My First Jack-o-Lantern!

Wesley hasn't had a really good "first" in a while, so Mike and I were excited to carve into this pumpkin with him!

Not surprising, he had to try to pick it up first.


Mike and Wes discussing their design concept.

It took some convincing but he finally stuck his hand inside.

This is actually Wes putting the seeds back inside the pumpkin! He loved playing with the pumpkin innards once they were in the bowl. I sorted the seeds with the thought of roasting them, but Wes figured scattering them all over the kitchen was a much better idea. Oh well, roasted pumpkin seeds next year!

Excellent carving skills Daddy!

We wanted a nice and happy Jack-o-Lantern.

And it was even cooler with the lights off.

Happy Halloween everyone!

(first time trick-or-treating pics to follow soon)

Zoomars!

Auntie Chrissy and Cody invited us to go to Zoomars in San Juan Capistrano and we had such a fun day!

Wes fed some guinea pigs.




And I tried, unsuccessfully, to keep Wes from feeding himself too.

Feeding a bunny.

I couldn't get these two to look at me for a picture, way too much to see!

Wes' really loved this "cornbox." Instead of sand they used dried corn kernels. Since Wes loves corn, I was sure these were going straight into his mouth, but he did great and stuck to shoveling them!

Riding a hay bale pony.

And of course trying to lift the heaviest pumpkin he could find.

The boys took a ride on the little train.

And we also fed some goats. This guy was pretty mellow, but the other ones were really agressive trying to get to the food. We didn't spend too much time with the goats.

Wes has a pretty serious stink face here, but it's a good picture of me :)

Down the road they go!

We ended our day with lunch at Ruby's.

Great idea Auntie Chrissy, thanks for inviting us!

Dinner at the Sanicola's

Nick and Jessica recently bought a new house and Gianna is waiting for the arrival of her new sister, so we drove out to Lake Elsinore to spend some time with the Sanicola's!

Nick cooked a delicious dinner...

...Gianna and Wesley got out every toy she owns...

...and we had some yummy cannoli for dessert! Wes and Gianna both loved them, they definitely have Italian genes!

Dr. Hatch's Baby Reunion

On October 16th we attended Dr. Hatch's 10th Annual Baby Reunion. This was our second time attending the reunion and I can't believe it's already been a year since the last one! Wes dressed up in his Eagle's football jersey and pants and had so much fun with all the activities Dr. Hatch provides for the kids!

Dr. Hatch is really amazing, she is able to remember everyone and was genuinely happy to see us and see how much Wesley has grown.


Wesley loved riding on the train, there was even a tear or two when we had to get off and let the other kids have a turn!

Of course he loved the bounce house.

We enjoyed visiting with Dr. Hatch and several of the nurses at the office, and Wes really enjoyed the balloon animals, Sesame Street characters and the snacks!

Here's the pictures from Dr. Hatch's 2009 Baby Reunion.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We celebrated Michael's birthday by going to the Strawberry Farm's Pumpkin patch. Do you think I might have had something to do with that plan!?!?

At first Wes picked this pumpkin, it was even still attached to the vine,

Then Michael picked this one,

But Wes decided those were too small and settled on this one!

You know how much Wes loves corn on the cob, well on our way out, he made a bee line for the Indian Corn. Before we could stop him he was trying to take a big bite!

We ended up with just this perfectly sized little pumpkin!

And Wes loves everything pumpkin just as much as I do, so it was pretty hard to convince him that he couldn't eat it right then and there. I did make him some pumpkin muffins a couple days later though.

Gotta love farm equipment!

That evening Grandpa Al, Auntie Caitlin and Auntie Madison came to have dinner with us. We went to Moreno's, our tied-for-favorite Mexican restaurant in Orange. (Mi Casa in Costa Mesa is our other favorite)

Wes decided he needed all the wishes out of this fountain and got himself all wet collecting pennies. He didn't want to toss in any pennies of his own, he just wanted the ones that were already in there.

Happy Birthday Michael, we love you!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

On Tuesday we all (except for Grandpa, he had to work) went to the San Diego Zoo to celebrate Grandma's birthday!

Checking out the bird's while we were waiting for the bus tour.

We took the bus tour around the park to get an overview of all the animals in the zoo.

After the tour we went over to see the polar bears. Here's Wes playing in a polar bear cave.

And here's Grandma and Wes with one of the polar bears

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Wes pointing out the panda bear!

Mike's favorite animals are the gorillas and I think Wes loved them too!

This is Wesley trying to get away from cotton candy! Auntie Monica bought some and I tried to give Wes a little taste, but he wanted nothing to do with it...I don't know if I should be proud or concerned :)

See, I told you Wes liked the gorillas

Mike used to have this hilarious boxer dog who would stand around and lick the walls...this must be his long lost relative.

We also took a ride in the sky buckets.

And after a really fun day of checking out the elephants, zebras, rhinos, snakes, monkeys, koala bears and lions we were ready to head home. But first Wes chose a squished penny for his souvineer!

Happy Birthday Grandma, we love you!