Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh my!

I'm starting to really look forward to Halloween. This will be Dustin's first Halloween and I had bought his costume back when I was pregnant with him last year after Halloween. I bought this really cute tiger costume that I lucked out with and got on clearence. Well, my mom had the idea to make Bradley a bear, and Parker a lion. So my mom is making them their costumes. Bradley's costume is getting close to being done and so far it is so cute! Bradley tried it on yesterday and was running around roaring like a bear. He is very excited to be a bear for Halloween. Parker isn't quite sure about it all, but he knows he's going to be a lion.

Fall is my favorite time of year with all the tree's changing color and the weather starting to get cool. My other favorites are Christmas, and Easter. I look forward to all the fun my kids have. Not to mention this year will be a first for Dustin with everything, except Easter because he was a tiny baby then.

Something else exciting about Halloween this year is that my big brother James will be home from Iraq! I am so glad he will finally be home where he belongs! James hasn't seen his youngest son since he was a few days old, and AJ has grown sooo much! Babies grow up so fast, and it's sad my brother has missed a lot of AJ growing. Here is a picture of when my brother was home last holding his baby boy. This was about 5 days before he went back to Iraq.

Here is another picture of baby AJ from that day.

And here is a picture of AJ a month from when this picture was taken. I don't have any other more recent pictures, but it shows how much they change and how quick!



I am just very excited about everything fall is bringing this year. It's just a beginning of good things to come. My big brother coming home from Iraq after being their for about 18months, my youngest son Dustin's first Halloween, and just watching all my baby boys have fun dressing up in their Halloween costumes, and playing in the fallen leaves. I love fall.