Misc.

Graham had so much fun playing with Jacob who was visiting from New Mexico.
Somehow we managed to not take any pictures when Uncle Chris and Ms. Ashley were in town. Sorry!

Yard work

We are finally making some progress around the house. Four dump trucks delivered dirt this morning in our backyard. We are hoping to get it a little more level and less dangerous.
Graham is sporting his new hat I found. These hats always make us laugh because it reminds us of all the little kiddos skiing down the mountain in Colorado. Who knows, maybe next winter Graham will hit the slopes himself.

Happy Halloween!

Graham was a puppy dog this year thanks to GiGi. She bought him several fun costumes at the end of the year last year so we got to play dress up and pick out our favorite one.
Gearing up to go trick-or-treating.

We walked to our neighbors, the Heffernan's, for some neighborhood fun. They rented a bouncy station for the kids and everyone was loving it. Graham had never been in one and was little anxious at first, but then realized how fun it was. He would try to stand up and just fall over from the other kids bouncing. Graham thought it was so funny.


Here you can barely see him laughing as he's trying to stand back up. It was so cute watching him laughing so much and trying to hang with the bigger kids.

"Hey Mommy and Daddy."

Thanks Ali and Ted for treating all of our kids to such a fun night!
These are some of our newest neighbors: Ali and "Dorothy" Ava, and Kady and Sofia.


Then we headed to our first and only house to trick-or-treat.

The Joker (Wren) met us at the door and Graham wasn't too sure about him.
We picked out one piece of candy and Graham wanted to get in my lap where he was safe from the joker.

Graham's favorite babysitters, Madding and Wren.

When we got back to our house, it was time to get our candy out for our trick or treaters. Graham loved playing in all of the candy. I even let him share a twix with me. As chocolate drool came down, he smiled at me as if to tell me "Mommy why haven't I ever tasted that before?"

We had a fun night and still made it to bath and bed by 7:00. Graham was exhausted and didn't wake up until 7:30 Saturday morning.

Graham's 1st Fort

Today was our first day to allow only one nap. Graham still takes two short naps at home but only one while he's at Mother's Day Out. Keeping Graham busy was the only way to keep him up. We built our first fort in the dining room. Graham LOVED it. I chased him through the chairs and under the table for almost 30 minutes straight. Then he took his cars and drove them through the fort. Where is Graham?
There he is.

He loves anything with wheels.

Raking leaves

Graham's first Field Trip

Graham and his class from Calvary Methodist walked over to the neighboring church's pumpkin patch. It was quite a site to see 6 babies in one large commercial stroller.
Things were going well and I was able to snap a few pictures of Graham around the pumpkins until the wagon was spotted.

Things went downhill from this point on. Graham wanted nothing to do with his class or the pumpkins, he was only interested in pushing and pulling the wagon around. You can see his friend Rayven has just tried to play with the wagon and Graham, very seriously, leaned down and told her no in his on way. I was shocked to see my son (who cannot talk) telling another sweet little girl off in such an ugly way. I had had enough and took the wagon away as punishment and boy did that make him mad. No more wagon for Graham. After dealing with this situation, I had to turn to help the teachers coral a few other little ones who were heading to the street. When I turned around to make sure Graham was minding and not touching the wagon, this is what I saw...


Graham has now suckered a dad into pulling him around. He's a smart cookie. He was minding me, but still getting to play with the wagon at this poor dad's expense. What a field trip. I've decided I may not try to make another field trip for a while.
We did try to get a class picture. What we were thinking. You can see how things are deteriorating quickly.

and so much for that idea.

Papaw's Birthday weekend

And of course, Papaw makes me laugh!

I make Papaw laugh!
Hanging out with Kirkland and Uncle Patrick at Harrison's football game.


Good fake Harrison!

Kirkland showed Graham around the sidelines. They met a few little girls and had fun playing with balls and the tractor.

15 Months

Sorry to say it but I've given up on our monthly growth pictures. Graham has become too busy to get still shots anymore. Here are a few fun pics from the last month or so.Graham and Daddy mowed the entire front lawn.
Graham loves his backpack carrier. Last week while I was away, Michael cleaned the house and mopped the floors while Graham tagged along on his back in the carrier. Isn't that something?

He loves to clean out a toy bin and get in it. We are practicing our clean skills and he's doing fairly well. He gets a little bored after he's thrown a few toys back in the bin.

Heading to church.

Happy Harvest Time!

Play time Anne Hardin

Go Rebels!