Halloween 2015

We had a fun Halloween weekend, despite the rain! William loved participating in his class Halloween parade this year. Back in September he informed us that he wanted to be Captain America for Halloween. He must have heard of this super hero at school because Grant and I were clueless about who he was :) Anyway...Captain America he was...

 This is the first year he's really gotten into the whole dressing up thing. 

Our precious Captain America ready for the Halloween parade at school!

 Meanwhile, I had been eyeing this baby lamb costume at PBK for our very own lamb chop since shortly after she was born. I am a sucker for a baby in a costume. 

On Friday night, we went to the witch's ride in Homewood and William LOVED it. A bunch of witches (moms) on bikes ride through the streets throwing candy to the children. 

 My baby lamb. 

 Charlotte was terrified of toppling over and William had already spotted other kids on the street trick-or-treating. He was ready to GO. 

 There are 22 children on our street. We are so thankful for such wonderful neighbors. Some Saturdays William will spend hours in the culdesac playing with other children ranging in age from 3-10. 

 Although William is one of the younger ones on the street, he thinks he's one of the big kids. They are so sweet and patient with him too!

After trick-or-treating (in the rain), the entire street ate soup at one of the neighbor's house. It was super chaotic but very fun! I think it'll be a Willis Dr. tradition. Can't wait until next year :) 

iLately

Most of these iPhone pics are really old but I wanted to dump them on the blog for the family scrapbook :)

7 Months Old

Charlotte is 7 months old! If there's one thing I'm certain about, it is that she has her mommy wrapped right around her little finger. This child owns me. She is the happiest, laid back baby with the sweetest little disposition. I'm just a little biased though ;) I think I remember saying similar things about William, and he's far from laid back so I realize her true personality might not be in full force just yet ;)

Over the past month, I started introducing baby food. So far we've tried sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, bananas and peas. The only one she would not eat is peas...can't say I blame her. If she's anything like William, she will only eat baby food until she's 13 months or so.

She is still drinking five 7 oz. bottles of breast milk/day. I'm still pumping, but I plan to quit before Thanksgiving so I don't have to stress about pumping while we are in Dallas visiting Granny and the rest of the gang for Thanksgiving.

Charlotte usually takes a morning nap (time varies) and a 1 1/2 hour afternoon nap. Sometimes she'll sneak in a quick cat nap in the early evening. She goes to bed between 6:30-7pm and usually wakes up around 4am for a bottle and goes back down until 6:30 or so.

She's not quite sitting up independently yet but I think she'll master this milestone soon. I would describe her as a complacent baby. She's perfectly happy being held and doesn't do a whole lot of moving ;) She spends a lot of time in her jumperoo and still a good bit in her bouncer, although she tries to do crunches while in it, until William comes and lays on top of her.

 Still NO teeth but drooling a ton!

She LOVES William, Mommy and Daddy. We recently had our first bit of separation anxiety when we left her with a babysitter. She would only stop crying if William was holding her. He takes his big brother role very seriously so I don't think he minded.

 She also loves chewing on her toes!

Charlotte, what did we ever do without you?! Your sweet smiles, giggles and coos brighten our lives every single day.

Pumpkin Patch 2015

We headed to Calera for our 4th annual trip to the pumpkin patch. I love this little family tradition of ours. We hopped on the train on a Sunday afternoon just us 4. William had been talking about it for weeks so he was stoked that the time had finally arrived.

 On the train headed to the patch!

 Charlotte wasn't too sure about the whole experience but William loved it!

 "Mommy, please get me out of the grass!"

Char, maybe you'll enjoy it a little more next year when you'll be toddling around :) William was Charlotte's age the first time we went, and he loves it even more each time we go!