Preston-isms and new Eva milestones

While putting Preston to bed last night I gave him his usual directions: "Stay in bed or you will lose your light." (He has his closet light on at night). So, through the monitor I hear him playing in his room, talking to himself and moving things around. I am pretty sure that he is out of bed. About an hour after I put him to bed, he is still playing around. So I go to his room and open the door while saying "Are you out of your bed?!"
I turn to look at him and he is tip-toeing on the edge of his bed, reaching over to the cabinet next to his bed, opening the drawers and pulling stuff out. He looks at me and then quickly glances down at his feet. Then he says, happily, "I'm in bed!" Sure enough, his little toes were still touching his mattress. I just laughed. What determination! He stayed in bed and did not lose light and got to play.

Lately, Preston is Buzz Lightyear. He really enjoys flying around. He is often quoting Toy Story 2, whether Buzz's lines or others. "You killed my father!" "I promise you will come out of the box!" "I still have an owner!" are some of the lines he has perfected. He got boots for the winter and they are "boots like Woody!" They have Buzz Lightyear on them and I caught him pretending that "Andy" was written on the bottom of his shoe. He often tells me after I say "Preston" to "say Buzz Lightyear, mommy."

Eva says "I love you" with her eyes. After I give her something she wants or say "I love you" to her she will shut her eyes really tight together and smile her biggest smile. Definitely her way of saying "I love you too." It is quite adorable, but very random. I am trying to get it on camera.

She also is starting to walk more frequently, taking steps between furniture and being more willing to walk between KeriAnn, Uncle Kevin, Daddy and Mommy (and Preston)! She is doing awesome.

Yesterday she ate with a spoon and bowl of yogurt all by herself. She had a great time and some of it went in her mouth.

That's all for now!

Trying to walk on Halloween

Eva tries to walk to GG in her butterfly wings.

Eva Loves Aunt KeriAnn

She just wouldn't let KeriAnn leave that day. KeriAnn was the recipient of many cuddles! Lucky!

Eva's Car Noise

Eva's car noise!

Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. Preston really got the hang of trick-or-treating. As soon as he had candy in his hand (yes, his hand -- he had trouble parting with it into his Spiderman bucket), he would say, "Now we go to the next door?!" And he was already headed there. Eva didn't even mind her butterfly wings and she really enjoyed getting a few samples of candy.

Eva had her first slice of pizza on Halloween. She loved it (of course)!

Preston just had to try on Eva's wings!

Daddy and Mommy were Spiderman and a baseball player.

After all the hours spent on making a "policia" costume, per Preston's request, he ended up being a fireman. The jacket was just so much cooler.

Hee Haw Farms

Jason and Kristy invited us to Hee Haw Farms for some Halloween fun. We got to eat chili and cornbread and cake! Then there was a corn maze, slides and cool four-wheeler bikes. We had a blast, but were chased home by the freezing weather. There were also animals to pet, rides to go on and of course, the bumpy slide that Preston didn't get a chance to go on and was upset about for the next two days. It was just too cold! We were able to have quite a bit of fun despite the cold though, thank you Jason and Kristy!

You know a lot of fun was had when the kids look like this in the backseat of the car about five minutes into the ride home!

Hello River!

My sister Kellie is in labor right now! She will soon be giving birth to a beautiful baby girl: RIVER! Welcome to the world, River. I have been waiting for you! I love you River. And your cousins Eva and Preston love you too. We colored you some hello pictures.