October and November happenings

So, I have been horrible about posting pictures but have taken a ton on my phone. Per the constant pleasant request of Nina, here are some pictures of the kiddos the last month:

Blurry but Brody popped his first 2 teeth.
Addie LOVES spiderman...wishes she could have been Spidey for Halloween. :) Chloe made her this handy mask that she loves to wear around the neighborhood.

Addie is officially into princesses in full force and loves this game on my phone that allows her to dress them up.
I taught Addie to follow my finger to be crossed eye. Haha!
Brody also learned to crawl (finally)! He is into EVERYTHING that he shouldn't be like stairs, light sockets, pulling up the carpet, drawers, etc.
Addie played with a friend's bunny and was in heaven...she asks a lot when she will have an animal.
Same house, Addie caught a lizard thanks to the couching of Jack Hamon.
Just like mom as a baby...Brody is sucking his thumb.
BroBro the Dragon and Princess Addie for Halloween.
Neighborhood pumpkin carving party

Sweet baby Selah!!...I got to experience my first live birth besides my kiddos. Shiloh and John asked me to join in this unbelievable moment and I LOVED it. She is a beautiful little one and I loved being there. Thanks Hamons! xoxo

"Summertime Barbie" as Chris calls Addie whenever she wears her sunglasses.
BroBro the Dragon...started loving books.
The dryer has been the newest toy for the kids...here was Brody's first time in it.
THE BIG IPOD-Y!!! Wow, its a bit embarrassing how much Addie loves the iPad (aka Big iPod)
Dad and Brody in the rain.

Our saving grace

Meet Chloe...she is our life support lately. With crazy work schedules, Chloe is with our kids two days a week and loves on them more than we could dream. Addie adores her "Chlo-Chlo" or "Chloe Girl." I always come back from work to find them in some kind of pretend play world with tents, crafts and toys. We love Chloe and are sooo thankful for her in our lives.

Shiloh's Shower

It's always great to celebrate a best friend. Shiloh is pregnant with her third and it's A GIRL! A girlie girl tea was thrown in her honor and it was a blast. We made bows, headbands and anything else that is pink and big to put on a baby girl's head...Shi has two boys so we had to have lots and lots of pink. I am so blessed with these 3 gals in my life and consider them my Paso Family. We all met pre-kids except for sweet Jayden who was only 10 months old at the time. Wow time has flown and there are now a ton of kids surrounding us all. We don't all get together enough but whenever we do, it is so sweet and so valued.

September - October

It's been a busy but fun fall season. I cannot believe that October is almost gone! Between Chris's job, wedding season and 2 rug rats, the time has flown. Here are a few snapshots of the last month:

We have spent some great time with our dear neighbor Fatma the last 2 months. If Addie had her way, she would go over to Fatma's house every day and play. She gets spoiled over there with tents, princesses, princesses and more princesses. We are so thankful for Fatma and Todd. We ventured to the Avila Valley Barn one day with her and had a great time. We even met up with Dad for lunch in SLO at Panera...yum.



The time we have together as a family of 4 seems to be slim lately. Unfortunately with my job, we really only have Sundays after church. We have been trying to be intentional with doing something with all of us when we can. Picnics in the downtown parks have been one of our favorites...Addie runs around with sticks and acorns (baby hats as she calls them) while Brody rolls around on the grass.




Addie's sweet friend Lucy spent the night and brought this HUGE baby with her. I opened up her bag to get out her jammies and I literally had to catch my breath because it looked like a real baby stuffed inside her bag. We forced Chris to take a picture with the baby and Brody...it was as big as he was...and he is a BIG baby.
My favorite shirt on BroBro is this Charley Brown shirt. He makes me laugh in it. I put a beanie on his head and laughed even more. Good grief!

Parades!! Addie LOVES parades. Chris took the kiddos to the Pioneer Parade a few weeks ago and they had a great time. I think they saw more tractors and cows than anyone should experience in one day but it's a great event in the community.
Cookies and more cookies. Addie and my new activity together is baking...really anything with sugar. We have gotten rather good at chocolate chip cookies and now we are mastering my mom's pumpkin bread recipe. Luckily we try to share with our neighbors and friends so we don't swell up like a balloon.

9 months

The "Little Man" is 9 months old and weighs in at a hefty 23 pounds. He is cute, cute, cute...spoken like a true mom. Brody holds true to an ear infection almost every 6 weeks (sigh) but other than that he is perfect. My bald baby is finally cutting his first tooth and will crawl one of these days. I am convinced he knows how but he is perfectly content rolling everywhere or just sitting up. :) Addie can make Brody laugh just by looking at him...he thinks she is amazing. While he is sitting in his highchair, she will jump to him and he gets this deep belly laugh. It warms my heart to hear them "play."