Congrats Melissa and Justin!

Just had to share some good news we just got - my cousins just found out that they have been chosen as the adoptive parents for a soon-to-be born baby boy! I am so excited for them! The birth mom is having some blood pressure problems so there is a possibility that he will be here in 3 weeks but if she's able to carry him full term he will be born at Christmastime! Please keep the mom and baby's health and Melissa and Justin in your prayers as they prepare for their little one!

Congrats!!!

Pumpkin carving with my pumpkin!

This afternoon we carved our pumpkins that we got at the pumpkin patch. Hudson enjoyed it. He sat on the counter and "helped" quite a bit of the time. He would not stick his arm in the pumpkin for a long time, but after I got it all cleaned out then he decided it was okay. But he still enjoyed sitting there and talking about the seeds ("eeewww" "gross") and "cutting" the pumpkin. He also ate a little pumpkin and must have thought it wasn't bad cause he tried several bites! He especially got excited when I carved an Elmo face in my pumpkin for him. Definitely the highlight of the pumpkin carving - although playing with the screwdriver was probably a close second!

Gotta get this pumpkin cleaned out!

Cut it right here

Working hard!

A little cheese to go along with our pumpkin!

Hudson's ELMO that I did for him on the back side of my pumpkin. He loves him.

A little snack...

Maybe just one more bite...

Cheesing with his ELMO pumpkin

Family pic - my pumpkin is the S one and Jamie's is the scary one (in case you couldn't tell!)

sleepy boy

You would think since he was so tired he went right down for a nap and slept a good couple hours, right? WRONG - this is HUDSON we are talking about. He was asleep as soon as I took him out of the seat but as soon as I put him in his bed and he was up crying. Took me 30 minutes to get him back to sleep - for a 20 minute nap! Is it even worth it?!?!?

painting pumpkins

This morning we painted our small pumpkins. This was Hudson's first experience with painting and he enjoyed it. I think we definitely will be doing more painting projects this winter to keep us occupied. He did a pretty good job of keeping the paint on the pumpkin and the plate only - just a little on his hands and he only tried to eat it twice. So all in all it was a good, fun time!

SC Homecoming

Our friends - Jamie's college roommate - came down from KC this weekend and we spent the day yesterday in Sterling for Homecoming. In the morning they had a parade and then in the afternoon there was a football game. Here's all the kids waiting for the parade to start:

In these next 3 pictures we are still waiting for the parade to start but I think Hudson was just as - if not more - entertained with the cars and trucks driving by before the parade started!

Of course, there was candy once the parade started so maybe that was a little better!

Hudson, Elise, Jamie and Addison swinging.

Leaves

Hudson loves playing in the leaves now. Never mind the hundreds of leaves lying on the ground though- he'd rather pull them off the trees!

" Throwing" leaves up above his head - "up high" as Hudson says. He never actually let go of the leaves but he still thought it was great fun.

Hudson Stinemetz