Where has the time gone??

I can't believe it's already October! Our entire neighborhood is decorated for Halloween (everyone seems to decorate more for Halloween than Christmas!) and I have barely gotten my 4th of July decorations down! I'm hoping we can make it to the pumpkin patch this weekend and at least get some pumpkins out in the front yard. Jacob has decided he wants to be a pirate for Halloween this year. As far as the little kids, I'm not sure yet. I feel like I only have a few years when they will let me pick out their costume, so I want to do something cute, but I haven't come up with anything yet. Any ideas?? Our church is doing a carnival Halloween night and if it's anything like last year, it will be awesome! Jacob had a great time... there were bounce houses, games, food, music and lots and lots of candy! So we'll probably go to that and then come home for a little trick-or-treating.

We went to Windsor last weekend and went wine tasting with Joe and Kindra. Mom and dad stayed here with the kids. We went to a bunch of wineries along Dry Creek in Healdsburg. Our favorite was Bella winery. You did the tasting in their wine caves! After wine tasting, we ate at Mary's Pizza (one of our favorites!) and then went bowling. We figured out we hadn't been bowling since before Jacob was born! We got to celebrate Jon's dad's birthday on Sunday with a bbq at the Allingham's. It was great to see everyone, but weird to not have the kids with us. I always look forward to our time away together as a couple, but end up missing the kids like crazy! It was fun to get home and see how excited everyone was to see us. Dylan learned where his nose and hair is and Megan had her hair in pig tails for the first time (thanks to Grandma Lynnie!). Oh, I can't forget to mention that I bowled a 173... my career high! :o)

Ok, I'm off to make dinner... I'll upload a few new cute photos later tonight.

xoxo,
Lisa :o)

Photos from the week

Jacob and his "show and spell" bag from preschool. Each week they learn a letter of the alphabet and we fill up the bag with an item from home that starts with that letter. So far we had Austin from the Backyardigans, Buzz Lightyear and a car.

Jacob and Megan snuggling under Jacob's blanket... so cute!

Triplets first bath all together!

Ryan and Jacob

Dylan flashing is adorable smile!

15 Month check-up today

Jon and I took the babies in for their 15 month check-up this morning. Everyone is doing great. They are all about the same height - 31 1/2 inches. Megan weighs 18 lbs 13 oz. She's such a tiny thing! She's the only one who still has to ride rear-facing in her carseat! Dylan weighs 21 lbs 5 oz and Ryan weighs 23 lbs 15 oz. They each got one shot and hardly cried (yeah!). Besides the appointment taking an hour and a half, it was a pretty good trip.

An afternoon at the park

Binky update

Jacob is doing pretty good without his binky. He asks about it once or twice a day and we just say "binkies went bye-bye". He thinks the binky fairy gave his binkies to baby Derek (Heather's youngest), so hopefully next time we see Derek Jacob won't want his binkies back! I told him that the binkies he gave Derek are in his crib at Auntie's house. Hopefully that will work! It's a good thing that 3-year-olds believe what we tell them! :o)

I almost forgot!!

I almost forgot the 2 most important parts of the weekend!! Jacob went poop in the potty and last night he gave up his binky! Two HUGE accomplishments for him!! Last night Jon told Jacob if he gave up his binky's, we could go to Target today and get a new special toy. So he gave them to Jon and he only got up twice before finally falling asleep. He asked for them once or twice today, but we reminded him that the binky fairy came to our house last night and took them away so she could give them to little babies who needed them. We went to Target today and he picked out a Diego Lego set. And so far tonight, he's been in bed for about a half hour and I haven't heard a peep out of him! I'm hoping this keeps up!!

Labor Day weekend

Mom and Dad hosted a fun bbq and swim party on Saturday to celebrate Labor Day. They had a special secret planned... an "extravaganza" as they called it ... for all the kids. The Nelson's were there along with us. The day started with Chevy's chips and salsa - a huge favorite for everyone! Then it was in the pool. At one point we had everyone in the pool which was 14 people! The bbq consisted of steak, red potatoes, fruit salad, rolls and corn on the cob. For dessert, we roasted marshmallows and had smores. Jon and I put the babies to bed and then all the other kids got their jammies on. Next was the big surprise! Mom and dad had set up an outdoor movie for the kids on their patio! They had mats, pillows and blankets for each of the kids. We watched Toy Story (another favorite of our family's). We popped popcorn, made hot chocolate and snuggled up to watch the movie. The kids absolutely loved it! I think Livie said "can we do this every time we come over?" It was a great idea!! I think this will definitely be a new Davis family Labor Day tradition!

Sunday morning came very early, as we didn't get home until almost 11:00 Saturday night. We made it to church and then Jon was off to work for the day. The kids and I pretty much just hung around the house. We went for an after dinner walk and then had bath time.

Jon had today off, so we spent the day doing a few chores around the house and errands. we had our friends Mandy, Jeremy and their son Ethan over for a bbq this evening. Jacob loves playing with Ethan and they had a fun time. Now, it's 9:15 and I'm exhausted! Thankfully, Jon has tomorrow off. It'll be back to the regular routine of preschool, naps, meals, etc!

Heather is sending me photos of the "extravaganza" so I'll post some once I get them.

-- Lisa :o)