Two and 1/2 Months

Our Little Man is growing so fast. He is at the ...

Fan loving

Early morning smiling

Cooing and Cuddling

Knowing who feeds him

Love to look at himself

Waking up more during the day

Sleeping more through the night

Adorable Adorable Adorable

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How blessed we are to have Mr. Owen. I am aware that all the parents know this same thing "We have one of the best blessings of all, children!"

Until Next Year

Time to say goodbye to one of my favorite times "Halloween." For the past few years we have hosted a family Halloween Pizza Party, we enjoy this immensely. We were able to go trick-or-treating in our neighborhood for the first time and it was great. So many neighbors did such a good job with all their festive decor. Brinley enjoyed getting LOTS and LOTS of candy with her friend "Vanna," and I guess she had fun with her parents too:) Owen was up the entire eventing between people holding him and trick-or-treating, which meant he gave me a 5.5 hour stretch of sleep. I needed that thanks little man!!

More Halloween Fun

Aunt Jennie was nice enough to get Brinley some new Halloween books, a coloring book, and a CD full of wonderful (or annoying depending on your age) Halloween music. There were a few fun ideas we got from those that we decided to have a full day of Halloween fun, just Brinley and Mommy.

Here is Brinley with the recipe for the Halloween Soup cooked in a pumpkin. After we cooked the soup it was on to homemade bread.
Brinley likes to lick everything after we are done cooking including the bread dough.

Time to cook the bread almost done.

We have to wait until daddy gets home to eat. So we make our family out of pipe cleaners to pass the time. Plus a snake we don't have one of those, no way!!

Finally its time to eat, she waited all day for daddy to come home so that we could dig in. Stop with the pictuers so we can eat already:)

Last but not least SPOOKY ghost pudding, her favorite, she even helped mom finish hers.

We finish the night off carving pumpkins and watching "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown." We didn't leave Owen out of all the festivities he just didn't think it was quite as fun:)

Here he is screaming in JOY!!!

An exhausting, yummy, exciting, memorable day. Time for bed!!!

Its Halloween time!!!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!! I love the weather, the creativity, the food, the scary movies I love it all. I start planning costumes months in advance and after much thought and stress I decide on a theme. I know that as the kids age they wont want to match there parents so I need to take advantage now. Brinley wanted so badly to be a pink princess after much struggle and persuasion I talked her into being a pink princess FLOWER. I found the perfect costume on Pottery Barn Kids for $120 it finally went on sale for a mere $60. Yeah right!! For one night I don’t think so, so I was brave enough to try to make it. I even found the shoe covers at the Dollar Store and embellished them with flowers and bees. I had so much fun, (thanks mom for letting me use your sewing machines, your help, and your home) it took all day but it turned out better than I imagined.

Another fun thing I accomplished, I am first time e-bay’er. My first item to bid on I WON!!! I got Owen’s costume on e-bay for $11 including shipping. It was a brand new (tags still on, in original packaging) from Gymboree. As soon as I won I started celebrating and couldn't wait to tell Justin so I called him at school to let him know of the good new. I don’t think he was as excited as Brinley and I were. I love e-bay how come I didn’t start this earlier?





Thankfully we have a Ward Fall Festival that we can dress up, more bang for our buck. Justin and I dressed as bees or so we said we did. The shirts didn't turn out as well as I wanted. But what else could I expect I was practically painting on them as we walked out the door.

Well, I have a lot of catching up to do. Over the past two weeks we have done some fun things that I should be journaling about better.

Owen was blessed Sunday September 28th. We had a great support group for Owen (like I expected anything less from our super supportive families.) I found his blessing day to be very relaxing I was able to sit back and take in the day understanding that it would be over in a flash. I suppose with the first one you don’t understand just how fast these precious moments are gone, and with each child I bet it just goes faster. Owen received a nice blessing and after we were able to eat lunch at Grandma and Grandpa Kings home, unfortunately our home does not accommodate all our family. I am so appreciative for the knowledge of the Priesthood and for the blessing it is in our family’s lives.

Justin's 4 generation

My sister in law Rachel is soon expecting her 1st baby next month. We had her baby shower over here on Saturday October 4th. Justin and I have talked about how excited we are to be first time Aunt and Uncle (a fun new title for us!) Brinley is excited to be a cousin, she reminds us all the time that Alex is her cousin. Rachel and Tom live directly behind us, we share a fence. Baby Alex and Owen will be just a few months apart and I am looking forward to watching them literally grow up together, for probably along long time with the housing market the way it is. Hope that baby gets here safe and sound and for Rachel’s sake SOON.

There are some real perks of having a teacher husband, one of them being vacations. This week was Fall Break so we were able to spend some quality time with each other. Thanks Justin for staying up until 2 in the mornings finishing papers and side work to spend the days with us.

Eatable play dough fun and yummy!!!

"I can stand like a mingo too."Our little PEARLAunt NaNa is so much funIf ever in the neighborhood try this Thai Food we are addictedShe calls it "Fire Soup," it comes out with a huge flame.

Her favorite!!!

I know that kids say the funniest things I can't write them all down but, this one I have to remember. If only I could have captured her facial expression.

On the way back from the Zoo Brin was trying to explain something to Aunt Morgan, it was taking her a while to get to the point.

NaNa said "Spit it out kid!"

Brinley, spiting in to her hand replied "But I don't got nothing in my mouth."

Try explaining what a figure of speech is to a two year old:)

Can't Wait for Tonight

Michael Scott: Meredith... Meredith... Mary- Mary had a little lamb. Mary... Meredith had a little lamb. Don't bring that lamb to the office or it will poop on the floor

Bear with me as I divulge a little secret, my obsession with “The Office.” Justin and I have been avid fans since Season One. I never got into American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, Desperate House Wife’s, Grays Anatomy, or really any other shows but “The Office” it just does something for me. One of the best things other than the hilarious characters Dwight, Stanley, Pam, Jim, Michael, ALL OF THEM, is that Justin loves it as much as I do, it gives us something to laugh at together and look forward to. So hopefully my passion for the Office doesn’t sound too strange but with all the busy days work, the news, and the economy these days anything that can take you to a new place (a relief) sounds good to me. If anyone wants to borrow the seasons we have them. However beware they are addictive. Just for your information Thursday nights from 8-9 we wont answer the phones or the doors:)

It's Done

After many months and a lot of help the nursery is done. The first thing I started thinking about after we found out we were having a boy was what the nursery theme would be. I was so sure that we were going to have another girl that I had Justin put up a pretty feminine chandelier light in the nursery, to go with the french, frilly, baby room I had in mind. But low and behold I was having a boy. I guess the most obvious theme was baseball; it would definitely be the most inexpensive. SO, it is a vintage baseball baby room. I am really happy with how it turned out. Wonderfully talented Bethany Abercrombie drew that mural on the wall (she did most of it free hand WOW.) It turned out better than we could have expected, thanks. My mom made the window valances, and added to the bedding, and my grandma made the quilt. Thanks for talented people. All the rest of the stuff was in Justin closet at his parent’s house. He was glad to be able to use all the things he collected over the years (but most of all he was happy we had to buy very little!)