Halloween/Trip to Charleston

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween activites this year:

My beautiful ballerina

My wiggly monkey who would not hold still long enough for a decent picture!!

Fun with friends at the Ward Trunk or Treat!

Literally the best picture I got of them together the whole night.

Playing carnival games

Caleb loved trick or treating! After I showed him what to do at the first car, he ran around to each one and held his bucket up for candy. So fun!

Hating this Halloween nonsense!

 We had the opportunity this past week to drive to Charleston, South Carolina with Blaine for a conference. While Dad was busy in meetings, we got to go play and explore downtown Charleston! Such a beautiful city, it was hard to leave!

The Atlantic Ocean!! First time any of us had ever visited it!

And we saw DOLPHINS! In the wild! It was the coolest thing ever!!!!

Huge air craft carrier

Hanging out around Aquarium Wharf

Mom was so excited to see the ocean, whereas the kids preferred to just play in the dirt...

Caleb loved seeing the water! If I would have let him, he would have been out swimming.

Playing at the park downtown, right across the street from the awesome hotel we stayed at

The beach! First time ever for the kids... Caleb absolutely loved it. Hailey hated pretty much every minute, she hated how loud the waves were.

Joining in on Dad and Hailey's race down the beach

And they're off!

As close as she was willing to get to the water :(

Fishing boats! I've never seen one so close.

Caleb spent most of the time running after the pigeons and seagulls, he thought it was hysterical.

This is the pier we walked out on, which is in the upcoming photos...

I think Blaine is dreaming of California beaches...

Walking out on the pier! We got to see a fisherman catch a sting ray!

Caleb really wanted to lay on the ground, face down, on a pier covered in bird poo. This is Blaine attempting to keep his face off. So gross.

Hailey loved the pier... not so noisy up here :)

Pumpkin Patch

Last week, we had the opportunity to go to the pumpkin patch. We had a blast with hay rides, picking pumpkins, making scare crows, riding the kiddie train, and hanging out with good friends. Here are a few pictures we took to captures the memories:

Sporting the new Halloween pajamas from Grandma Bockholt!

Train ride!

Watching the train... he would not stay sitting in it so he enjoyed watching it go around from the sidelines :)

Friends!

Caleb's version of selecting a pumpkin: Pick one up, yell "ball!", chuck it across the field, and move onto the next one. Repeated many times :)

Hailey trying to decide which one was the perfect pumpkin

Finally settled on just one, though he is still sure it is a ball!

Family picture... which Caleb did not want to be a part of!

Told you. He hates sitting for pictures.

Couldn't figure out how to sit in it and make it go with his feet, so this was the best alternative. And he was furious when we went home and left it there. As I write these comments, I am beginning to realize how opinionated this little 15 month old truly is...

Hanging out on the playground/ massive boat

Hailey and her scarecrow

She loved pulling that scarecrow around in this wagon!

NICU Reunion 2014

Yesterday was a great day. We got to spend the morning at Baptist Women's Hospital for their annual NICU Reunion. It was such a wonderful experience to go back and remember the miracles we witnessed in Caleb's first ten days of life, and to see some of the amazing doctors and nurses that took care of that sweet baby. We got to see how much he has changed since being in the NICU, and spend some time as a family just having fun! So grateful we got to have this opportunity!

This boy wanted nothing to do with taking pictures...

Hailey loved the pony rides!

And Caleb hated them...

This was by far Caleb's favorite activity. Blaine literally had to climb in after him and drag him out!