Fun with the grandparents

Last week, I went up to my parents house to just get away. The boys love spending time with up there and playing with Nana and Papa. They love to play all the time, and when we are up there they always have plenty of people to entertain them.

Nana and Papa always are there to play!

We always spend time with Caroline and Jackson when we are there. This time, the boys really are playing and love to watch Jackson. Before long they will be chasing him.

Our attempt at a picture with our boys! ;)

Nana bought the boys their first pair of big boy shoes. They are pulling up and I know they will start trying to walk soon, so I wanted to go ahead and get them used to shoes. Matt and I are going to have to start a savings fund just to keep these boys in shoes. Thank you Nana!!

Dee Dee and Ron came to visit us for a weekend! I am so glad they got to spend some time with the boys! We had a blast with them.

We love Dee Dee!

Uncle Kyle and Aunt Kelli came too. Thank you Uncle Kyle for reading us a book!

We have had a fun couple of weeks visiting with friends and family, now on to the holidays!!!

I heard Christmas music in the store the other day and teared up thinking about my first holidays with my sweet boys! I can't wait!!!! They make everything so MUCH MORE fun!

Update and Halloween

We had a great October! The past few weeks have been so busy with us all getting sick at some point, having friends visit from Tampa, Halloween, Dee Dee and Ron coming from Texas, and then spending time at my parents while Matt was sick. So much to update on. This post is just on Halloween. I will post later this week on visiting with all the grandparents.

A quick update on the boys before we get to ALL the pictures!

Shep has had a big couple of weeks. He now has 4 teeth and is officially crawling.. YEA! He is already so much happier now that he can get toys he wants. I think life just got easier for him.. I am not so much certain for me! ;) He still isn't a big fan of table food. He still just holds out his tongue until it falls off.

Spence is getting a lot more vocal. He is still my laid back one, but is starting to come out of his shell a little bit. He is constantly saying "Dada" and crawling around everywhere fast. I think he is going to be my climber. He is already trying to climb into the bottom of the raised excersauser.

My precious boys are going to be 10 months on Thursday!! I can't believe it!!! Since they are almost 10 months, I decided to start them in bible class yesterday. They did great and were so intrigued with all the songs and manipulatives!

Now on to Halloween...

For Halloween this year, Spence was a lion and Shep was the scarecrow. Matt and I had planned on dressing up as Dorothy and The Tin Man, but we weren't able to go to our Halloween Party, so we just didn't bother with it!

They were both very intrigued by the carving of the pumpkin. I always remember how special and fun carving the pumpkins was as a family. I can't wait for the boys to be able to dig in and get all messy next year! I love how they look so proud of what their Daddy did!

We went up to Birmingham to trick-or-treat with Jessie and Woody!

Shep and Spence kept looking at each other trying to figure this whole thing out!

Trick-or-treating with Papa and Nana

Riding on the hayride

We also went trick-or-treating in downtown Auburn with some friends from church.

Shep and Spence are so lucky that they are going to grow up with so many great christian friends!

Fall Fun

Since we are all better and it has been a rough week, I decided that Shepherd and Spencer needed their first art project! I can't wait to plan more activities for me to do with them!

Inspecting their ingredients

They would rather chew on a moon pie in the package

GREAT job boys!!!

If they could only take a bite...

LOVED tearing up the moon pie box!

Now we have two new little owls in our house

Rough few days...

Here is a summary of the past 3 days at the Hall household...

-Spence has croup

- Spence has runny nose

-Spence has stomach issues

-Shep has runny eye and likes to be held or walked around

-We have a broken toilet

-We have a broken heater

-Broken door knobs...

...AND Matt will be gone most of the day tomorrow at church and meetings in the afternoon

This tired mama is just getting more tired...BUT...

-God has blessed us with 2 amazing boys that love to smile and laugh

-I am so thankful that I have parents who will make special trips to come help out

- I am so thankful that I have a husband who will walk the boys around the neighborhood when they are fussy (even if it was during the 4th quarter of the Auburn game and he kept running to hear what was going on)

aren't they just precious?!?!?! I hope they feel better soon!

Life is good!

What is Spencer like at 9 months?

Spencer Matthew

19 lbs 7 oz

27 1/4 inches

-is a Mommy's boy

-has 1 tooth starting to poke through

-has bright blue eyes

-his smile takes up his whole face

-his smile brightens up a room

-loves to give kisses that leave your face soaking wet

-does the army crawl around everywhere

-loves to explore the room

-is easy going

-when he wants Mommy he wines likes a little puppy dog

-says "Dada" all the time

-gets excited and shakes his arms and legs

-sometimes he gets too excited to crawl and tries to crawl fast and ends up just "swimming" in one place

-loves to eat anything especially... well...anything

-has learned to drink from a sippy cup

-laughs all the time

-is very ticklish

-loves for you to read to him, but would rather hold it while you read

-Loves the books Llama Llama Red Pajama, The Magic Hat, and Bark George!

-loves his paci and lovie

-crawls around with his lovie while holding onto his elephant's trunk

-favorite color is blue

(blue paci and lovie)

-loves being outside and watching the trees blow

-loves to spit and blow bubbles; especially when he has food in his mouth!

Spencer, I love waking up every morning to your sweet, happy face. You can make anyone happy with that laugh of yours! I love watching you crawl around and explore your new little world. You make your Daddy and I laugh with your sweet facial expressions. We can't wait to see what you discover next! We love you as high as the mountains and as deep as the sea!

What is Shepherd like at 9 months?

Shepherd Mark

20 lbs 5 oz

27 3/4 inches

-is a Daddy's boy

-has 3 teeth

-has a full head of thick dark hair (we finally trimmed it a little)

-crinkles his nose when he laughs

-copied Daddy yesterday by shaking his head

-laughs when other people laugh (he likes to be in the conversation)

-snorts when he gets excited while waving his arms

-can pull up to standing and walk around his crib

-his favorite thing to do is pull up, and he wants to do it all the time!

-plays peek a boo with his lovie

-loves for you to read books to him; Some of his favorites are Llama Llama Red Pajama, and Go Dog Go

-will hold a book to look at the pictures and turn the pages on his own

-rolls around the floor to get to where he wants to go

-rubs his face when he is tired with anything that is available, but especially his hands

-likes to stick out his tongue

-loves being outside

-loves to watch Tex and the trees blowing

-is more of a picky eater. If he doesn't like something, he will stick out his tongue with the food still on there and cough

-some of his favorites are sweet potatoes, carrots and all fruit

-coughs for attention

-has become more sensitive, cries when I tell his brother no no

-favorite color is green ;)

-has the cutest crooked smile just like his Daddy

Shepherd, you are such a blessing to your Daddy and me! You are starting to play back with us and we love hearing you laugh. We know you are a deep thinker and love trying to figure out what you are going to do next. We can't wait to see all the new milestones you are going to be achieving over the next few months! We love you as high as the mountains and as deep as the sea!

(excuse the mess, we had just finished dinner)

Tomorrow...What is Spencer like at 9 Months?

9 Months old

Today my sweet babies are 9 months old! We go to the doctor this afternoon, so I will post stats later. I am a little emotional today after I TRIED to get a 9 month photo of my 2 boys. I took many pictures and didn't get one of them both looking at me. We will try again once Daddy gets home and can help. I did however manage to get these cute pictures to compare to them at 6 weeks in our big chair. HOW THEY HAVE GROWN!!

I love you Shepherd and Spencer!!

6 Weeks

9 Months