Our Church Halloween Party

Last night (Friday, Oct. 29) was our church's Halloween party. Isaac has been looking forward to wearing his costume and was so excited when it came time to put it on. He had just woken up from his nap -- so his smile totally doesn't look like him in this picture:

His friends!! Here is Isaac with Lucy

Isaac the ladies man-- here he is with Sophie and Lucy (I believe Taylor's response to this picture (after he laughed) was, "He really needs to hang out with boys his age!") :)

After dinner, we went around to some of the carnival games.

This is how Isaac & Lucy walked to each carnival game:

Ring toss

Sophie and Isaac before the Trunk-or-Treat

Isaac and Daddy walking around for the Trunk-or-Treat (I was handing out candy from our trunk). We sure love doing the Trunk-or-Treat. I grew up doing it, but Taylor had never heard of it until we moved here. He said, "This is such a great and safe idea for kids!" Isaac really mastered asking "Trick-or-Treat" and has been saying it ever since! He LOVES candy!

Isaac was now on a sugar high--this is him running around while we were cleaning up...gotta love his hat!!

We sure love our ward!! We have great friends and the youth are so great with Isaac and Isaac loves his friends! Happy Halloween!

Prego Update: 30 weeks (or 7.5 months)

Weeks keep going by...we're getting closer to Dec. 31! I am 30 weeks, or for those who don't like translating weeks into months, that is 7 1/2 months. So far, so good.

Taylor and I thought we were pretty funny...

A view from the front

And of course, Isaac--but he's not showing off a baby bump, he's showing off his car--such a little boy!!

I work on little projects every week to get ready for Baby Boy #2. I've got everything washed and put away, nursery set up (I sit in there every day in anticipation!!! ... and gratitude!), car seat ready to go (not in car....yet...). I want to get the diaper bag ready and my hospital bag, but Taylor thinks it's too early for that.... ;)

Isaac is THREE!!!

Isaac has talked about his third birthday for the past year--how he wants "3 balloons" -- and the day came and I can't believe he is three and how fun it is to have birthday parties for him now! I wasn't going to do a party, but recently he has been all about friends--so we did a neighborhood party and it was just right. Here is Isaac in the morning prior to breakfast--showing me the "red plate" he gets to eat off of.

Prior to the party. I put coloring pages and crayons out for the kids to color while all the guests arrived.

The theme of the party was "hidden treasure." I made the invitations to be like treasure maps and it said "We hope you'll find your way to Isaac's house to search for hidden treasure" so in honor of the theme, I made cupcakes like "X marks the spot"

Isaac was so excited for his friends to come!

Isaac and his dear friend, Lucy...sitting together until all his friends arrived.

We "searched for hidden treasure"--I got a big blank piece of paper and told the kidswe had to find the clues that would lead to the treasure. There were 7 clues in total scattered around our house outside.

One of the clues--at our neighbors house. Here's a shot of my 7 month pregnant belly--too bad it doesn't really give it justice. (But hey, those are maternity pants!! I've never had those before and they are surprisingly comfortable!! ...I've never had them because I only needed capri's with Isaac)

Another clue...at our waterfall

Finding the last clue...

We turned Isaac's water table into a sand table and buried "treasure" in it. Here's Isaac searching..

We attempted to get a group picture with all our treasures...but somehow it turned into Isaac with all the girls! There were 10 kids in total.

I made homemade pizza, and it wasn't done cooking...so we went in and opened gifts.

His friends spoiled him--don't know if Isaac quite understood the concept of opening presents, but he loved them all.

After presents, we had pizza....

And then cupcakes....we sang to Isaac... (twice because I couldn't get the lighter to light the candles!)

And then our little party winded down and came to an end. Isaac loved it all and I was impressed with how well he did with so many kids around and playing with his toys. So, the party was a success!! For dinner, we let Isaac pick. He loves "chicken, fries, baby juice (milk), and a toy" so to Wendy's we went! Haha! He loved it, we were all satisfied...it worked! While we were waiting for Taylor to come to the table, I snapped this picture of Isaac and it turned out SO cute!!

Taylor and Isaac after dinner... my blue-eyed boys!

After dinner we came home and Isaac got to open the gifts from us. I love this picture--it shows how fast Isaac was moving and how excited he was to open gifts!

I finally got a picture with the birthday boy! :) (I wish we could have gotten a family picture at some point in the day!)

All in all--I think Isaac had a great birthday--I think we had the perfect balance of play and rest. We ended the day with a family friend that came over to see Isaac (Taylor was at YM's) and it was great because he got to play with all his toys while she and I visited! I'm so happy to be in this stage with Isaac--he is so fun and we love him so much!!!