We had a busy day and very special evening... All month we've passed the pumpkinpatch down the street from our home and as today got closer I got more worried we wouldn't make it there for a few shots of Winnie with some pumpkins. We rushed there after work to ensure we could capture the moment...Winnie had fun playing with the pumpkins and loved the gourds! 
She loves pointing at things...
When we got home she was excited to have a package and some cards from loved ones. The bear in pumpkin suit was adorable Grandma Jones, she wanted to play with it as soon as she saw it, oh and it had to eat dinner with her (thanks!!). 
After she ate dinner and I finished making a buffalo chicken dip we walked across the street to our annual neighborhood Halloween bash. Jennifer & Andrew's home was decorated with an inflatable scray character (not sure what else to call "it"), fire pit and canopy covering the food (which does say UNC not PSU!!). We all lined up our trick or treat candy against the fence and spent the rest of the evening catching up with neighbors. All the munchkins looked adorable in their costumes and I forgot how many little ones we had in the Village.Winnie couldn't get over Princess Eden... Stephanie & I traded places this year, I had the (almost) one year old and she was pregnant!
The get-up....all the trick or treaters wanted to come party with us! (Donna - this is the house I was going to send you but they put it up too late!)
Little Brooks didn't know what to think of it...what a cute cowboy!!
Hope your evening was filled with lots of goodies and keepsake moments!!
Mom - this is for you....a contest you could enter...cooking contest and there were LOTS of angel food cakes on display!
On Friday night we had visitors come to town...my brother Eben and his girlfriend Julia. We were excited to finally meet Julia and show them around Raleigh. We started Saturday off with pancakes...Winnie's first taste and boy did she LOVE them! 
The rest of the afternoon we toured around downtown and they went off to see Chapel Hill for themselves. The highlight of the day was watching PSU beat OSU....it was sort of a boring game but one turnover set the pace for an awesome win! Thanks again Stephanie, Matt & Eden for watching Winnie so we could go out to cheer on the Nittany Lions!! 
Our weekend ended with a Fall Festival at Hope church with our good friends the Vallecorse's. We had a blast dressing our munchkins in their Halloween costumes...and they were such good sports! We may not be able to trick-or-treat with the V's but this was much more fun!!
We were a little late setting up our tailgate Saturday...life is a little different with a little one. Again it was freezing out but we had to get pics of the Penn State fans with all our gear on. Winnie was amazed at all the people and couldn't believe how cold it was!
As soon as the pics were taken Winnie was getting layers upon layers put on...can't believe she was even able to move after putting jeans over her knit tights, poor thing. While the adults busted into the buffalo chicken dip she had all her toys out on the blanket, making it just like home. After while Georgia, Treyson & Carol found us....and hung-out for awhile till we got ready to head into the game. Georgia & Trey were so sweet to watch Winnie for us! Throughout the whole game they were sending me texts of how she was doing.....she just loves her cousin Trey and giggles everytime he looks at her (can't wait for them to play more at Thanksgiving!).
A little slideshow of the weekend..
The kiddos loved being outdoors, going down the slides and swinging. Its fun watching the kids interact with each other as they around each other more often...
Stephanie, Liz, I and Winnie...
and these adorable table decorations...fun little Noah's Ark theme...
Amy brought Samuel to the shower...he was so proud of himself for climbing the stairs...what a fun little boy.
