wweeeeeee...

We went to the park again this morning with a few friends, and stayed for like 2 hours. Eric had such a good time playing in the sand, swinging, and going down the sliding board!!! He was very dirty by the time we got home, but he had a great time! These pictures are of us going down the swerly slide and Eric loved it!!! Jamie put Jake down the covered slide by himself and I caught him at the bottom, but he fell back and hit his head. He is fine- don't worry! Anyway, he still wanted to go down again, so she sent him down head first on his belly- so he wouldn't fall back! Well Jake loved it! So I decided to send Eric down like that too! His face wasn't smiling when he got down, although he really didn't cry! Jake wanted to go down again, but we decided that once was enough for Eric this time! We'll try again next time! The weather is just getting so great to go spend time in the park! It is so beautiful, what a great time of year here!!! And tonight we are going to Jamie's togo 'trick or treating'! I will put more pictures on here and on his website tomorrow (Hopefully:))Me and Mom going down the slide! Wwwweee!!!

Katie and Jackson to the left and Jamie and Jake to the right!

haircut anyone???...

Ok, so Eric has had his fisrt official haircut, but it really wasn't planned. I do have the actual hair saved, but I didn't get any pictures- I know I know... Anyway, he really needs another one! His hair is straight, but with just enough wave to get crazy! When he lays on his head or rolls or anything,.wow look out!!! Mom- I know that you didn't want me to cut it the first time, and you don't want me to cut it now- but maybe since you are coming here in a week and 1/2 (YEAH!!!) we can get it cut with you here!?!?!?!???

Grandma, I REALLY REALLY need a haircut!!! Help me please!!!

closing...

Oh yeah, we pretty much signed and closed on our house yesterday! Our 'closing' is not supposed to be until the 26th- Happy Birthday to me- but I guess we had to go sign papers to close the loan- so the title company could get them to the lender and have them back by the 26th! The seller will go sign papers that day, but we are finished! Everything will post on the 26th, and we be home owners!!! I just wish they were leaving already! They are going to lease the house from us for 1 month, so we won't be moving until the end of November. We are still very excited, and the lease will give us a little extra money anyway! So now that we have a house with a pool and jacuzzi, you all will have to come visit us!

deal or no deal...

Saturday night we went to a Halloween party. We weren't sure of what to be, and after we threw many ideas around, we decided to do "Deal or No Deal"- Howie Mandel and one of the suitcase girls. I tried to find John a black suit, but couldn't do it without him to try things on. I did find a large bridesmaid dress, so I bought it for him, and found a jacket for myself. I told John about it- and being such the great sport that he is- agreed to be the suitcase girl- and I was Howie. It turned out really great! We both looked good- if I do say so myself!!!:) We were really glad that people actually knew who we were! We were hoping that a few people were dressed up, and it turned out that most everyone dressed up! I love Halloween and dressing up- we had a great time! Eric was long sleeping before the babysitter came, so there was no trauma this time! Everything worked out fantastic, and we all were happy!!!:)

Johnna, open the case!

AAAH, only a penny!

horseback riding...

I'm a big boy sitting at the table!!! YEAAH!!!

Well tonight was another 3rd Friday for the guys, so a few wives and kids got together again, this time at Peter Piper Pizza. It was a lot of fun, but it will be much better when this little turkey starts walking! He had fun, but I had to carry him all over, because I surely wasn't letting him down to crawl all over that floor!!!:) Call me crazy- and maybe I am- but I just couldn't! ANYway, we still had a good time! We ate bread sticks and pizza, played some games, won some tickets, and best of all- we rode the carousel! When I first put Eric on the little horse, he giggled and bounced up and down. He loved it- until it started! He got a little nervous, and tried to get off. I kept him on it and said 'Wee' and 'Isn't this fun', and soon enough he was smiling again- while holding onto the horse with one hand, and my shirt with the other! We rode a few more times throughout the night, and he got better each time! Although, by the end of the night he was getting pretty sleepy. I put him on the horse and he was fine, but since it took a while before they actually started it, Eric had his feet up by the horses ears and was laying backwards almost doing a back flip- doing a little trick riding! (He was just practicing for the rodeo!) Anyway, I took that as a signal that he really didn't want to ride again!!!:) Even though he can't walk yet, we still had a good time!

Ride 'em cowboy!

Look at me!

pictures...finally...

Come here little goat
Family Picture
Eric and Kate, as Jen (and Charlie Brown) said- "Waiting for the Great Pumpkin"

A little bit of the aftermath of the window incident!:(

fun fun fun and scary scary scary...

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday with our friend's Jen, Tim, and Kate. We ate lunch first- with some yummy pie- and then headed over to the pumpkin patch. We went on a hayride to the pumpkin patch, and then went walking through to find our perfect pumpkin. Eric loved it, he just giggled and giggled as he looked at all the pumpkins. I'm not sure what was so funny, but he sure enjoyed it! We found our pumpking, and then let him check out a few more. He loved standing on the ground with the pumpkins, almost as big as he is! Him and Kate had a great time! After picking our pumpkins, we took the hayride back. Eric loved the tractors, everytime he saw one drive past us, he pointed and got all excited! John of course loved that!!!:) Anyway, we went back and went to pet the goats. Eric thought it was really funny, John not so much- he hates goats! It was fun to see Eric pet them though! We then went and got our pumpkin, bought some yummy apple butter and cherry perserves, and we were off home! It was a great day- fun, fun, fun!

We were driving home, a little over an hour drive home, when the most scary thing happened! We were passing a semi- when we heard a loud crash- we looked back and the window right next to Eric just exploded right in on top of him! The look of terror was on his little face as he screamed and cried, so I leaned back and shielded his face from the window. I don't know if the semi kicked up a rock or what, but we passed the truck, and pulled over onto the side of the road. I hurried up and got out of the car and grabbed him, he was so scared- but as I cleaned him off and calmed him down- thank God he was not harmed in any way! We were all shaken up, and we still had about 40 mintues to go! John is very good in these situations, I tend to get a little emotional! (Although I think I would have been calmer if I were by myself and had to do it- but I figure he is the husband and the father- he can take care of us!!!:)) Anyway, John moved the car seat to the other side and we put up the 'buggy bag' in the window. I sat in the back with Eric and we just blasted the heat. Like I said before, thank God he wasn't hurt!!! SCARY, SCARY, SCARY!!!

Once again, the site isn't letting me put pictures on, but I will try again later!