The Howards

Monday

Halloween Night

On Halloween night, we joined up with 2 other couples and their kids to go trick-or-treating. We had a yummy dinner of pizza (yes, again!), hotdogs, brownies, and nachos made with Doritos that were awesome! Then after all that health food, we headed out to frighten the town as several superheros and their trusty dog. Hampton LOVED being with the bigger kids....of course, we definitely had to use his harness to keep him from completely running away! After collecting too many treats, we headed back to the Bodifords to play card games while the little ones ate way too much candy! It was a great night with friends filled with lots of laughter, including a good bit at our children's expense!

Trick or treat!

All the super heroes and Hampton

getting energized to go collect candy

Hampton running while Bo chased him...which was the theme of the night!

Friday

Friday Photo and Week In Review

Here are some other random tidbits from our lives right now.....

We've been back to the Doctor's office this week. We're now going every week for checkups....it's almost impossible to believe we'll have a new baby in just over 1 month!

And speaking of doctors, Hampton had his 2-year checkup this week. It went great, and he even got a cute new book from the staff. He's now had his flu shot, so now that just leaves us......

We are trying to get the house clean & ready for our upcoming Supper Club. Around here, that's a major undertaking, especially since Hampton has managed to color on almost every surface in this house. Thank goodness for washable crayons!

Hampton spent the night away from home for the first time last weekend. We know, it's kind of pitiful that we waited this long, but it went great! Did we do anything fun and exciting on our first night alone in 2 years? Only if you count ice cream for dinner and Tanner going to bed at 6:30 exciting!

Thursday

Birthday Fun

Since we had plans Halloween night with some friends, we decided to get the Grandparents together early in the day to celebrate with Hampton. Bo took the morning off from work, and we headed over to Fairhope to feed the ducks. Hampton loves to be outside & run like a wild man, plus he adores animals, so we knew he'd love to go see them.

We fed the ducks until they got a little too greedy (these ducks have NO problem invading your personal space!), then headed to another part of the park to walk down the pier. Afterward, we headed to lunch to eat Hampton's #1 favorite food...pizza! When we told him we were going to have pizza, he said "Pizza, pizza, I LOVE pizza! Umm...yummy pizza!". This child is definitely Tanner's all the way! We ate pizza and cupcakes with Grandi, Granddaddy, Grannie, & Grandpa, then headed home for a nap. It was the perfect way to celebrate being 2!

Wednesday

Worn Slap Out!

Well, after all the Halloween & birthday celebrations, the Howard family is worn out! We've had a great time, though. Hampton had 3 occasions to wear his very cute (if we do say so ourselves!) puppy costume, and we got to spend time with lots of friends & family over the weekend. We've eaten way too many sweets & celebrated way too much, but isn't that part of the fun?

We're going to overload you with photos from all the fun over the next few days, but here's a peek at Hampton's new love, the "train tracks" as he calls them. This was his birthday gift from us, and we've been holding on to it patiently since last year when we found it on a mega-sale. It's been very hard not giving it to him before now, but we knew he'd love it once we did!