Happy Halloween!!

I can't believe it is already Halloween time again. It seems like just yesterday that we took Jake trick-or-treating in that really neat historic district of Nevada City, where we were at in California. This year wasn't quite as big and spectacular, but it was really special b/c Jake is now at a great age to really know what is going on!


For the past two months, Jake has been talking about how he wanted to be a bear for Halloween. I searched in a couple different costume shops and couldn't find anything. I finally found this costume online and he really loved it b/c it has the claws he wanted. He said he was a "grizzly" bear (as you can tell from the pictures above where he is attacking Jason)!


Jake had a really great time trick-or-treating tonight and everyone thought he was so cute in his little bear costume. Now it's time for us to change the focus to our big day that is approaching very quickly. Only two more days until the baby is here! Nana and Papa have made it to town and we have everything in place, washed, and ready to go. Now we just...wait!!

Fall Leaves

It has been so beautiful around here lately with all of the leaves changing colors and falling off the trees. Fall has always been my favorite time of the year! Here are some pictures of Jason and Jake playing in a pile of leaves just the other day:




And here are some pictures taken Friday night right after Jason and Jake carved the two pumpkins we brought back from Kentucky. It was starting to drizzle, so the pictures are a little fuzzy- but here is Jake sitting in between our jack-o'-lanterns:


And lastly, here are a few pictures taken of me (one week before our big delivery date!) :


And of course, I had to include the one that Jake took:

State Fair

We took Jake to the State Fair this past weekend and we all had a great time. Jake loved getting to go on all the rides:





This hot air balloon ride was his favorite b/c he got to go up in the air. We didn't realize it was going to do that (and were very glad it didn't scare him)! He was actually laughing practically the whole time:


And of course, I had to add the pictures of Jason and Jake being silly:


It was a great time and we will definitely head back there again next year!

Hike with Dad

Jason took Jake on a hike during one of my doctor's appointments the other day. Jake was very excited when he was told he was going to get to climb some rocks. Here are some pictures from their outing:

Fall Festival

All the festivals and fairs come to NC in October. Here are some pictures of Jake enjoying the Fall Festival in our town this past weekend. We started with the parade on Friday night, which Jake enjoyed b/c he got to see the fire truck and they threw out candy. And he loved all the bouncy rides at the festival, here he is on the big slide:




We had taken him to a fair in Greensboro the weekend before where he rode the kiddie train and car rides for the first time. He was scared to go on the carousel ride when we were out in California, so I thought he might not like these rides yet. But this time he had no fear (and actually kept asking if he could go again)! Here he is on one of the car rides at the festival. At first he was sitting in the front, but the steering wheel wouldn't turn (which is what he really wanted to be able to do)...so he hopped to the back:



We had a really good time throughout the weekend, so I think we will take him to the State Fair in a couple of weeks!