Future President of CommonMan

Hmmm....dad is not lookings, so maybe I should just press a few keys.....

ok, daddy let's work on the computer together. You can show me how to "work!"

Darrell's dream come true.... a son whom is as passionate about "puters" as he is!

Carter and I stopped by the CommonMan office to visit daddy today and then had lunch together.

Trick or Treat

This year Carter officially trick or treated and he had a BLAST! We went with his cousins (Jake, Lily, Kyle & Kora) cousin Tonya and Aunt Rene too. Carter did a great job keeping up with the big kids, but mostly preferred to suck on his Tootsie Pop and let mommy and daddy carry his treat bag around. He even tried his first piece of cotton candy. Yum! The weather was beautiful and it was a perfect night for Halloween!

Welcome to the family baby Katherine Cruz

Last Tuesday we welcomed a new additon to the Cruz family. My Uncle Joe and his wife Tracy had a little girl! Katherine "Katie" Cruz arrived healthy and big bro Kyle & big sis Kora eagerly awaited her homecoming. Carter and I got to meet baby Katie for the first time on Friday. Carter wasn't jealous at all that I was holding her. He did come by a few times to point at her, but then was off playing with the bigger kids. Baby Katie is a real cutie. I didn't get a chance though to take any pictures. Hopefully, we will get some soon and update the blog! Congratulations~

Bath time Fun

What could be more fun than sharing a bath with another little person? Carter was taking a bath and when cousin Lily caught wind of it, she stripped her clothes off and hopped in!

ELMO, M & M's & TRUCKS

These are Carter's 3 most FAVORITE things. Anything Elmo, the ever so messy, but yummy chocolate M & M's (thanks Noonie for introducing us to those!) and trucks of all sizes and colors. So when I found this Elmo sweatshirt at Kohl's I couldn't pass it up. He was super excited to be wearing it!

Halloween Party

Our playgroup had our second annual Halloween party at Alissa and Sophia Sulkin's house this year. Unfortunately I was unable to capture any group pictures because as you can image....all of us were chasing our toddlers around! I did however manage to get someone to snap a picture of Carter, Luke, Colleen and I. Luke and his mommy Colleen are dear friends of ours!

Halloween Parade in Spring Valley

Our little Pirate


The Pirate's mommy following him around




Captain Carter, mommy & daddy

Carter with Noonie and First Mate Moxie

The Pirate & The Duck

Carter with his great grandparents. Grandma Shirley & Grampy Iggy

Each year the small town that I grew up in has a Halloween parade. So we put Carter the "owl" in it last year and this year Carter the "pirate" was in it again. Although this year, his buddy Chase Burkart the "duck" celebrate his 1st Halloween and strolled in the parade along with us. Carter the pirate had a first mate "Moxie" the dog who sported a neat puppy pirate costume. Noni Micheli also turned her wagon into a very cool pirate ship! Thank you Noni for my awesome ride! Although the pirate and the duck did not win a prize, they were both winners in our eyes! Carter had a lot of fun looking at all the kids in the costumes and seeing the firetrucks drive by.