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Here are Austin's 15 month pictures (yes, that would be from September!) I am a little behind in getting them up, but here they are!

The two new pictures on the side are also from the same day! Hope you enjoy!

Halloween

Carving the Pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins a few days before Halloween. We decided to stick to simple, traditional pumpkin faces this year.

Justin hard at work

This is how Austin participated!

Our festive little porch!

The Costume

I was so bummed when Austin's costume finally got to us. He HATED it! He would scream and cry anytime I even tried to put it on him. Luckily, it got here a month ahead of time, so we had a good amount of time to work up to wearing it for trick-or-treating! Most attempts to get him to wear his costume ended up like this:

When I could get it on him, it usually only lasted about 5minutes before the screaming started.

Halloween Night

I decided that I better get some "real" dinner in Austin before we headed out for trick-or treating (assuming that I would be able to get his costume on for at least a few houses). At the end of dinner, Austin kicked his chair over. I tried to catch him, but wasn't very successful. He landed smack on the tile floor.

After some damage control and recovery time, we were able to get him in his costume and head out the door for some trick-or-treating. We just went to a couple houses. Austin got the hang of it rather quickly. He even knocked on a few doors himself, and would say "Please!" as soon as they opened the door. Once he realized they were putting candy in his bag, he would take it out and say "More." It was pretty darn cute. So, here are the pictures you have all been waiting for...our little bear!

Say What?

Austin has not been sleeping very well lately. Needless to say, I am past the point of jumping out of bed the second he whimpers. At about 1: 30 AM Friday morning, he started crying. I layed there for a second wishing he would just go back to sleep. He didn't. I got up as he started crying (almost in a yelling fashion), "MaMa! MaMa! MaMa, DaDa! MaMa!" Okay...I'm on my way. Then I hear this: "MaMa! I say Waa Waa!" The little stinker sure is catching on to the communication thing really quickly. If only it weren't in the middle of the night!

Cheeeese!

Austin loves the camera lately. When he sees it, he says "One, two, three, CHEESE!" It is really cute, even though the pictures don't always turn out so cute with a cheesin' face boy!

So, here you go Cracka, some pictures showing Bubba's teeth!

Kangaroo Zoo

Monday night we went to Kangaroo Zoo for my niece, Kennadie's, birthday party. Kangaroo Zoo is a big play place full of inflatable toys to play on. There were a few of them that were just for kids 4 and under.

Austin thought they were great... until we took him on the big toys. Then there was no stopping the kid.

We all had so much fun. Austin was running around the place like he owned it...he even broke a sweat playing so hard. He even ate pizza, which he has never eaten before. It's amazing what he will do when other kids are around. We will definitely have to go back there again.

Play Time

We have just been hanging out around the house pretty much for the last couple weeks. Austin has been finding lots of fun things to do. Like...

finding new ways to play with old toys,

helping Mom cook,

playing while Mom does laundry,

and finding new places to hide.

Pumpkin Time

A couple weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch. It is so much more fun to have Austin be able to enjoy all the fun decorations and activities this year. His favorite word lately has been "chugga". Pretty much anything that moves (cars, trucks, trains, etc) is a "chugga!" At the pumpkin patch, Austin was riding in the wagon. When Justin walked away to get a pumpkin, Austin stood up, grabbed the handle, and yelled "Go, Chugga!"

Then, he decided he wanted to see what this was really all about. He had a hard time keeping his balance in the field...but enjoyed getting a little dirt on himself!

He is really trying to be so much more independent (too bad for him though...Mom's not ready to let go quite yet!) He then decided he wanted to pull the wagon by himself...not an easy task on a dirt path with a bunch of pumpkins weighing it down.

So, Dad came to the rescue!

We had a great time picking out our pumpkins, despite the cold weather. Austin loves to look at them still, and says "pun-kin" every time he sees one.