Happy Halloween (and a milestone for Jack...his first picture with Bully!)

This past week we attended several Halloween events. The first was in downtown Starkville and was called Pumpkin Pallooza. Many of you know that Jack is TERRIFIED of all mascots. (That could even be an understatement. He has never taken a picture with Bully and gets truly frozen with fear when we get anywhere near him.) So, when we saw Bully last week at the Halloween party, we asked if he wanted to take a picture with him. We fully expected a screaming, NOOOO! But, when we told him that Daddy would hold him and get in the picture too (an offer we've made many times before), he said, "OK." He did it! I was so proud of him, and he was quite proud of himself. I'm not sure if it was the firefighter costume made him feel brave, but I'm interested to see how he responds the next time.

Emily the cowgirl, Addie the zebra (or horse, as she would tell you), and Jack the firefighter ran into each other at Pumpkin Pallooza.

The same group with the addition ofAvi Grace the lady bug hit the streets last night to trick or treat before heading to the Fall Festival at church.

Joe wore the same little pumpkin outfit that Jack wore for his first Halloween...the difference is that Jack was almost 7 months old, and Joe is not yet 3 months old...and it fit Joe perfectly!!! I couldn't believe it!

On Thursday Jack was not feeling well, so we took him to the doctor. (When it comes to illness, I usually "wait and see," but with all of the flu scares and an infant in the house, I've become a little more paranoid.) Anyway, it turns out Jack just has a cold, nothing serious. But, while we were there, I went ahead and weighed Joe just to see how much he's grown in the last 3 weeks. He was 13 lbs, 10.4 oz. (That's up 1 lb, 10.4 oz in 3 weeks.)