Getting into the Christmas spirit

This morning Kate and I took the boys to Swanson's Nursery to begin celebrating the holiday season.  Clearly, I can't wait.  Thanks to Red Tricycle.com we found something fun and free to kick off the season.  The boys saw Curley the camel, reindeers Blitzen, Dasher and Jingle, Owen's chubby cheek was painted with a candy cane, we visited Santa and watched the trains buzz around the track.  Of course, we moms enjoyed our lattes as well.  Great Saturday morning, plus we had to get out of the house away from a sick daddy.

Our Little Pumpkin

What parents really do this to their child?  The best part is that actually liked being in the pumpkin for our picture time.  This kid is hilarious if you can't already tell...he LOVES life!!!  Wasn't a huge fan of the stroller at the end of the evening.

Pumpkin patch...aka the QFC parking lot

For Owen's first Halloween we had planned to make a family trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out his first perfect pumpkin.  The only problem was the weekend we planned to go it rained non-stop! So between showers we found ourselves in the QFC parking lot for a Minahan photo shoot. People laughed at us and we laughed at ourselves...what do you do? Most of you probably have a pumpkin patch tradition but this might just be a new one for us.

More Maui Photos

Now that we have both of our cameras uploaded here are some more pictures from our trip to Maui earlier this month.  Owen is getting so big and I can hardly stand it.  As most of you know I'm super into making baby food and as most of you can now tell Owen is super into eating it!!!

Maui Family Vacation

It only took me 18 years to get to go to Hawaii with my parents but Owen accomplished it in only 7 1/2 months!!!  We have many more pictures to post but one of our cameras has yet to be uploaded so once that is done watch out!!!  We went to Maui with Dave & Sue, my parents and brother for a week...it was a very relaxing vacation.  I love this picture of Owen and Daddy with the beautiful Hawaiian sky.  We were welcomed home by the Seattle rain...bummer.

Owen and I having an "I want to learn to crawl" session at dinner one night

This was the day we arrived, he was so tired with the time change but we had to keep him up for his first Hawaiian sunset...Daddy's favorite.

Nakey Owen

Someday I'm sure Owen will curse me for putting these on our blog but really...I couldn't pass up showing them off.

Halloween Preview

Could this kid be any cuter?  I bought this costume last year on sale when I was pregnant so we had to try it on and see if it would still fit...he kind of looks like a girl but a super cute one!!!