Trunk or Treat!

So, this was our first official "trunk or treat". I am sure we will be attending them for the next 20 years, but we kicked it off to a great start tonight. The evening started with a chili dinner. ( I signed up for dessert and made about 5o black and orange rice krispie treats) The food was delicious as it usually is at church events. We had a really great turn out with a few investigators. We are new in the ward so this was a really great way to get to know more people. Tom signed up to decorate our car and pass out candy. Of course, the best part of the night was... Maddox!! Tonight he went as our little cowboy...

Now this picture isn't from tonight but I think it is just such a cute picture of Maddox... He is a happy kid!

So, this was our trunk or treat experience and it was a good one. I guess we will go again next year... Anyway, we are heading to San Diego on Thursday to spend Halloween with Tommy's parents. We are so excited! They pretty much deck their house out and it is soo much fun!

I guess I should update everyone a little.. Maddox has TWO teeth! They are so stinking cute.. I should try to get a picture of them when he is smiling or something. He still isn't quite crawling yet but is sooo close. He can now go from being in the crawling position to the sitting position. Tommy caught him eating popcorn today! We deffinately have to keep an eye on this one!

If you want to destroy my sweater...

So last weekend we were able to go to the state fair and go see Weezer in concert. We were also able to see Tommy's favorite band, Angels and Airwaves. Tommy's buddy hooked him up with tickets and backstage passes.. We had so much fun, and Tommy was in heaven!

This is Tommy with the drummer from Weezer.

The night before the concert we went miniature golfing with some friends of ours. According to the score sheet I think I won but I am also pretty sure Tommy was cheating for me. Not to say I am not a great golfer, because I am!!.. but, I think Tommy was fudging a bit when filling out the score cards! It was especially fun because the course was all spooked out for haloween. We had a lot of fun!

The BIG 7 MONTHS

Alright, so Maddox turned 7 months on Monday. He weighs around 16.8 lbs (50%). He is 27 1/4 inches long (95%).. And I forgot his head circumference but that is the 50% as well. He loves to eat (if you haven't noticed from previous posts), he loves to bang on things, and his favorite game is peek-a-boo. It seems like there is always something new that he is doing. He cannot crawl yet but tonight he figured out how to get around.... Well, kind of. I swear he was "scooting" better, we just didn't get it on camera!

To Nana's House We Go!

Maddox and I just returned from our second trip to Texas. We had so much fun! We spent most of our time taking it easy, learning some delicious recipes, and working on the new house. That's right, working. :) My mom and step-dad are building their dream home and they were lucky enough to get our help on it! :) By the time we left the walls were up and it was really starting to take form. We are so excited for it to be done!

Well, our first night in town we went out to eat with my grandparents. We went to eat at Houston's and Maddox loved it! His new favorite dish... Spinich dip. We have a pop-eye on our hands! Being stir crazy from our flight, he was getting difficult to keep happy, until he got ahold of the spinch dip....

So the rest of the time, we would take it easy at home where Maddox liked to explore...

.... and play....

...and be silly...

(I swear that my hair is his favorite thing!)

We also were able to meet my soon-to-be brother-in-law, hang out with my step brother and his wife, and we got to spend time with some old friends!

Monday Night Football

For some reason Tommy was so excited about the Charger's game this week so we had to do everything right. We had to have "game food". We had to WOOT and YELL for the Charger's. Best of all though, we had to deck our kid out in Charger's gear (special thanks to Erin Berry!).

He was soo cute in that thing!

This is how Maddox fell asleep after church on Sunday. He is a hard worker.

We Don't Stop

So, about a week after we moved into the new place, we left for sunny San Diego! Our friends Colby and Corinne were married so we went to attend their reception. We had a blast, as we always do when we go back. It was a pretty relaxing trip which was nice after a hectic week of moving. We took Maddox down to the beach for the first time and just plain hung out! After San Diego, we had a work week in Las Vegas. While Tom was VERY busy with work, I was busy hanging out with family and friends. We spent time with "GiGi", Tommy's grandmother who recently had a fall. I was able to see some old friends and spent a lot of time with Kelly, Tommy's cousin. Later on in the week, Tommy lucked out! His cousins had an extra ticket to the BYU/UCLA game so his wonderful wifey let him go for the weekend to Utah :) I didn't have such a bad time myself! I went to Lake Mead to celebrate Kylie's 8th birthday. That was a fun and interesting trip (to say the least!). Glad to say BYU killed UCLA and I made it back from the lake alive! Anyway, here are some recent pictures...

Stacey and Mad-Dog. They are best friends!

Daddy and Maddox at the beach. Notice Maddox holding up a "number one" finger. He is already taking after Tommy....

Now here are a few new favorites...

Tommy tried taking his shirt off... pretty cute!

Maddox's first time in a restaurant high chair. He loved it.

Teething biscuit... I had to hose him off when he was done.

Hello, Goodbye

Well, as some of you know, we recently moved. We were sooo excited!! Our old house was just too big and the maintenance was a killer and.. the scorpions. Don't get me started on that problem. Anyway, so we moved about a month ago and we are slowly getting settled in our new place. It is a 3 story, 2 bedroom condo. We lost about 700 sf from our last place. Needless to say, we are a little cramped but we love it! We will post pictures of the place once it gets all decorated.

Anyway, I feel like I should give a little update since it has been so long since we have posted anything. Tommy's job is going very well. We recently got news that he will be moving to the diabetes division at the begining of the year. We are so excited about this! Megan is doing well. She is trying to get the new house put together. She has begun a few new craft projects and is loving watching Maddox grow! Oh Maddox... He is getting so big! He sits up on his own (for about a month now). Our little 6 month old has so much to explore! He has begun teething and is getting over his first cold. Also, on Monday we started him on his Veggies. So far, so good.. Take a look!

Anyway, that is what has been new with us in the past month. Coming up, Maddox and Megan are going to Texas for 8 days to visit Megan's family. During that time, Tommy has meetings in San Diego. It seems like we can never stay home for more than 2 weeks or so! Maddox sure is a trooper as we travel!