Happy Halloween!

Kaitlyn had a blast trick-or-treating. At first I thought we wouldn't be able to convince her to put her costume on and go, but all it took was a few kids at our door to get her excited. She even wore her hat the whole time. :-)

Austen came, too:

These are out of order, but here is Kaitlyn enjoying her one candy pick for the night: Smarties. :)

The girls checking out the loot:

On to the next house:

She went right up to the doors, knocked, and even said trick-or-treat at a lot of them. So cute!

She kept saying, "Let's go to the next house."

Jeff's jack-o-lantern:

We went to a pumpkin carving get together at our friends' Bryan and Lindsey's. They have a 2 month old, Jackson, and Andy and Megan's little Perry (below) is 4 weeks old:

Jeff with cutie little Jackson:

Jackson and Perry:

Kaitlyn, Austen, and Kendall (Ryan and Michelle). Austen's face just cracks me up in that costume. :-)

Okay, so we have a bouncy house in our downstairs. Here's the short story: We were going to rent one for Kaitlyn's second birthday party, but it was only 30 more dollars to buy the exact same one. Who doesn't want a bouncy house in their basement?! Play date, anyone? Kaitlyn LOVES it, and Austen has been enjoying it with Mama.

Silly girls:

Kaitlyn handing the baby to Austen for a kiss:

Sweet girl :-)

Kaitlyn helping Dada with Mama's new computer:

We had a great birthday party for Kaitlyn's second birthday. We tried to keep it a bit smaller this year...especially since we'll be putting on another first birthday in March. ;-)

There was no need to convince Kaitlyn to eat her cupcake this year:

On a side note, Jeff took Kaitlyn to her 2 year check up, and she finally hit the 24 pound mark! She is just over 24 pounds with clothes on. :-)

7 Months Old!

On Saturday :-)

Kaitlyn is TWO!!

Happy birthday, sweet girl!

Our Little Monster

I found this dinosaur (is that what it is?) costume at the consignment store for Austen. It's pretty hard not to laugh seeing her in it. :-) She is looking forward to her first Halloween!

Jeff and I tag team bedtime, and he usually ends up putting Kaitlyn down while I'm with Austen. They have developed their own little bedtime routine, where Kaitlyn sits on the edge of her crib with the window open and they look for stars. This usually triggers a round or two of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Cutest.Thing.Ever. I couldn't pass up the sneak-in picture...we'll want this documented for later. :-)

This is usually what happens at some point after Jeff gets home from work (the napping on the floor, not the blocks). Kaitlyn took advantage of a sleeping daddy:

Austen graduated to the ducky tub when she started sitting up. She LOVES baths, which is the polar opposite of how Kaitlyn was. What a relief, because bath time was not fun time with her big sister. :-)

And just for a flashback, here is Kaitlyn in the tub right around the same. This is during the week that she actually halfway enjoyed baths before going back to hating them.