October Wrap-Up

I'm going to lump the rest of the month into this post, so here we go!

First off, I know everyone with kids despises Daylight Savings Time changes, and I get that - my boys woke up at 5 am this morning - but the stars aligned with Anna and she slept 10 hours!!  And I slept 7!!!  That hasn't happened in at least 8 months, but more like 1.5 years.  It was amazing.  I've been letting her cry it out this week because she finally got the last of 4 teeth that were all coming in at the same time on the top and she has been sleeping terribly, so I knew it was time.  And it worked!  I hope it sticks.

But boy, she is sure adorable. :)  She is now 8 months old and she has 8 teeth.  She is definitely an over-achiever.

 We find her in all sorts of placed these days, happy as a clam.

 Another one of our ginormous apples next to a normal-sized one.

 Here are a few pictures from a few weeks ago at our neighborhood park.  I love this place!  Jeremy and I were doing really good for a little while and we were taking turns running/walking in the evenings.  We were both so out of shape, but I finally was able to run 1.4 miles (big accomplishment for me, probably seems really small to some of you!) and Jeremy did 2.  We've been bad this week though because it's been really cold, and now with it getting dark earlier, we're pretty much done.  I'm not dedicated enough to go when it's cold and dark!  Hopefully we can start up again in the Spring.  The loop here at the park is exactly a mile, so we would come here to do it.

 There were a few river otters in the lake!

 These boys have been a little wild lately. They are often wrestling and occasionally I catch them giggling on one of their beds together. :)

 Anna is always happy to get up!

 Connor is getting pretty good at drawing faces!  I always know which ones are his because of the long nose.

 And Anna discovered the piano this week!  She's so cute. And yes, that is Connor running around in his underwear in the background.  It's a party around here, I tell you.  The boys like to pretend they're Mowgli (from Jungle Book) and they run around in their underwear.

And that's a wrap!  I can't believe it's November already.  I'm excited though.  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and we're looking forward to starting some of our own traditions this holiday season since the kids are getting a little older and we'll be home for Christmas for the first time.  We feel very blessed these days.  It's a good life!