Cinderella or Tinkerbell?

We weren't sure until the final moment which costume Lily would choose! It seemed like every time I asked her she would change her mind! I was hoping for Tinkerbell simply because she had dressed up as Cinderella for her birthday, but I wasn't going to push...and wow, she ended up wanting to be Tinkerbell!

Poor Jade didn't have a choice....good thing I couldn't find a Potato costume or that is what she'd have been...you see, we call her jader tater....I am still not sure where it came from, she's round like a potato I guess? Anyway, the nickname has stuck...mainly because Lily picked up on it right away! The pumpkin costume would have to do!

It was a fun night...Lily really enjoyed trick or treating and passing out candy as well. I think for a while she thought she was surprised others were celebrating Halloween because she kept saying things like....mommy, they are trick or treating too ....or mommy, those kids are dressed up too! Then she must have dreamed about the candy all night, because the first words out of her mouth in the morning were, "I want two pieces of candy!"

Anyway, here are the pics! The monkey in the bunch is my precious niece, Avery!
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I've Been Wearing a New Fragrance

Some of you may have noticed I've been rather fragrant lately...you've been too kind to comment, but I thought I'd go ahead and fess up to the source of this lovely aroma. It is a new scent called Spit Up by Jade Amelia. It seems as if I'm never without it....early morning or late at night...it can always be smelled in its various stages. In fact, our whole family wears it. And often innocent visitors get a dab of it! Common phrases that have been heard around our house lately: uh, oh, there she blows... oh, quick, find the burp rag...darn it, where is that burp rag...I think we need the resolve again...why is my neck and for that matter a good part of my back suddenly feeling warm...yuck, that was a doozy, I think you may need to change clothes...mommy, Jade just threw up on me...where is the fabric cleaner...ugh, that is the third outfit change of the day...oh good, she missed me, I'll get you a towel!

The crazy thing is that none of this bothers Jade at all. She is the most content smiley baby you've ever seen or met. We know the probable causes...too much movement, too much bottle, maybe wrong formula, etc...and you've seen how huge she is so maybe we do feed her too much!?! But if you heard the painful cries she gives when a tiny, single, 1cc, minute drop of milk is left in the bottle, you'd give in too! I'll mention it to the doc next week at her checkup, but until then, at least you know the source of my new fragrance!

The Third Time was the Charm

Finally, our trip to the local Pumpkin Patch worked! First Try: October 1st...my buddy Rachelle was in town and it seemed like a fun outing...it was the first day they were open...great, right? Nope...there was no one else there, but no wonder, it was 95 degrees and we would have needed sunscreen if we had stayed a moment longer! Second Try: A beautiful Saturday Morning a few weeks back! Apparently everyone else thought it was a beautiful day too! We drove in and couldn't even find parking it was so packed out! Try explaining that to 3yr old Lily who was more than excited to do the hayride, bounce houses, hay mazes, etc! She handled it extremely well...only a few tears! Third attempt: Have your husband take a personal day from work and go in the middle of the week! It worked, the third time was the charm...beautiful weather and not too many people! It was a great day!

Lily "holding" Jade...is it just me or does my 3 month old look nearly as big as my 3 year old?!?

This girl can sleep ANYWHERE! Our little...uh, let's make that BIG, pumpkin!

Kerry and Lily atop the hay mound!

It was crazy!!

Well, we decided to go to the state fair...on Columbus Day of all days...we thought it would be good since Jerry was off that day...along with everyone else...be it banker, postal worker, or teacher/student of the 26 other districts that were also off we later learned! Jerry's parents had taken Lily for the weekend, so we decided to meet them there to pick her up and hang out at the fair together. They are early birds so thankfully we met them there around 9:30 or it would have even been more miserable!! The first two hours were fun...Lily did two of the cutest activities! Little Hands on the Farm was an adorable exhibit where she was able to go through the entire farming process...planting, watering, harvesting, and even selling at the market! It was fun for the parents too! Our friends Matt and Amy tipped us off on another fun event... the Pee Wee Stampede! The first 30 kids in line between the ages 3 and 6 get to participate in a stick horse rodeo...Lily was a steer wrestler...she wrestled her steer (a bale of hay w/a steer head on it) with no problem. After that it got so busy that we had to leave...we even left without getting a corn dog...you know the line had to be long to miss out on that!

Sweet Potato Festival Slide Show