Halloween Festivities

We were invited to a Halloween Party last night! We all had a great time. I must say that our hostess did a great job with the decorations and creepy food. There was a brain made of shrimp and I don't even know what else, I can't believe I didn't take a photo, but it was so cool. Dave, Sophie, Max and I weren't sure what we should dress up as. Well, Sophie was determined to be Princess Sleeping Beauty (that's what she calls Aurora), but since that is her costume for Halloween and I didn't want her messing up her Halloween costume before the holiday I decided that I needed to find costumes for all of us. Plus I really wanted a cohesive plan for our costumes so we would blend/match.
Then there was finding a costume for Dave and I. I don't know if I am becoming more prudish as I get older or if the Halloween costumes are becoming trashier, but I could not find anything appropriate for a family of four. Or that I was willing to wear to a costume party with my kids. Maybe I am becoming a prude.
Anyways, I decided Dave and I would be Zookeepers, Sophie re-wore her monkey costume from last year and Max is a LION! How cute is he? I wanted to squeeze him into little pieces. I made Dave and my costumes from work shirts from Sears and some felt applique.
As you can tell Max isn't much of a party animal (ha ha) because he fell asleep shortly after we arrived at the party. I will say that most costumes sold in stores are too warm for our current climate. Poor Max almost got heat stroke from wearing that costume for an hour and Sophie took hers off in favor of the leggings and t-shirt she was wearing underneath.

On a side note; I noticed this year that I don't have very many Halloween decorations and I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of the scary decorations that are so prevalent at stores nowadays. Part of that stems from the fact that Sophie is a bit of a scaredy cat and already has nightmares fairly often (active imagination). Plus I'm a bit of a scaredy cat. When I saw these decorations on a blog I frequent (MADE) that she found at Country Living, I just had to get my own. After a morning of cutting construction paper, I had a flock of bats that had invaded our kitchen. Sophie wasn't super excited at first but she doesn't seem to mind them so much anymore. Dave said it reminds him of Austin (TX) so I think I'm pretty happy with our decorations for this year.

Max's Baptism

I promised photos of Max's baptism... We flew to Chicago and had his baptism at his godparents parish. Max was great, he didn't cry when the water was poured over him. The reason there are no photos of Sophie is that she fell asleep in her stroller before the baptism and slept through everything. She woke up in time for lunch and cake later.

Max almost asleep after the baptism

Max being baptized

Listening to the Deacon talk about the importance of baptism

Emily (Max's godmother), me, Max, John (Max's godfather)

We're MOVING!

Apparently my whining is quite powerful, because the day after I announced to the world what a whiny baby I am, Dave received his orders. We will be moving back to Bangor, Washington this spring.

Sophie when we moved into our current house. February 2009

Dave and I are both excited to start this next stage of our lives. Although possibly for different reasons. I will admit that I am really excited to be back on the mainland because the shopping is better =). It's also really nice that we are already familiar with the area and have several friends there. I'm a little worried since this is the first move where Sophie can actually understand what's happening. Plus I am going to MISS the heck out of my parents. I've been trying to convince my dad that he needs to transfer to the shipyard in Bremerton, but so far he isn't falling in line with my plans. I'm not looking forward to the actual move, but it does give me a good excuse to get rid of things we don't need or use anymore. Assuming I Dave and I can agree on what those things actually are. I'll be sure to keep everyone posted the closer we get to our big move.

Rock and Rolling Max

I can't believe Max is 7 months old. It seems like time has just flown by. Max was a little late to the rolling game. All his little friends were rolling long before he managed to move his giant baby body off his back or tummy =). Although now that he's mastered rolling he can propel himself around a room and even into another one if he wants to. I watched him yesterday roll across the office to Sophie's play stroller, turn it over and proceed to chew on the wheels. I don't think it will be long before he starts crawling. Which will present some problems since Sophie isn't inclined to share her toys (or his for that matter). I spend a lot of my time telling Sophie to give Max back his ball or car or whatever he happened to be playing with.