November Pics

Carter turned 2 months old in November! We took some pics, of course!

Such a happy little man (most of the time)!
Since Tristan was going to be gone for Thanksgiving, we did an early Thanksgiving dinner with his family before he left. Here are the boys after dinner and baths and Grandma Bernard's.
Kisses for baby brother
Tristan took Ethan by to see my parents one day and Ethan had to play with the dump truck. One thing is for sure...he is ALL boy!
We also put up our tree before Thanksgiving since Tristan wasn't going to be back until the middle of December. We took our picture for our Christmas card then, too. So if you didn't get one this year, this is what it looked like. Sorry for those of you we missed. I just got too far behind and didn't update my addresses and well, had a 2 month old and a 2 year old that took up a lot of time. I hope to do better next year!
Although we waited to decorate the tree until Tristan got back, we decided to teach Ethan about putting ornaments on it that night.
Ethan trying it on his own
It's amazing how fast November flew by! We love the holiday season in our family and enjoy it even more now that we have children to share traditions with. We hope everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday season, too!

Carter's Blessing

With Tristan's work schedule we ended up blessing Carter the weekend of Ward Conference, so things were kind of crazy. The Stake President was there and ended up asking if we minded if he joined in, as well as our Bishop, so there was a rather large group. The blessing was beautiful and it was a wonderful day.

President Price, Rich Marlatt, Brother Meinke, Tristan & Carter, President Moss, Brother Brown (Bishop Mitchell couldn't make it for a pic)

Kelly came and was such a huge help with Ethan and Carter...we even ended up matching without planning it!
Tristan's family: Tennille, Desiree, Annette, Ethan, Tristan, Me & Carter
My family
Grandma & Grandpa Walker
We were so glad that Rich and Allisha could come as well (apparently Allisha got the pink memo, too!)
Grandma Bernard

Our sweet little man on his blessing day

All worn out!
It was a busy, great day. We are so blessed to have another sweet boy in our family!

October Pics

So I'm really far behind on this blog! I guess we've been busy!

We went to visit my parents and while we were there did a little photo shoot with my parents. They didn't know it, but the pics were actually for their Christmas presents. We made them each a photo mug; my dad got a travel mug since he drives so much for work and my mom got a regular one. They turned out great and, apparently, my parents' mugs are adored by many. Here is just one of the pictures we got that day.

Daddy and Carter
Look at that sweet little face!
Carter's 1 month shot that I never posted!
Barely a month old and already flashing us some cute grins! We love this little man!

Pre-Halloween Festivities

So I now realize that my posts are going to be a little bit out of order...oh, well. We didn't have internet for a while so I got a little behind in my blogging so at this point it's just trying to catch up! We did a lot of our Halloween celebrating early since Tristan was going to be at work for Halloween.

We decided to take the boys out to Lattin's to do the whole pumpkin patch experience. Ethan was super excited about the wheelbarrows at the pumpkin patch and couldn't wait to help Tristan push it!

Searching for the perfect pumpkin
Found one! And he finally realized that he could RIDE in the wheelbarrow, too!
Before we went to pick out our pumpkin, we enjoyed all the other great things about Lattin's...namely the apple fritters! While we were enjoying them (and some hot chocolate for me) Ethan played on this little carousel.
Me and my boys by the fruit stand
We also took some time to visit all the animals there. There were chickens and chicks, ducks and ducklings, rabbits, cows, turkeys and goats. This is one of my favorite pictures because as my friend, Becky, pointed out, Ethan's and the goat's expressions are they same!
They also had a tractor ride that would take you out to the pumpkin patch, but we didn't want to wait for it. Ethan was just as happy to stand by it! That kid loves a tractor!
Waiting to get the scoop on the tractor rides
The fire department also brought a fire truck and you could climb on and in it. Ethan was in heaven!

Tristan and Ethan on the fire truck
We came home with a pumpkin for Ethan and a tiny one for Carter. He was none too happy about having to have his picture taken with it!
We also celebrated Aunt Desiree's birthday leading up to Halloween. Ethan's favorite part of the night was playing in Grandma's candy bucket (practicing for the actual day, of course!).
A few days later we got the paint out and let Ethan have at it!
Hard at work
The finished product. Something about it reminds me of Wilson from the movie Castaway!
One of the final things we did was another tradition of ours. Tristan I watch either a Pirates of the Caribbean or Harry Potter movie. This year it was the Deathly Hallows part I and building a spooky Halloween mansion. Here is our finished product:
We had lots of fun celebrating early with Tristan and getting the boys ready for Halloween!

Halloween

I had lots of fun ideas in mind for Halloween, but they were foiled by the fact that both boys were still not feeling well after several weeks of runny noses and coughs. So we started off our day getting ready for a trip to the doctor's office! We did our best to get into the spirit of the holiday, though!

Good morning from my 2 little monsters!

We had an early lunch, since our appointment fell right at lunch time. Yummy mummy dogs were on the menu!
Carter was flashing lots of cute smiles despite the fact that he had to be feeling yucky!

Our trip to the doctor's office revealed that both Ethan and Carter had an ear infection and Ethan also had a sinus infection...so we were off to Target to pick up antibiotics. I was already on antibiotics due to mastitis, so it was truly a scary Halloween around our house--especially since Tristan was out of town so I was on my own! By the time we got home, we were all exhausted. Ethan looked so pitiful curled up in this chair!
Carter was passed out, too!
By the evening, we all had a little more energy. I got the boys into their costumes and ready to make the rounds! Ethan was a construction worker, but wouldn't wear his plaid shirt, tool belt or goggles...I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of money on a costume for him this year! Carter wore Ethan's giraffe costume from when he was a baby.

First stop was Grandma Bernard's house. Aunt Desiree was on her way out the door but we snapped a quick picture with her before she left. Notice Ethan's costume is already off!
Grandma Bernard made a Halloween feast including this Pizza-filled snake...
and a goblin cheese ball with chips.
This was the best we could do for a picture...Ethan was running wild! He went out to visit a few neighbors and get some loot with Grandma Bernard...I didn't get to go with him so I don't have any pictures of it, but I heard he had a great time!
Next stop was to Grandpa and Grandma Walker's house. Ethan did a little better for the picture there. Maybe it's because he was a little more tired!
My sweet little pumpkin ready to head home after a busy day
We were sad Tristan wasn't here to celebrate with us, but we made the most of the day despite him being gone and all of the illnesses running wild at our house. It's crazy to think that next year I will have two crazy boys running around!