Almost Fall!

It is almost my favorite time of year! Fall/Winter brings so many wonderful things - apple orchards, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping, Christmas Music, Christmas lights, you get the idea... So while we are waiting for that, a lot has happened in the past few weeks:

Bennett has been a doll as always. He is (still) officially teething, and it had gotten REALLY bad last week. You could just tell he was in an incredible amount of pain - he was always very irritable, he wasn't sleeping at all, and was drooling as much as a dog. Sure enough, at seven months, out popped his first tooth! While I am going to miss the gummy little smile he always gave me, his new smile is as cute as ever! Also, Bennett has really started to enjoy playing "So Big!" (see below). It is just the cutest!

Kaeden is doing so well in school (and finally enjoying it!). He is a math pro! We practice his math problems all the time, and he always surprises me with how quickly he learns new things I teach him. Also, he had been mentioning that he wanted to spend halloween with us this year as it is going to be Bennett's first Halloween - we spoke with Sonja, and we are going to have him! I am so excited I can hardly stand it! Last weekend we purchased his costume (black spy ninja). He is so cute running around with the mask on and the little trident swords :)

I have been busy as a bee. I have been taking on some really fun projects at work, and loving it! Also, I have been trying to figure out what business school I should attend and whether to go full time or part time. The latest decision is to try to get into the Carlson Full Time MBA program. It would be such an amazing opportunity. I hope it works out! Jae and I have done some numbers crunching, and we could make it work (albeit with lots of student loans) financially. Keep your fingers crossed! Application deadline is November 1st - hoping to hear back by mid-November.

Jae has been busy as well - last weekend, he spent some time paintballing up north with Billy. It sounds like he had a wonderful time! It's good for him to get out with the boys!

This weekend, we have quite the busy weekend - tonight, we are getting together with "the couples" - The Cliftons and The Kachmans - for a "dirty" theme night - based around dirty martnins. Jae and I are going as hobos. Can't wait! Tomorrow Jae's Coworker - Celnida is hosting a first birthday party for her daughter Olivia. Here's hoping to get a little bit of rest time in before we have to do the whole "work week" thing all over again!

Bennett is "So Big!"

Bennett Playing Before Daycare