Happy Halloween and more!!

So this year we went back to Jubilee Farms for your pumpkins for Halloween. Terry and I have been going there for 3 years and we love it. They have tractor rides out to the fields and a pumpkin trebuchet. They also have chickens and pigs. We had to bundle up Max because it was a very chilly day. We tried the suit that Gramma bought him when he was a baby and it just barely fit. In this picture he looks just like the Gingerbread Boy.

In the next pictures we are at the farm. The one with daddy is before we got on the tractor. The one with me is on the tractor and you can tell he is experienceing a little sensory overload. It was pretty cute.

We decided to dress up Max up as a carpenter for Halloween. Gramma got him a great tool kit for his birthday and we used the tools and a pair of overalls with all the holders to make it work. He looked really cute but everybody was calling him "Builder Bob."

I can't believe how big he is getting. Everyday something new happens. Today we made an inaugural walk with real shoes. We have been practicing inside, a little at a time, with them and he never seemed very thrilled to have them on. But we actually walked to several houses to trick or treat, in our neighborhood. All told we probably clocked about 1/4 mile. He didn't want to stop. Every time we picked him up he squirmed to be put back down. I was so proud of him, he walked like such a champ!

He also continues to do all sorts of big boy stunts. Notice his stance on the Kawasaki.

I am so glad we have medical insurance for him. That is all I can say!!

So here is my good news. I am no longer at Molbak's! We have decided that I need to stay at home with Max. It was very hard to leave the friends and family that I made working there for 3 and a half years, but I don't regret it at all. The decision was really cemented a couple of weeks ago when we were getting Max ready for bed and we sat him on the bathroom counter to brush his teeth. He has been watching me brush my teeth every morning since he was born and I guess something in him remembered.

He actually does a really good job by himself, but we help him out to make sure he is actually hitting all of his teeth, now that there are so many of them.

It is stuff like this and knowing that he is such a sponge that made us realize I needed to be at home with him filling up his brain.

I am going to start working a couple of nights a week at The Cheesecake Factory, in Bellevue. I get to hang out at home for another week before I start my training and then usually Terry will be home shortly before or shortly after I leave for work. We have a friend that is going to watch Max for the hour or so inbetween. I am so excited about this new opportunity, the possibility of making more money and getting to spend more time with my little man. It has been a real blessing that things worked out the way that they did.

The last pictures that I want to post are two of the cutest so far. Misty has really come a long way to being so tolerant of Max and the pulling, pinching, squeezing and grabbing that he does.

She obviously doesn't look thrilled, but she is tolerating him and that is all we can ask for! The last picture is the best. Max has been going over to Aunt Joyce and Uncle Sam's house for the last month on Wednesday and Thursday, while I finished work. You might remember their dog, Hana. She has really mellowed out having Max there regularly and this picture really shows it. A boy and a dog...

...we can't wait to get Max his own dog!