November...

Here are some random pictures from November.

Our little buddy :)

Before church...it's impossible to get them to smile at the same time!

I was doing stuff in the kitchen one day and when I came over to see what they were up to, Carter had gotten up on the couch with Chase, covered them both with Chase's blanket and was talking and playing with him to make him happy! It made me smile...I hope they always love each other like this! Carter is the best big brother!

Chase's favorite activity after Halloween

Trying peas...first thing he ate besides rice cereal

I love these pictures of Chase...I couldn't pick just one to post!!

SOO SOO SOO Cute!!!

Carter had to jump in too.. 

Pretty stinkin cute boys if I must say so myself!!!

Carter showing Chase how to play with this toy... Always looking out for his little brother!

And that was pretty much our November. We had a great Thanksgiving with our friends, but because I was stressing about cooking my first turkey, I forgot to take any pictures!! We are truly grateful for all that we have been blessed with this year and in years past!

Happy birthday Nathan!!!

On the 13th of this month, Nathan turned the big 3-0. I really wanted to do something big and fun since for my 30th he took me to Las Vegas and sent me to a U2 concert with my sister, brother and best friend. But that little thing called medical school got in my way!! Oh, and having a 6 month old doesn't help either :) Nathan doesn't have much time off school...ever... and he is always very busy studying, so I decided that the big party would have to wait for another time. I did manage to organize a surprise party for him however with a few friends and couples from school. He had no idea and we had a lot of fun. 

Singing happy birthday

Helping daddy blow out the candles

Carter opening Nathan's presents...I'm pretty sure he thought it was his birthday

On Nathan's actual birthday, I made him some shrimp pasta for dinner and Carter insisted on getting him these cupcakes at the store. So we sang happy birthday again!! 

Carter was so excited to blow out candles again!!

Happy birthday Nathan!! We sure do love you!!! 

Halloween!!!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Carter really understood the concept of trick or treating and he really loved decorating the house and carving pumpkins. It makes holidays so much fun when your kids start getting old enough to enjoy them too. 

Our first Halloween adventure was our ward trunk or treat. Carter chose his knight costume for this one. They had a lot of fun games, cotton candy and of course trunk or treating. Carter had a blast, and he got lots of good candy for mom and dad to eat :)

Chase was our little pumpkin. I had a hard time finding him a costume I liked, and truthfully I didn't really want this one either, but he sure made it super cute and I loved it in the end!

Our next Halloween adventure was carving our pumpkins. We had our friends the Bunnells over and we had a great time. Carter and their little boy Davido are the same exact age, and they are the best of friends!! It's so fun to see Carter have a little buddy!

I love their faces!!!!

The finished products!

I guess Chase doesn't like being held like this :)

On Halloween day we went to play group in the morning at church, and Carter chose to wear his dinosaur costume for this one

That night we went trick or treating with our friends the Tew's and the Cloward's. We went to a great neighborhood, and Carter had so much fun we had to make him stop! He would have gone forever!!

The Tew's... We love them!!

My little batman.. This is what Carter chose to wear for trick or treating.

Chase enjoyed the festivities too!

Mommy's little pumpkin