Daddy Daughter Ball and Dylan hits 20 pounds

Gracie had been waiting for this day for over a month. Her school sent home a paper saying there was a daddy daughter ball. She asked Deven if he would go with her and of course he said yes. Then of course there was "so much preparation." We had to find the perfect dress, after all this was "A BAll" She wanted to curl her hair and couldn't wait to put her dress on. I think they both look wonderful. We decided to make this whole day her day so we let her pick what to do in the morning. She picked Ko'Olina Beach. So we agreed. We went early so we could get parking. Gracie tried snorkeling, and was practicing her swimming. It was a great day.
Gracie all ready for the ball
Gracie thought we should take some pictures of just daddy as well. What can I say a "Natural GQ" I think he is pretty handsome.
They are ready. So I sent them on there way. Dylan and I were going to have a mommy son outing as well. I was going to take him shopping. Good thing he is still little. I don't think he will fight me on this one.
So our little guy just isn't so little anymore. I had his WCC this past week and at 7 mths he weighed in at 20 lbs. and is just over 27 inches long. This puts him in the 75%. Deven and I can't help but call him our "little BIG BUDA" He is so chunky and we love it. This is him passed out after a tough day at the beach.
Today was a day of discovery for him. We let him play in the sand. He would pick it up and just look at it and then he would rub his feet in it. He played for a long time.
Taking a break from the water
Our little "BIG BUDA" We love the chunk!!!! He really is a happy baby, but a mamma's boy. We always get comments on how happy he is, but he doesn't like to be left with other people. He keeps a close eye on me. He has to make sure I am paying attention to him at all times. He always wants me to talk to him and doesn't like it when I leave the room.

A Week of Dress Up

Well this will be a bit of a random blog. We have been keeping busy. We seem to cram so much into our weekends which usually makes them crazy... but at the same time we have been having a lot of fun. The other morning I was putting clothes away upstairs and asked Gracie to watch Dylan. When I came down stairs I found him all dressed up and Gracie was showing him what he looked like in her mirror. He didn't seem to mind in fact he loves it when Gracie plays with him. He gets so excited when we go to the bus to pick her up. He kicks his feet and smiles and laughs as she walks off the bus. He loves it when she comes up to him and says hi. She can get him to laugh so hard. I had left this crown on the table. Deven and I went to a couples only Halloween party. (meaning we all ditched the kids) I went as a "drama queen" and Deven went as a caveman. I didn't take my camera so I will try to get copies. But it was tons of fun. The next day we spent Halloween afternoon at Hickham Beach. We rented paddle boards and let Gracie play with her friends all afternoon. It was such a relaxing afternoon and the perfect beach day. I took my camera but left it in the car and was too lazy to go get it out. It was too bad because I missed a lot of great photo opps. Halloween night we did a little bit of neighborhood trick or treating and then headed over to the church for the ward trunk or treat. Of course the kids came out loaded with candy. Gracie wanted to be a witch this year so we decided it would be fun to let Dylan be a black cat. I thought they both looked pretty darn cute.
Gracie dressing up her little brother.
Our "little witch and black cat" getting ready to go trick or treating. Gracie was so excited.

Another one of our new favorite things to do is to go to the beach and have smores. Deven and I bought a fire bowl and have had so much fun with it. We head up to the beach in the evening we usually get some take out and then watch the sun set. We then get the fire bowl going and enjoy some yummy smores. This night we also enjoyed some "spooky" Halloween stories. Some of the "boys" and even some of the kids went for a little night swim. I am still a little spooked about that part, but may be one of these times I will get brave.