New Little Nephew!

Dallin Steven Boone is the newest member of the Miner family!

He came at 33.5 weeks and has some NICU time to figure out breathing and eating, and it's killing me to have my sister far away healing from a c-section when I can't help her, but I sure love them and I'm grateful that they're all doing well and getting better each day. Having these boys close is going to be so much fun in life but the getting them both here feels a little crazy!

Our Halloween weekend was a good time! Our neighbor Teresa threw a party for the kiddos and they had a blast there, and then we went to our church Trunk or Treat that night and Camden quickly learned the magic of the words Trick or Treat. He also held the full size Reese's candy bar close to his heart all night, so I know he appreciates the finer things. Church the next morning was pretty smooth considering the pre-Halloween festivities, but I tried to leave Camden the first time in nursery and he lasted about 4 minutes. But hey that was enough time for me to pee, which happens OFTEN these days, so it was appreciated. 

That afternoon we had a fun mini potluck with neighbors on the next street before trick-or-treating together. The boys had a blast being Spiderman and a Vampire bat, and Camden refused to put on his warm monkey costume. He refuses all jackets and coats, actually, so it was a coooooold trick-or-treating experience for him. I somehow convinced him to turn back home with me while Michael kept up with the older kids and neighbor crowd. We watched Coco together earlier that day which felt like the perfect Sunday + Halloween movie. That ending makes me cry every time.

One week to baby!

Christmas wrapped, Westin's birthday wrapped, Michael's birthday wrapped...
We're keeping things simple this year and getting things done early!

The boys loved a pumpkin patch with a hay bale maze that we went to.

It was $5 a person and not too big,
so we went the cheap and easy route by just sending Westin and Bennett in haha.
They ran all over that maze for as long as we could let them and loved peeking out at us.

Then Camden could see he was being left out and he felt brave enough to join the fun.

Picking a little pumpkin for the littlest,
since Westin and Bennett grew their own in the garden this year.

I Spy Westin

Michael bringing in a mower load of leaves freaked me out a little...
but he made it to his balcony planters without a trail :)
Camden thought it was so funny.

We're almost through this Pre-K workbook with this cutie.

I have been falling back to childhood foods that I haven't eaten in years lately.
I don't know if that's pregnancy cravings or pregnancy copings :)
But here are scones and honey butter and Navajo tacos one night straight from what I remember eating with my grandma so many times.

My dad does the sweetest thing where he picks up a couple extra copies of the paper,
then sends us the crosswords so that we can do the same crossword at the same time like a game.
I think it's so cute of him and we love doing them.

Sweet Dallin! I can't wait to meet him.

Spiderman and the Vampire bat!

This was what I got when I said "strike a pose!"
and I was nervous Westin was going to full on hit those splits

Teresa's (Minnie Mouse) annual Halloween party.
She is the sweetest neighbor ever.

This picture cracks me up.
He uses this determination for both good and evil, let me tell you.
We're working on it haha

My Trunk or Treat trunk efforts were.... minimal this year.
Who are we kidding, they're minimal every year.
I don't understand Halloween.

Sometimes I do a full on double take at this baby belly and the new circumference we keep reaching.

Some clementine coloring for our neighborhood potluck while we watched Coco.

Camden and I came home from trick or treating early and shared Tootsie Rolls and kisses by the fire. He just learned to give kisses on cheeks and thinks it's so fun to do, so it was quite the cozy trade off from the freezing walk outside we snuck away from!

 

Until next year, pumpkin porch!