Its a bird, its a plane, its.......

SUPER GAVIN!!!! Gavin's Superman costume was a huge hit! Little old ladies oohed and ahhed. A group of older boys kind of "adopted" him. "Hey Superman, come with us," they yelled. "Let Superman get some candy." It was very cute.

Here in Portland it was a cold, windy evening and Gavin had a great time "flying" around the yard!

Our Little Lady Bug

Alayna had a good time tonight going trick-or-treating with her big brother. She only lasted a short while in the cold, but she was SO CUTE, I just couldn't hardly stand it!

~Alayna in a Pumpkin~

Pumpkin Fun

After Chad got home from work last night, we all hopped in the car and headed over to Rossi Farms to pick out some pumpkins. We got there just as they were about to close, but we quickly found some great pumpkins and headed over to Melissa and Jason's house to carve them. Here are some photos of our evening!

Breastfeeding FYI...

I learned something new today from Melissa, my go-to girl for all things breastfeeding. Melissa is training (and almost done!) to be a LeLeche League leader. I was concerned because I got pretty sick this weekend (horrible flu-like thing that Gavin caught on Friday and I was sick with by Sunday). Anyway, I was worried that Alayna would get sick because I was nursing her. Had I been home, I probably would have had Chad feed her from my frozen supply, but we were up in Washington celebrating Chad's 33rd birthday, so I had to continue nursing her). Well, now I'm glad I did. Turns out, that when I get sick, my body produces antibodies that is passed to Alayna through breastmilk and actually decreases the chance that she will get sick. Here's a great LLL link with more info for all my breastfeeding friends out there: http://www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ/sick.html

All Bundled Up!

Our project for today was working on the yard. It was rather cool and I didn't want Alayna to be outside without a hat. For some reason, I couldn't find her regular hats, but I found this one in a drawer. Its a bit big.....she's got quite a bit of growing room.....but she looked so cute in it, I had to snap this picture!

Trip to the Coast

We went to the coast today. Drove over to the Tillamook Cheese Factory and then stopped at all the beaches along the way going north. Here's a few pics from our last stop in Astoria.

A Day At Mt. St. Helens

Mom and Dad are here from Michigan and we've been doing all sorts of sight-seeing over the last week. Today we went to Mt. St. Helens, which was just spectacular! Here they are with Gavin and Alayna.

Link of the Day

Awesome Musician, David Klinkenberg....Check it out!