Unbearably Cute

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Jaxson has invented a new game. He thinks it's hilarious. Me, not so much. It involves crawling in between the sofa table and sofa, wedging himself in so he can't move, screaming for Mom...

...then when Mom drops down on her knees, he grins at me and laughs. I then have to extricate him without causing internal bleeding or pulling off his legs. Good times. Especially while dinner is cooking on the stove.I think he knows that I can't resist this face and am at his total command!

Kylie participated in the 1-mile Turkey Trot with my parents. Don't let the pictures fool you, she had a good time. It had snowed 12 inches the night before, but the sun shone bright for the runners.

Sunday night was a blissful evening. The kids played quietly on the floor and I was able to browse craft blogs on the computer without having to first wait for the kids to be asleep. Kylie was making a gate out of cardboard for her horse game, and Jaxson worked intently on fitting the markers together. I love watching babies explore their world! Technically he's not a baby anymore, he's a 13- month old toddler. In my mind he's still my baby. But then again, so is my 9-year old daughter.

Sisters Are So Fun

I recorded the tail-end of this game, missing the big belly laughs. Jaxson laughed so hard that he nearly fell over. Sisters are so fun!

Jaxson Loves His Yogurt

Jaxson has an obsession: Yogurt. He walks into the pantry, reaches his little hand up to the bottom shelf, grabs a yogurt (or a whole pack), then carries it around the house as he tries to talk me into feeding it to him. This happens at least 10 times a day. Since yogurt isn't the only food group, I only allow him 1 yogurt a day so that he'll try some of the other food groups. He is not happy about this. I had to get some pictures of him carrying his yogurt around, since this is such a common sight. He's also learned to pull a face whenever the camera points at him that is hilarious. This is his new favorite spot: hanging out on the shag rug with his yogurt, especially when the sun is shining through the window.

When the blessed time comes that I say yes to his yogurt pleas, his joy can hardly be contained...or his impatience!

Take two. Memory card filled up the first time, then again the second time.

Busy Month

October was a busy month at our house! Kylie turned 9 years old on October 13. She woke up to find her room all decorated. Her favorite present was a Peewee Pillow Pet from her daddy, who was working in Afghanistan.

I'm so lucky to share my birthday with my Kylie-bug! Brian sent us each a bouquet of fall flowers. Kylie was thrilled to get her own bouquet.

For Kylie's birthday we went to the Sports Academy tumbling gym and the girls had so much fun.

Jaxson's birthday is 3 days after our birthday on October 16. I can't believe he's already 1 year old!

Jaxson REALLY didn't like playing in his cake. He hates to have sticky hands.

Brian was able to come home for a week to say goodbye to his sister Tracie, who passed away the day after he came home. We miss her every day, and our family won't be the same without her. The day that Brian came home, I became very sick with a stomach bug. I'm so glad he was there to take care of me and our kids. Jaxson was scared of him at first, but it wasn't long before he wouldn't leave his daddy's side!

Kylie performed a piano solo at a Halloween recital. She's a very talented pianist.

Knowing that our nice fall days are numbered, we played in the leaves at the park and took some pictures.

We were lucky this year to have good weather for Halloween. We went trick-or-treating with Kylie's friends Jenna and Laura.

A kitty and a doggie!

When we got home and started checking out Kylie's candy, Jaxson went straight for the sucker.