Brothers Stick Together

Last Friday I got the boys to take a couple cute pictures together! I love them!

I like how they both have a half smile/smirk in this one :)

I worked my last shift Friday night!  It still has not kicked in that we are really moving yet.  We decided we needed to get up to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial where a brick was laid for Chris's grandpa.  It was purchased last December and was placed in September.  Here it is

Liam saw me laying on the ground taking pictures and he came and laid next to me.  So we had him move by the brick and give a big smile :)

The boys by the 9/11 Memorial

Colin and Daddy

Liam was pretty exhausted when we arrived home, the time change threw him off pretty good!  He came in sat down and immediately started eating crunchies.

I finally had the boys wear their brother shirts this week.

I think they look pretty awesome in them!

I like how Liam's smile gets cheesier and cheesier

Sweet boys

Then they took a few during tummy time for me!  What good sports!!

Halloween!

Tuesday night we carved our pumpkin. Liam was more interested in trying to use the sharp tools!

Colin watched

Liam didn't care too much about the pumpkin guts so mom and dad finished that part.

The boys watching the process

Eventually dad and Liam went up stairs to take a bath, while Colin and I finished the process.  Here is our bat cat pumpkin

The boys and their momma :)

On Halloween I had a million errands to run since I failed to get to the grocery store the night before.  We were having people over for enchiladas and chili verde!  It was pretty cold outside early in the morning so Colin sported his cute winter hat

That night kids started showing up at our door around 5:45, Liam was eating dinner but was very intrigued as  to what was going on.  We told him to finish eating and he could go trick or treating.  He ate his food and was more than happy to put on his costume and shoes. Arrival at his first door!

We tried to get him to say trick or treat, which came out like "apple treat".  He never did say it at a door though.  

Candy please :)

Colin was exhausted and struggled all afternoon with napping.  I carried him while we took Liam to a few doors and Colin eventually passed out.

Hurry up guys I have places to go!

Liam and daddy

Family photo

After Liam went around our little courtyard of townhomes Colin and I went back in the house so he could lay down and I could hand out candy.  Colin looked super cute while he slept in his little raccoon costume but I didn't have the camera and failed to use my phone to take any pictures.  When Ghani arrived he and Laith met up with Chris and Liam for some more door to door action

The boys did a little running too

Liam had so much fun and it was so cute to see how excited he was to go to the doors.  He always knocked (too softly, but still) and almost always said "thank you."  He also learned pretty quickly that we were targeting houses that were decorated and/or had porch-lights on.  He also enjoyed eating some candy!  When Liam got back he was willing to take some photos with Colin who was awake after his 20 minute nap. Liam kept putting his thumbs up we are not sure why :)

My sweet, sweet boys

1st Halloween!

They are awesome

I tried to get some more pictures but Colin was done, he was so tired!  I took him out of his costume since it was pretty warm and rocked him.  Later these two little monsters decided to unload everything from the shelves and put it in Colin's rocker.

And this is what it looked like, silly boys

Once everyone had left and Liam was in bed I was looking through my pictures and was so upset that I didn't get more pictures of Colin in his costume!  He just had a rough evening but once he woke up from his evening nap I apologized for not taking more pictures and took some more of him in his PJ's.

I think he accepted my apology.

Halloween PJ's!

Sweet baby boy!

The next day I made the boys run around to some stores so I could get some sweet Halloween deals and that is just what I did!  I got the dragon and monkey costume for $5.50 each!  Costumes set for next year!  I also got some bat cups for the boys, a couple picture frames, a canvas print, and a snow white costume for me! I was pretty pleased!

I was pretty sad when Halloween was over, as usual, but I know it will be twice as much fun next year!

Sandy

Here are a few pictures from bath time on Sunday night.  We figured we should get the boys good and clean before the storm hit.

Chunky peanut :)

Liam likes to go fishing in the bathtub

My boys

Monday was the day Sandy was suppose to arrive.  Chris was told not to come into the office and had the choice to work from home, which he did.  We stayed in the house all day hanging in our pajamas, watching the news to see which way the storm was going to go.

During this time Colin got to try out the bumbo!

His little personality is coming out more and more and it is awesome

Liam got a little jealous of Colin, (which is pretty rare) in the bumbo and at one point tried to push him over in it.  Once we got Colin out he decided it was his turn.

He's a silly boy

As the storm started to get worse.  I decided I wanted to go check out the creek by our house before it was too bad.  So I put on my boots and headed out.  The water was definitely high but not as bad as Irene at least at the point I had gone out. Liam decided to wear my boots when I got back :)

That night the wind blew pretty good and I made the whole family sleep in the basement for fear of a tree falling on our house. I'm not crazy, the news people recommended that people sleep on the lower levels of their house so we went with the advice.  The storm didn't get too crazy by us thank goodness!  We kept our power, our basement didn't flood, and no trees fell on our house or cars.  I can't say the same for others though and for those that did get hit, I hope things get better soon!  The next day the boys and I escaped the house and had lunch with daddy! I was originally going to let Liam go splash in the puddles but once we got out the door it was raining again.  He looked cute in his rain boots though

This boy enjoyed some tummy time when we got home.  He could probably roll over but starts to get too frustrated after awhile.

He's a good guy

and a pretty happy boy!