Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Halloween Adventures

Our Halloween was awesome! We started out at the church carnival and played a bunch of fun games and then came back to Grandma's for the traditional Trick or Treating. Landin was Optimus Prime from Transformers and Ashlynn was a Lady/Love bug (can't quite make up my mind which one it is). They both looked adorable! Landin was so excited to go and get candy and Ashlynn of course could care less. She camped out in the stroller and was passed out by the time we got to house number 5 (it had been a very long day for her) lollipop in hand. Landin got a ton of sweets and made a few people laugh. He would tell us to not come to the door with him, for us to "stay here... I'm going to do it by myself". Mr Independent!!! The first of the best laughs, was at a house that had several older kids in the front yard wearing masks and trying to scare the older children. Freddie Kruger came up to Landin trying to scare him to which Landin reacted saying "Stop scaring me right now or I'm going to spank you!". It was hilarious! The second of the good laughs, was when he went to a door, collected his candy and the gentleman told him to not get a tummy ache from all the candy. Landin comes back to us waiting on the sidewalk holding his tummy saying "I have a tummy ache and it's driving me nuts"!!! So funny! It was a good night!

Pumpkin Patch


We took the kids to a pumpkin patch to find a pumpkin and had a blast! Landin loved the bounce houses and riding the pony and Ashlynn just loved being held by Daddy. We couldn't do much other than that because it was so muddy, but it was still a fun time and we got a great pumpkin (too bad we didn't' carve it)!!!







Ashlynn's Walking...and Other Progress


So she is a little behind Landin's milestone of walking, but that's okay because she waited until daddy came home to show her new talent! She had been attempting to make the steps, but wasn't quite confident enough and I didn't want to push her. Sure enough, the day after Josh got home, she starts walking!!! She is almost a pro now... still a few tumbles and a little shakiness every now and then (and even a black eye from a failed attempt), but she's doing it! Such a big girl... I can't believe it, but I am so happy that she waited for Josh to come home!

Also, she got her first hair cut! No longer bangs hanging in the face, she is now a super cute little girl!!!





Daddy is Finally Home

Josh left Texas on January 11, 2009 to leave for schooling and training in preparation for this deployment. The kids, Mimi (Josh's mom) and myself flew out to see him for a weekend in March in which he left the day we did. So after leaving home, and being away for the better part of the year, we are happy to say that DADDY IS BACK HOME!!! Josh returned home on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, sooner than what was originally expected, but a VERY welcome early homecoming!!! He flew from his location overseas to Washington DC where he was supposed to then fly to San Diego then Denver then Dallas. Thankfully, he found a ticket agent that was willing to help him get home sooner, so he was able to fly straight from DC to Dallas. The kids and I tied yellow ribbons in the front yard, and hung the banner that we had made a few days before reading "Welcome Home Daddy". We even wrote on "the big truck" that same phrase. It was a frantic morning...very very hectic, but we all got ready and went to pick him up at the airport. Landin was so excited for him to come home and Ashlynn hesitated only for a few minutes and then was perfectly content in Josh's arms. It was an awesome and exciting day. The countdown is over, thank goodness, and Josh is home for a good long while now!!
Welcome Home Daddy, we love you and have missed you like crazy!!!