Birthday Month - 2 Down, 1 to Go

October is a crazy time of year. Somehow we managed to have 3 October babies, and now we are paying for it. We just finished Carter's Birthday on the 17th, and we have cake coming out of our ears. We still have Mallory's Birthday coming up in a week.

Wyatt's 1st birthday was fun. He, of course, had no idea what was going on. I took him for a doctor's appointment in the morning, which was a downer for him because they gave him 5 shots. In the evening we had a party for him. Here are some pictures of his celebration. I'm posting a picture of the cake for Mom with hopes that my ultra-amazing-cake-decorating-sister-in-law never sees it. She puts my cakes to shame. Wyatt wasn't a big fan of the cake either.

Carter wanted to go to the Rexburg Straw Maze for his 9th birthday. We let him invite a few friends. They got through the maze in 4 minutes. We were shocked! It took our family an hour to get through it on Family Night. Here are some pictures of his celebration, along with his cake (it's supposed to be a straw maze).

Carter wanted Bakugan balls for his birthday, so we gave him a set. By the end of the day, one was lost and he was so sad. We looked everywhere and practically gave up. Before bed we said a family prayer asking that we might be able to find Carter's lost Bakugan. After the prayer, Dad held Carter on his lap to console him and say goodnight. From where they were sitting on the floor, Carter was at the perfect angle see his Bakugan ball stuck to the bottom/underside of our kitchen table. (Bakugan balls are magnetic and there happens to be a metal piece under there holding our table together.) God answers prayers. We can count that as Heavenly Father's gift to Carter on his Birthday. :)

Frankenstein

Here are a couple videos of Wyatt walking for the grandparents. This first one is from September when he was just starting to get good at walking on his own.


This one is more recent (a week or so ago). He usually holds his arms up like Frankenstein in order to keep his balance, but he's getting better now at keeping his arms down.

New Family Pictures

We just got some new family pictures taken and I'm posting a few of them. Everyone asks how we got all the kids to smile in the family picture. Truth be told, Wyatt is not smiling, but is actually fussing because I'm not letting him pick his nose. His angry face just happens to look like a smile. It was the best we could get from him on a grouchy day.

The First Snow of the Season

We woke up on the morning of Oct. 5th to a yard covered in snow! The kids were so excited. We dug out the snow gear that hadn't been packed away for nearly long enough (in my lone opinion).

I told the kids to build a snowman while I got ready in the morning, and this is what they accomplished. Pretty impressive.