Reading

Otto and I love to read.  Often in a day we'll read 10 books together.   Then there's the books that Grandpa reads and Momma and Daddy reads at bedtime.  Between all his "people" Ottos getting a lot of exposure to books and language throughout the day and it certainly shows by his expanded vocabulary.  Reading is certainly one of my many favorite times spent with Otty. We even do silent reading sometimes;) This photo just crack me up.  Love the mini-me stage of doing whatever the adult is doing.

Halloween 2016

Here are a few photos from Halloween this year.  We decided to avoid the incredibly busy neighborhood at Momma Liv's this year, so everyone came to Gram and Grandpa's neighborhood.  Otto wasn't too sure about going up to people's doors and saying trick or treat, but he did opt a few times to hold out his pumpkin to score some candy.  I can only imagine what a 20 month old is thinking about this holiday.  They probably think the world has gone crazy...Dad in a yellow costume, going to houses he's never been before, people giving him candy?  And strangers walking around the streets in weird costumes all night and coming to Grams door for candy.  Mind Blown!!!  I get it.  We adults love to celebrate occasions in weird ways.  As a matter of fact, a chubby guy with a beard in a red suit should be arriving shortly;)  

Our sweet baby, Huxey was a cute, little monster for Halloween...and a sleepy one:)  Otty was a really cute Curious George and Daddy Luke agreed to be The Man in the Yellow Hat. It was a crazy fun night filled with 3 dogs, 2 children and 8 adults giving out candy, and taking the kiddos around the block.  We got some great pics, but unfortunately our best photos are trapped on a camera disc that is not cooperating with us.  Go figure!

Gram's favorite little monsters

Cousin Weekend 2

Our second annual Cousin Weekend was a big hit! Since last year we have acquired another child and are now even up at 1:1 per adult to child ratio.  

As always, cousin weekend is busy and fun watching all the littles play and explore while the adult cousins get moments to catch up with each other.  

We played at the park, which was a big hit with Otto.  He loved the slides and playing tag and enjoying the cousins.  This is one of few pics where both Otto and Dec were still long enough for a photo.  

We also spent a good hour at the hotel pool.  This was Huxey's first time in a pool and he loved every minute of it.  The rest of the crew enjoyed the warm pool.  Otto loved jumping in and "swimming" with Momma.  This weekend was also the first time that Otto and Huxey have had a sleepover.  Two nights together, three days and 7 hours in the backseat of the car is a lot of time to spend together and it all was great. Otto is embracing Huxey as someone who is a permanent fixture in the family.  Even encouraging Momma to hold Hux.  It's fun to imagine what these two will be up to a year and more from now.  It's also a bit crazy to realize that we will have 4 boys in the family under 3 in February.  I think of the future and imagine...Wow it's going to be busy at the cabin;)  Good thing we have Quinn and Fiona to help watch them as they get older!                                                                                                 

We are a lucky, lucky family to have so many blessings in our family.