Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!! I love Thanksgiving and I am so excited for tomorrow. Tomorrow is Westin Kate's 1st Thanksgiving. I know there will be lots of pictures so I figured I better go ahead and update the blog today! We have been mostly hanging out at home the past couple of weeks. It has been so nice just spending time here and not having too much to do. We have been enjoying this great Fall weather and playing outside some.

Josh has almost finished Wade's "club house" and it looks so good. We have painted it and Josh put some rocks down in the bottom to cover the roots up. He put Wade's little chair in there and even built him a little shelf for his super hero's and toys. We got his door handle on and now we have to get him a lantern and cut out a window. It is a little dark in there with the door closed. Wade wants the sign to have two sides. He wants one side to say "No Girls Allowed" and the other side to say "Girls Welcome." Typical Wade... he wants to decide when sister or other girls can come in!!

Thankfully the "big boys" came over to play with Wade while Josh and I painted the other night. Wade picked out the colors all by himself!! WK played in her jumperoo!!



We have had some "fun" raking leaves and letting the kids play in them. WK wants to eat them and Wade loves to jump in them. We have the front yard looking pretty good but the back yard is horrible. We have so many leaves we need to get up. We are going to tackle it this weekend when we get back.  WK is pretty good about sitting and playing while we rake. Every now and then I looked over and she was trying to escape.

WK has another ear infection (#4) so we made a little visit to the ENT yesterday and we are scheduled to get tubes in January. I hate that she has to have them but it changed Wade's life so I know it will help her so much. Wade lived in the doctors office the first year and we are heading down that same path with her. She was so healthy until she turned 6 months old and now she can't seem to get rid of these infections. She is also teething so poor thing can't catch a break. She still only has her two little bottom teeth but she has two on the top trying to come in. She is moving everywhere. She still isn't officially crawling but she is rolling/scooting everywhere. She can also push up to a sitting position from her stomach now. She is SO close to pulling up and would rather stand than sit these days. She is busy and doesn't want to be held when we are out-she just wants to get down all the time. The other day I was yelling to Wade-lets go, get ready etc and WK started "yelling" like she was telling him lets go! It was so cute.

This little cutie wore shoes for the first time yesterday since she was newborn. I mostly just keep her in those socks that look like little shoes. Now that she is wanting to stand up so much I am going to have to go get her some shoes! Wade looked so cute in his little pirate vest.



This week they have both bit each other-Wade bit her two day's ago and then he got his pay back because she bit him twice yesterday. She got him pretty good too. They are playing so well together and so far really love each other most of the time. WK has cried two times now when Wade gets out of the car to go to school etc. She did it today and was so pitiful. She looked around her car seat to see him and when he wasn't there she started crying :(

We are heading to my Aunt's for lunch tomorrow. We LOVE going there because we have it in their big back garage which is also where her day care is...this means my kids are entertained with all the toys and we actually get to sit and relax and watch them play. It is heavenly. We will head to Josh's parents house around nap time and eat dinner and spend the night with them. His mom cooks the best meal and I look forward to it every year!!! Wade is so excited to see Nana and Poppy and Peyton. Tomorrow is special too because it is Peyton's 5th birthday. Wade is so happy he gets to see her this weekend. Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving.