My Hoi Polloi

this last wednesday corey came home and said, "we get to go to the governor's gala. it's a work thing. but it's super dressy. i have to rent a tux so you'll need to go get something nice to wear."

.....mmmmmkay!!! so he basically told me to a) go shopping and b) to buy something to dress up in. those happen to be two of my favorite things! i was so excited to have a night out with no kiddos (thanks ma and pa shelley and all you kids that were hanging out in their basement that put my g.rant to sleep!) and to get to dress up and be all fancy-like!!

of course we rarely get to dress up and go out so when we do we can't resist taking pictures of ourselves like it's prom night!! so here we are:

hey, remember how corey's bluetooth ear piece is practically glued to his ear. that's one way to ruin a perfectly lovely picture.

we didn't get any pictures of us at the dinner but it was a good time! we had a blast with good food and friends. thanks for letting me come with you corey!!

i love this funny picture of grant. this is his "i didn't do it" face. notice all the drool running down his face and onto his already soaked shirt. we wondered if he was just going to be a drooler but alas, we were wrong and his two bottom teeth poked through his gums today.

i am having a bit of deja vu about this whole scenario. lyla was an early teether as well and it sort of feels like i am just repeating my life over again. so, i am doing the same thing i did then, but in order to avoid being redundant and rewriting what was already written and is still true i will just refer you to this post from not so long ago.

i love fall. this year more than ever i have loved seeing all the fall colors. and the best part...i don't have to go far to see all the colors. i could see these little lovelies every time i looked out my front window. i told corey that we needed to plant some of those trees at our house so we could have our own orange trees.

sadly, with the storm we had the past couple of days, most of these leaves are gone now. but that's okay, bring on the winter!

really, all these pictures are exactly the same. but i couldn't choose my favorite. this cute boy is 4 months old today and he is so much fun. it seems like he has been here much longer than 4 months but at the same time the months have just flown by.

this little man is definitely a finger sucker...and don't you just love his shirt? i do.

happy 4 months g.rant - we love having you around.

well if you are lyla, you go straight for the part that is the most colorful and sugary looking.

she took one more bite after this picture and then she was done with it. i tried to tell her that the whole thing is glazed. she didn't care.

kaleb had his last soccer game last night. it has been so fun watching him improve and understand the game better each week. he is sad that it is over.

stretching before the game.

watching 4 year olds try to stretch and do jumping jacks is too funny!

can't wait til next year's soccer games. so much fun to watch kaleb learn the game.

lately it seems like each day lyla's language skills are improving. i can usually decipher about 1 word in 10 that come out of her mouth. her latest sentence sounds like this:

"osha wan und gowa steeetch"

this is the first thing she says to me when i go in her room in the morning to get her out of bed. the decipherable word: steeetch. i put the movie "lilo and stitch" into my car the other day and now she can't get enough. she wants to watch it over and over and over. so each morning, while i am making a fabulous breakfast (aka toast or eggos or cereal or, when i am feeling nice, banana pancakes) they roll out the yoga mat, fight over who gets to sit where, and watch 10 minutes of "steeetch".

i do have to say though, watching her dance and sing during all the songs makes it one of my favorite parts of the day!