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.

Happy Birthday Boys!

Happy 3rd Birthday Dylan &

Happy 30th Birthday Jeff!

The boys celebrated their 3rd birthday together over the weekend.  We had a small birthday party at Grandma & Grandpa Gray's house to celebrate with good food, presents, cake & awesome family!  It was a great party & a great time.  Thank you to everyone to helped make the boys' day a special one!

The very awesome birthday cake!  Dylan's favorite movie is Cars & loves all the characters from that movie.  His cake this year was Lightning McQueen!  Thank you Grandma Gray!

Dylan enjoying some of his birthday cake & ice cream!  I can't believe my little boy is 3 years old!

Dylan was so excited to open all his presents.  Daddy & Dylan sat center stage and ripped into all of their gifts.  Dylan loved every single one.

Thank you again to everyone for all of the awesome gifts!  Dylan is spending a rainy Monday exploring all his new stuff.

 A picture of just a few of the guests that came to celebrate the boys' birthday.  The weather couldn't have been any nicer.  It really was an all around awesome day.

Dylan's buddies, Kadee & Kaylee came to celebrate and play!  He had a blast playing with them all afternoon.  When it was time for them to go, he gave them both big hugs!  

The twins were so sweet too!  They sat right in front of Dylan and quietly watched him open all his presents.  They are such amazing kids!  

And of course you cannot forget about Kiersten!  She was such a ham & making just about everyone smile and laugh at one point.  She is such a little ball of sunshine!  I'm so glad that all three of the girls could come & celebrate with Dylan!

Thank you again to everyone for everything!  You all helped make Dylan & Jeff's birthdays a great one!

Hiking at Kings Gap

Kings Gap is a PA state park in Cumberland County.  At the top of the mountain is a gorgeous mansion overlooking the valleys below.  The park also had 16 miles of hiking trails including a Scenic Vista Trail,  which we decided to hike for the day.  It's labeled as an easy to moderate trail that has benches strategically placed so that you may relax & enjoy the view of Michaux State Forest.

The Labor Day weekend brought with it the most gorgeous outdoor weather you could dream of.  All week we have been roasting in the 90 degree temperature that broke just in time for the holiday weekend.  So the three of us decided to do some hiking in the perfect hiking weather.

We packed a little picnic lunch to take with us on our hike so we stopped about halfway through our hike to sit, relax & refuel.

Dylan hiking down a rocky hill with Daddy.  Dylan quite enjoys being in the woods and observing every little detail.  He had to touch almost every single tree that was on or beside the path.  Last time we went hiking, he had to stand on every rock.  What can I say, he soaks it all in, haha.

Daddy, Dylan & Mommy at the "Scenic Overlook."  It was gorgeous!  Sitting on those benches and feeling the refreshing breeze was just what I wanted and needed on a beautiful day like this.

We did roughly 2 miles of hiking that day.  Dylan did an excellent job hiking, even up the steep, rocky parts near the top.  It was not surprising that he was going to crash.  Daddy gave Dylan a lift for the last part of our hike back to the car.  I was sure that he was going to fall asleep perched up there, haha.  He did fall asleep and take quite a nap on the ride home though.