Happy Halloween!

This past weekend Jake, Jonesa, and I traveled up to Ft. Worth to spend the weekend with Destin and take a girl's shopping trip to Canton. Since we left on Halloween afternoon, Jake missed his Halloween party so we took him trick-or-treating once we got to Mark and Destin's house. Jonesa and I had talked about making Jake a doctor's costume this year because he loves his doctor play kit. He is constantly checking his heart with his stethoscope (fairly ironic!) and taking his blood pressure. But, I never followed through with the doctor idea and got a last minute costume for him. The only one left in his size that wasn't big and furry was a knight's costume. I loved that idea since I was a Knight's Queen at Harding. For my non-Harding readers, Knights is a social club (kind of like a fraternity) and the clubs elect two queens (girls) each semester to represent their club. My brother was in Knight's as well as all of my best guy friends in college so it was a lot of fun. I have to say Jake is definitely my favorite knight of all though! He was adorable and loved trick-or-treating too. We just went down two streets in their neighborhood and his Uncle Mark carried him most of the way. He got the idea down pretty quickly that people were giving him candy. He would not let anyone hold his bag for him and by the end it was so heavy he kept falling over as he dragged it behind him. Of course, he didn't really eat any of the candy--just some M & M's. We had fun watching people's reactions when they opened their doors to find little Jake standing there--great fun! Here are a few pictures:

The costume was supposed to be a 2T but Jake's little belly hung out a bit :)

Jake with Aunt Destin (and his cousin-to-be, baby Nash) Jake and his Jo Mama after he finished trick-or-treating
Waiting patiently for more candy

Mommy and her favorite little Knight

Taking a deep breath

I realized last week that I have neglected taking pictures of our Jake this fall. October was the busiest month ever and I'm so glad its finally November and I can take a deep breath. I was out of town three of the four weekends in October and Jake has been a sport about traveling and being dragged on my countless errands this last month. Seriously, this month my goal is rest and not to over schedule our lives. We need some good family time with the three of us to rejuvenate. Ty has been very busy remodeling our downstairs. We've enclosed our dining room with french doors to make it Ty's new office because the office upstairs will be Jake's new room when Grace comes. Ty's also painted the office and hallway and had the living room and stairway painted. Next, he started taking up the tile downstairs for new flooring. He has worked non-stop for the last few weeks on weekends and after work and needs to rest as well! We're just waiting now for the flooring company to come next week and finish the floors and we'll have almost a new house!

I'm going to work on remembering Psalm 46:10 this next month: "Be still and know that I am God" and slow down and enjoy being Jake's mom! In the spirit of that, here are some cute candid pictures of Jake I took in his overalls and cowboy boots. Here's Jake at 21 months: