Cousins together again

Ben's sister Ashley is in town this week with her two boys. Alli is so excited to be able to spend time with Carter! They have had fun fishing, feeding carrots to the horses, riding horses, running the hay field, kicking balls, throwing rocks in the pond and anything else they can think of. Tonight Alli is having a slumber party at Grammy and Papa's. This is her first time away from both me and Ben. I'm sure she will have a blast!

Life slow down!!

Ethan is crawling!! Today Ben was rushing out the door to head to a fire call and Ethan realized he was at the front door. He started working his way towards the front room but as soon as he hit the hardwood he lost traction. This was the first time we saw him crawl more than one or two steps forward. Of course he won't do it when I have a video ready!

As of tonight, Ben only has 2 classes left to finish his BA!! Hallelujah he should be done by the first of the year. He is cramming in tons of fire training too. He's taken two leadership training courses for Chief's, tested out for his hazmat operations certification, tested for his fire officer I certification, is taking a course the last week of November for Fire Inspector, and THEN the first week of December he is in his Paramedic refresher the whole week. agh! He'd love to find out whether or not he's passed his Fire Officer I so that he could go take the Fire Officer II in December as well.

We hope and feel that all this hard work and dedication to his studies will pay off the first of the year.

So let me try to catch up for the last month. Alli loved Halloween She still wears her butterfly wings around the house. We had a great time at a local pumpkin patch and have enjoyed two pumpkin pies thus far from the pulp of the pumpkin.

We are loving the cooler weather. Ethan is so fun to dress!

Ben turned 30 on November 1! Woo hoo someone's getting old! I'm so proud of him though. He has truly accomplished so much in his 30 years. One day soon I know he will achieve the goal he has been working so hard for. I love you Ben!
Happy Fall Everyone!

Proof Needed

Last night I was woken by Ethan's cries and went to the monitor to determine whether or not I needed to go into his room. I stood there for a minute watching him...and I'm not sure if my sleepy eyes deceived me but I believe I saw Ethan crawl in his crib! I knew Ben was awake too so I shouted out to him, "Ethan crawled!" He was as shocked as I was but I just wish I had proof of it. I put him on the ground tonight to try to get him to do it again but he just laid there. haha oh well. Soon...very soon...my little monkey will be crawling and the gates will have to be back up in my house :(

Busy

I feel like its been a while since I've posted anything in here. Alli and Ethan both have kept me on my toes lately. Ethan has been cutting 5 teeth all at one time making it 7 teeth in total. There might be two more in addition to the 5 but it's hard to tell right now. He and Alli both have been really good teethers but getting all 5 at one time has made him a little fussier and caused a lot of drainage which turned into a cough. Poor little guy can't win! I look forward to him being his happy self again soon.

Our little family is staying super busy. Ben is in his last 4 classes for his bachelors and I couldn't be more proud of him. Meanwhile he is also knocking out numerous fire training certifications at the fire commission. He's staying so busy working on trying to secure his future and I love his dedication to his dreams and to our family. We look forward to the future and when things will slow down.

More than anything, I am just thankful that fall is here and cooler temperatures have taken over!!

My Little Ball Player

Here is a look at our little slugger...

Beautiful day

We had the pleasure of spending this beautiful day down visiting Grammy and Papa in Winchester. The farm was beautiful today with the sun and the nice cool breeze. Alli has been begging us to go see her Grammy and Papa for a week now. She didn't waste a minute once we got there. She took off with her Papa for over 2 hours of running around the farm. She got to fish and ride the horses again. We also enjoyed the cooler weather and worked on her hitting a baseball. She has a pretty good swing for a 3 year old.

Ethan enjoyed his day as well taking two nice 2 hour naps! He is getting closer and closer to sitting up unassisted. Today I had him sitting between my legs on the floor so that if he leaned to one side or the other then he wouldn't fall. There was a 10 minute period where he played on the floor and never needed my legs as support! Yay! We hope everyone else is getting to enjoy the weather as well.

6 months

Ethan had his check up today and looks great. His weight went up from 14lbs 10oz to 17lbs 15oz and his height went up from 26 to 27 inches. He is 60% weight and 75% height. Healthy, happy and we live him! Oh and he now has 2 bottom teeth!