October 2011

In october my brother and his family came for a visit. They live in Texas so we don't get to see them often. We had a great time visiting with them. We spent a day down on the family farm where my grandma lives, it was nice reminiscing and showing the kids all the fun things around the farm. We took some great pictures, and here are a few...

We also spent some time in bloomington/normal where my parents live. We had a nice time going to the zoo and just relaxing at my parents house...

Charlie got to attend his first wedding this month also. My best friend Sarah got married and I was maid of honor. It was so fun being a part of her wedding, and I was very honored to stand by her side on her wedding day. Nick ran sound for the ceremony, so my parents came and took care of Charlie during the ceremony and then took him home with them after dinner at the reception. Nick and I were able to have a little date night which was nice. Here are a few pictures from the wedding...

hanging out at the rehersal

Nick and Charlie waiting for Sarah and I to get our hair done

Sarah getting her hair done

The bride ( having a little wine before the ceremony lol)

Beautiful bride

 The Girls

Charlie and I also ventured out to the zoo here in Peoria one day. We couldn't find anyone to go with us ( because mommy waited to long to ask anyone, oops) so we decided to have a little fun day ourselves. The park was all decorated for Halloween, but the decorations didn't seem to distract Charlie to much. His favorite animals were the meerkats and the rhino's. He was so amazed that we stood and watched both of those for a good 20 min each! Here is a picture of Charlie watching the meerkats...

As we were getting ready to leave the zoo it started to downpour, so we got a little wet on the walk back to the car, but it was all worth it to have a fun  Mommy and Charlie day at the zoo!

We have also been making trips to the park with our friends Megan and Kamden, Nikki and Joclyn. We have a fun time watching the bigger kids play on the playground. Charlie does like to swing in the baby swings!

Charlie turned 6 Months old this month. I cant believe how big he is getting! We started giving him more solids. He gets 3 meals a day, breakfast is fruit and cereal, lunch is vegetable and fruit, and dinner is cereal and vegetable and fruit! He is starting to gain a little more weight and the Doctor thinks that he looks really good! Here are his 6 Month pictures...

Halloween was also this month. Charlie and I ventured out to the Wild life "scary" park with a few of our friends. It took more then an hour just to get through the line to get in, and then it was soooooo crowded that it really wasn't all the fun, just kind of stressful. If we ever do that again we will definitely go earlier ( to beat the crowd) and we will make sure daddy comes with for an extra set of hands. Here is a picture of the 3 kids..

Every year on Halloween our street goes nuts. Our neighbor builds a 32 ft tall scarecrow and turns his front yard into a haunted path and gives out cotton candy. We had around 500 trick or treaters again this year. We had a really fun time because my parents, and grandparents, and Nicks parents and brother and his family all came by to hang out with us and watch the spectacle of 500 trick or treaters in one night. Charlie was a tiger for halloween this year and I had a great time dressing him up :)

 getting ready to go around and show off Charlie in his costume