Lexie Ann...8 months

Eight months.

This crazy, funny, on-the-go little one

is 8 months old already!

This past month was a busy one for Miss Lexie...

in more ways than one. :)

She went to her first tailgate...

and Bulldog game.

She made her first trip to the Avila Barn...

and fell in love with a goat and a cow.

She got to celebrate her first Halloween...

with Zoo Boo...

and dressing up as the cutest, little cheetah!

Speaking of cheetahs...

she got to check out the new African Adventures

exhibit at the zoo.

Did I mention that she has been "on-the-go?"

Yup...this girl is a wild one!

She can crawl everywhere...

and anywhere.

The other morning I got out of the shower

to find that Chad had created

this barricade...

to try and contain her.

He is convinced that she will be some sort of security expert...

because she can find a hole and get out of anything and everything. :)

Bath time has certainly gotten more exciting!

We were bathing her in the sink...

and then she discovered her LOVE 

of splashing.

Since the water was getting everywhere...

I moved her to the tub...

and she LOVES it!

I don't think we have to worry about her being

afraid of the water the way Landry was. ;)

Time for the monthly photo shoot

with LionBear.

She is continuing to be less than cooperative...

but none the less...lovable as always!

Oh how I wish I could slow down time...

but unfortunately I can't.

So, we are trying to enjoy 

each and every moment...

because before we know it...

she'll be turning ONE!

October Fun!

Yup...it is November already...

and I am still trying to catch up on

my October posts.

So...here is one long, picture packed

post sharing some of the fun we had in October.

As you know, we made our annual trip to Avila.

One of the main objectives while we were there was to get

a pumpkin large enough to put Lexie in. :)

You might remember that for Landry's first Halloween

we got a pumpkin and put him in it...

and the picture was pretty epic.

So...we had to try and recreate the moment with Lexie.

She wasn't loving it so much...

Then she came to terms with the fact

that she was in a pumpkin...

and decided to make herself comfortable!

I was lucky enough to get chosen as a chaperone

for Landry's field trip to the pumpkin patch

with his kindergarten class!

On the bus...ready to go!

Landry has made some of the sweetest...and spunkiest friends!

It also helps that I love his friends' mamas. :)

Look out world...

these three could be trouble...

or completely amazing!

Either way...they're sure to have fun!

Hayride fun!!!

The perfect pumpkin...

cutest group of kindergarteners...

and one tired mama...

equals field trip success!!!

We also went to Zoo Boo this year for the first time!

Landry and Amelia

Yup...our cheetah is attacking our zebra...

what else would you expect?

It isn't Halloween without some pumpkin carving fun!

Landry was finally "willing" to scoop

out the goop from his pumpkin this year.

My pumpkin proved to be a tough one to carve...

broken knife and all!

Yup...that's the rest of the blade...

stuck in the pumpkin...lovely.

Here was our "Pumpkin Carving Supervisor."

Still scooping the goop...

and carving is a very serious job.

Landry was very proud of his final product!

Yes, it does look pretty much just like

last year's pumpkin.

Why change up the design?

"That's the way I carve my pumpkins, Mom."

All three of our finished products!

October was a fun-filled, crazy-busy month.

I am so glad that our calendar for November is pretty empty.

Looking forward to hanging out and enjoying the "quiet"

before the craziness of December is upon us. :)

Happy Halloween 2015!

Yup...another Halloween has come and gone...

which can only mean one thing...

Christmas is tomorrow. ;)

Just kidding.

Not really.

For the past three years Landry

has chosen what he has wanted to be for Halloween.

Since I LOVE to make his/our costumes,

I try to get him to narrow done and commit

to one idea pretty early...and he ends

up determining the theme for our costumes. :)

This year he was set from summer...

zebra!

So, I hit up Pinterest...

and found lots of "sexy" zebras...

but not too many cute, little-kid zebras.

So I took one idea...duct tape...and ran with it.

Here is our little zebra!

Yes, I made the entire costume.

Not even going to lie...I'm pretty proud of myself. :)

I used white flannel for the base.

Then cut black duct tape for the stripes,

pipe cleaners for the mane, and foam sheets

for the hooves.

To go with our zebra...

Lexie the cheetah!

Her costume was a lot less complicated...

sweatshirt from Wal-Mart, black tights,

and then I made her ears from sweatpants

that I cut up, black duct tape, and one

of her many elastic headbands. :)

Trick or treating time!

Landry is not the most enthusiastic trick-or-treater.

Oh...and to the grown man, dressed up like a zombie,

that had my child in tears, running from your house,

on both sides of the street...ya...I have special name for you...

and it isn't a nice one!

After hitting about 7 houses

on our street...and running for home,

two times...in tears...

Landry decided he was done and that

he wanted to go see Nawnie and Papa.

So...we "closed up shop"

at our house...

loaded up the car...and headed to Nawnie's!

Landry was STILL worried about the zombie getting

him so he didn't want to go trick-or-treating in Nawnie

and Papa's neighborhood. :(

All in all, it was a fun night!

We didn't host our annual Halloween Party...

but here's a look back at our costumes over the years...

Landry's 1st Halloween...

Some how I don't have a picture of our 

vampire and baby bat family together. :(

Landry as a yard gnome...

The Rubbles...2012

Under the Big Top...2013

Yes, I am still annoyed that Chad went 

"scary-creepy" clown instead of

"fun-vintage" clown.

Posion Ivy (preggo with Lexie), the Riddler,

and Batman...2014

And if you are wondering...of course ALL of the candy was

gone when we got home. 

But our pumpkins were still intact. :)