How did we get here? ....and Halloween too!

Decisions, decisions. I'm struggling with Halloween here. Costumes are a rip off considering they are for one day. Last year Cayden wanted to be Tinkerbell and I was thrilled because I knew it'd be worth every penny. That costume has since joined her dress up collection and she uses it all the time. This year I wanted her to wear her dance costume since it cost a fortune and she wore it only for her recital. She's not interested in being a pirate and since Halloween is suppose to be fun for kids I feel bad taking the excitement out of it. Then we move on to Keenan. What I really want him to be is this adorable octopus:
How cute is this???? But I'm afraid we'll have one of those Octobers where Halloween is 80 degrees and he will just suffocate inside that costume. So then I was in the disney store and saw this Mickey Mouse costume for babies. I can't show you a picture of it because every site (even the Disney stores site!!) shows some other cheesy version. It was a bubble type costume and was perfect because if it's warm he'd have bare arms and legs and if it was cold I could put black pants and a long sleeve black onesie on him. I liked that flexibility. I'm not a big Mickey Mouse fan but what made me think the idea was a good one is I saw Minnie and thought how cute would it be if Cayden and Keenan were Mickey and Minnie? That would be adorable. I'm going to lose the power of persuasion with Cayden in a few years on the costume front so I should try to take advantage of it now!!! Ha ha. So now I'm stuck with the ever so adorable octopus or the not nearly as cute but oh so convenient Mickey. Of course another plus is that if Cayden is Minnie it will be something to add to her dress up collection instead of worn once. Decisions, decisions.

Then we move on to the "How did we get here" portion of this post. I was gathering pictures of Keenan for his birthday invite/video and I started looking at Cayden's baby pictures. I'm feeling ridiculously sentimental these days watching Keenan grow and knowing that he is the last baby we will have. It's hard watching the babyhood fade away. Just about 3 years ago we had a 10 month old - our baby Cayden; sweet, easygoing, happy go lucky, endearing little girl:


and now we have a 10 month old baby yet again and although we love him just the same he is the complete opposite. My Keenan boy; cranky and oh so demanding but with the ability to make your heart melt with one little smile or laugh:


Wow - time flies! So now that I'm finally finished this super long post - be warned. Lots of sentimental moments to come in the next few months as Keenan turns one, learns to walk and so much more.