Carving the Pumpkins!!

The week before Halloween it was pumpkin carving time.
Dave & Jaidyn got out the paumpkins and started deciding on designs.

Jaidyn loved sticking her hands in the pumpkins and pulling out the "guts" They carved pumpkins for several hours and than made pumpkin seeds.

Jaidyn was very proud of the mess she made, which was a lot! Although Dave made the most mess, I am not sure who had more fun the kids or Dave!

Lincoln sat close by and watched and clapped his hands!
"Just wait till next year"- I can just hear Lincoln thinking this!

A night out!

For the last three years Grand Blanc has been doing a family fun fest in the fall with rides for the kids and a beer tent night for the grown ups!! So 2 years ago Dave and I went and had a ton of fun. Last year I was about to give birth to Lincoln so we couldn't go. So this year we deiced to invite some friends and head out for the night!

Kim Holbrook and I have been spending some time together over the last month but this was the first time we had been out with Josh also. It was fun except that the music was SOOO loud it was really hard to hear anyone!


Before we went to the tent party. My sister Kim, Dave and I went to Redwood and had a beer and so dinner. It was really good, I LOVE the Redwood salad and my favorite beer is the Cream Stout. I love it! I must admit this was my favorite part of the evening just chilling with 2 of my favorite people! It was nice to get out for a bit but it makes you really appreciate being home!

LC's Birthday!

Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy birthday to my dear Pumpkin!
Happy Birthday to You!

I can't believe my baby is one! Where did the year go? I really can't believe that a whole year has gone by. It has been amazing. Lincoln is the cutest baby and always very happy! He is 20 lbs. He really isn't walking yet but on October 21st, he took about 4 steps on his own.
It has been a very interesting year for LC health wise. He has been very sick just about every week. He has been on about 12 antibiotics in 6 months. So in September we had his adenoids removed, so far I have not seen that much of an improvement but still hoping for it!

LC's Birthday Party was great! We had a big shindig. I decorated everything with Pumpkins and made Chili and hot dogs! It was the perfect fall day!

Abby's Birthday

Jaidyn's loves a party! Especially a really important one!
Jaidyn's best friend Abby just turned 4!
Jaidyn says she is a big girl now!

For weeks we practiced how to sing Happy Birthday to Abby, and Jaidyn could not wait till the party came.
So I asked Jaidyn to tell me what her favorite thing about Abby is and she said "Her dresses and she is my best friend"

Having know the Shifflett's for only a little over a year we are very lucky to have found such good friends. The girls may have brought us together but in the end we are so lucky to have such great friends for ourselves!

Picking out Pumpkins!

With Lincoln's Pumpkin Birthday party fast approaching we had to head to Old McDonald's farm to pick pumpkins. It was really cold so we didn't actually get very far out to the patch but we still got to pick some great pumpkins!


Lincoln wasn't as excited for the pumpkins as Jaidyn and I were! I think because it was so cold he just wanted to go home.


We were able to get some great pumpkins for the party and for Halloween. Jaidyn can't wait to carve them!

The Zoo!

Well it was one of the last nice weekends so we decided to head out to Lansing and go to Potter Park Zoo! Jaidyn was so excited and said the lion was her favorite! We had a really nice day, we left early and headed out. We had lunch at Subway and than went to the zoo.

Besides the cute Lion Jaidyn's favorite part was that she got to have a big ice cream, I think this was Dave's favorite part also!

Lincoln enjoyed strolling around the zoo also. He just sat back and enjoyed the view. By the time we walked away thru the zoo we were all exhausted and on the way home Jaidyn said "what a nice family day!
It sure was!!

LC is 11 Months!

September 17th, 2009
Can you believe my little man is almost a year!! he is getting so big and trying really hard to walk!
His smile is contagious! He is 19 Pounds and about 20 inches tall, he is actually a little peanut.
Right now his favorite toy is his Elmo Restaurant, well and anything he can get his hands on in the cupboard!!