catching up...watch out.

i feel like getting caught up on my blog. i really like to do things in order, and it bothers me when i skip over things. it has been bugging me that i haven't blogged about the past few weeks, so i thought i'd just sit down and do everything in one post!! hope you can handle it...it is very long. this is what we've been up to in the past few weeks...

we had visitors in mid-september! our mccook family came to visit us...dad, mom, evan, jenni, lily, and kinsey! we had such a good time together. our house is so full of love and laughter when they are all here. we love it when they visit...and cruz is just in heaven.

grandma reading to lily and cruz...

time-out? nah...this is a fun spot to hang out.

at the zoo...on the train. kinsey girl is just too cute.

and so is this girl...love those curls!

cruz is infatuated with trains. so when we rode on the one at the zoo i thought he would LOVE It....

he was so tired he fell asleep.

the aquarium.

three cousins at the zoo.

our company left on a sunday afternoon and about an hour later the warrick bunch came over to celebrate some birthdays! i love hosting parties and so i offered to have it at our place. i made pulled pork sandwiches and a salad and everybody else brought the rest! that's the way to host a party, huh? :) we always have such a great time...we had fun laughing at the kids and enjoying each other's company.

three cousins...again!

eating...what we always do at family parties.

mom and i with our delicious birthday cakes...dad made mom's, and mom made mine! mmm!

other odds and ends...

watching brayden one afternoon...we made cookies!

at the park...enjoying the unusually warm weather in october.

he loves destroying my purse.

his new monkey friend from mama.

i find things in unusual spots nowadays.

cuddling with my little boy.

and to end this long post...pics of our little dude in the bathtub....sporting some pretty cute facial expressions. he loves bath time. lately he has been loving the bubbles. i ask him if he wants a bath and he immediately says "bubbles" and runs upstairs.

his model pose.