Getting Ready

Part of our busy schedule this Thanksgiving included a few things to start getting ready for Christmas.

Grandma and I took Eli to the Christmas Parade (Ezra went too, but was unimpressed).
Then we cut our Christmas Tree....
How do I get this thing on the car?
We still have some shopping to do, the tree has to actually make its way into the house, gifts have to be wrapped. But, as far as he is concerned, Eli is ready. He is sure Santa is bringing him a fire truck and that is all that really all that matters.

Swing, Baby, Swing!

Weeee!

Ezra at Eight Months

Sweet, adorable, good-natured, quick to smile, loves to giggle, bright blue eyes, affectionate, fine blonde hair, loves to play with his toys, pulls hair, . . .

. . . has two new bottom teeth - finally, thinks paper is the best thing ever, finds us all so funny, wants the cats sooooo badly, won't sleep all night, can't quite crawl so he scoots all over on his behind, has big feet. That's Ezra and we love him.

Trick or Treat!

Eli was pretty excited about Halloween this year, especially once he understood the whole candy concept. He was also pretty excited about his costume. He loves Bob the Builder and this costume is an altered version of that, but in Eli's mind he is the little boy in the book "Digger Man." Next to "Busytown," this is his favorite book (thanks Jed, Sarah, Eric, and Macon). It is about a little boy who is going to buy a big digger (backhoe) and teach his baby brother how to be a digger man too.

Here is our Digger Man: have boots, overalls, hard hat, and tools - will travel.

And here's Ezra, our little pun'kin.

Eli was really good about ringing the doorbells and saying "Trick or Treat" and "Pank-u" (thank you). He did get overly excited once and just yelled "Candy!" at our neighbor. Ah well.
Happy Halloween!