Halloween Eve

Elliott ate raspberries for the first time tonight.  That has nothing to do with Halloween Eve, I just thought you might want to know.

 

He liked them.  A lot.

Oh.  And huge news.  Elliott has his first tooth.  Ignore the pieces of raspberry on his lips that look like boils.  Do you see it?   

 No?  You can't see it, you say?

 

Well.  Let me give you an idea of what we're looking at.

 

In a world where this is Elliott's tooth, 

 

 

and this color red represents Elliott's gums,

 

if we were to zoom in on the red line/gums, this is what Elliott's tooth would look like. 

It's there.  I promise. 

 

Spencer got his first tooth (the left central incisor) 4 days before he turned 11 months.  Elliott got his first tooth (the right central incisor) 18 days before turning 11 months. 

 

Moving on. 

 

We ended up NOT closing today because the paperwork didn't get here from the underwriters in time.  Apparently somebody was sick last week and nobody stepped in to do their work.  Thanks a lot random, unknown person in Georgia.  We did the final walk through and inspection today and we'll sign everything tomorrow.  It was actually OK, because it left more time this evening for pumpkin carving.

 

Spencer and his pumpkin

 

Elliott and his

 

Spencer was ready to get right in there and start yanking.

 

He was not a huge fan of how it felt though. 

I thought that pumpkin guts were the perfect sensory experience for a little person with no pumpkin experience.

 

 

And yes.  He tried to eat it.  A few times.

Spencer just couldn't stand it that Elliott was in only a diaper, so he stripped down so they could match.

 

Elliott had to take a break for his Vitamin D drops.

 

Spencer and I clean out the pumpkins every year, but Michael is our actual carver.  The system works.  Why mess with it?

 

This is from a commercially available pattern.

 

This is from a Michael exclusive pattern.

 

Tomorrow is going to be so busy it makes my head spin.

 

This is what needs to be done. 

 

Lay in bed and ignore the alarm or Elliott- whichever sounds first- and beg for 2 more minutes.

Cuddle with 1 or more kid.

Feed the kids breakfast.

Take a shower.

Play with the kids.

Call the electric company to get the power turned on in our name in the new house.

Take Halloween pictures of the boys in their Halloween shirts.

Post pictures on facebook

Feed Spencer lunch.

Take Spencer to school.

Get Elliott down for a nap.

Pick Spencer up from school.

Feed Elliott lunch.

Meet Michael to sign all of the paperwork.

Go to dinner with my sister-in-law who is in town for a job interview.

Get the kids dressed in their costumes.

Take pictures.

Post more pictures on facebook

Go trick-or-treating.

 

Throw in nursing Elliott and providing on-going care for the dog (in the form of just making sure she is still breathing during her naps) and that's a jam-packed day.