Halloween

The kids had a great time on Halloween! Julia dressed as Hermione from Harry Potter, and Aiden was Spiderman. He wouldn't wear his mask though. He got a little scared by some of the childrens' costumes, but overall he did really well. Julia was very happy because she saw several of her friends from school. There were hundreds of people in our subdivision, it was very busy. I thought it was really cute that several families had their children in wagons and were pulling them around. I guess we could've pulled Aiden in ours, but Wally just carried him most of the time.

I was really proud of Aiden because he said "thank you" and "bye bye" to almost everyone who gave him candy. Until recently, he's gotten shy around strangers and wouldn't say anything.

People loved Julia's costume. She looked so cute. She had her Gryffindor robe and tie and her wand. And Lexie wore black and orange Halloween sleeper that said "boo"on it and had a little tail coming out of the back. She slept the first half and I carried her the rest of the night. She wasn't fussy at all, just looking all around.

Speaking of fussiness, Lexie does have colic. The dr basically just said I need to find out what calms her because every colicky baby is different....and they usually outgrow the colic by 3 months. I hope so because it's so hard and frustrating when she cries, and I don't know how to help her. I don't want her to be in pain. I'm trying an herbal remedy the dr suggested called gripe water. We'll see how it works.

It's also hard because about 90% of the time, she'll only calm down for me. Poor Wally, sometimes she just screams no matter what he does. I'm hopeful that she outgrows this "mommy only" phase soon....there are so many times that Wally's not here to help...and right now he is, but Lexie won't let him!

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving break and our trip to the cabin with my parents later this month. It will be a nice break and a fun vacation. Julia and Wally are excited about going fishing! I'm excited about the hot tub and hanging out with my mom.
I will have to upload our Halloween pics and post them later.