Our little fireman

Happy Halloween from our little fireman!!

This was Charlie's first official Halloween for trick or treating and we were so excited! He didn't really know what to think of the candy!

 Smile!

 Nana and Papa came over to pass out candy while we were gone.  Thanks for helping us out and looking after the house while we were gone.

 First trick or treating Halloween!

 And off we went.....not sure Charlie was really as excited as we were! :)

After a few houses, he got the hang of picking out candy......

After all the excitement, we came home and I even let him taste his first bite of a candy bar! He liked it!

We hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween!!! 

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

Last weekend, my mom and I headed to the Arboretum for a day of pumpkin patch fun!  I was determined to get the perfect pumpkin patch picture- but I quickly realized that was hard to do with such an active toddler.  Perfect picture or not....we still had a blast!

Charlie was more interested in picking up the pumpkins and throwing them than posing with them!

 After he was done throwing, I was able to get a few cute shots!

He then would pick up all of the small pumpkins and give them to Nana- he loved those little pumpkins!

 Smile!!!

 He also loved picking the hay and throwing it in the air....

 Climbing on the pumpkins was another favorite thing....

 Smile!

 Hi Nana and Charlie!

 Nana and Charlie

 Say Cheese!

 Such a cutie!

 He loved playing peek-a-boo with Nana!

 Whoa!!!

 I cherish days like this- we had such a fun day!!!

21 months!!!

Happy 21 months Charlie!!

Let's go to the zoo!

Saturday we had a family day at the zoo.  Charlie had a blast and loved looking at all the animals!!!

Welcome!

 Checking it all out....

 Look at the bunny!!

 Monkeys!

 Dada and Charlie

 He didn't know what to think of the kangaroo!

 Smile!

 One of my favorite pics from the day

 Charlie thought this animal was alive- he kept growling at it and was scared to get close to it.  Oh my!

 Waving to all the animals on the monorail!

 What a fun day we had!

Baby blue!!

Last week, I went in for a level 2 sonogram.  I was told there would be a 50/50 chance we would be able to find out the gender......and guess what?! We found out!!!! 

Yesterday, our families came over for a Gender Reveal party to share the news--everyone was anxious to find out if Charlie was going to have a little brother or sister!!!

The decorations....

 Team Pink......

Team Blue....

Yes- Justin and I had opposing predictions.  He should have listened to the one having the baby!!  :)

Everyone grabbed a cupcake to find out the news...

 It's a BOY!!!!! Yay!!!!!!

Charlie had a few bites of the cupcake too.....doesn't he look cute in his #1 brother shirt?!! 

We also were able to Skype with Matt, Dawn, and Miles and share the news with them afterwards!!! They are also expecting--3 weeks after us!!! Can't wait to find out what they are having!!!!

The next day, I did the same thing with my 2nd graders--they voted on our promethean board as morning work and tried to help me with some names.  They have some creative names--my favorite is Charlie Jr. :)

Team Pink....

 Team Blue....

We're excited for our family of four!!