Jude's Baptism

We had another exciting event almost a couple weeks ago - Jude was baptized! He had a lovely baptism. Uncle Paul was his sponsor, and Neenee gave me Paul's baptism outfit for Jude to wear. It fit perfectly and looked adorable on him. Neenee thoughtfully gave him a beautiful little pair of white satin shoes and a little pair of white socks with crosses on them to complete the look! He looked like a little angel.

After the church service, we came back to our house for some barbecue and cake. Events like this (along with the upcoming holidays) remind us how blessed we are to have such wonderful family to support us and be there for these special occasions!

Halloween, Part 2

AAAHHHH! Crazed School Psychologist on the loose!!!

Halloween was so much fun this year! Sam really got what it was all about and loved trick-or-treating. We carved pumpkins in the afternoon and Sam helped us pull out pumpkin guts and decide whether to make our pumpkins "scay-we" or silly (mine was scary and Daddy's was silly, in case you were wondering). Sam did not love playing with the pumpkin guts and let Daddy handle most of that. He was really excited about his Spiderman costume he picked out, and had no qualms about wearing the mask all night, unlike last year, when the mask was ripped off before we even made if off the front porch! Jude seemed to enjoy it, too. He gotdressed up in Jackson's old pumpkin outfit, which was warm and snuggly for him. He enjoyedhis stroller ride down the street and back. The nice thing about Halloween is that you get to meet all the neighbors you don't normally talk to....we have many nice neighbors and quite a few had special treats for Sam, which was really sweet. Know what else is sweet? That Sam can't possibly eat all the candy he got, so Mommy and Daddy get plenty of treats,too!

Yeah....that looks icky.

Jude presiding over pumpkin carving

Giving our neighbor, Mrs. Bowman, a hug. I think Mrs. Bowman gave Sam 10 pieces of candy!