Happy Halloween!

  It was Halloween tonight, so we took the girls out trick or treating to some of our  family in the area.  First off  we went to Daryl's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Kent's house with Aimee, Karl, and Tyler. After a lovely visit we parted ways, and we went to visit my Mom. Avery went to four houses in Mom's neighborhood, and got a  good candy haul.  Then we went and visited my brother Adam and his wife Angie. We were done after them.  Harper dressed up as a pumpkin because I believe all babies should be dressed up as pumpkins.  Avery was Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba. Daryl was dressed as Jack Black as D.J. Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba, and I dressed up as Leslie Hall, an occasional  guest star on Yo Gabba Gabba. Also famous for her Internet gallery of very special sweaters.

Aunt Debbie and Harper.

Tyler dressed up as Buzz Lightyear for the second year in a row, and Aimee.

Avery got a Tootsie Pop from Mom's candy.  She also really enjoyed holding the flashlight during trick or treating.  Probably her favorite part of the whole affair.

Here's the whole family dressed up.

Daryl and I doing are dancy dances.  

Baby Harper, and a close up of my bold choice to wear gold leggings for Halloween. 

Angie was a super cute witch.  She was hoping to have more trick or treaters than last year, which was five.  Sadly, Harper and Avery were only two of her three trick or treaters.  The third one was Emry, their good friends Bodie and Casey's daughter.

For your additional enjoyment, Avery putting on the  gold leggings.

Pumpkin Festivities

The other night we  carved the pumpkins we've had sitting our doorstep since the beginning of the month when we visited the pumpkin patch.  I really love carving pumpkins it's probably one of the things I enjoy most about Halloween.  Avery was really cute too.  She wanted to help with the pumpkin carving so much.  She even carried the smallest pumpkin up from the front door to the kitchen.

We only get Papa Murphy's once a year when they churn out this baby.  It might  not be great pizza, but it was a really  easy dinner.

Avery trying to move the pumpkins around.  She didn't get very far with the that one.

The finished product.  Daryl carved the middle one, and I did the outside pumpkins.

Nine Month Stats

  Harper turned nine months old on Monday, and is doing well.  We went to the doctor today, and found out she is 27 inches tall and 16 and half pounds.  Harper is pulling herself on just about anything she can reach, and has abandoned all scooting for proper crawling on her hands and knees.  

House Update #11

  Daryl and I got ridiculously excited to see that we had half a kitchen installed last Friday. The counter tops are going to be installed on this Friday. It will probably be hard for us to stay away that day since we picked out our counter tops ages ago, and we can't really remember what they looked like.  Our hardwood floors aren't in yet because they are back ordered and won't be in for two weeks.  Fortunately that doesn't really delay any of the other projects in the house.  We just don't have the floors in yet.

Here is the kitchen in all its glory.  You can see that island cabinets are a contrasting color from the rest of the cabinets.

This is where the fridge is going to go.

A closer look at our island cabinets. 

We actually have two lazy susan cabinets.  I am just so excited to have real corner units. In our  current home they just put regular cabinets in the corner, so it's really hard to reach your hand back there to get things out. I call them our stupid cupboards.

This is where the oven is  going to go.

Pull out drawers in my pantry unit!  

Here's a close up of the cabinets.

These are the upper cabinets.

It's our front door in the girls' bedroom.

They have also begun to install  the baseboards.

Happy Birthday Tyler

  Today our nephew Tyler turns four years old.  The time has just flown by!  Tyler's party was on Saturday though at that bouncy place at the Supermall, and Avery had a blast.  They had their own private bouncy room with three bouncy toys, and by the time the bouncing part of the party was over Avery's cheeks were bright red. She was also uncharacteristically subdued, and she fell asleep in the car on the ride home.  That was one wild party!

Avery and I what was actually a very steep slide.

Daryl bouncing Avery high in the bouncy house.

Avery after all the bouncing. Look how red her cheeks are.

Tyler really likes  green at the moment ergo Chick Hicks from Cars is what he  wanted on his cake.

They had a big inflatable throne for Tyler to sit on in the room where we had pizza and cake.

This is what Harper did for most of the party.

House Update #10

  We are getting into the home stretch right now.  As you will see in the pictures the mudding and taping is all done, and they even sprayed the primer on.  Our general contractor has warned us not to go into the house this following week because they will be finishing the painting, and that will be pretty smelly. In fact, the house was not smelling so good when we took these pictures.  Additionally they will be installing the wood floor and staining it, so even more noxious fumes. It's pretty exciting though, and I can't wait to see what it looks like after this week.

Getting Bigger

Avery has figured out how to get water for herself.  It's a good thing she can't get the cup herself, or I would have a lot of puddles in the house.

Harper is learning to feed herself. She loves her some puffs.

All smiles as usual.

Maris Farms

  Yesterday was a beautiful day, so the whole family headed out to the pumpkin patch. Our pumpkin patch of choice is Maris Farms in Buckley which is pretty close to us.  Maris Farms has a lot of other activities besides pumpkins as you will see. This  was actually the third year in a row that we headed down hear for pumpkins and fun.  After we were done at Maris Farms we went to Orting to eat a pizza place we wanted to try before we moved away.  That meant we were able to utilize the back way into Orting that I found on one of my meandering drives that I will take with the girls when I need a little quiet time. It also happened to be Orting's Pumpkin Festival that day so we walked around that and let Avery play in the bouncy house there.  As is if the day couldn't get any better we ended up at business Costco. Everyone had a really good time, but especially Avery.

Don't let that grumpy face fool you. Harper loved being in the Snugli.  She stayed in that thing without complaint for  three hours.

The mountain was out for just a moment.

Avery  crawling down a giant tube.

This  was the bouncy house at Maris Farms, so Avery got to go in two bouncy houses!

Avery loved the pony ride.  She had a smile on her face the whole time.

We watched some piglets race for cookies while we were there.

Harper held onto the railing while we watched the pig races.

This slide was actually called the mine shaft because it's a big tube  that  is buried.  Avery was just fine going down this slide in the dark all by herself.

Avery done with pictures.

At Route 66 Pizza.  Moments before Avery was coloring with  both  hands while drinking her soda.