Droopy Diapers

I am so fed up with leaky diapers! If anyone has a solution to diapers that leak at night I'd love to hear it. Poor Carter wakes up at least once, sometimes twice, a night soaking wet. I truly believe he would sleep through the night if he could stay dry. I currently have four different types of diapers in my bedroom (Huggies, Pampers, Parent's Choice, White Cloud) all of which have leaked. With my other kids, Luvs seemed to work the best, but when I tried to buy them at Walmart I couldn't find them. Anyway, I'm just complaining because I'm tired, but if anyone has a solution please let me know.

Crazy Saturday

This Saturday was quite a busy one. We had a family picture scheduled at 11:20 at the Mall, which in the past has been a big enough event by itself. That was not enough for us though, we decided to go to the ward service project as well at 9 am. Of course we arrived late because I was trying to get everyone's hair done for the picture in hopes that the transition from leaf raking to dressed nice for the photo would be an easy one. Well, the leaf raking was a little colder and windier than I'd expected (so much for the hair). I was also not as helpful as I'd hoped since I had to hold Carter who was not happy with the cold wind. We worked hard and quick since we couldn't stay long, and luckily the Ronald McDonald House (the place we were serving) had hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls for the kids which made the miserable cold all better. Taylor and Jeff actually did a lot, and Taylor left saying he felt good that we'd done that. Yeah! Gotta love those moments when your kids are happy about doing good. Anyway, we ran home, changed and made it to the photo only five minutes late. The kids did great too (must have been blessed for going to the service project.) The rest of the day involved grocery shopping and stake conference meetings, so not too eventful just busy. Anyway, it always feels good to look back on a busy day and say "We made it".

Our sweet little Carter!

Carter is such a sweetheart. He continually proves to be an easy going kid who is content to roll all over the house. He's not crawling yet, but he can get around pretty well. One of his favorite things is the dishwasher. As soon as I open it to unload or load the dishes, he immediately rolls over to start playing with the dishwasher door. He gets himself underneath it and kicks it up and down. Maybe he'll be a soccer player or the kicker for a football team since he loves to kick things so much. His other two favorite activities include kicking our lamp until the lamp shade it spinning around, and lifting the piano bench up while lying underneath it and kicking up. Both activities are not great for baby safety, so we have to keep him from doing them, but when put down on the ground, he immediately tries to get to the lamp or the piano. Silly kid. Here's a funny picture of his "lolly pop kid" hairdo from the Wizard of Oz.

Happy Birthday Parker!

Parker turned 3 on November 3rd. I still can't believe my baby is turning into a little boy so fast. He really enjoyed his birthday because he got to open presents and eat cake. I'm not sure how much he really understood though, because when I'd say Happy Birthday Parker, he's respond "Happy Birthday to you too." He's so funny. Parker got more tools for his birthday, some great books, a planet hero guy, and a Batman Imaginex play set -- he's been in heaven playing with them these last two weeks. The best part for him is that he finally has some toys of his own which he protects pretty valiantly. He is learning to share pretty well though. It's a little hard at three.

Halloween Pictures

Yes, these are late in coming, but I wanted to post them anyway. We had a fun Halloween, and are still eating candy. The funniest memory of Halloween this year for me was when Parker told me it was time to go out and get candy after it got dark the day after Halloween. I had to explain that we can only go Trick-or-Treating once a year. He was pretty disappointed.

Pumkin Carving.

We carved our pumpkins Sunday night because Jeff was headed out of town the next day. I didn't think I'd be able to handle five kids and pumpkin carving alone. As it was, the evening was great because our home teachers came over to visit and ended up lending us a helping hand. I think our pumpkin carving time was cut in half. Anyway, the kids had fun, and the pumpkins turned out cute.

Pumpkins