Crawling!

My little Walter man officially started crawling on Sunday and he is LOVING being able to get around to things that he finds interesting. :)  It is so fun seeing his excitement with getting around.  He has the same "Quazy Moto" crawl that Lena had... using the one foot, one knee method to get around.  It simply is adorable! :)

aaaaaand.... he's down. :)

Music Table

Walter is SO close to crawling!  Here are some picture of him lunging forward to play on his music table.  And you can't forget the picture of Lena sneaking in to give him a kiss.

Happy Birthday Eva Beva!

Eva is now TWENTY-THREE.  It's really hard to believe that my little sister is in her twenties.  I, for one, am truly grateful that my parents had one more after me.  I really don't know what I, or my family, would do without her.  She truly brings life and joy to everything and ties us all together.  She is such a sweetheart too and is always looking to help others.  She even prepared a seven course me for us for HER birthday.  She is always offering to watch my kids for me while I go do something for me.

Thanks Eva for being in my life!

 We decided to put the timer on my camera to work to get all of us in one big picture. :)

 I owe all of the rest of these awesome pictures to Sam who was the photographer and is the best at capturing those moments where people don't know a picture is being taken. :)

For some reason, in all of the pictures.. Alex does not seem so excited to be there. :)  But of course, I remember him being his usual fun self. :)

I took these ones for Sam.  He loves his sweet Wally. :)

LOL!  Oh they are so fun together!

Lena and Jimmy didn't do a very good job at letting Eva open any of her presents... it was hard restraining them from opening all of them in ten seconds.  Just training them for Christmas I suppose. :)

Two of the wonderful women in my life... just chattin' away. :)

More of sad looking Alex

Eva wearing the new apron I made for her for her birthday. :)

Everyday Good Times

Since I'm behind on my blog I'm grouping all of these pictures together in a post.

Randy was bouncing Walter on the ball and Lena wanted to join... so he let her. :)  

Lena is always either kissing Walter or "petting" Walter in one of the pictures... she just loves him and really can't go long without showing him that. :)  I just love it!

 SUPER HERO!!!

Lena got this cape from one of her friends' birthday parties and loves putting it on sometimes and running around with it around the house.  She was so cute jumping off the couch with it... sometimes with the "superhero" pose and sometimes with the "I'm a  bird" pose. :)  

It seems pretty rare that I get to be in a picture with one of my cuties and I'll tell you the truth... it's usually because I don't look presentable enough for a picture.... OR I'm the one taking the pictures... :)  Anyway, I love this cutie guy and I don't blame Lena because I'm addicted to giving him kisses as well. :)

First Big Mess

Walter made his first big mess today while I was on the computer.  He was having so much fun that I couldn't bare to stop him.  He found a stack of papers on the shelf and spread them all around himself. :)  I love watching this little guy explore and get excited about new things. :)

Halloween Time

We put Hulk up for the third year and I can now say that we are famous on our block for this big guy. :)  All the kids love him and during October, apparently people use "you'll pass the house with the big hulk" as directions to get to their house. :)  Lena loves this big guy and every time we drive out of the driveway she is sure to say "Goodbye Hulk! Goodbye House!"

We decided to throw in a photo shoot while we were out with Hulk. :)

ROAR!!!!

Lena decided that she wanted to be a kitty this year for Halloween. :)  This was the first year she picked what she wanted to be and it was fun to make it happen. :)  Here's a photo shoot of her in her costume. :)

Miss Holly is awesome and put on a great Halloween party for the kids this year!  Here are a couple of pictures from the event. :)

Instead of trying to get the ghost in the bucket, she basically just launched it as far as it would go (across the room). :)

Decorating (and eating) cookies with Tanner. :)

So Tanner is one of her "best" friends at school and he always wants to hold her hand.  They are so cute together. :)

I was lame and didn't get very many pictures of Walter in his costume... here is the only one I took of them both at the neighborhood trunk or treat. :)

Lena also decided that she wanted to go actual trick-or-treating this year so we went around our neighborhood and she loved it... I kept telling her to hurry and run up to the doors because it was freezing and by the end she said "I don't want to run, I'm too tired". :)  She was so nice to share all of the chocolate versions of candy with me. :)  She also LOVED answering the door and passing out candy to trick-or-treaters. :)