He's cruisin!

About a month ago we found out that Roy Boy has anemia. He's been taking iron since then and he has turned into a little monster! A good monster, but a monster nonetheless. Everything has more volume and he's just more hyper in general. He has been taking steps since October 5th, a few days after his first birthday. But his walking has really taken off this past week. It's been a lot of fun to watch him explore his new found skill!

Bingo

Baby Roy is not a very good traveler. He's gotten better over the past couple months, but he still doesn't love it. The thing that has gotten us through (and my sister Marci can attest) is a very simple song...Bingo! This song will calm him down every time. If we have sung it 20 times in a row, and try switching to another song...he gets upset. Normally we just sing it til he falls asleep. Morgan knows how much it helps calm him. The past few days when we're at home and he starts crying she starts singing it. I couldn't help but get it on video. She only sings it 3 times here, normally it's over and over and over just like we do in the car. And it's normally complete with the clapping and all, but hey, I'm lucky she sat still long enough for what I got. The best part is that it really does help calm him. Of course, everything she does helps, because he loves her so much. Hope you enjoy the song!!

Roy's 31!

I want to say a special happy birthday to Roy here on our blog, even though I get to spend all day with him. I wanted to do something big last year for his 30th, but couldn't because something else big happened, my sister Leslie got married! I couldn't think of anything he would like more than for his daughter (who has him wrapped around her little finger) to sing him a happy birthday song...



You have to listen very closely but she gets most of the words in there. She calls Roy papa, so she's sings, "Happy birthday to Papa!"

We got to spend a kidless evening in Tucson...a treat from Roy's parents, and have a nice dinner... a treat from my parents. Roy, like me, loves his mom's German chocolate cake, so that's what he got at the end of the day. Hope you enjoyed your day, we love you Papa Roy!!

Halloween

Our trick-or-treaters...

the Pumpkin...
and the Princess!

Our community is so spread out that they have trunk-or-treat at the high school football field. Here's the kids enjoying some of the activities there.


Roy couldn't wait to put his costume together. He is dressed up as many of the high schoolers around here dress every day. When we went to trunk-or-treat there were many boys not in costume that were wearing almost this identical outfit, sweatband and all!
My interpretation of an 80's girl, since I was just a kid in the 80's.
Don't we look cute together!
I couldn't help but put this adorable picture of our Princess on the potty. She's been potty trained for about 2 weeks and it's fabulous!
It was a fun Halloween...we were a little late to trunk-or-treat, so they started dumping candy in Morgan's bag. We gave her one sucker, put the bag away, and don't plan on giving her much more. We're not big candy fans, but it sure was fun getting dressed up and enjoying the festivities!