Happy Halloween!

Maybe later ...

Christopher's new favorite phrase is "maybe later." I ask him if he wants his coat, he says "maybe later, I carry it now" When I ask him to go potty he tells me, "maybe later."

This is really cute, but sometimes he uses it as an excuse to get out of things. One nice thing is, now I can tell him maybe later and he just says okay. And if I'm really lucky, he forgets that I told him later and the issue is dropped all together :).

This is Christopher's new favorite thing to do, go under our bed with our cat, Bailey.

It's my favorite ...

We have a bed time routine at our house that consists of Dad reading a bed time story to Christopher. Last night Christopher chose a book about dogs. This particular book is one of Dad's least favorite to read. Well, last night as Christopher was crawling into bed, he kept asking for Dad to read dogs and then told us it was his favorite - now how could we say no to that. This was just another moment when I realized how fast Christopher is growing up. It seems that they are happening everyday now. Just last Sunday, we were hanging out and I told him I was going downstairs to get him juice and his snack and just as I was walking out of the room he said "Hey Mom" and I turned around and he said "be careful, okay."

Checking out all the animals

At the pumpkin farm they had a lot of farm animals. We were able to go and check them out. Christopher never go too close. One donkey kept coming up and pushing me in the rump, Dad & Christopher thought this was funny ... Mom not so much.

Picking out the perfect pumpkin

We recently went to an animal farm/pumpkin patch as part of Mike's 30th birthday celebration. Christopher of course had to pull the wagon, pick out his pumpkin and grandmas.

Happy 30th Birthday Dad!

Mike hit quite the milestone last week - 30!!! We had several celebrations including a pumpkin/animal farm, going out to dinner, birthday cake and presents. Christopher even lead us in singing Happy Birthday. Here are the highlights from the dinner. He was so excited about the surprise present - a sombrero :)

The home stretch ...

If you ever wondered what Idaho looks like - here you go. This is the gorgeous view from my hotel room on my recent trip to Idaho. This trip felt like a milestone for me, because it is the last trip I have for work before baby comes. I was definitely glad it was my last. I'm getting a little to large to lug around a suitcase and squeeze into tiny airplane seats :)

Today, marks 33 weeks - 49 days to go and the baby is the size of a honeydew. I would argue that the baby is about the size of a very large pumpkin based on my appearance.

Dare I say ... success?

We are finishing up week two of no accidents at school, and only nighttime and nap time accidents at home. It really is crazy how fast Christopher is growing up. He is using the potty like a big boy, he can now tell me when his shoes are too small (we recently purchased his last pair of toddler size shoes), he can tell me when he is feeling better after falling down, and he even pretends to be one of our cats. Apparently, he does this at daycare too. Everyone knows who Pepper is because he crawls around meowing at them.

And before I know it he is going to be a big brother - in roughly 56 days - but who is counting :)