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Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving. The only problem is I didn't take any pics.

We spent the day with Greg's family. His dad even got to come for the day.

We ate lots and had a good time with our family.

Then we did some light shopping on Friday. Got lots of goodies, mainly for Josh. I complain on a daily basis that Josh has too many toys, but there I was, buying more. I convince myself that I don't want to buy more than one or two things for him, but then get sucked in at the toy store at all the things I just KNOW he will love! Ha. Oops!!!

We got our Christmas tree. Josh was actually awake this year. It was the first time he's been awake for it. Yay!

Then Sunday we went to my family's Thanksgiving. Well, I did. Josh was sick AGAIN!

I hope everyone had a great long weekend!

Happy Halloween!

So I wasn't as good this year about getting pictures of Josh . I apparently didn't get any when he went trick or treating, and I forgot our camera when we went to Boo at the Zoo. Riding the train seems to be the highlight of Josh's existence so far. He was literally shaking with excitement. A friend got a pic that I will have to post when I get it from her! Otherwise, here are the pics I did get from Halloween!

Josh tried scooping once or twice, but then he just said "ewww!"

This is my favorite picture of all time! One day Greg widened his eyes at Josh and Josh called it "Big Eyes." From then on, Josh tried to do "Big Eyes" and his mouth goes big right along with his eyes. It is so cute and funny. So we did the pumpkin after Josh's "Big Eyes" and he LOVES it! It's still on the porch and he talks to it about its big eyes!

Josh was Lighting McQueen, sort of. He had a race car driver jumper with a pic of Lighting McQueen on it! And he said momma was a "princess!" This is from our play group party we did at the church.


I made a giant maze out of boxes I collected from different members. It was fun, but I'm not sure it was worth all the time and effort....

This is at our church Trunk or Treat. He got too good at saying "trick or treat." By the time we were done with all the cars he could barely lift his bucket.

Dada and Josh in our trunk giving out candy!

What can I say? He had too much candy! Or "candies" as he likes to say.

This is one of Josh's little buddies, Gordan. He had a great Chef's costume that his mom made. Then like all kids do, he found a giant dirty puddle and jumped in it. Here he was being a scary monster. I guess the dirt inspired him.

This is the Sister Missionaries in our ward right now. Sister Mellor and Sister Hatch. They looked great as pirates!

Inside the SciQuest

The Hands on Trucks was at the Huntsville version of the McWane Center called SciQuest. I think Greg and I enjoyed it more than Josh! I didn't get many pics of Josh inside b/c we were busy playing and he was just running around.

Josh and Grandpa looking "inside" their stomach!

A big echo tube he "talked" to Grandpa with.

This was fun. You turned a wheel to make this dude burp!

No comments necessary. Greg's favorite!

How awesome!!! A giant operation game!

A sit n' spin magnet force.

Hands On Trucks in Huntsville!

This was so much fun. I had a hard time narrowing down the pictures, yes these are narrowed down. As you will see, Josh just wanted to run around looking at the trucks, not get inside. But you were allowed to play in them. Everyone should do this next year!

Take a tour with Josh through all of the trucks...
All he said for the tall bucket trucks was..."OOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Greg's dad lives in Huntsville. So we had a fun day with Grandpa! He even got to do the news!

It's hard to say what was his favorite. (Unfortunately I think the only truck NOT there was garbage truck or that would have won.) I mean, a real live dump truck, oh my!

How fitting. Momma and Josh in front of the Ice Cream truck!

Besides running around, he kept finding his way back to the traffic cones to knock them over. Then Grandpa picked them up, then he knocked them back over. You get the idea.

They even had an R.V.

and a fire and rescue...

and for all you C.S.I. fans...

"Sarge!" well, not really, but scary, right? A real-life army jeep with a BIG gun!

Like I said, he wasn't in the mood to actually get ON the trucks. Even the tracker and giant "scoop!" that he normally would kill to get on!

And he got his own moving box that he wouldn't let go of.

What an eventful day. I'll save the inside pictures for another post. Everyone should really check this out next year.

Not just for babies butts...

So Ashley told me she had heard about using baby wipes for make-up removal.

Well I had been meaning to try it out, but hadn't gotten around to it. The other day was long and tiring for many reasons, but when I finally got home and flopped in bed I had forgotten all about washing my face and I remembered this idea.

It works GREAT!!!!! It removed all my make-up (except for some mascara) and left my face feeling fresh as a, well....baby's bottom!!!

My New Nephew!

Noah Jeremiah Buck
Born 9/18/09

Josh and I got to hang out with my niece and nephew, Hayleigh and Jordan, while my sister-in-law went in for her c-section.

Josh did a good job dividing his play time. He was such a good little host! He played cars with his cousin Jordan and dolls with his cousin Hayleigh. She made him the "dad" and he got to help push the stroller! Ha.

Another baby brother for Hayleigh! And this is my sister-in-law, Brandi.

My brother Ray, the proud father!

My Dad turns 50 tomorrow!

My dad turns 50 tomorrow! Where has the time gone?

We had his party last weekend. I guess I was too busy making the cake to get any pics. Hopefully I can get some from my step-mom. Anyway, this is the cake I made. He loved it! Gross, I know, but what can I say? Guys love poop humor!!! You can't read it very well from the pic, but it said "After 50, everything turns to crap."

Yes, it was all edible. The toilet water was gel icing and the "poop" was frosting too!

YUM!!!

Cause and Effect...

I know this isn't the best picture. You can't really even see Josh, but if you look closely at the tree house, you can see him sitting down in his blue shirt. Well, he apparently wouldn't let anyone in "his" tree house with shoes on. So of course, he had his off (*Disclaimer: I was NOT in the tree house and did not know about him taking his shoes off until it was too late.)

This is us trying to get the multiple splinters out of his feet. It was pretty hard to hold him and he was screaming really bad, but this picture really breaks my heart!

Josh is TWO!!!

The Party:

Bob the Builder Cake!

Digging in frosting first.

We got builder hats and decorated them with Bob stickers.

We painted trucks so we could be like builders too!

We got to play outside. The rain held off just in time.

We got a Bob pinata where they pulled strings to let the candy out,
then they had nail aprons to put all their loot in!

And he got lots of "NEW TOYS!"

The baseball game:

The Tichenors are my baseball buddies!

Clark and Gordon got to come! Yay!

Thanks Mom and Dad for my fun birthday!