October Tribute Cont.

Our "hike" around the lake.

Roasting hot dogs. And later- smores, of course!

Our tent (that we borrowed from our fabulous neighbor!). But, only 3 outta the 5 slept in there- Mariah was being a "noisy neighbor" to our fellow campers so Brandon took her to the van where she slept half of the night.

This is how I spent the whole camping trip- holding her. Crawling babies aren't condusive to camping- neither are crying babies. She's still so dirty and bug-bitten, regardless. I can't believe we were camping in OCTOBER. It was so nice!


I've been trying out new hairdo's on Hayley. I'm trying to expand my repitoire (sp?). I had to take a pic. of this cause it reminds me of a cute picture of Brandon's mom where she has her hair in braids and is about the same age- they look alot alike!

We're so excited for Halloween- I've already been scoping out the King Size Candy Bar Neighborhoods! Brandon and I went to a Halloween party last weekend and the theme was something SUPER - so, he's Super Mario and I'm Super Glue. We're such dorks- but, we had a good time! ;)

Where have the days gone?

I can't believe I haven't posted since Mariah's b-day. Here's a quick recap of the past 3 wks.

MORE painting: BEFORE pics-
More painting- BEFORE:

AFTER:

Camping trip. We took a picture of this tarantula and then went down the road to a diff. camping spot!

Fishing at the lake

Mariah's 1st B-day!

I can't believe she's one already! Here she is sporting some new birthday duds (I got Hayley matching capris and shirt- I couldn't resist, it was on clearance!)

More b-day duds- yes, she's playing w/ the darts from Ethan's "police gun"

First cupcake. YUMMY!

This is her new stroller/walker. She still can't walk- so we're hoping this will help! I'm not sure, though, because this morning she was trying to climb inside and wouldn't push it! My cute, lazy baby!

Ethan planned her "birthday party" which consisted of: pin the diaper on the baby game, a crawling race, and ring pop party favors! ;) What a fun day!