Clayton (and Mom and Dad) really enjoyed going to his cousin Kolby's 11th birthday party two weekends ago (October 2). And finally all of the fun pictures and videos have been uploaded and edited for your enjoyment!
Clayton had fun in the backyard with a little football
Don't worry Clayton, we'll let you paint a pumpkin in a bit...
Looks like he's getting ready to pass the ball!
After pumpkin painting was over, it was time for the Piñata!
Next, Kolby opened his presents. (I stole some of your pictures, Betsy, I hope you don't mind!)
Clayton trying to steal a sucker!
He got to help rip the paper too!
Then they tried out the new basketball that Kolby got:
After that was cake and ice cream. Clayton got to try a little homemade ice cream, and of course he loved it! After that everyone was pretty exhausted, and Clayton and his Uncle Ty got to spend some quality time on the couch together!
First of all, my deepest apologies for going another week with out a blog post! I have been really busy making the slideshow for Clayton's birthday party - also a lot of stuff to clean up and put away in our new house, plus a lot of loose ends to tie up in Kearney and many many phone calls to get things squared away!
There is a ton of good blog material from cousin Kolby's 11th birthday party last Sunday but it is going to take me a little time to go through and edit it all, so for now, here is what Clayton was up to yesterday evening - helping mom and dad rake up the leaves in the yard! He loves yard work (watching the neighbors mow, and carrying around sticks) so I can't wait until next summer/fall when he is big enough to help pick up sticks in the yard for us!
Clayton loves to "help" us do everything from unload (climb in) the dishwasher to putting his toys away (this can actually be helpful) and he even tried to help Daddy change the batteries in his toy truck . . .
So this post was supposed to go up on Friday, Sept 23, but for some reason it did not! : ( So here it is, pretend that it's last Friday. . .
Yesterday, I bought Clayton this adorable new hat for winter. I love that it will cover his ears and it is a cute little monster for my monster! I don't think it will be keeping his ears very warm though... I tried to take a picture and he can rip it off in RECORD TIME!
1st Attempt - too quick for the camera!
There it is! Mommy is holding it on though.
And he's not too happy about it....
"What is that horrible thing?!"
"Mommy...? Why?!""
And if you look REALLY close you can see his two bottom teeth!
Well, we have officially moved into our own house in York (as of Monday I would say since that was our first night there) and Clayton has sure been busy checking out his new surroundings. He had some trouble sleeping yesterday for naps and didn't sleep very well Monday night. So he ended up taking a nap with mommy on her bed yesterday late morning. So this is what Daddy got to see when he came home on Tuesday for lunch --
That's our goofy baby with his wild child hair! He had a much better night last night, and his morning nap is already going better than yesterday's!
