99 Balloons . . .

Check out this video, It is heartbreaking yet very inspiring. An amazing testament to God's love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qILw1iFzmIE

Painting Pumpkins . . .

We painted pumpkins last night and it was a hit!!! I wanted to paint them instead of carve them because I figured it would be less messy and easier for him to do. I had the pumpkins for a few days and I had told Dallas we were going to paint them but we just had to wait for Daddy to be home. Well, we had to wait longer than he liked and he asked to a paint them everyday. Finally, Daddy came home early enough and we went to town. He painted a pumpkin for himself and part of Daddy's pumpkin. I painted the smallest pumpkin for Phoebe and one for our family. It was a lot of fun!

Our family pumpkin with all of us on it!The finished product! He carried the two little ones outside this morning and was so happy. When we drove away to go play today he had to say goodbye to the pumpkins.

For your viewing pleasure . . .

Standing, standing everywhere!! Even inches away from the T.V.

This smile was for her big brother!! Dallas is always getting her to grin big!

Under the table, what a great place to play!

Snap in to a Slim Jim . . .

The pictures say it all . . .

Pumpkin Patch . . .

This is our third year going to the Mainstay Farm Pumpkin Patch. We always have a lot of fun running around the farm. There is a big barn filled with hay for the the kids to jump around. There is a super cool treehouse and a super long slide.

Phoebe started off the adventure with a super big diaper explosion so we had to change her clothes. Dallas was going crazy running around. I, of course, was trying to get some pictures because some of my favorites of the last two years were taken here. Well, of course the kids were too busy to sit still for pictures. I decided to try and take them on our way out but by then Dallas was having a melt down because he didn't want to leave. Oh well, I guess that is the way it goes.

She is naked because her clothes were dirty and someone was getting them from the car.

The only picture I got of them together.This is about the funniest picture ever!!Grammy and Papa Dale with Phoebe. They took care of her so we could play with Dallas.

This slide was super fast!! It scared me half to death!

Super cool treehouse. Dallas, Papa Dale and I all went to the very top. Again, it scared me to death. Too high for me!We are soooo cool!!!

State Fair of Texas . . .

We went to the State Fair of Texas yesterday. It is in Dallas, which is about an hour or so away. We left at ten and I was hoping that Phoebe would take her first nap of the day in the car. Well, she had another idea and decided to just cry most of the way there. She never went to sleep. We got to the fair and decided we would eat something before we went and saw anything. I had packed Dallas a lunch and I nursed Phoebe while the rest of us ate. Once we were done I got Phoebe to sleep as we walked to the area with the petting zoo. I was able to lay Phoebe down in the stroller and she slept for about 35 minutes. Grammy pushed her around to keep her to sleep while we went and saw the animals.

The first animal we saw was this pig and I could totally sympathize with her. Her little piglets were attacking her for milk and they were so aggresive. I felt so bad for her but she just laid there and took it like a good mother does. I should be thankful that I only nurse one little piglet at a time.Dallas really loved all the animals. You could buy little cups of food and then every area with animals had shovels attached with strings so you could pour the food into it and hold it for the animal to eat out of. When I say he loved this, I mean he LOVED this. He had so much fun feeding all the different animals. I have never seeing a fair that had a petting zoo with such exotic animals. They had camels, zebras, ostriches, antelopes, giraffe and of course the regular stuff like goats and sheep.

After we went through the petting zoo we headed for the rides. We weren't too sure how Dallas was going to do on these rides. They looked so big and fast and I really thought he was going to be scared. We tried to start him off on something small and easy and work our way up to something faster. He was a natural. If you could have seen the grin on his face during his first ride, it was priceless. He was so happy and almost couldn't believe he was doing something so fun. He would get off one ride and race to find another one to ride. Of course I drew the short stick and was lucky enough to go on most of the rides with him. I don't know if I have gotten older or what, but the kiddy rides were almost too much for me.This ride was enough to put me over the edge. I thought for sure he was going to be scared of it but he wasn't. The cars go around in a circle and then they whip around the corners. I mean, whip around and throw you into the side of the seat. I was a bit scared but of course he was happy as can be. The airplane ride went around in a circle and up and down pretty fast. They had to stop the ride becuase a little boy was scared but not Dallas. He was a natural at all of this stuff.

Daddy took him on his very first roller coaster ride. He loved it!! He also took him on the super duper big slide but I didn't get any pictures because I was video taping it.

We started to have a few meltdowns after this. He was getting tired because we had pushed through without a nap. We decided to leave. Of course he cried as we left and threw a huge fit as we were leaving. I had to carry him to the van where he screamed and screamed. Once we got to the van it didn't take him long to fall asleep. Phoebe had only slept for that 35 minutes at the fair so I was sure she was going to go right to sleep in the van. Well, she cried and fussed and fell asleep 4 miles from our house. That girl is something else.

Overall, it was a wonderful day at the fair. It was alot of work and there were many things we didn't get to see at the fair but it was so worth it. To see Dallas' face on those rides or feeding those animals was worth all the crying that came later. I am so thankful that my parents were here to help us because there is no way we could have done that alone. They took care of Phoebe so we could really enjoy Dallas on those rides. Phoebe was so happy while we were at the fair and it just amazes me that she can function on such little sleep.

The Cutest Boy in the World . . .