Halloween

Our little puppy trick-or-treating downtown on Halloween Eve.





And getting ready to head out around the neighborhood on Halloween with Caden.


Our pumpkins.

pumpkin patch

On Saturday we headed out to Heavenly Harvest pumpkin patch. Luckily we had clear skies, but after a couple days of heavy rain it was pretty muddy. Cole definitely was into it this year.

BIG tractor. Cole is in heaven!

Our little piggie.

LOVED the tractor hay ride.

Hard to smile when you're saying "cheese" (cole)

Searching for the perfect ones.

Hunting for a pumpkin is tiring! Taking a little rest.

Pumpkin jumping w/grandma.

ready for winter

Cole is ready for winter with this new adorable hat from Target.

Birthday prep

new best friend

Meet Cole's new best friend, mummy. He met mummy last night at my parent's house and hasn't put him down since. Mummy sings and dances and Cole loves him, even though he isn't very cuddly. He took him to bed with him last night, all the way to Portland this morning, and here he is riding in the cart with Cole at the grocery store tonight.

bye, bye bottle (?)

We've been working on trying to ween Cole from his bottle. He's been down to 2/day for the past 6+ months, but the last 2 (morning/night) are definitely the hardest. But today I'm happy to report that Cole went all day without a bottle! Yay! Hopefully this is the beginning of the end.

Monday

Mondays are my new favorite day. Kind of weird to say, but its true. A day with Cole is the best way to start the week. Here's a recap of our Monday: got up a little later than usual (yay!), ate breakfast together, got ready a bit slower than on "working" days (yay!) and then headed to our class at The Little Gym. Got home around 10am, played some, ate some, made some bread, had lunch, nap time/work time for me, up from nap, played outside, Cory came home and played outside with Cole while I made dinner, went for a walk around the block while dinner cooked, ate dinner, played, bedtime. Ah, the perfect day indeed.

Here are a couple of pictures of my little helper helped me make bread (in my new, awesome bread machine) and even helped clean up. I wonder when he will get over thinking that cleaning is fun!