HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Kylie got a pretty Halloween dress from Grandma and she wore it twice last week, once on Tuesday to Sandy's and then on Friday to Mary's.
I was able to get Kylie's hair into pigtails that looked like her bug antennae, Erin made us pretty bows, but she wouldn't keep them in, then I found a headband that was antennae and she wouldn't keep that on either, so I thought it couldn't hurt to try to get her to wear piggies, and she actually didn't mind them. I will have to do them in her hair again soon, they are so cute!

My little ladybug, of course! Would anyone expect any less from me :) I know, I know, she will probably grow up with a ladybug fear, but for now it is fun! The costume was actually a hand-me-down, if we hadn't gotten it, I would have probably found one for her anyway.
Getting ready to go trick-or-treating with daddy, even her basket was a ladybug!
She got this sucker at the first house and we were leaving the fourth house in the next picture, Todd was carrying her because she was very interested in going into people's houses and didn't want to leave. She would stand at the door and push on it while Todd and I tried to get her to say "Trick or Treat." When people would open their doors, because they heard us, then she would try to climb in the houses, luckily we only went to our neighbors and know most of them, I think there were only two houses that we hadn't met yet and she still tried to work her way inside.
Here we are back at home, Nana and Papa stayed at our house and handed out candy, when we got back Kylie went right up to them and said "Please?"
She was so funny running around the drive way when we got home, she even got out the basketballs and her hoop and got Papa to play basketball with her :)
It was getting colder outside so we went in and she was still running around....she didn't even get any of the candy :) She loved her costume and I kept asking if she was ready to take it off and she would look right at me and say, "No," and then run the other way.

Mel and Todd

The Annual Michigan State/UofM game party

The kids all playing while the adults try to watch football. Erin made all the girls matching bows, they kept them in for a little while, notice how Kylie's is out of her reach (kind of). This is what happens when you have 7 children from the age 1 to 3 and a half, all the toys were out, everywhere, good times!!!
Even Kylie's toy box in her room was cleaned out....I found a brush and a missing hoodie, thanks everyone for helping find my missing items ;)
Kylie and Kedzie, they are 5 days apart in age, they loved getting in Kylie's bed and jumping. We wanted to get a picture of all 7 kids in one location, so we decided to put them all in Kylie's crib....it worked for the most part. Sophie didn't want to be in there with all the other kids, it kind of scared her.

Even Mia was dressed for the big game! GO GREEN!
Our family picture after all of our friends left....aren't we cute all dressed in Green! We had a great day celebrating a great victory! We love hosting the party at our house, it is great getting everyone together!

Corrections

O.k. so I am doing multiple posts and I just realized in my first two from today that captions and photos are not aligning, for whatever reason the way the pictures are loading in my edit screen and then posting on the blog are not the same...I'm sorry for any confusion, now back to posting more photos, I think after today I will have about 5 new posts!



Mel and Todd

The Pumpkin Patch

We took Kylie back to Post Family Farm this year for another great time on a hayride and picking pumpkins. Just for fun I put a picture from last year, she was so little...and now she is so big :) Also last year was very warm and this year it was very cold. While we waited for the hayride this year, Todd gave Kylie a ride in the pumpkin wagon. Grandma and Grandpa came with us this year and Kylie rode on Grandpa's lap on the way out to get the pumpkins and then sat with Todd and I on the way back to the farm. After picking our pumpkins we had donuts and then fed the animals, Kylie even tried eating the feed corn, we pulled about 3 pieces out of her mouth, she loved giving it to the animals, and thought she might like to try it herself.

Fall Fun!

Here are some fun fall time pictures of our little pumpkin.....she loves watching "Little Einsteins"....in the top picture she is clapping with the show. She doesn't care how cold it is outside, or how bundled up she has to be, she loves to go out and play with the basketballs.















Here she is with her Chocolate face from Papa's birthday cake! She loved it!








Happy girl with her new pretty bow...and next to that with her cute down vest, she was helping Todd clean the driveway.

Our Little Spartan....Go Geen!

Yes, I realize that I spelled green wrong in the title, but that is how Kylie cheers for the Spartans! She just started saying it this past Thursday. Last week was the first game that Kylie was able to watch with Todd, and he kept trying to get her to say "Go Green." Thursday night at Grandma and Grandpa's she was playing with her MSU football that plays the fight song and when it finished, I told her to say "Go Green" and she didn't even pause and blurted out, "Go Geen" then I couldn't get her to stop saying it. I called Todd and left him a voice mail that our daughter said a new word and when he got home from bowling I told him what it was. Friday we kept trying to get her to say it, and she finally started saying it again. Today while watching football after MSU scored for the first time, Todd and I both clapped and said Go Green, and then Kylie said it too, she is so proud of herself when she does it, so it makes it that much cuter!
Here are the pictures from last Saturday. After the Race for the Cure we came home just in time to watch football with Todd. Of course we had to change Kylie's clothes from her pink outfit to her new MSU shirt that daddy picked out for her. While watching the game she found Todd's shoe, my purse, and my new pink scarf from the race. She is not wearing any shorts in the first picture, we had just changed her diaper and her new favorite thing is to run away from us before we can get her pants on her.
When we were at the mall after the Race for the Cure Nana bought Kylie a new back-pack, she loved wearing it around the house. She actually was going to spend the night at Nana and Papa's again and we actually used her back-pack for her clothes.
I know this picture is a little dark, but this is to show the new back-pack, and yes it is full of clothes, for her over night trip.
Kylie was wandering all over the house, blowing kisses and playing with Mia before she left, then she found my scarf again and decided to put it on. She is so goofy and fun!

Race for the Cure......A lot of pictures

On Saturday September 27th I participated in the Susan G. Komen race for the cure. The race in Grand Rapids, starts at Rivertown Crossings Mall and goes up Wilson to 52nd st. and then to Canal and through the high school parking lot and then back to the mall. It is about 3.1 miles.
I think I have done about 5 or 6 times, I have lost count. It originally started with Amy and I only, well with the thousands of others. We missed the year that Amy and Josh got married, due to the fact that our hair appointments were at the same time as the race and we couldn't figure out how to do both.
Every year we invite our friends and family to join us and every year we end up with different people to walk with. Last year Kylie was able to make her debut walk, she was dressed head to toe in Pink and rode in her stroller, she slept the whole time. This year she also came along and was dressed in pink....I can't imagine her walking in it, there are just too many people, plus three miles is a long time for those little legs, she loved being in her stroller this year and stayed awake the whole time, she kept clapping and cheering and talking, she loved it and was entertained by the huge crowd of people.
This year we did things a little differently, we actually walked on a team captained by the wonderful Breast Cancer survivor, Kelly Anglim. Our team name was Hakuna Ma Ta Ta's and we plan on walking or running again next year. If there is anyone out there who would like to join us you are more than welcome, the race will be on Saturday September 26, 2009. This year our team raised about $1800 and we would like to double that amount next year.
We all need to be reminded that Breast Cancer is just not about the women, men are affected to. We all know at least one person that has been affected, whether it be a mom, aunt, grandma, friend, sister, or cousin. I hope you enjoy the pictures, sorry there are so many in this one post.Hillary, Kylie, and me getting ready to start the walk. It was a little chilly, but we all warmed up quickly, it was a beautiful day!
My mom, Kylie, and I before the race. Some how I did not get the picture of Amy and I that I always get. She was there and so was my mother-in-law, what a better support group than my closest family and friends....I love them all!

Team Hakuna Ma Ta Ta's

Paul and Kelly Anglim and the back of our wonderful shirts, "Faith, Strength, Hope"

Jason O'Callaghan and Paul Anglim getting ready for the race!

Paul and Kelly just before the gun went off....

The back of our team shirts again.....Paul has been Kelly's Strength and she has been his, through the battle against Breast Cancer.

The next photos are just to show the sea of people....I believe it was something like 56,000 people...every year more and more people walk or run....just look at the sea of white and pink! It is an amazingly breath taking sight! Come check it out next year ;)

Kelly finishing the race.....it is amazing, all of the survivors wear pink numbers and the announcers call off their names as they cross the finish line, it was very emotional.
The survivors also get pink roses after they cross the finish line...also very emotional, but an amazing thing to experience!