Tis the Season...

First Haircut

On November 4th, Samuel had his first haircut..and overall he did great! Thank heavens for dum dum suckers and a TV with Elmo. His hair is very fine and probably wasn't too long, but it was getting stringy and it could no longer by spiked up..and I LOVE spiked, messy hair so I decided it was time.

Here he has no clue what's about to happen... Oops...looks like he figured it out. This is where she was trying to use the electric thingy on his neck. He was NOT feeling it!!

Once again, trying the electric thingy...

Finished product. Not the best picture, but oh so handsome!!

Trunk or Treat

Last Friday night, our church hosted Trunk or Treat. It was from 7-9 so we weren't sure how our little cowboy would do, but he had a great time. We visited all of the trunks and got candy, saw some dogs which was probably the highlight of Samuel's night, and went on a hayride!



This picture was taken on our way. I made Samuel's chaps but I didn't trust the construction of them to last after being buckled in the car seat. So, he went in his sweatpants and boots ! So, so cute!! Inspecting his costume.
This sweet woman thought she would let him pick out his own candy. After throwing a few pieces on the ground, we gave up and just put some in his Pumpkin.

Here he is with two of his friends, Ava and Addison...sweet Ladybugs!

This is the closest the hat ever made it to his head. Oh well, at least we got one picture with the hat!

Here we are on the hayride..the kids were unsure at first but I think they liked it.

Cowboy Samuel, daddy, scary skeleton and great Pap

Arboretum visit with great Papa

Thad's grandfather was in Fort Worth visiting family last week, so we drove there and kidnapped him for a couple of nights and had a blast! Here are some pictures from our day at the Arboretum Pumpkin patch as we enjoyed the fabulous weather!

Great Papa Langston, Samuel and Thad

Love his little coat! It has little ears on the hood:)

Fayetteville visit

Two weeks ago we headed to Fayetteville on Friday morning for a quick trip. We had a great time and Samuel was spoiled rotten, as usual! Friday night, mom watched Samuel while Thad and I went on a date with Jason and Meredith. We had such a great dinner at Hugos and had a good time catching up. It was a treat for the four of us to get together without any kids. On Saturday, the four of us went to the Razorback game and somehow managed to stay pretty dry even though there were 3 rain delays. That night we headed back to their house and celebrated Meredith's birthday with all of the kids and grandparents. It was a fun night and obviously pretty crazy, because I didn't take one single picture. Sunday was church and then a nice afternoon at mom's house running around outside and enjoying the gorgeous weather. That night, the church had a bonfire service and fellowship. What a great weekend!!

Zoo

About a month ago, Samuel and I went to the zoo with our good friends Ava and Rachel. We had so much fun! This was our first time to go since they have opened up the new African Savannah. It is awesome! All of the animals roam together and you can even feed a giraffe our of your hand. I think I was more excited than Samuel was!

17 Months Old

Above picture taken in October of 2009. He was 5 months old :((

And here he is now! BUSY AS EVER!!

Sweet, rough and tumble boy! You are getting so big! Here's what's going on with you right now:

• You are wearing 18-24 month clothes and some 12-18. You are in size 4 diaper and size 5 or 6 shoe.
• You weigh about 24 lbs and are about 31-32 inches..I think.
• You are ALL boy! It is so funny how your little personality has developed lately. You are obsessed with trucks, fire trucks, diggers and airplanes. Whenever you hear an airplane, you drop whatever you are doing and search the sky. When can be at a park with all sorts of fun stuff around us and you will just stop and stare up.
• You love to dance!!! And let me tell you, I hope you have better rhythm than me. Your favorites are Sesame street, our Baby Genius video with children's songs, and the music on the Wonder Pets. You just bounce up and down and spin around in a circle. Cracks me up!
• You are a great sleeper but lately you just can't seem to pick a consistent wake-up time. Some days it's 6 am, others 7. You still go to bed at 6:45 or 7 and if you go to bed later, you ALWAYS wake up earlier. You are sleeping about 12 hours at night and a great 2-3 hour nap during the day.
• You LOVE school. You go 2 days a week and at first you cried when we would go. Now, you lead me by hand down to your room and just walk away when we get there. You are sleeping about an hour at school on your nap mat.
• You hate to have your clothes changed or diaper changed. I think it is just because you have to stop what you are doing. You are very active!
• Oh my, you love Thomas the Train! Any blue train that we see..whether in a book or on TV is Thomas to you. We now have a t shirt, Pj's, videos, bath toys and books all about Thomas.
• You are still a decent eater, but very picky at times. I don't stress about it though. I know that you will eat when you are hungry. Your favorites this month are: grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, bananas, strawberries, apples, green beans, avocado, turkey hot dog, anything dipped in Ketchup, Ketchup by itself, ice cream, broccoli and cheese, toast and butter, bacon, pancakes, etc. And you love your milk!!
• You are definitely in the hit, pinch, bite stage. This is so hard for me because I knew it would come, but I've dreaded it. You really only pinch me, but this has stopped since the day I pinched you back. Yes I did!!! I pinched you back and you cried and haven't done it since. Hey, whatever works!
• You love to read books. Some times when I am getting ready in the morning and you get really quiet, I will go peak in on you in your room and you are in the floor just looking at your books and jabbering away.
• You are much smarter than I've given you credit for!! You rarely will point to body parts or things in books so I've been a bit concerned. But last night, you just proved to me that you will only do it when you want to. You pointed to: nose, ears, eyes, tongue, teeth, toes, fingers, head, hair, belly button and bottom. This week as we were reading your "First 100 words" book, you pointed to so many things. Off the top of my head: truck, airplane, boat, ball, boots, shoes, frog, butterfly, fish, elephant, etc. Sometimes you won't point but I'll see your eyes move to the object I mentioned.
• You absolutely torment the dogs. Mac is so annoyed by you and Wrigley just deals with it. Poor things!! Hopefully you will learn "gentle" soon!
• You say more words lately: ma, mamma, dada, daddy, da(dog), outside, ta(truck), ta(airplane), ta(digger)..you get the point. However, you have been saying things on command: tutu(turtle), byboo(diaper), poopoo(no translation needed). When I ask you if your diaper is wet, you grab yourself and nod yes or no! Too funny!
• Every morning you have gotten used to walking around for about 30 minutes before breakfast with your snack trap and cheerios. Bad habit and hard to break!
• You are so big at parks now!! I don't have to follow you up any of the big toys..and I love this!

Well, that's a lot of stuff but I want to remember it all!! Love you little pumpkin!! Can't believe you will be 1 1/2 years next month!!

More Pumpkin Patch pictures

Tis the season for multiple pumpkin patch visits. I just wanted to share a few more photos from our trip this morning! Enjoy!

not quite sure why this flipped, but cute anyway! I just love his little feet!

Pumpkins

We made a quick Arboretum visit last Sunday and it was beautiful!!! I can't get over how gorgeous everything looks when the temperature is perfect and the smell of fall is in the air. Samuel was a little out of it that day so we didn't do too many pictures. However, I can't wait to take him out there again in a couple of weeks and hopefully get some good, happy boy pictures!