Pumpkin Carving

This was Jaxon's first official pumpkin carving experience! Last year Jax wasn't much help and Greg was out of town...so this was more fun to do it as a family!! Check out our works of art!

Jax in the box

So this is a new toy storage box that is suppose to be for his cars, but Jaxon decided he would rather sit in it...for a long time. He didn't want to come out!

SO CLOSE!!!

We have been putting hours into the basement and it is finally almost finished! We only have a few minor things left to do. For example...cover that UGLY utility box! But here are a few pics of the living room, bedroom, bathroom, and of course Jaxon!

As you have seen Jax loves finding "new hats" and what's good for him must be good for Dudley dog, right?

With the Chicago Cubs not winning a championship in 100 years I do wonder if it a smart thing to introduce the cubs to him at a young age. Am I just setting his life up for years of disappointment while he follows his beloved cubs. They can't go another 100 years without winning right? For now he's got a smile while sporting his Cubs pajamas.

Jaxon likes to read while on the potty. What guy doesn't?

PROGRESS!!

WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS!!! This is the basement just days before our carpet is going in!! Greg has put hours of painting in to get it ready for the carpet!! We are soooo close!

This is what you will see when you come down the stairs. The paint color looks a little funky in the picture, but looks awesome in person...And yes, that is our new TV on the wall patiently waiting to be hooked up!!

This is the back wall of the living room. It shows the frames around the windows and the ledge that runs throughout the back wall

This is looking down the hall towards the bedroom and bathroom



And this is the bathroom...It is a blue with all white fixtures.

Angel Food Head

This is Jaxon being silly. He walked around the house with an Angel food cake pan on his head.

One Year Anniversary!

Monday 9/29 was our 1 year anniversary! Greg took it upon himself to plan the day/night. But, unfortunately some of his plans fell through, but we still had a great time. First we checked in to our awesome hotel (pictured below). It was The Grand Hotel downtown Minneapolis. We had awesome views and all of the accommodations were so nice. Then we walked through the skyway's to our dinner reservations. He had made reservations at an upscale sushi restaurant because he knows I love that. But when we got there, I felt bad because he HATES sushi, so we decided to see what else was in the area. We ended up at The Capital Grill. It was one of the best meals we've ever had! Then we went to a movie and then back to the hotel. Greg brought our toasting champagne glasses that we had at our wedding which we drank vitamin water out of. Then he also remembered that we got a free replica cake from where our wedding cake was from...the only thing is that he had no idea what kind we had, so he just picked one. It was still really good, but funny. Then the big bummer of the plans was that he had planned a hot air balloon ride for Tuesday...but after reading the fine print (on Monday) we found that you couldn't go pregnant...so we have a balloon ride coming to us next spring or whenever we want!! So instead we are having a romantic getaway finishing our basement!

CUTIE!!

Its not very often that you can get a picture of Jaxon smiling at the camera. But these are adorable and show how much he loves his horse!!

Bucket Head

A new favorite pastime of Jaxon's! Walking around the house with a bucket on his head.

My hot, sexy, baby's mama at 23 weeks!

A Family Outing...

Today we had a family outing to the Minnesota Zoo. We were impressed at how nice it was and how cool the exhibits were. I think we enjoyed the Grizzly bears the best. Here are some pics...

For my (Greg) birthday my incredible, beautiful, thoughtful wife (Bria) purchased 2 tickets for the Chicago Bears vs Indianapolis Colts this past Sunday. The game was played in the new Lucas Oil stadium in Indianapolis. It was a great venue, great seats and a great day with the Bears coming out on top with a victory. Here are a few pics from the game. See why I say great seats!!

Giving hugs and kisses to cousin Elsie...and riding a tractor at the apple orchard