Happy Halloween

Jackson is snug as a bug in his bed, but he wanted me to tell everyone Happy Halloween. He said it wasn't his favorite Halloween b/c we didn't get to really trick-or-treat, but that he liked getting to dress up and hopes that next year will be better! Here's our little tiger:



So...our 1st Halloween was kinda lame this year. First of all, Stillwater moved trick-or-treating to a Thursday night and I of course had to work late that night, so by the time we got home that night, it was bedtime. We did make our way over to Megan and George's, but that was it. I had really hoped we'd be able to make the rounds in the neighborhood, but there weren't many lights on anyway. Hopefully, next year will be much better! This past Tuesday I had taken him to downtown Stillwater in his costume for their Halloween thingy, but it was a little crazy down there. Too many people and rude kids running around and bumping into poor Jackson. He almost got knocked over by some kid who looked at me after he did it like I ran into him. I almost told him to go find his parents b/c I wanted to talk to them. Kids are so RUDE these days...no manners...no common courtesy. Gosh, I hope I teach Jackson a huge amount of manners b/c I can't stand rude children! It just amazes me how incosiderate children are these days! Ok...getting off my soapbox :0)

We did do something really cool last weekend. Justin and I took the bean to the Oklahoma City Zoo. It was a gorgeous day and I wanted to go walk around. Not the best zoo I've been to, but not the worst either! It was pretty funny to watch our little man look more at the people that were around him than the animals in front of him. He did like the bats and the orangutans. One orangutan came right up and sat in front of us on the glass. Then he turned around and put his hands out on the glass and Jackson put his hands on the glass next to the orangutans hands. It was awesome! I had fun b/c I love going to the zoo :0) Here are some pics of Jackson's first zoo trip:


I'll end this round of blogging with a quick blurb about my little man and his new foods. Jackson did so well with rice cereal we decided to try some other solid foods, so last weekend we tried rice cereal with applesauce and he did really well with that. His face though was priceless the first time he tried it though. It looked a little something like this:

Then, on Wednesday he tried some sweet potatoes and he just scoops up whatever he can get of those. He really likes them A LOT! He actually gets excited when he sees the baby food jar. I'll post pictures of this adventure on the next blog.

October was pretty awesome, but I think November will be better. We'll get 2 sets of visitors: Justin's parents and mine. It'll be good to have family around us for awhile! We're also hoping to learn a little more about where we might be going after our Oklahoma adventure is over. Justin has had 6 interviews so far and he has a 2nd interview scheduled next week. There for jobs all over the place. Please pray for us...especially for him! I just really want more than anything for him to find a job that he'll really like in a place that we can stand being in. The sooner we know where we're going...the better! Thanks for the love and support everyone. We'll keep you posted...