A (Barely) Happy Halloween

For the last five days, Little Man has looked like this. Puny and pitiful after getting some vaccinations that caused a fever, tiredness, loss of appetite and some vomiting. Poor little guy.  =(

Noni and Pop Pop sent Little Man a Halloween treat in hopes that it would lift his spirits. Balloons and an edible arrangement with extra "sssss" (that's grapes - one of his favorites).  

I was hoping that Little Man would have turned the corner before tonight, but no such luck. Our Halloween wasn't really all that spook-tacular. But Alex and our neighbors sure did look stunning in their costumes. Sam I Am (complete with Green Eggs and Ham), Thing 1, Cat in the Hat, the Robot, and a Peacock.

 Even though Alex was feeling tired and crummy, he did still wear his costume with pride.

Poor little guy didn't have many smiles tonight. In fact, I really only remember this one. I had to snap quickly before it was gone - that's why it's a little blurry.

We went to a fall festival at a local church near our neighborhood. That lasted all of about 15 minutes for us (thank goodness we were close to the house), and then we were done for the night. One of the few highlights for Alex was seeing this dog. Can't you just sense his enthusiasm? Yeah, I know - pitiful.

Hopefully he'll be back to his joyful, excited little self very soon.

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

More Fun Family Time

I was looking through my pictures from Texas again tonight, and I found more I wanted to share! These are some of our memories from our time with Jerry's family.

The first morning we were there, Jerry's mom and dad were up at 6a ready to take Alex to get his favorite breakfast - pancakes. We went to Denny's, and they had the cutest little fall decor setup outside. You can't see it very well here, but it was quite festive. Here's Alex with Ganny and Grandpa.

Three generations of Correa men.

Alex and his Grandpa.

We got to celebrate Grandpa's 58th birthday! Alex enjoyed helping Grandpa blow out the candles on the cake.

Ganny has the yard all decorated up for fall. Alex loved going out there to see the little wooden pilgrims who were just his size. He loved the "give thanks" turkey, too.

Here's Alex with his Aunt Sylba getting some loves from her. He loved his Aunt Sylba. Oh. my. goodness. Couldn't get enough hugs from her!

And finally, here are a couple of pics of Jerry, Alex and I taken while we were there.

Pumpkin Patch Fun

One of our last little adventures in Texas was the Big Orange Pumpkin Patch in Celina with Katherine, Dana and the kiddos. Just the mommas and their babies while the daddies were at work.

Let me just say that the above shot was nothing short of a miracle to get. And, yes, bribes (in the form of teddy grahams) were involved to get those sweet little faces to look at the camera and give smiles.

I love a good pumpkin patch, and I especially love getting to go with this crew. Here are some of our highlights.

THE PETTING AND FEEDING ZOO
Alex: "May I please introduce you to this lovely creature, the goat."

Animal feed is included with the cost of admission. Here is Jackson feeding the goats. Jackson even taste-tested some of the feed himself - just to make sure it was goat-worthy!

PLAYFUL MOMENTS
Jacob giving his best Halloween scare while Luke looks at the goats!

Sweet pumpkins Jacob and Luke giving their momma a smile for her camera.

Alex showing Sarah some loves.

TRACTOR FUN
Alex loves LOVES tractors.

But getting sleepy can put a damper on even the funnest of times.

GOING DOWNHILL
The need for a nap really sent things downhill fast. 

Alex was no longer interested in the "na-nas," as he calls pumpkins.

And he wasn't interested in a group photo with the rest of the kids either.

*Sigh.* Such is life, I suppose. After our adventure, I'm not sure who was more tired, the kids or the mommas! It was a jam-packed day and definitely one for the memory books!

The Ribbits

Want to see Alex's favorite shoes these days? Here they are. The Ribbits. Or "boo. boo. boo." as he sometimes likes to call his boots.

The other day I went to put a pair of shoes on him that matched his outfit. (Not the same outfit as pictured above.) He immediately went back to his shoe basket and brought his Ribbits to me saying, "boo. boo. boo." He didn't want to color-coordinate. He just wanted those galoshes. What a riot!

Noni, he is definitely getting your money's worth out of these things. And everywhere we go he gets compliments on them. ;-)

Family Time

I still have a few adventures from our time in Texas that I want to share. One of them is time with family.

While we were home, we were able to squeeze in a visit with Jerry's family.

Alex was napping during our photo session so he's not in the pic, but he did enjoy getting to see everyone before he went down. It's not too often that the larger Correa clan is together while we're in town, but Jerry's parents invited everyone out to their house and cooked a great meal. It was nice to get to see everyone and catch up.

We also got to see Aunt LiLi, Uncle Buck and Cousin Isabel. I had hoped to get more pics than just these three, but Little Man fell down and busted his lip, so my picture taking was somewhat impeded.

On to the next adventure - time with Nana and Pops. We went to the lake for a couple of days to see my dad and Janna. Grandma Mary (Janna's mom), Granny and Papa, and Uncle Zack and his girlfriend Brooke were also there. Boy, did we have a fun time.

This was Alex's first time to meet Granny and Papa. They flew in from Oregon to spend the next few months with Nana and Pops, so we were excited that our visits coincided. (We're also looking forward to another visit during the holidays.)

Here's Alex with Granny and Papa. Isn't this photo priceless? Those expressions just say it all! This is one of my favorites I got of the three of them.

A few more adventures to come. Stay tuned...