Pumpkin Carving, sugar cookies, and Apple Cider

I forgot to post our pictures from our fun filled night of pumpkin carving, yummy sugar cookies, and delicious Huber's apple cider! We had a blast and plan to make this a yearly tradition with the kids!

 

Daddy and Liam getting the "yucky stuff" out

Yummy apple cider :)

Love this handsome boy!

"Yuck" Liam says!

My 2 little loves...MY LIFE! So in love with these 2!

Liam with his carved Monster pumpkin

 

 

 

Us girls :)

Little Miss A with the pumpkins...So beautiful

Can we say Yum!?!?!

Pumpkins are carved and we had a blast!

Watch Ava Grow: 4 Months!

My little Miss A is growing so fast! On October 13th she turned 4 Months Old! I can't believe how fast these past 4 months have gone! Here are her stats:

• Ava is now a big 13 lbs. and 11 oz. (50%) and 24 inches long (40%)
• She wears 3-6 month clothing
• Size 1 shoe
• Size 2 diapers in disposables or second snap on cloth

Feeding: Ava nurses every 3-4 hours and/or consumes around 4-4.5 oz. of Mommy's milk in a bottle when I am working. The Pediatrician recommended starting solids so we are starting to work on that now, closer to 5 months old.

Sleep: Ava still enjoys her naps but is up much more during the day for play time. She goes to bed at night around 8:30 and usually wakes up between 1-3 AM to nurse and then every 3-4 hours following. Ava sleeps in her own bed, unlike her big brother, and she always will...Mommy/Daddy rule! LOL.

Development: Ava coos, giggles aloud, and loves to interact. She can completely roll over, locates sound, holds her head up GREAT, is already trying to sit up (she pulls hersef up to a sitting position in her bouncy seat), and bears weight on her legs.

Play: Ava now LOVES her toys from rattles, play gym toys, squeeze toys, and textured toys...She loves them all! She enjoys her swing and bouncy seat when she is tired and now enjoys her bumbo seat so she can sit up and look around at everything going on around her. She LOVES, LOVES when people talk and sing to her! She enjoys music and really gets her feet kicking around when she hears it. She is in love with her big brother and really enjoys when he plays with her!

Here are Ava's 4 Month pictures :)

Halloween at the Zoo and Huber's Farm

We had a couple exciting days this past week. On Thursday evening we went to the Louisville Zoo for some trick-or-treating and family/friend fun! Along with us was a couple of our good friends, Carrie and Kate, and their kiddos. Carrie brought along her 3 boys ALL BY HERSELF! BRAVE Woman! Sadly, her husband David couldn't make it because he wasn't going to get off of work in time. That didn't stop Carrie from bringing her three boys, Aidan, Camden, and her newest addition Grayson, and allowing them to have a great time! Great Mommy! Kate brought little Mr. Luke along but her husband was also working. My little Miss Ava, Grayson, and Luke are all very close in age and it was their first "Halloween at the Zoo" trip! Very exciting! We all had a great time watching the kids trick-or-treat in their little costumes! Liam was a dinosaur, of course, and Ava was a bumblebee! Aidan was iron man, Camden was a spider, and Grayson was Santa Claus. Mr. Luke was a firefighter! We really enjoyed the evening and the weather was perfect!

 

 

On Friday, we headed out to Huber's Farm with my Kayla, Justin, Alex, Kira, Cali, and Devin. It was one again another great day! We decided to ride the tractor out to the pumpkin patch and pick the kiddos their pumpkins first and everyone had a blast. Liam helped pick out his and Ava's pumpkins, that is once he got done trying to kick them around like they were balls! Silly boy! After picking pumpkins we walked around and enjoyed the scenery and let the kids run around and play. Last we went into the store and bought some yummy apple cider, peanut butter fudge, and pumpkin pie...Umm Umm Good! We wanted to take the kids to the petting zoo and little play area but unfortnately they had already closed. Athough we didn't get to do all we wanted to there it was a perfect day!

                        
 HAPPY FALL SEASON!