Syracuse Pumpkin Walk

We took Jaycee over to the Syracuse Pumpkin Walk tonight and it was really neat. There were 800 different carved pumpkins all lit and up lined up for all to see. Jaycee thought it was really neat. They even handed out candy for the little ones for trick-or-treating. Some of the designs were incredible and I could not believe that people actually carved them. None of the pumpkins that I have ever carved have ever looked that good. Anyways, here are a couple of pics.

Halloween Trunk or Treat

Jaycee had her very first experience with treat-or-treating last night at our ward's Halloween truck or treat. She was a little unsure about taking the candy out of the containers that people were holding, but was very excited to see how full her "purse" was at the end. She was acting really, really shy through the beginning and eventually started to warm up to the idea when she met her first truly dressed up parent. It was our next door neighbor dressed up as a hunter. It scared her to death! She looked so very cute dressed up as a snow fairy, though.

FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON

I am sure that many of you were just as surprised to wake up on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago and find a whole lot of snow everywhere! This being the first snow for us in our new house, I had to take some pictures. Jaycee's favorite aspect of the snow was eating it.

We couldn't resist getting all bundled up and going out back to try to make our first snowman of the season, but the snow wouldn't cooperate. Jaycee didn't seem to mind though, she was just fine trying eat as much as she could. The dogs absolutely love when it snows outside and covers the ground. They played for hours this Sunday out there chasing each other around the backyard.

Later that night, there was a gorgeous full moon that looked incredible above the snow dusted mountains.

Favorite things

Jaycee's two favorite things right now are "colors" (crayons, colored pencils, or any type of writing utensil she can find) and talking on the phone. She is getting pretty good and multitasking already and this is a picture of her coloring and just chatting to dad one morning. She is getting to the point that she will actually carry on a full conversation with Mitch on the phone with jabber, side effects and faces. It is pretty funny to watch.

LOVIN' DADDY

For those of you who do not know, Jaycee absolutely loves, loves, loves her dad! Most mornings, when she gets up, she asks for daddy and after being told he is at work, she wants to call and talk to him on the phone. This week, because she is teething those nasty molars again, she actually cried when I told her that he was at work. Here are a few recent Jaycee and Daddy moments. She especially loves to go crawl in bed after she gets up if Mitch is still in there and just lie down next to him. They are so very cute together!

Black Harvest Festival

Jaycee and I went to the Black Harvest Festival in Syracuse with a mom's club and had a ball. There were so many things to do there. It was really fun. The slides were definitely Jaycee's favorite, especially the biggest one. Yes, she did go down that and pretty much dragged me to the top because there were so many stairs and this pregnant body just does not move as quickly as hers. The slide was actually really fast and I was quite suprised that it didn't freak her out a little bit, but she loved it!

Believe it or not, this was Jaycee's first time in a bounce house. It was so fun to watch her. She recently learned to say jump, as she loves to jump on the couches, bed, treadmill, etc. The whole time she was in there, she was shouting "jump, jump".

To top off the trip, we went on a tractor trailer ride out to the pumpkin patch and were able to each pick out a pumpkin. Of course, Jaycee went for the biggest that she could find and even to this day, she is able to pick her pumpkin out from mine. She really liked the tractor ride and thought it was really cool.

Chuck E Cheese

A new Chuck E Cheese just opened here in Layton and we decided it was time to let Jaycee go crazy at a restaurant with no reprimands. I didn't get too many pictures because there were so many moms and dads/kids/grandmas/grandpas/etc. Jaycee was a little too young for most of the entertaining games and things, but we were able to find a horse ride that she thought was pretty cool. Of course, it was even better with Daddy holding

the reins and practically riding the horse too!