Halloween, Cereal, and More

It's been awhile and lots of little things have happened! Parker is now 5 months old! The Sleeping Report: Could be better, but not too terrible...most nights. Parker is a GREAT baby though. He's easy going and happy most of the time. He started eating Rice Cereal on his 5 month birthday. He seems to like it (despite the picture) and already is trying to munch on anything we are eating. Braelyn just can't wait until she can feed him and he can eat real food. She's already wanted what he's eating, I have a feeling that will change once we get into pureed veggies. He's also started rolling around and easily gets off the blankets and mat. I expect to find him under a table some time soon.

Braelyn had a blast on Halloween, despite my loathing of the "holiday". She went as a ghost. I was hoping for the nice "Casper" type ghost, but the face paint Brandon and Stacey applied to her made her more of a scary "give mommy nightmares" kind of ghost. This years costume was actually homemade. I dusted off the sewing machine (yes, I own a sewing machine) and did a very bad job of hemming her sheet. But to the casual observer, it looks fine. Let's just hope Martha Stewart doesn't get a glimpse. Once T&T'ing was over, Brae and Brandon came home to help hand out candy. I really think that Braelyn enjoyed this just as much. She stood at the door with two fist-fulls of candy just waiting for the door bell. Anyone lucky enough to get her candy, got much more then the allotted 2 piece max. She wasn't scared of any of the costumes (wish I could say that same...I mean, nobody young enough to Trick or Treat should know who Jason is...).

I've talked about Halloween and Cereal...I guess this is the "more" part :) Brandon and I are just doing more of the same. Thanks to Parker becoming somewhat predictable, I'm getting out of the house more often which makes me a happy gal. Brandon has started taking Braelyn to school and will be taking Ponytail lessons from me very soon. Though if it was up to Braelyn she'd just move her hair out of her face every 5 seconds rather then have her hair up. I'm still cooking and trying lots of new recipes (mostly from Robin Miller). I'm dreading going back to work and fear our family will starve once I do. That's all I can think of for now. Hope everyone is doing fabulous! I've added more October and November pictures to Snapfish. Links on the side -->