Picture with Santa

Today we spent over an hour in line right before nap time to take DJ's yearly picture with Santa. Despite the long line and wait my little man persevered and gave me a beautiful smile. As soon as we got into the car he promptly fell asleep. What a little trooper.

Doing laundry

DJ has been so cute lately.  He has been trying to be so helpful.  He has been trying to help with putting away groceries, do yard work, and help with the laundry.  I caught him on video yesterday helping Dave with it.  Hope you like it!

HALLOWEEN

Yesterday we started our day by going to the zoo for their annual 'zoo boo'.  We dressed DJ as a skeleton and he got his first taste of Halloween this year.  We didn't stay long since it became crowded very fast.  It definitely was a colorful display of costumes!  Later on that evening we got DJ dressed as a dragon.  He was too cute! Didn't even get scared.  He had his bag ready for the treats! Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Climbing the roof

Today Dave decided to put the cover on the swamp cooler and rake a few leaves in the backyard before tomorrows storm of rain and possible snow.  Little did we know our little DJ would decide to copy Daddy and climbs the ladder all by himself without help to the roof where Dave grabbed a hold of him.  My heart was racing as I watched him, making sure he did not fall.  I waited until he was in Dave's arms then I grabbed the camera.  My little man seems to have no fear.  He sure did give me a couple of new grays!

DJ picks his first pumpkin

Isn't it funny how we take our kids to places we think they might enjoy and tell them to 'look at this' or 'check this out' hoping they will enjoy the time and effort we as parents are putting ourselves through. I was thinking of this as we took DJ to a pumpkin patch this past weekend. There were some goats to pet, hay to climb, pumpkins to pick and things to do. We try to show our kids things hoping they will have wonderful childhood memories and appreciate what we did for them. I hope when DJ sees these pictures later on in life he understands how much we wanted to share with him.

Swinging with Daddy

Dave and DJ enjoying the swing in our backyard.  This was too precious and I had to capture the moment

Balloon Fiesta

Today we took DJ to the Balloon Fiesta which is a big thing here in Albuquerque. We started our day @ 4am (not including Dave who just got off of work and was already going on 24 hrs of no sleep). It was a very cold morning probably above 35 degrees. DJ was warm enough, but me and Dave were a bit under dressed. Could've used another jacket or blanket and thicker gloves! It didn't matter since it was a beautiful crisp fall morning. The balloons were colorful and the atmosphere was exciting. DJ go a kick out of it, but I think I enjoyed watching him watch everything even more! I am truly blessed and fortunate!