Sawyers' Adventures: Halloween

Happy November! It has been a fun last couple of weeks! First off, we went "trunk or treating" at our ward Halloween Party. I was princess Jasmine, Mark was Aladdin, and J was Abu (Aladdin's monkey). We won the family costume contest! I'm not normally competitive with contests...but I was really hoping we'd win this year! My mom helped me make my costume a couple of years ago, Mark put his together and our friend lent us her little Monkey costume (I made the vest and hat). The party was fun and Joshua got a good haul of candy...which his parents ate, of course! Joshua also got his first kiss that night! A cute little 1 year old girl came up to J and planted one right on his lips! She then proceeded to try and kiss J again and again that whole night. It was so cute!

A couple of days later, Hurricane Sandy hit. The coast definitely had it worse, but we still felt some of its force. The wind was brutal and we stayed inside out of necessity. We were really lucky but many of our friends lost power for days, fallen trees and branches destroyed friends' cars and huge old trees were uprooted and lying in the middle of streets. Despite the trial of the storm, it turned out to be a blessing for those in our ward. I have never seen so many people come together and share their resources. I was so blessed to witness and learn such compassion!

Halloween was postponed for the Sunday after and so we didn't go door to door. That was okay, J doesn't understand Halloween yet. :). Speaking of J, he's a sweetie pie. He is all smiles and loves to cuddle up (even if it's only for a minute). He babbles a ton and loves to climb up on things. He has started to climb up on the couch! He can stand unaided now... but has no desire to walk yet. He has four teeth, with three more coming in. He loves playing with daddy and he loves to read...but he likes being in control of the book. He loves his toy cars and playing catch (catch turns into him flinging the ball while parents retrieve it from underneath the couch). He is still hanging out at 25 lbs, and looks more and more like a toddler every day. Here are some pictures!