The past three weeks

Yes, I know it's been a while. It's a record for me I think.
I don't think I've ever gone this long without posting something.
Halloween was a while ago, but still need to post it. Casen was a cowboy. Boy, do I really need to redeem myself next year since this year his costume was not very good. I made it that day.

The day after Halloween we headed down to Safford. Our talented cousin Erin Householder took our family pictures. It was beautiful there. We stayed the night with her, Jace and Ellie. Such a sweet Family. It was so fun to visit family. Saturday morning was interesting since we were some place different and we were in the same room. Casen woke up at 4:30 and didn't go back to sleep till about 6. This is how he ended up falling back asleep. So cute and funny. After we all got up (around 8) we drove to visit my grandma who lives in Safford too. She had an awesome biscuits and gravy breakfast all ready for us. It was nice to visit with her for a while to and see her funny catus garden she has growing on her roof. She has no idea how that happened. So weird.

Darin took this picture one night after he put on our clean sheets and made the bed. I hope some of you can relate. My side has to have the sheet and blanket, but Darin gets too hot with the blanket until about 3 or 4 am, but until then our bedding looks like this. It looks funny. I wonder if the sell blankets that are half sheet, half sheet and blanket.

I love hats and beanies lately. This is my new hat. I also like gray too. I'm loving gray, black, white and yellow. New favorite colors to wear.

So Darin and Travis surprised Amber & I with a fun limo ride to dinner. I had never been in a limo. It was thoughtful of them to plan such a fun thing. We ate at Cheesecake Factory. (Amber, don't be mad at me for posting this picture! You look adorable!)
Drew:
My little sweetheart. He melts my heart everyday. Every time I look at him this is the face I get. His 6 month well check was on Monday. He is still 18 lbs. That jumper is cutting the lbs off. Or maybe its just how long he gets left in there sometimes. :( :) He's got a little eczema that we are taking care of on his elbow and a few other little spots. He also got a bunch of shots that day and was pretty upset about it. But he took good naps and slept well that night. I can't believe how fast he is growing! He babbles a lot and mostly says bababababa while Casen laughs and laughs at him. He rolls and rolls all over and when I hear a pout or cry its because he's on the tile or he ran into the stone fireplace (ouch!) We are working on him holding his bottle throughout his entire feeding all by himself. I remember when Casen learned that, it was the best day ever!! He hates to fall asleep anywhere but his bed and car seat which makes church very difficult now. We just started him on solid food. Rice cereal with veggies. He is not a fan. He hates it and makes the funniest yucky face. We are working on that as well by giving him a good variety of veggies mixed with rice cereal. He is so loved and adored by all 3 of us. He is our cutie brother.

Oh ya, and I couldn't believe one day I walked by the family room to see THIS! This was Monday (band aids from well check shots) and he did it a bunch more times today. This is crazy! So fun though. I should baby proof since Casen leaves crumbs and toys everywhere.

He only held it like this for a minute. But he looked so cute and big boyish.

Stinker, I mean CASEN!
He can be a stinker sometimes, but when he's not a stinker he is so much fun and is so sweet to his brother. I love watching him with Drew. Drew will be on the floor and Casen with be either watching a show or playing toys and I will here "uh oh, uh oh!" and he'll come running to me and point towards the baby saying this. Which means , "Mom, baby spit up and it's all over the floor!" At first he would be panicked, but now a few weeks later since he started noticing drew do this he will still yell uh oh, but I just tell him to get the rag and wipe it up and help baby and find his binky and give it to him. He listens and does it! It's great! He is understanding me so much better these days. Just tonight I wanted to try putting him in the big boy bed in his room. We are trying to transition the boys into the same room, but slowly. So, I laid him down and he patted the bed right next to him and made a sound as if to say lay by me, which I have done before, but I said, "no, not tonight, you need to go night, night" he stared to get mad, then I said nicely, "okay, lets get in the crib. I guess your not ready for the big boy bed" so I picked him up and put him in the crib, and he got mad a gain, so I said, "okay, if you want to sleep in the other bed you have to do it by yourself." He did, and he's in there asleep right now. I just hope He doesn't wake up at 5 or something. Anyway, he loves Drew. He can be rough sometimes, but he doesn't do it on purpose. When I bring out Drew in the morning and say' Good morning Brother" Casen just stops and comes to say hi to him and says "hi baby! hi baby!" while giving him hugs and kisses. I love it. Its so fun to watch them together. Casen does not eat much. He will not touch veggies anymore. He will only eat bananas and strawberries sometimes. Mostly he will eat crackers or pretzels and the only other foods he'll eat are pizza (go figure!), quesadillas, eggs (I'm so glad he likes eggs!) toast, bagels, rice if it's plain, cereal, oatmeal, pancakes. There are probably a few more. Hopefully he will start to eat more. He loves to be outside. He loves his tricycle, and his "road rug". It has a bunch of roads on the rug he can drive his cars on. We will pass by the toy room and he will be laying down just driving his cars all over the roads. So cute! He also tells me when he has "stinky poopoo mamma". I could go on and on about these boys. I love being their mom. It's the best!

He feel asleep in the car while I ran a few errands and right when
I took the pic, he smiled in his sleep. His face is always messy too.
I hate fighting him to wipe it.
PROJECTS!
If I had an illness it would be called projectittis. Man, my head stirs and stirs everyday with fun new ideas and crafts and projects. It actually drives me crazy a bit, only because I can't just drop everything I'm doing and go to the craft store or hardware store for supplies and start on the project. I have to wait till I can go by myself and take my time deciding on material. Or wait till the boys are napping then I can get everything out and work so Casen won't get into everything or inhale paint fumes or other things. But I LOVE to decorate and I'm trying to change things up a bit around here. It's a passion of mine. It makes me happy. I find so much joy in it. I love to make my house comfy and more like a home each day. Its time for some fun bright colors! I've made some pretty pic frames recently, that are pictured and also a new fall wreathe. I LOVE craigslist and have scored on a sweet side board or buffet rather for the playroom toys to go in. I haven't taken pictures of all my projects yet. I will, and will be posting them later.

Thanksgiving is upon us and I am hosting it this year for Darin's family. I'm not nervous about anything except the turkey. Those of you who have endured this whole post and are still reading this, who have made a turkey before, I need some tips. Hope everyone has wonderful Thanksgiving. Who knows, maybe I'll be posting again before then, but if I don't, there you go.