Jocelyn's First Halloween

It was a BOOtiful Halloween Day!

Daddy got me dressed in my costume when it was time to go trick-or-treating.

I had a little bag that matched my costume!

Ta-da!! Here I am, all ready to go!

On our way.

When I got back Mommy was handing out candy to other kids but I wanted some too!

I'm looking less than thrilled here. If you look closely at the top yellow part of my costume, you can see a little chocolate spot. While Mommy was holding me I got hold of a MilkyWay and was chewing on the wrapper. Luckily for me, my little teeth made a hole in the wrapper and I got to suck some chocolate out before Mommy or Daddy noticed. YUMMY!

It got a little cold and I was tired of bee-ing out side, so I watched trick-or-treaters from the glass door.

Daddy only took me to the 8 houses on our street, but look at all the stuff I got! One of our super nice neighbors had special presents for me. Two little teddy bears, and a box of baby cookies. Mommy and Daddy thought that was really nice!

Do you like the shirt my Grampee and Grandma Ka sent for me?

I love my Mummy!

I really had a lot of fun on my first Halloween!

Photo Tag

Katy tagged me...
Post the 4th picture in your 4th folder on your computer and describe it.

This is a picture Carolyn sent me of Todd when he was a baby...I don't know much more about it than that!

I tag Nancy, Tracy, Meredith, and Julie...

As Busy as a Bee

Yesterday was a VERY busy day! Todd installed Jocelyn's new carseat in the morning (FINALLY we found one that fits in our car and WORKS easily), then he ran out to help his cousin pack up a moving truck. Todd was supposed to go to the Steeler game with his dad, but unfortunately his dad's flight got cancelled and, not so unfortunately for me, I got to go to the game. I had already committed to going to a Halloween party and had an appointment to give blood while I was there, so it was rush, rush, get to the party, give blood and get out of there in time to get to the Steeler game. Well, Central Blood Bank was busy and my 2:30 appointment took longer than expected. The fun part was that Jocelyn got to dress up and have her picture taken while we were there. I took a couple snap shots as well. They aren't the greatest, but here they are.
Hopefully the professional picture turns out nicely and hopefully I get some better ones for myself on Halloween!

We left the party at about 3:45. Game time was 4:15 and our house was about 40 minutes away...we were late for the game, but made it toward the beginning of the second quarter. The Steelers lost, but it was still fun!

Oh, and the best part of the day...Jocelyn WON the baby photo contest!! The photographer called while we were at the game and left a message with Todd's mom! When I saw the pictures of the other babies I thought it would be a tough win, but our little bumble bee did it! I will repost a link when the Studio updates their blog. I hope she has pictures of the party there too!

Jocelyn's First Jack-O-Lantern

It's just a pumpkin when it doesn't have a face...

You have to scoop out the inside and carve a face

I like it...

Happy Birthday!

Today is my Aunt Jayne's Birthday!

Happy Birthday!!

On October 20th:

• 1967 - A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
• 1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
• 1979 - The John F Kennedy library is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 2004 - The Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball become the first team in the history of the league to win a best-of-7 postseason series after trailing the series 3 games to 0, by defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7 the American League Championship Series.

Our Little Model

As a SAHM I am always looking for things to do with Jocelyn.

One day I happened to be looking in the 'events' section of Craig's List and saw a local baby photo contest. Participants would receive a free 5x7 photograph from the photo session, and the winner would receive a $350 gift certificate to the studio. I figured participating would at least get me a 9-month professional shot of Jocelyn, and if we were lucky we would have Christmas shots or 1st birthday shots covered too.

We drove out to the studio on Tuesday. This place must be a photographer's dream studio. It is located in an old bowling alley. The photographer has various scenes and backdrops set up all around inside what used to be where the bowling lanes were. It was huge, and Jocelyn looked so small. The photographer was great with Jocelyn, and Jocelyn was great with her. They really hit it off. She shot pictures of Jocelyn for almost an hour. I think we all had a lot of fun!

Click here to see the studio's blog post with some of the images of Jocelyn and a couple of the other babies she photographed the same day as Jocelyn.

Just tonight the photographer called me to see if I would be interested in possibly involving Jocelyn in a photo shoot for a children's boutique that has hired her to take pictures for their in-store displays. Hmmm...maybe Jocelyn has a modeling career in the horizon!

Fun in a Box

On the Move II

On the Move!

Mr. Fixit

Todd has become quite the handyman since we purchased our own house. He has experience putting up molding, painting, fixing cracks and holes, putting up ceiling fans and lights, and a lot of other things that I know I'm forgetting about. Here are some pictures of his latest feat. I think he did a d*** good job!

Before:

After:

Now we just need some paint...

BTW: This is my 100th post!!!!

Trax Farms

I couldn't pick just one picture to post.

Her Halloween Outfit

She LOVED sitting on the pumpkins...she thought it was the coolest thing ever!

John's Birthday

Happy Birthday John!!!On October 11th:

• 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1929 - JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
• 1975 - The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Janis Ian and Billy Preston as musical guests.
• 2000 - The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.