HALLOWEEN 2012 - The Monster & Her Pea Pod

 Justin making Stella's Monster Feet!

We brave the cruddy weather to check out Toledo Botanical Gardens' FALL FESTIVAL

  We met Tonya there, her wonderful babysitter

 And Aunt Amy & Uncle Todd too! 

Toledo Zoo's  Pumpkin Path Trick or Treat Event:

 Our sweet baby boy - holding onto one of his peas in his pod

 Lilo & Stella

Who says a Scary Crocodile & Very Hairy Scary Monster can't be friends ;)

DANCE CLASS:  Halloween Style:

Making her Halloween Treats for all her friends & teachers at Preschool, Stella helped with every step of this process

 Dipping the pretzels

 Putting Orange & Black Sprinkles

 This is her favorite part - more sprinkles

 ...annnnnd, this is what happens when Mommy turns her head for a few seconds 

 Cutting the ribbon that we tied the Choc. Pretzels with, coloring and putting sticker's on the tags

 Halloween Greetings from our little "STELLAton"  ;)

  Helping Mommy make Halloween Cupcakes:

 My new favorite purchase - My Giant CupCake Cupcake Holder/Storer (holds 24!)

HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREATING:

 JoNannie cruised along beside us 

 After about 30 min. of walking Stella got smart - hitched a ride on her stroller up to the walkway of every house, then hopped out and made her way to the door

 Tucker was such a good boy - he slept most of the time in his cozy stroller bassinet

After Trick or Treating we hung out some more with JoNannie & Peeto, ate Chinese take out and Stella played Photographer as usual:

 Transferring all her candy into the candy bowl  Those are vampire teeth in her mouth.

 Someone's happy about all the loot she got!

TUCKER'S 3rd MONTH!

 Tucker's been such a joy for all of us - such a smiley happy baby and he LOVES to be held or swing in his super duper comfy baby swing

 Stella took this pic - I will do a post on Stella The Photographer some day - she takes alot of pics all on her own with my camera

 Our Sweet Baby Boy (you'll hear me say this alot)

 Playing with Tucker and his wooden Rattle...this was Stella's from Aunt Hadley

 This hat is a gift from a business colleague of Justin's - it says "Tucker, Junior Auction Clerk, RealtimeBid"  RealtimeBid.com is Justin's side business

 Lots of "T" onesies, huh?  I made a handful for him.  It spruces up the plain ol' hand me down white onesies that were looking shabby 

Tucker's 3rd Month Dr. Appt 

our little boy is a chunky monkey, compared to his "in the 10th percentile" older sister

as he is riding in the 50th percentile

 Stella loves to stroll along with her brother on the "wheel board" on her, now "their" Bugaboo stroller

A COMPARISON:

Tucker in one of my favorite Stella onesies here...then the last 2 pics show you Stella in it

 TUCKER

 Stella

 Stella

 First Date with one of his MANY girlfriends ;)  Serena

 Baby Boy likes Bath Time

Soon enough Tuck, you'll be getting your own lounger chair just like your sister's here

 Uncle Todd

Tucker's 2nd Month

Tucker is such a sweet baby boy....here's a look at his 2nd month

 So this matt that Tucker is laying on here - it has a ruler printed on it for measuring the height of your baby...well I said to Stella "let's measure baby Tucker..." and then all of the sudden I see this going on....how cute, she went and got the tape measure and started "measuring baby Tucker".

 This is how Justin's let's Stella help burp Tucker when she asks to do so

 Helping mommy paint Tucker's Nursery

 You can't see it here but in the red on his onesie it says Established June 30th, 2012  :)

 This boy loves his swing

UP NORTH:  

 Just chillin' with Dad

Tucker's Vintage Airplane from Leland, MI - and he's THRILLED about it, just look ;)

 You will hear me say this ALOT....She ADORES her baby brother