Fall Fun
One of my favorite parts of fall, is the leaves on the ground & watching the boys play in the backyard..Here are some fun pictures of the boys this week swinging & playing!

Colby is just the happiest little guy I've ever met....everything about him smiles!

A little rock snack before dinner... Colby has added "Jack" and "no, no, no" to his repertoire of words this week :) Love it!

My boy looks so grown up in his jeans & tennis shoes!

I love this one....

I had a Piggies & Paws party last weekend, where they take your child's hand or footprint & turn it into artwork. Baby Charlotte came over for the party....Her little feet were so small! She is 3 months old now & up to 6 lbs! Big girl :)

One Year Ago Today.....
One year ago today, Colby Ryan came home after 7 1/2 weeks in the NICU.....I remember that day like it was yesterday.....I love where we're at Oct 11th, 2007 much better!!!!
Here are some pictures of Colby walking all around.....He's walking about 95% of the time now...

I love how he has to pick up his whole leg to take a step :)

Very focused here....

Jack wanted to show me his silly faces....here's what he came up with.

Ok, here is a few views of my Colby's crazy hair! Here is the front version! He clearly needs a haircut, but without shaving it down short, I'm not sure what to do with it! It really has a mind of its own!

Here is a good look at the back of the crazy hair...he's got a double collick!

Here you can see how the two collicks come up to make for a natural mohawk!

We painted a welcome home sign for daddy...it's been a long week!

Texas BBQ is YUMMY!!
I spent the last three days in Dallas, Texas with my college roommate Wendy! This is the same friend I went to New Orleans with back in March. She flew me out to Texas for my birthday present, and showed me all the great things about Texas! I was really impressed & can actually see myself living there! Here we are ready to go out to the Flying Saucer..a great bar with about 100 different types of beer to choose from!

Jack really missed me over the weekend. Everytime I talked to him, he told me that he missed me, and then asked if I was still on the airplane :) (He had taken me to the airport on Friday)...I guess it would be hard to wrap your 3 year old brain around the fact that I actually got off the plane & went somewhere else!

Jackson wanted to show me "how tall" he is :)

Funny Boys This Week..
Here is handsome boy #2.....He has been doing more & more fun things this week...Yesterday morning he said "kitty" when the cat walked right by him! Then today I told him no (he was putting one of my shoes in his mouth), and he shook his head no! I love watching his language develop!
Today in the car ride home, Jackson was telling me about the "boys team" at day care. As you know, he does not like "grils," so he was telling me which boys are his friends. I asked him about one of the girls, Kendall, who is really nice & goes to his preschool too. He said, "Well......(silent pause)...Kendall wants to marry me, and I don't want to get married!" I just about died laughing! Then he asked me, "Why all you guys are married?" I told him that when you get big & you love someone, you can marry them. He said, "I'm not getting married when I'm big." Gotta love it :) In this picture, Jack is waving around his "oars" (a baseball bat & sword) to row his "boat" (the red car to the left). He really lobbied hard to get us to put the car inside the pool, so it could be a boat. We tried to tell him it would sink, but he insisted that it wouldn't. Anyway, Mommy & Daddy won that battle :)

Riley's Farm Fun
We went up to Riley's Farm up in Oak Glen yesterday with the Hertica Family. Anyone who knows me well knows that Fall is my favorite season of the year! So I am just so ecstatic that fall is here (although I'd rather the weather cool down a bit more!)

Kenzie in the Pumpkin Patch....
Mommy & Colbers in the pumpkin patch....

Kylie & Jack Jack sitting on pumpkins..We've been making them do this since they were less than a year old, but they really are just humoring us at this point....They would have much rather been up running around!

Cutie Jack in the pumpkin patch....

Colby with a pumpkin....It's so fun to watch a little one experience things for the 1st time!

Colby was fixated on this rock he found...

Colby playing with his & Jack's new wagon!

Next we moved on to the Apple Orchards....Here is Colby & baby Kaleb sitting watching their siblings pick apples!

Mommy & the boys in the orchard...
Jackson selecting the perfect apple...he went for the biggest ones he could find!
Daddy & Jack picking apples..
Colby & Daddy picking apples...

Colby wanted to eat his apple..I know, it hadn't been washed, but hey, he's the 2nd kid and I'm not so paranoid anymore! I'm sure he'll survive :)

Jack's final basket of apples!
Ready to go home....Colby said "Daddy" yesterday in the car! He was trying to get Ka's attention! He also started waving this weekend, which is exciting! So now he's up to : Daddy, Mama, Mom, and Ba Ba (bottle). A couple of times it sounded like he said "Jack" but we're not sure yet!