In Young Womens Lindsay made a modest dress for an activity night out of tissue paper so she decided to make one this year for Halloween also. I love how it turned out. By the end of the night she lost most of her tissue paper, but it was fun while it lasted.
Ashley could not decide on what costume to wear so she was a Renaissance Queen at school and a Nerd for both the ward harvest festival and on Halloween night. She looked adorable in both costumes.
Aunt Heather found this cute outfit for Calvin. It says "Babies First Trick or Treat." It was adorable and I was surprised that the hat did not bother him. He is my cute little Trick or Treater.
Two years ago Mitchell won the pumpkin carving contest at the Ward Harvest Festival so he was determined to reclaim the trophy. He received the loudest cheers and applause so he won. We now get to have the trophy in our home for another year.
Ashley wanted to join in the pumpkin carving fun so she carved her pumpkin with Akaysha Stewart. They both came to the party dressed as Nerds and they had a great time making their pumpkin. They received third place!!!
Our sweet Calvin with his Daddy.
Our Couch Clan in their costumes.
Due to the fog machine staying on for quite a long time the smoke alarms went off in the building. No one knew how to turn off the smoke alarms since the building is brand new and we just moved into it in July. Once the firefighters came and realized there was no fire, they helped turn off the alarm. At school Hailey was taught about fire safety and she was so mad that we would not leave the building like we were taught. Once we did, she felt better.
Lindsay, Hailey and Calvin are standing in front of the alarm that was flashing lights and telling us to get out of the building.
My Baby Boy's Update
Our sweet Calvin is 10 1/2 months and is getting so big. At night when I hold him I politely ask him to stay small forever. At his 6 month appointment he was 19lbs 2 oz 25-50%, 27 inches 25% and his head was 47 1/4" 95%. Since his head was growing at such a rapid speed we took him into have an MRI done. Once the results came back negative we felt better about things and just know he will be really smart. I can't find his paperwork for his 9 month appointment but his head stopped growing so they are not as concerned anymore.
He is such a sweet little boy. He loves to give kisses, eat hotdogs, sit in his exersaucer and play (only if there is food involved). He LOVES being held. During the day when the girls are gone to school it is hard to get things done because he wants to be held all of the time, but that is okay, I have to enjoy him while he is small. He says Dada and Baba. We are working on Mama and one day he will say it.
He is just starting to scoot on the floor. He used to sit on his bottom and spin in circles or lay on the floor and roll everywhere so it is good he is finally scooting.
He has three teeth! Two of his teeth came in the same day of which they were his upper lateral incisors so he looked like a cute little vampire when he smiled. We finally have a new bottom front tooth and the other front teeth are trying to come in now. He wanted to be original, who can blame him.
The poor little guy has had quite a few ear infections already. We are hoping that it does not keep happening. I am blaming his recent infections on teething so hopefully they will feel better soon.
He is just such a sweetheart and he receives compliments everywhere he goes. He loves to sit in the shopping cart seat and he will turn his body around so he can view where we are going. It is so dang cute!
He LOVES to eat! Hotdogs are his favorite but we really have not found anything that he has not liked yet. Scrambled eggs are easy for breakfast so he eats them a lot. If he sees ice cream he will scream, "Ah Ah" until you give him some and he can and will eat everything in your bowl.
Calvin goes by many names. Grandpa Couch calls him Boyce or Little B, we call him Bubba, Pumpkin, Buddy or Calvin, Uncle Jared calls him BoCalLee. This poor kid is going to be confused as to what his name is.
Since he was six months he no longer sleeps through the night. It seems as though every night he ends up in our bed and once he is there, and had a bottle, he will fall back to sleep. He LOVES to sleep right next to his Daddy and will kick him all night long until I put him back in his bed or I move him closer to me. Naps are very inconsistent but he usually takes two a day. The morning nap is usually 1/2 hour to an hour and the afternoon nap is usually 2 hours or so if I am lucky.
He has the prettiest blue eyes! I just love them and I am so glad that they are here to stay. His hair is finally starting to come in and we have had to trim a little around his ears so he is not tickled all of the time.
He has the prettiest blue eyes! I just love them and I am so glad that they are here to stay. His hair is finally starting to come in and we have had to trim a little around his ears so he is not tickled all of the time.
We are so blessed to have such a sweet spirit in our home. He has blessed our family in so many ways and we can not believe that we finally have a son! We love you Sweet Calvin!
