Doggy Dress Up

On Sunday, when our friends Michelle & Byron came over to watch the game they brought their dog's costumes over to take a picture in front of our fall decorations.

We thought it would be funny to put our dogs in the costumes. They were so funny. Parker didn't know what to do at first and stood really still. Berger was trying to get it off. Haha!!!

Parker & Berger

Parker - he didn't know what to do

Byron trying on Madison's outfit

4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party

Last night, we hosted our 4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party. We had a great turnout - I think about 20 people came (including kids). We had lots of yummy food and plenty of designs for the carvers to choose from.

As he has in the past - Tom had the job of cleaning out everyone's pumpkin.

My mom and dad came up to help watch the baby and hang out

My co-worker Matt and his wife Ashley stopped by

Lots of carving going on

The end results (mine is the one that says "Trick or Treat"

4 months old

It's hard to believe that our little boy is already 4 months old!

Today, my mom and I took Tommy to have his 4 month pictures taken. I've attached a few of my favorites. In the last one I attached he looked like he was about ready to roll over. What a big boy!

Game Day

Little Man getting ready for the game. He had to borrow daddy's hat - what a cutie!

Jocelyn's Baby Shower

Yesterday, my friend Chris and I hosted a baby shower for my best friend Jocelyn. I think it turned out really well. We had lot's of yummy food (cookies, fruit tree, dips, punch and a few other things).

I think we had a total of 14 people come. Jocelyn received a ton of things and I'm sure she had a lot of fun going through it all once she got home!

The Hostesses with Jocelyn

Food from the shower

Diaper Cake I made for Jocelyn

Game time

2009 State Fair

Yesterday, we decided to brave the cold (54 degrees) and met Michelle, Byron & Madison at the state fair. We figured that since it was a little chilly out that it wouldn't be that crowded. Boy were we wrong! It was so hard to get around and some people are just plain rude. I don't understand why people think it's okay to just stop in the middle of the aisle to talk or look at the food stands...AARRGH!

Other than the stupid people (and the cold) we had a great time. The only fried food Tom and I had was the Fried Cookie Dough - we didn't feel like wasting our money on the Fried Butter - winner of this year's most creative dish. Michelle & Byron had the Fried Smores and the Green Goblin (a cherry pepper stuffed with chicken and guacamole - and of course it was fried).

The nice thing was that they had these "Baby Stations" set up around the fair where you could breast feed or change diapers. Those came in handy a couple of times.

Tommy did great out there and was really enamored with all the lights on the children's rides. Next year, he should be big enough to ride something.

Keeping warm

Madison & Byron

Home Improvement Project

Some of you may not know it by looking at him - but Tom is extremely handy! We've been talking about getting new floors in our family room for a few months now. The fact that we have 2 dogs (who think it's cool to shake off on the carpet when they come in) and the family room is the room we congregate in 95% of the time helped us reach the decision that a light beige (?) carpet isn't going to cut it.

So last week, Tom and I started searching for floors that would meet our 2 requirements - 1) reasonable priced and 2) looked great with all our furniture. We ended up finding some on the 2nd day of our search.

I thought the floors would be enough of a project for Tom - but apparently he had other ideas. He decided that since he was ripping the carpet up that now would be the great time to build a hearth for the fireplace and give it a new look with slate.

So starting on Wednesday night of last week Tom has been a busy bee - working from the time he gets home until bedtime. And other than a slight problem we had with the original floors we bought everything went smoothly for him. He grouted (is that a word?) the fireplace tonight and only has one thing left to do on the floors before he is finished.

I forgot to take a picture of the before - so I'm having to use a picture we took when we were house hunting.

Tom did an amazing job with the floors and the fireplace as you can see from the pictures below. He's such a handy guy!!!

Oh, and did I mention he had a helper..