Happy Birthday Josh!!

Yesterday Josh turned the big 26! He is still just as great and studly as ever and here are the cool pics to prove it! (You are getting so much better at celebrating your birthday and not trying to pass it off as just another superfluous celebration!!) Also added are our Halloween pics!

Ada wanted to help get the pizza out of the oven until she found out it was hot, now she is prepared!
Instead of a cake, I got Josh a cupcake we haven't tried yet from our favorite date night stop, The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe. He was very surprised and thought I hadn't taken care of getting him, or making, a cake. The box was small and hidden! This cupcake is called Party in my Mouth.

Ah yes, it is so true!

Thanks Tuthills!

Thanks Mom and Bill! He was looking happier, but he's not a huge fan of multiple pictures, especially not of just him, nor on his birthday!

Ada has no problem with it!

Starting to open presents and his infamous Birthday Bag!!! No birthday is complete without one...or it's song...

I think Ada was more excited than Josh!

The family all dressed up, except Josh who came over to trunk or treat on his lunch break!

My Gwen Stefani sister

Good Job Dad! Showing the right amount of enthusiasm for free candy and dressing up!!

Roarke however, was not

Trying out her new shades with her costume

Britt and Alicia, the outfit from China you got for Ada before she was born finally fits!! But she didn't like it as much as I would've liked...

Hope everyone had as much fun as we did!!

Ketchup

Ketchup Queen, she squeals PLEASE whenever she sees the ketchup bottle
Trying on Roarkes' next snowsuit (obviously he needs to get a lot bigger first!)

Ain't she adorable?!!

Halloween cookies, Josh made the ghost one.

This one is called Brain Freeze. It didn't turn out exactly as planned; the icing kept slipping!

Yes, that is an eyeball in Joshs' drink (a gummy though so don't get too grossed out)

Sorry, but this is as creative as I got for our main course. Chicken Parmesan dubbed bloody chicken with moldy cheese (dyed the mozzarella green)

Ada playing with one of the gummy eyes. Once she heard us say it was an eye, she put it over her eye, Priceless!

It's...squishy!

Trying on Daddys' winter hat, I think it fits!

Ada is slowly letting me do her hair, but sometimes we find that her barrette is no longer in her hair, but in her mouth!!

PLEASE take my picture Daddy!!

Cuddling on the couch

Ever since we were first married, every week we have had pizza one night a week. It used to be on Monday nights, but now Josh works on Monday nights so it has been moved to Sunday. Ada LOVES pizza!

Based on our blog title, you must think that there is something significant about Ketchup, and you would be right. This is something new Ada has discovered, and when Josh put it on her hot dog during lunch, the look on her face clearly said, "Where has this been all my life, and Dad why have you been holding out on me?!!" We also went today and got our swine flu vaccines. Luckily, I got to get the nasal version, but Ada had to get the shot and kids under 9 have to get two! Not both at the same time, but no more than a month apart. Josh had to leave to get to work on time, so he and Ada will go next time and I'll stay home with Roarke rather than send Josh there with both kids like I was for a while (although Roarke fell asleep in the back of the stroller and Ada finally stayed in the front so all was well...)

Tuesday nights Josh is off of work so we had some of our Halloween fare early. I have been fairly delinquent in my postings and I know I am going to take so many pictures on Saturday that I will more than likely be able to make a flipbook out of them all, so I figured that I had better post what I have thus far or else these pictures will then become less significant and they'll fall by the wayside... so enjoy the first set of pics!

Fall

We were able to to go to the park today and take some great pictures with our kids playing in the leaves (although we had to teach Ada that in order to do it properly, she needed to throw some leaves around). We hope you really enjoy the pictures!

Roarke trying to sit up on his own
Father and Son, 'nuff said.

She had no problems kicking the leaves.

Pausing for a second

Mama and Ada

Wearing my slippers

Her new fleece footed sleeper

1st snowfall, and I don't know if Ada really knew what to make of it all. But she did touch the snow and said, "Cold!"

Ada and Roarke

Smiling and happy

Pushing Roarke around

We are also having a lot of fun in the pool lately. Ada has started her lessons once a week and for the most part loves them. She just hates floating on her back. Going under the water, climbing out of the pool, jumping back in the pool, sliding down the water slide, blowing bubbles, even going under water- fine; but put her on her back-no way. We have even tried it in the tub, but all she wants to do is kick the water, which is fine in the pool, not so much in the tub...Anyway, love to all and enjoy the new videos!

Celebrating Halloween Already

It has been pretty cold here in Idaho, much colder already than we would like. We were thinking of taking Ada to pick our family pumpkin this year, but a few days ago (being September and way too early to get a pumpkin) but the temps get down to 25 at night so they have been frozen! So we got our Wal-Mart pumpkin which Ada picked out. And see the pictures and the new video of Ada coloring (I know, yes, much less dramatic than the last video, but I think to most of you, that's a good thing!).

Ada in her cat balaclava-which is supposed to cover everything but your eyes, but Ada won't wear it like that...yet.
Ada talking to her new friend Daryl

Checking this new guy out

This picture is a keeper!

Adas' new LL Bean backpack, which she LOVES! Thanks for sending it Emily and Jon! We hope this will help her during church and on the plane in about a month and a half.

Roarke all bundled up in his Tigger outfit.

Something we decided to try for Halloween (but by changing the Jell-O color it can be for any holiday). If anyone wants the recipe let me know!
(this version we called Slime Popcorn-Josh thought calling it Bugger popcorn was going a bit too far...drat!)

Riding on Daddy; Ada loves this! He is her favorite toy.

Me, not so much, as I don't rough-house with her like Daddy does.

New Things

This was a big week for Ada: She went to the dentist for the 1st time! And while Josh and I were a bit trepidacious about this new endeavor, it went very well! I had heard that the dentist was not a necessity until about 2 yrs old, but this dentist, a pediatric dentist (which I highly reccomend as they deal with kids all day so Ada was a walk in the park for him) told us to come in. Yeah, why not bring in a nearly 15 month old who hates to sit still for more than 20 seconds? So in we went. She laid down very well, but was very wary until they showed her the TV directly over her head as she was laying down, with Finding Nemo on. She just pointed and laughed at it; it was priceless. The doctor was almost over the top, but who isn't who deals with kids all day? She cried when he looked in her mouth, but it kept her mouth open so that worked out, and he was quick. She got a goodie bag, which she did not put down and threw a fit whenever we took it away from her - like when she ate or slept, we're horrible parents!

Using her new toothbrush
Her goodie bag

Smiling Roarke- he has really found his laugh!

Every kid needs a laundry basket to play in!

And a sting ray to hug apparently!

Check this kid out

Everyone, you really need to watch the new video. Josh went to get Ada this morning as he heard a strange noise coming from her room; it sounded like she was knocking on her own door (and her crib is too far away to do this). Upon opening the door, she immediately ran out. Wondering how she accomplished this task, Josh put her back in her crib and watched her get out. So that's definitely something to see. We just received Roarkes' cloth diapers and Adas' bigger ones so here's to washing diapers way more often!! So also check out our pictures below and see what else we have been up to!

Ada in a great outfit

He can hold his head up now!

Conehead...can I have some fried chicken embryos?

Ada is our little Monkey, and Roarke is our little hedgehog, like Sonic

A preview of coming attractions

Daddy daughter pic

Trying to be quiet

Look who's ready for school to start...but we're not yet Ada!

3 years and counting

We have just passed the 3 yr mark and it has been an exciting 3 years! To recap th last 3 years: For our honeymoon we went to the British Virgin Islands, Cooper Island to be specific; 1st anniversary we drove across the country to end up where we are now in Idaho; 2nd anniversary we went with Ada to Bear Lake in Idaho for a few days; and well 3rd anniversary wasn't as dramatic but it was great nonetheless. As Roarke is, and was so young, we were just thankful to get out of the house! Luckily, Devin and Leo watched both him and Ada so we could go out to see a movie and go to our favorite date night stop called the Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe where the cupcakes are very expensive, but awesome and where their cocoa is so refined their hot cocoa drinks almost resemble coffee! We saw the 2nd Transformers movie and although it was a bit long at 144 mins, it was a great movie. There are no pictures of that great anniversary but here are some pics of the kids to make up for it!

Ada has never let me "do" her hair before, and this I had to put and re-put back in her hair at least 7 times before she left it in...for a while.

A better view

Her surprised face

Roarke looking upset in the Boppy

Such a big guy! Holding his head up for a bit already.

I just thought this was awesome. She emptied the entire contents of her toy box on the floor, got a book (she loves books; she "reads" them nonstop!) and started to read.