Pumpkin Fun

We kicked off last weekend with a visit to the pumpkin patch.


Olivia carefully examined one...


And then, as any 4-month old child would do, promptly planted her mouth on it. Dirty pumpkin. Yum.

Please excuse my freakish bobble head in these photos. Doug brought the wide-angle lens, which I think makes me look like a weirdo in photos. He informed me that's actually how I looked. He's so nice.

Livvy also helped her dad find the perfect 'lil pumpkin for her! She looks super excited, huh?


Notice her tongue in her picture? Nice.


Doug, of course, managed to find this totally awesome pumpkin...


Yay for pumpkins!


We had DJ and Jaci over a few nights later for dinner and pumpkin carving. Olivia discovered something MUCH better than pumpkins.


Workin' hard. I am a carving pro (or psycho, depends on who you're asking).


Here is Doug's finished product along with the one that I carved for Livvy. I told Doug that his pumpkin was very "special". He is quite proud of his masterpiece.


On a totally different note, this is a classic picture of Olivia. In the last few days, she has figured out how to screech at the top of her lungs. And she does it all the time now. All. The. Time. It was pretty funny at first, but I'm not sure that we should be encouraging this habit because it's going to get obnoxious pretty soon. I wish that this picture had sound (video to come soon), but looking at her face you can get a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about!

Yes, she is actually happy in that photo!

It's a good thing that our little chunky monkey is so darn cute.

We've had a great weekend...family time with Grandma & Grandpa Perry, Olivia's first trip to the pumpkin patch and pumpkin carving, dinner with friends from near, and brunch with friends from far. Pictures to come soon, but here's a cute shot of our adorable lil' pumpkin to hold you over until I get around to a full post :).

Isn't her hat awesome?

Our First Visitors

We had so much fun with Courtney and Parker last week! P-man is at a super fun age (16 months) and just started walking, so it was great to take him to kid-friendly places around Seattle and let him toddle around and explore. On Tuesday, we hit up the aquarium. Parker had a great time playing with fishies, both real and fake...



Wednesday we headed to the Children's Museum in downtown Seattle. It's right by the space needle, which I had never seen up close. I'm absolutely loving the fall colors on all of the trees - so beautiful!


The museum was actually pretty cool - lots of fun areas for the kids to run around and explore. I can't wait until Olivia is bigger and can get into stuff like this! This is what she did when we got there...

Notice the bib? I hate putting them on here but she drools so stinkin' much that I have to do it!

When she woke up she partook in her new favorite activity: finger gnawing.


Parker had so much fun walking around and checking everything out. I loved the "digestion" exhibit - totally sums up life with a small child.


The car was a big hit with P - it was pretty difficult to get him away from it!


We ran back to the car in a total rainstorm (of course, without jackets, umbrellas, or anything to protect the poor kiddos from the rain) only to discover a parking ticket on my windshield. Awesome. We were only 7 minutes late! Guess Seattle has to make money somehow, right? Anyhoo, we must have worn the little ones out, because when we got back to the house this is what we found in the backseat.


Parker got into my jewelry box later that afternoon (we're still living in a sea of boxes, but it's getting better! Baby steps.) I love a little boy in jewels.


We had such a fun week with Courtney and Parker. Can't wait to do it again sometime soon!!!

Remodel Pics

Anyone else hate how blogger uploads the photo order?

Anyways, the house is about 90% done right now. We still need to install our family room built-in cabinets, final coat on the hardwoods, install shutters, hang some lights, etc.

Andrea and I are both super stoked to call this home, we are that excited about what we have accomplished with the remodel.

The custom iron railing, the hardwood floor color, the paint colors, the granite tops, the kitchen backsplash, the master bathroom tile and feel...we just love everything!