HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We had such a fun Halloween night, although at Dallas' age there isn't much to do other than dress him up and take pictures!

I followed my sister Kim's tradition of making chili and cornbread...such a good meal for a cold Halloween night!

We had dessert and treats with our neighbors then passed out candy. My Uncle Paul and Aunt Leslie stopped by on their way through Boise, so we got to hang out and chat with them for a bit too. All in all it was a great night!

Dallas and the neighbor kids all dressed up

Dallas and daddy

Our neighbors set bails of hay in their trailer and drove all the kids around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat. They had blankets, hot chocolate and even a strobe light! Next year Dallas (and I!) will be LOVING this!

Dallie and mommy

Halloween Fun!

Dallas and I flew to SLC Wednesday to go to my mom's annual Halloween party! We ended up being there less than 24 hrs. but it was worth it. Not only does my mom LOVE holidays, she loves to throw a party too! She went all out as usual and the party was so much fun!

Dallas was such a good sport in his costume and loved being with everyone!

I LOVE MY LITTLE LION!!!

I was so happy Teag's parents came over to see Dallie in his costume!

Dallas with Grandpa Reynolds

Dallas and his witch grandma!

This was Dallas pre-party, he thinks he's ready to start feeding himself!

Dallas and Uncle J - we were SO happy he was able to come hang out with us for the afternoon. He is doing pretty well and looks great!

Dallas had so much fun with him!

My mom and dad after the festivities were done. They are so cute together and LOVE being grandparents! My dad loves to say the only reason to have kids is to get grandkids!

6 months old!

Well, we had Dallas' 6 month appt. yesterday! He is doing great - 17 lb. 9 oz. (50%) and 28 in. (90%). He had his shots and was tough as always. The Dr. said we can start him on cereal, so below are pictures of the big event. The Dr. also advised me that I can stop feeding him in the night and start letting him 'cry it out'. It was tough! Teag had to remind me at 1 am and 5 am that he was fine and would fall back asleep soon. 10 min. (which felt like an hour!) later he was asleep both times. We'll see how tonight goes!

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He has also gotten in his 2 bottom teeth! I have attempted to get pictures for a few weeks now, but he won't let me! He covers his teeth with his tongue whenever I try to look at them.

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Our favorite new thing that Dallas does is give us loves! He hugs me around the neck and will plant a big, slobbery, open mouth on my cheek when I say "give mommy loves". At first I was the only one getting them, but he has started giving them to Teag too. Good thing because his daddy was kind of getting his feelings hurt!

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The other new thing is his scream/squeal. Since our last day in New Jersey he has started this high pitch squeal. I hear it all day long! Yesterday at gymboree it was constant, and kept all the other mom's laughing hysterically! Today he let one out in the bank and got attention from everyone there! It is SO funny when we hear him doing it on the monitor at night when he is going to bed. He keeps us laughing and smiling always :)

Teag getting ready to give Dallie his first taste!

Yeah, he liked it alright!

Who knew rice cereal could be this great?!

Cooper sat patiently waiting for Dallas to be done. Once he was, Cooper licked up any remaining cereal from Dallas' bib and tray

NEW JERSEY

Dallas and I spent the past week in New Jersey with my sister Lisa and her cute family. We had so much fun just doing their day-to-day stuff with them, watching our shows at night after all the kids were in bed, going to Panera for lunch, doing a little shopping, celebrating Eliza's 1st B-day, and enjoying our fountain drinks all along the way!

Eliza and Dallas hanging out in the kitchen-he was FASCINATED watching her eat baby food and real food in her high-chair

While we were there Dallas sat up by himself for the first time!

Me and my little buddy

Eliza going to town on her cupcake at her birthday party

I guess Dallas changed his mind about giving Eliza 'Baby Tad' for her birthday, he wanted it for himself!

Dallie hanging out in the swing

Dallas with the O'Neil girls! He LOVED spending time with his cousins (and is going to be so bored with just me during the day now!)

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Teag was waiting anxiously at the airport and has not been apart from his best little buddy for a minute since we got home! Dallas was pretty excited to see his Daddy too - they've been watching football, cuddling and playing nonstop!

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend Teag and I took Dallas to the pumpkin patch for a hayride and some pictures!

We're back!

Dallas and I got back from Utah last week and have just been getting back into our routine. Dallas LOVED hanging out with the boys and watching their every move. They were adorable with him and told Kim they were just going to pretend he was their baby brother

for a few weeks - so cute!

We had movie nights, went to the Children's Museum, went to Fat Cat's, hung out with Gram Reynolds and played at home!

Benny sleeping with his cat 'Mia'

Ben, Isaak and Dallas posing before their soccer games

The kids were so good the whole time, so on my last day with them we went to 'Build-A-Bear'. Dallas got a cheetah just like Isaak, and Benny got cat-in-the-hat

Dallas LOVES his cheetah!

We suprised Kim, Steve and my parents at the airport-sign and all!

Kim and Steve thanked me with Swiss chocolates, Cafe Rio and a dreamy massage!

Although we had a great time, we were happy to come home. Teag missed his best little buddy SOOO much!

hiatus

I probably won't be blogging for a bit as Dallas and I are heading to SLC tomorrow to hang out with these two cuties for a bit! My sister Kim, her husband Steve, and my parents are going to Europe and I am "big-boy sitting" Isaak and Ben. Kim has me all taken care of with after school play dates scheduled, and my cutest Grandma Reynolds is going to come hang out with me during the day. Full report to come in a few weeks!

5 MONTHS OLD!

I can't believe our baby boy is already 5 months old! While it feels like just yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital, I can not imagine life without him! He is more fun each day.

I think he may be teething because EVERYTHING goes into his mouth, he is drooling like crazy, and he is a little fussy. He is still as sweet and cute as ever though!

just playing

watching football with daddy - what am I in for?!

fun with my little man!

This boy loves his bouncy seat!

Dallas is SUCH a happy baby! I love playing with him. We started a gymboree class this week and he was wide-eyed and smiling the whole time. The teacher and the other mom's were dying at how excited he was, especially when we brought out the Gymbo puppets!

Labor Day

This is our niece, Hailey, dancing with Cooper. She came up with Stacey (her mom) and Carl (Stacey's boyfriend) for the weekend. The dogs were sad after Hailey left, she is so good with them-always playing with them and taking them on walks. The poor things just don't get the same attention they used to!

We went to the park, walked around and ate downtown, and on Monday Teag, Hailey and Stacey floated the Boise River in tubes. We love visitors and had such a great time!

This is at the park - Dallas loves to play with his daddy. He is all smiles when Teag is around!

Newport Beach

The week after Sandpoint we headed for the Reynolds annual trip to Newport Beach. We have a blast at the beach, hit the fun zone at night, do a little girls night at Fashion Island, Crab Cooker for dinner, and this year we added the High School Musical 2 premiere-the trip was 'FABULOUS'!



Dallas had fun watching all his cousins play, but watch out next year guys, he and Eliza (10 mo.) will be running around playing spies and cousins' club with you!

Sandpoint

A few weeks ago we had a Whiting family reunion in Sandpoint Idaho. We spent some time at Lake Pondereille and checked out this beautiful little mountain town! We even took the dogs and they LOVED it!

time at the lake

We were able to spend some time with Teag's brother Judd, his wife Amberlynn and their baby girl Valerie. She and Dallas were very interested in each other and soon became great little buddies!