special treats...

hello! we are still posting pictures from october, so no time for chit chat - we'll just get right to it! luke is riding in carts now - so fun! here we are together in one at the grocery store. momma almost cried...

luke got to use the protective cover one time before second-child syndrome set in with momma and now he's already chewing on the buckles and even the metal with no worries. it's fun to have him riding along with me now.

speaking of fun, beamee came to visit last month and we sure do LOVE her. she is loads of fun. and having beamee around means a constant supply of special treats and special outings. i went to krispy kreme for the first time and experienced my first (of many, many, many, i hope!) hot/now donut - wowzers, yum! here's me and beamee in our hats...

watching the donuts on the line...

chomping down on my first bites...

i approve!! where have these been all my life?!?!

even luke enjoyed himself...

he's sitting up in highchairs now too. here he is at our favorite local mexican restaurant, contentedly chewing on some wood and not even noticing the chip in front of him... are we related?

another special treat last month was a visit to mimsie and grandpa's house! we had SO much fun there. the swing is one of my favorite things there, and luke really liked it too...

and of course i hung out with maggie dog most of the time. i sure do like her...

and i spent the rest of the time pushing the "dark blue lawn mower" over the yellow ones on their deck. good times...

the weather is still awesome here, as you can tell. daddy grilled some meat, of course. grandpa has a pit that uses real fire to grill, and we roasted marshmallows afterwards. i'm playing it cool in the pictures but if i had one word to describe these it would be - holla (in the words of brent, to see if he's keeping up with our blog)...

so that should finish up our october. november has been great so far though, as we're really looking forward to thanksgiving and christmas here already. the weather is awesome, luke and i are both doing great, life is good. luke still has no teeth but is "talking" more and loves to watch me and laugh along with me all day. he's eating more solids but is still not a huge fan of veggies. i am up to my usual stuff and really enjoying our learning plan at home with the different themes of the week and letters/words of the day. i am already looking forward to flying on an airplane at christmas and talk about it almost every day. i'll go ahead and start my pleas for snow in indiana while we're there, please, and thank you. and i guess that's all for now. we still have lots of pictures to post from november already, so check back again soon! :) bye.