Jack the Ninja

I've been begging my husband to take me camping and hiking and pumpkin picking. Since our weekends are pretty much booked until December, he took off last Friday to pacify me and get me my much needed outdoor time. Well, Friday ended up being in the low 40's and raining. Not pleasent outdoorsy weather. Plan B: chill in our pajamas til noon, then drop baby off with grandma and go see a movie. Sounds good to me!! Afterwards, we went to get Jack his first pumpkin. He was TERRIFIED of the pumpkins!! He would not let us set him down. Plus the ground was all soggy, so I didn't really want to sit him down anyway. Needless to say, my big plans for an adorable photo shoot didn't turn out so well.

He did like the small pumpkins and would promptly put them in his mouth and chew the stem.

Later that night, we went to a Halloween party where the babies got to dress up. Jack is a Ninja (obviously!!) He has a killer head band to complete the ensemble, but I forgot it. But his costume is totally authentic from Japan courtesy of his world traveling grandpa.

Eventful Weekend

Jon and I were looking so forward to the past weekend. My sister and her family were coming to stay with us on their way down to Disney World. Finally!! I weekend with my adorable nieces staying at MY house where I could see them all the time!! Jon worked so hard making sure Hailey's bed was soft enough, and that there was just enough air in the air mattress for Alex and Jess. We seem to be such good hosts right? WRONG! So Saturday, we were going to a 1st birthday party for Jack's bud Adam. Jess and Alex had gone to see Wicked, so we were babysitting their two girls and had the minivan to tote us all around. 1st bad happening. Jack procedes to pee through his outfit and all over his father. I OF COURSE forgot a change of clothes for him, and Jon is soaked through with Jack urine. Our dear friends Krista and Evan ran home to get Jack some clothes (so he wouldn't have to wear Melanie's pink jeans) and Jon a shirt. (Mind you, Jon is a XL and Evan a L).

Jack and his dad in borrowed clothes:

So we're trying to enjoy birthday cake and keep tabs on three insane children running around and playing in ant hills. Exhausted, we packed up the kiddos in the van and were headed home for nap time. Not a mile away, some idiot runs a red light and creams us. NEVER EVEN HIT HIS BRAKES! We're all fine, just shooken up. So we pile out of the car with 3 tired, scared babies. My parents are out of town, Jon's parents were out of town, my sister was at the Fox with no cell phone. Who were we supposed to call!?! Luckily, someone from the party had spotted us and called our friend Tom, who came to pick us up. They let us chill at their house for a while, while we unsuccessfully tried to get our children to sleep. After eating yet another piece of birthday cake, we all pile in the borrowed van and Tom takes us home. With their car in wreckage, Jessica and Alex borrowed my parents car, stuffed it to the brims, and continued onward to Disney World. I'm sure they won't be able to relax too much with Hailey constantly reminding them: "Uncle Jon broke our car."

Jack's New Face

Jack has started making this hilarious scruched up face. My friend Tamaron is in town, and we hung out on Tuesday, and Jack did this face all day long!!! So I was finally able to catch it on film with Tamaron's help. ANNNDDD.... He FINALLY has TWO little teeth!!! Couldn't get a picture of that though. He's not nearly that cooperative.

Helen Corn Maze

Jon and I and a group of our friends trekked our way up to Helen last weekend for Oktoberfest.

Ok, we really went for the free fudge and peanut brittle samples, and to do the corn maze. I'd never done one before so I was so excited!! It felt like something out of Harry Potter and I kept waiting to see a flare or find a glowing port key. No such luck however. But we did find every checkpoint! Good job navigators!

Our cute Sperry shoes!

The end! We made it!

Swagger

Jon joined a flag football team that consists of some local guys from the ward and from around the area. They play every Saturday morning, and it's been so fun to go watch and cheer them on. They are undefeated so far and Jack is so very proud of his dad. The weather has been so beautiful lately, it's been so nice to spend some time outside. Getting up and out by 9 am is still a challenge for me, so notice Jack is still in his jammies. And I'm a total slacker and keep forgetting to bring my camera, so the pictures are courtesy of Sharon and Brindi. They are much more on top of things than I am.

On another note, Jack is the most adorable thing in the world! He gets into all sorts of mischief and enjoys sneaking into the bathroom or pounding up the stairs. He's scooting along the furniture and climbs INTO the fireplace, where he proceeds to get stuck then starts screaming. He likes to bang on the DVD player and pull tall lamps over. He's a wild man, but so stinkin' adorable. He's almost 11 months old and is still all gums. He's been a crank lately so I'm hoping he's got some teeth coming in. I finally gave him his first haircut too. How do people do this with a wiggling baby!? And I was only doing the very top so it wouldn't come to a point on his forehead. Craziness.

I'm so excited it's autumn and I LOVE seeing all the leaves change color. This is my favorite time of year and it makes me wish I had a big yard to enjoy it in. The fall encompasses a lot of sweet memories: first, my crazy BYU days of partying all night and 8am "begining jazz"; ice cream everyday, getting stuck in the elevator, trips to Squaw Peak and smoke bombs in DT. Oh good times.

Second, it was September 5 years ago that I was planning my wedding. So there's something about the chilling air that makes me want to go wedding dress shopping and plan a tropical vacation! Third, it was this time last year that I was counting down the days to my baby boy's arrival. Oh how time flies!!!