Dylan's 1st Pumpkin Carving

Dylan & I went to pick out a pumpkin to carve this year for Halloween.  We decided to go pick one out and carve it before little brother gets here.  First, Dylan picking out a pumpkin is a painfully slow process.  He runs from one pumpkin to the next saying "Ohh Mommy, look at this pumpkin.  Ohh, look at THIS pumpkin."  We finally found the perfect Dylan pumpkin and headed home.  After we ate dinner, Daddy & Dylan sat down to tackle the pumpkin together.  This was the first year that Dylan carved a pumpkin so he was super excited.  On top of that, Jeff couldn't remember how many years it had been since he, himself, had carved one.  Dylan would not stick his hands in the pumpkin to pull out the seeds & goo.  He said it was too yucky.  Goofball... we tried and tried but he refused to put his hands in the goo and made Daddy do it, ha ha.  I wanted to put up a picture of Dylan's 1st pumpkin carving because he was SO excited about it.  He loves it!!!

Sleepy Hollow Ride Day

Sleepy Hollow MX track had a fun day or a ride day where you could come and ride your dirt bike for the day.  The boys enjoyed riding on a different track.  The ladies enjoyed sunshine & taking pictures.  Dylan enjoyed watching all the bikes & all of the other big trucks & tractors he could find as well.  There was beautiful weather and overall a very fun day.

Dylan & Mommy checking out the bulldozer.  See, Dylan had to check out all things there including this, the tractors, the water truck, etc.

Aunt Amanda watching & taking pictures of the boys riding their bikes.

Some times it was a bit loud, especially when a lot of bikes were nearby.  Dylan didn't seem too bothered by it and just covered his ears, ha ha.

Grandpa Gray out on the track.

Daddy enjoying a day of riding.

And JR out on the track as well.  

Dylan's 1st Dirt Bike

Daddy & Dylan checking out the new helmet & dirt bike.  Yes, they actually make them that small.  I was surprised too, ha ha.  You can even put training wheels on it, as you can see.

Dylan trying on the new helmet with Daddy & waving hi to Mommy.

Dylan listening to Grandpa Gray talking about all the bikes parts and what they do.

I must say, that's a pretty cool looking helmet!

Um... yeah.  The "big" kids had to have fun too, ha ha ha!

See... even Grandpa Gray couldn't resist the munchkin bike.  Although, watching the "big" boys ride his little bike probably gave him a little more motivation to give it a try.

Dylan is very cautious about anything new.  It always takes him a little bit to warm up to anything new.  Even riding his powerwheels 4 wheeler was followed by a couple rides with Mommy first.  Dylan took Daddy for a couple rides on the bike first to warm up to it a bit.  Not to mention, Daddy could have a chance to show him how everything works and what not.  I was so scared but Mr. Brave decided to put his helmet on and give his bike a try all on his own.  I am comforted by the helmet & training wheels but will probably always be nervous when he rides a bike.  But I'm a Mom, what do you expect, ha ha.

Big Wheel Fun!

 Just a couple pictures that Daddy took when Dylan was outside riding his big wheel.

Baby Boy Update

36 weeks of giant baby belly

 At 37 weeks, they did one last ultrasound to make sure that little man is growing just right & to also make sure that he has plenty of room to go the full 40 weeks.  Little man is growing just fine.  His due date of October 26th is probably going to be fairly accurate.  Unless of course, he decides to surprise us with an early visit or procrastinate a bit like his big brother did.  Either way, he theoretically could arrive any day now, hehe.  Little man was not being very cooperative at his last ultrasound appearance.  The above picture is almost a profile shot but has his back turned toward us.  The bottom picture is another profile shot with his hands curled up at his face, again like his big brother.  Oh... and can you believe that the munchkin already weighs 6 lbs 12 ounces when this ultrasound was done.  A little bit bigger than his brother was at this point.