon at the outlets, it was fun, not too cold, and light out, a perfect combination if you ask me!

And since we had already done our trick or treating, they got to stay home that night and hand out candy, they loved it!  Steve and I loved it too, he watched football and I took a bubble bath!

Tyler turns 7!

October 23rd my little boy turned 7!  It was a bit of a surprise when we found out we were pregnant with him.  We knew we wanted a second, just wasn't sure when.  The day I found out I was pregnant I took one of Juliana's little shirt and wrote "Big Sister To Be" on it (she was 15 months), when Steve came home she greeted him at the door wearing it.  He took one look and said, "No... your pregnant?", he had a happy yet unbelieving voice (so common when someone tells you something unexpected).  It was super exciting!  We were hopeful to find out before he was born if he was a boy or girl, but could never get a definitive answer.  The ultrasound technician could only tell us that maybe it was a boy, but she couldn't say 100%.  The morning he was born (almost 3 weeks early) was filled with excitement and trepidation, we had one child we loved so unconditionally, we worried that we wouldn't be able to love a second as much.  Well let me tell you, the second I saw him my heart doubled and I was in love!  Seven years later I love that boy more and more everyday.  He's funny, he's energetic, he's caring, and in my humble opinion he's the most handsome boy in the world!

Way too long...

It's been way too long since I've posted anything.  Tyler had a birthday, we've had several parties, visits, and outings.  I will update with pictures soon!