October fun!

A group of us traveled to Hermann, Missouri for their famous annual Oktoberfest. It was a fun night of wine drinking, beer drinking, and camping in city park.

Don't let the name fool you. This town was gorgeous. Here is a shot of one of the wineries we stopped at.

Josh...being that guy drinking wine out of a paper bag...on the hillside...at a winery...by himself....in Hermann, MO.

Halloween came and went. Austin had a good time. He was Wolverine. He loves pumpkins which he fondly refers to as "balls." Close enough...

We even gave him Hugh Jackman chops....and his mask....well, let's just say it didn't fit over his eyes, because his head is larger than the average bear. Oh, well. He probably wouldn't want to wear it over his eyes anyway.

Trunk or treating at our church. Austin and my nephew's Cameron, a.k.a Tiger, and Eric, a.k.a. "A Bat" had a blast. I mean this is pretty much what is looks like trying to take pictures of toddlers, and a 4 year old. They are so wanting to be somewhere else. The fact that they are all relatively facing the same direction is a miracle.

Apparently we are going through a sitting in things phase...

Oh...look at this tiny box top on the ground, what's this for?...





sitting...


Austin has an odd attachment to the laundry basket. If it is visible he wants to be in it.

This time he had to bring all of his friends and blanket too.

And then there is this box he found......No idea how he fits in there. This thing is like a clown car.

First Day at school!

For Austin and me. Lots of stuff to bring to work!! I am working at the Parent's Day out program up at our church three days a week, 9:30-2:30. I am working with the 2-3 year olds, and Austin gets to go to the baby room for free!! Bonus! Busy first day for me and him. When I picked him up at the end of the day I was told he had a great first day. He had "colored" a bus. And by colored I mean, a line of green, and line of blue. She also told me I might want to bring him more food for lunch. I was like...yeah, he eats a lot....so...I mean I packed him a whole hot dog, six or seven grapes, about a half a cup of mixed veggies, several teddy grahams. Plus I gave him a snack before I dropped him off. He is an eating machine.

Posing for the camera. Tell grandpa how excited he is for school.

The boys hanging out watching football.

Bump on the noggin'. He fell the other day, like he does a hundred times a day. This time he landed just perfectly so that his head hit the corner of the stereo cabinet. Poor boogerbutt.

Our temporary home for now

Austin and I are back in KC. Living with the parents for now. Doing lots of house hunting. Starting work in a few weeks.

Austin in his new home eating spaghetti, and being a goof.

Playing in the fountains down town Iowa City before we left.

LAAAAATER IOWA!!!

We are out like the Gout....



Well, the house is sold, so that means we have to move. We have two ginormous PODS in our driveway as you can see. Since we are homeless for the time being, we felt it was the best way to go since they will just put all of our stuff in storage. My dad came up this week to help. It has been so nice, since Austin doesn't make packing the easiest. Until my dad arrived. The majority of our packing had been done between the hours 8-midnight.

Grandpa and Austin sitting in the POD....too cute.

Tickle monster

I didn't have a baby pool, so I did the best I could, and used one of my shoe drawers. Some might call it trashy. I call it being resourceful.

Austin Hefner getting ready to hit the tub.

Finally got Austin on video saying tickle tickle. Kind of blurry. Sorry.

Summer Traveling

Spent the fourth at Josh's dad's house in Sparta Wi. Austin always has fun with cousins Casey and Layney. They all had their flag shirts on.

We also took a trip with all the Stegings in June. We rented a person's property for the week outside of the Wisconsin Dells. A fun touristy town known for waterparks and scenery. The place we stayed at was really great. We had a couple of cabins, lots of trails, ponds, zipline, grills and fire pits all over the place. You could even take a canoe trip out and see a bald eagle nest complete with adults and babies. It was really cool. We took some pics of Austin for his belated first birthday and some family ones too. Using the property as our back drop.

Me on the zip line, I almost made it across with out getting wet. As I threw the line back it got tangled, you can tell Josh was happy about it.

Austin throwing rocks and laughing. This is his new fav thing to do. He is in constant search for rocks to throw.

Our big boy starting to eat with a spoon. He is messy, but is trying.