Nona's Here!

We were so excited to have Nona (Jay's mom) here to visit from California. Ethan just loved having her here. Auntie C and RJ also came from Philly. We took them to our annual Pumpkin Festival and Ethan had a blast on the slides. We can't wait to see Nona and the rest of the Andersons for Christmas!

Our two cuties!

These two are just so adorable! Ethan continues to be such a sweet big brother and Avery is a very good baby. I just love watching them interact. Avery doesn't quite know what to make of Ethan, but I have a feeling in a few short months she is going to love all the attention he gives her (as long as mom is refereeing a bit!)

Pumpkin Time!

Here are Ethan, Avery and Jay carving the annual pumpkin!

Big Brother and Little Sister

This was the shirt Ethan wore to make the big announcement that we were having baby #2 - I can't believe how fast time flies! Now she is here and we are enjoying her so much!

Arrrrggghhhhh!

You may recall this pirate costume from the previous 2 years. I originally purchased this costume when Ethan was 1, but we decided to go with the skunk costume, so I got this one in a larger size to save for the next year. Well, last year Ethan refused to wear the pirate costume, so I got him a football outfit. The pirate costume still fit this year, so I did some major prep work convincing him that pirates are the coolest and got him to want to be a pirate this year. We had a last minute regression when I made a comment that dad would probably dress up in his yearly "baseball player" costume - Ethan decided he wanted to be a baseball player like dad! So I convinced Jay to be a pirate, which made Ethan decide to wear his pirate costume also! From here on out, Ethan is picking his costume! But we had a great time at the Ward Halloween party and then on Halloween Jay and a friend of ours took Ethan Trey (the cowboy) trick or treating in our neighborhood. They had a great time!

Ethan's 3 Year Photo Shoot!

I can't believe my little boy is 3! How can time fly by so quickly! I may be a (little) biased, but I just think he is the most handsome little man in the world! And I LOVE these pictures because Jill just captured his personality and got his genuine smile - something hard to do because Ethan is not really into having his picture taken! 

Avery's First Photo Session

Here are some of the pictures from our photo shoot of Avery. We also had Ethan's 3 year pictures done. The photographer is Jill (click on her name to see her website) and she does amazing work! I love the pictures and she was so great at getting Ethan to smile! All previous photo sessions we have done with him have been pretty stressful, but as you can tell from the pictures, he had a blast. I love all of the pictures and am having a hard time even picking out my faves to frame!