October was a crazy month. Or should I say, it was a normal month. Seems like they are all crazy nowadays. At the beginning of the month we went to Tennessee with Heath's parents and stayed at the Wilderness Lodge. It got off to a rough start because J-doodle  was spawning a couple teeth. The first few nights he woke up screaming every few hours. Good times. Nothing seemed to help his pain plus I am pretty sure he didn't like sleeping in the Pack and Play. 

Unlike Ruby, who is in l-o-v-e with the water, Doodle was not having it. He basically clung to either Heath or myself and just splashed in the water. I hope this is something he grows out of because I'd be bummed if he didn't! 

It was also my birthday! The big something-something. We had sushi for dinner and despite the fact that the restaurant was crazy busy and Doodle was on the verge of being very hangry it went well. Our waitress learned the hard way that you shouldn't set another tables food down in front of Mr.  Grabby Hands. I've been really surprised at the number of waiters/waitresses who will set food down directly in front of him, especially when the plate is really hot! After dinner we came home, opened presents, and enjoyed a pumpkin pie Blizzard cake-which I didn't know was a legit thing until I made a comment about how awesome it would be if they made one. Went to DQ's website and lo and behold, there it was! 

And the best part of October, Halloween. Ruby decided early on that she wanted to be a "half princess, half TMNT" which I considered an upgrade from her first choice which was "Frozen princess"  I bought a Leo costume, glued on some bling, sewed her a cape, and Voila! Half Princess, Half TMNT. Of course by "Voila" I mean I spent hours of the cape, had glitter in my cleavage and I'm still sweeping glitter off the floor. But she loved it so I loved doing it. Plus it was a chance to be creative AND she won first place in her age group at our community Halloween Party. 

While Ruby won first place for being awesome *I* would have won the prize for 'Most Unflattering Costume in the History of Humanity." Heath and I haven't dressed up in forever and I thought it would be cool to do family costumes. Since Ruby was at least part TMNT I decided that I would be April O' Neil (old school, of course) and Jasper would be Splinter. Heath decided to be Casey Jones. 

Jasper's costume involved cutting off the mane of a lion costume (purchased super cheap last year), dying it a darker brown, and then fashioning a burgundy robe. Mine consisted of a yellow hazmat suit and boots I painted white. Not only was my costume totally unflattering (I knew this going in) but it was so. friggin. hot. And it had no stretch so I didn't have full range of motion. And I had to peel it off because I got so sweaty in it. Yeah, it was gross. But despite that AND the fact that only one person knew who I was (damn you Breaking Bad) I am glad we dressed up. 

Ruby had fun trick or treating. Jasper lasted in the stroller for 45 minutes and then he got super pissed. We let him go to one house and after that he threw a fit if I tried to put him back in the stroller. Eventually he became so obnoxious that I walked back to the house with him. I was actually kind of glad to get back so I could peel myself out of the suit! Next year I'll have to think of a costume with better ventilation. 

September had us closing on our house and moving. Moving was stressful and I cannot, in good conscious recommend it to anyone who hasn't done so in 12 years and added a couple of kids to the mix during that time. Initially Heath and I were like, "We'll just rent a Uhaul and do it all ourselves!" We quickly realized that was a terrible idea and hired movers instead. Good thing we did because Heath was struck with terrible allergies and with the car accident and car hunting things got throw off as far as packing goes.  It seemed like all of the sudden, shit! It was time to move and we weren't even close to being ready.  I worked the day the movers came but as soon as I got off work I was throwing crap into boxes left and right. It took two days to get us all moved and by "all moved" I mean that there is still stuff sitting in the garage at the old place. Ugh. 

The kids are enjoying the fenced in backyard. We even hauled over the huge play set from the old house. That went a lot more smoothly than I thought it would thanks to Heath's dad and several friends. We'd had an offer from someone to buy it and initially I was all for it but now that we have it here I am so glad that we kept it.