Halloween

Jamie's a fireman.

Lucy's a bumblebee!

Jamie is wearing a Halloween shirt under his costume and he wants a picture of it.

Charlie is a dinosaur. Again. Can you believe how big they are??

I love this one. She's so big.

Charlie took this picture:

Look! All three smiling!

Biped

This is proof that my baby is not really a baby any more. She's a Big Girl. This is a random Lucy-walking video, she doesn't do much except wander around. And I still can't get the video camera connected to the computer, so it's a low-quality camera video. Still, she's cute - and now she stands herself up to keep walking.

Motorcycle

The boys had fun sitting on Grandpa's motorcycle.

They thought the whole garage was interesting.

Look at those smiles.

They like to see the whole thing. What makes it work?

But don't get any ideas, boys.

Playing Outside

Lucy finally shows some interest in pushing the stroller.

Jamie was mad - he thought it was his.

Later, the boys climbed a nearby tree.

And Grandpa took them for a walk to see the construction site next door.

Visit to Grandma Pat

Lucy is ready to conquer! She walked the whole house.

Here's Kelsey, Grandma, the kids - and Grandma Margaret's head :)

Grandpa Jeff came too

self-portrait

more entertaining by Grandpa

Lucy and Jamie played together. Sorta.

Lucy and Grandma Pat had fun

They boys loved this chair - the top seat folds up.

Jamie also loved the automatic trashcan.

Lucy enjoyed some macaroni

So did the boys, with a little less mess. A little.

Lucy's Birthday Party

It's only taking until Wednesday to get pictures from Sunday!

Here's Aunt Kelsey with Lucy. Lucy lets Kelsey hold her as long as she can't see me.

Here we all are with Grandpa David and Grandma Margaret. What is Charlie doing? Being weird.

Here they are opening presents. Jamie helps.

Lucy likes to play with paper products.

Here's a new quilt from Grandma Margaret!

Lucy is ready to eat cake! Uncle Jerry gets her ready.

Isn't this a beautiful dress from Grandma Pat?

She took a minute to get going, but then embraced the cake-shoveling. Mmmm.

First Day in Iowa

We started off in the driveway and on the porch. Here's a new toy for...Lucy.

But Lucy's too busy walking with Grandpa!

Everybody rocked with Grandma.

Then they went to the farm/pumpkin patch. Charlie fed a sheep!


They went for a hayrack ride

Jamie posed.

(holy crap he's adorable)

Everybody got pumpkins

and they painted a couple

but Jamie preferred to throw them, surprise surprise.

They ran through a field of pumpkins.

And got to pull all their treasures in wagons.

But what was the very best part? Petting the kitty.

(Where was Lucy, you ask? Taking a five hour nap after the long overnight drive.)