HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I LOVE Halloween!!  It is the second most celebrated holiday in the U.S.A.!  At the beginning of the week we carved pumpkins with Steve's sisters.  The only thing I like about carving pumpkins is getting the guts out!  Xavier did not want to stick his hands in the guts...he wanted to use the knife!  Half way through the week I didn't think we were going to get a Halloween.  Xavier and Steve were sick all week.  Come Halloween day, Xavier's fever got low enough to venture out to downtown Mount Vernon to go trick or treating.  Steve was working for the 3rd Halloween in a row, so the Aunties came over and we headed downtown.  After we collected all of our candy we went to a costume contest at the Lincoln Theater and then we met up with Steve's parents at Bob's for dinner.  It was a great Halloween that ended with Xavier crashed on the couch.

Steve doesn't like to carve pumpkins, but he's doing a good job!



Instead of using the knife, we let Xavier color one and put stickers on it!
My little flower!
She loved her costume...probably because it is kind of like her jammies!
I added the skirt!

The girls!
Downtown ready to collect the CANDY!!

Holy line!  Tons of people!  I didn't really think it would be this crowded!
A fake tiger...
A real tiger...???
Trick or Treat
The family photo

Harper's trick or treating carriage!
Snow White and her little flower!
Mr. Incredible...well his mask!

Cutest flower EVER!
This is someones costume!!  Xavier was scared because he has sharp teeth!
I was trying to get a picture of them together....but it wasn't working too well!  
The Auntie's!
Megan's dog Lulu!!  HILARIOUS!!
Costume change...crabby!
Both of them slept through the dinner at Bob's!
Crashed on the couch at home
Grandpa lighting the pumpkins
All lit....spooky!!
The end of the night....creepy moon on Halloween!

MY BABY IS 3

3 Years ago today I was in labor with my first baby Xavier!  I LOVE having a boy and a 3 year old boy is so much fun!  Here is what Xavier is into as a 3 year old.

-CARS (the Disney movie)

-Tractors

-Mr. Incredible(his Halloween costume)

-movies(any and all)

-puzzles

-wrestling with Daddy

-snuggling with Mommy

-ignoring his sister

-CANDY

-Mickey Mouse chicken nuggets with ketchup

-oatmeal

-He doesn't like ice cream

-His favorite sayings are, "are you happy?" & "it's just a little accident!"

-He loves to dance(especially to the song Boom Boom Boom by Blackeyed Peas)

-pizza

-trains

-firetrucks

-fixing broken tires

oh and so much more!!

He weighs 36lbs and is 40.5 inches tall

Unfortunately on his birthday he has the flu :-(  When I kept telling him that it was his birthday he would tell me NO and remind me that he just had his birthday(referring to his party last weekend!)

We love Xavier so much and couldn't imagine life without him!

A "CARS" BIRTHDAY PARTY

Today we had Xavier's 3rd birthday party!  This was a big event in the making!  Ever since we got back from Disneyland, he knew he wanted a Lightning McQueen party.  Thank goodness Party City has a ton of Cars party stuff!  I decided this year I was going to try to make a special cake for Xavier since I am addicted to the Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss shows!  So I bought the Lightning McQueen cake set!  Xavier and I had made the cake and cupcakes the night before so on Sunday morning we got up early to start decorating!  We decorated the whole house with Cars stuff!  We brought out all of his pillows and blankets that are Cars and then we put up all of the additional decor we had bought!  I then began to decorate the Lightning McQueen cake!  It only took me 2 HOURS!!  Xavier was right by me the entire time talking to me about what I was doing!  I think for my first cake it turned out pretty good and Xavier loved it so that's all that matters!  The party was fun and Xavier got a ton of gifts!  With no nap the entire day, he had a little bit of birthday let down and he is now in our bed watching Leap Frog Word Factory...but I doubt he is watching it...he is probably fast asleep!  

After 2 Hours it's almost done!

The finished product!

CARS!


Another one of her new tricks...sitting up for short periods of time!

guests...
more guests
Having fun at the party!
Nana & Harper
Mommy & Daughter in our puffy vests!
Auntie Megan, GG & Harper
showing his friends his presents
A tractor from Papa
Black & Decker tools from Auntie Erin (EEE)
He was pretty good at opening the cards before the presents
He would try to read me the card while I was reading it to him!
Grandma Mary got Harper a pink pig, so Xavier went to give it to her!
A Moose from Grandma Mary


The set up
The cake again...I didn't want to cut into it....


Xavier & Quinn
Ty, Xavier & Quinn lining up the cars for a race