Halloween 2008

This was an eventful Halloween. It was Joni's first halloween and Evan's first as a big brother. We decided to do all of our trick or treating at my brother's house, since there are so many kids in that neighbor and we have none, in fact we only had 20 kids come to the door. Evan was so excited he got to trick or treat with his cousin Cate. Joni doesn't know the difference, so she went right along. We got a little trick or treating in before the melt downs started. Poor Evan missed out on a nap and boy did it show later that night. I should have know. This morning he was so proud of the little bit of candy he did get so I guess in all he had a good time, which is all that matters.

Evan did it!!

My boy, the one who was afraid of the water, somewhat, passed his first swim class. He can now advanced to the Turtles class from the Solo Swan class. You would have never expected this if you saw him in the beginning and what it took to get him there. He was afraid to do a lot in the beginning, in fact he didn't even want to go, but mommy knew he could do it. He now floats on his back with his ears under water with no problem, he will also hold his face in the water for 5 seconds. He will be a swimmer here shortly - I KNEW HE COULD DO IT!! YEAH EVAN!!

Joni's first illness

Well it is official, I gave Joni and maybe Evan my cold. We just got back from the doctor and Joni has her first cold. I am grateful it wasn't anything worse. However she kept me up most of the night because she was having a hard time breathing, a little hard to do when you have a stuffy noise and use a pacifier. So hopefully it won't get any worse and the nose drops will help.

Joni's prize

Here is Joni with her prize from the doctor's office. My brave little one.

Joni's six month check up

Today was Joni's six month check up and boy what a change. She has grown a lot and is now almost on target where she should be. She went from 50% height, 10% weight and 10% head to 90% height, 50 % weight and 75% head. She is now 26 1/4 inches long, 14 lb 10.5 oz and 16 3/4 head circ. She isn't such a skinny minnie anymore.

The poor girl had to have four shots and the rotavirus. She was a trouper and she got a pair of yellow star sunglasses for it. She has to go back in two weeks for her flu shot.

Evan was in for a shock as well. I surprised him with the flu shot. At first he was saying NO MOMMY, NO MOMMY, but I talked him into showing Joni how brave he was and what a big boy he was. So it took a little coaxing, but he did it. I had him look at me and say 1,2,3 boogers, which he did and he only flinched. I can't believe how brave he was. In fact he was able to pick out a toy from the treasure chest.

Joni sitting - just for a moment

Here is a photo of Joni sitting, even for only a moment. She sat long enough for me to get this picture then over she went. She is getting so close now.

All Dolled Up and No Place To Go!

This is Joni wearing her first dress. She got all dress up and had no place to go. We did end up going on an Evan playdate. So at least someone, other than her family, got to see her all dress up.

Sterlingfest 2008

This was my first visit back in many years. It hasn't changed much just got a lot smaller. I decided to take Evan and Joni to their first parade. Of course Joni slept through most of it and Evan had a blast. His favorite parts were all the fire trucks and all the free candy that was thrown at him. After the parade we went to the festivities at the community center. Evan had a lot of fun on the moonbounce, moonbounce maze and most of all on the bouncy trampoline. The boy loves to jump. Then we went down to the fire house where Evan earned his fireman's hat by finding him way out of the smoke house. We also enjoyed watching the car demonstration, they torn a car apart to rescue the "victims" inside.

This is the hat that he earned!

Pumpkinville 2008

This was our first trip to Pumpkinville. It was a lot of fun to see all of the animals and to watch Evan have so much fun on all the "rides." They had a Hay Maze, Hay Rides, Giant Hill Slides, Straw Tunnels Rope Swings, Moonbounces, 200 ft. Kidz Zip Line, Belly Bounce, Fort Pumpkin and a Spooky Pirate Ship. We did everything but the Hay Ride and the Zip Line. I know that Evan had fun because he wants to go back and he can't stop talking about it.

This was Joni getting ready to go!