Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat!
We visited a few houses in our neighborhood tonight and also gave out a little candy of our own.  It was a nice amount of halloween.  We don't have a ton of candy that we have to eat and he didn't get completely worn out walking around.
Here is a few pictures from the highlight reel.

 "Trick or Treat!"

 Being a fireman is serious business.

Check out the Loot!

The real surprise of the day happened while we were getting ready for church this morning.  After breakfast Doug went to get in the shower and Mac asked if he could play for a few minutes before bathtime so I went to dry my hair.  Five to ten minutes later I noticed that things were a little too quiet.  I went to check on Mac and found him putting diapers from a new box into his diaper drawer.  A very constructive project he was working on, just that he was bottomless.  I asked what he was doing and he said he had pooped in the potty. Apparently he decided that he needed to go and so he went.  He even took off his pull-up and put it in the trash and when he went to get a clean one he decided to restock the drawer for me.  Luckily I got to him before he reached the point of dumping his potty into the toilet which might have been disastrous.  I told him that I was very proud of him, but next time to tell me so I could help him.  Thats what mom's are for right?

Full Circle

Well the blog has officially come full circle.  We started with our very first post as a picture from an ultrasound and now here is another one.  This is the first pictures of baby 2 so you can't tell very much yet.  So far all we know is that things look good and they have re-estimated our due date for June 4th.  I may not feel this way by the time June gets here, but I'm actually hoping for June 6.  Mac is 3/3 and my birthday is 4/4 so I think that would be a nice way to make an addition to the family.

Pumpkins!

This is a little late, but the weekend before last we went to Washington Farms.  Its a local farm that has a corn maze and tons of other kids activities.  We had a great time playing all afternoon and even managed to take a few pictures.  I was surprised as I uploaded these pictures to see how tall Mac looks all of a sudden.

A Curious George moment

Tonight Mac was playing and somehow managed to get his foot stuck in his chair. Luckily this exact same thing happened in an episode of Curious George we saw recently so we were well prepared. And also luckily we did not have to call the fire department like they did in George's case. Though Mac probably would have enjoyed that.

The Knack

Mac is a funny kid. I guess most 2 year olds are, but we pretty much only know him.

Sunday after church we sat down to eat lunch at a restaurant. After getting our drinks he insisted that he needed the salt. After grabbing it, he dumped some onto his napkin and then placed his drink onto it. He was pretty pleased with himself, but went on like it was nothing.

After laughing we asked him where he learned to do that.

He said "Huh, Papa." "Huh" is the first thing out of his mouth anytime he is asked a question. Quite annoying, but I am sure typical for his age.

I thought this was funny enough to let Papa know. He modestly replied "He may have figured out on his own how the salt breaks the adhesion properties of the wet paper. After all, he is my grandson."

If that is the case, then perhaps its one of the early symptoms of The Knack.

Of course shortly after this he exhibited symptoms of not having The Knack by shamelessly flirting with two ladies at a nearby table. Perhaps he is a rare breed - a ladies man with The Knack.

BIG news

This past weekend we went down to Americus to visit family and have a late celebration for Grandpa Tom's birthday.
Sunday we decided to meet up with the Cook/Chadwick/Ragsdale crowd at Ryan's and there we found even more celebrations.  Uncle Mike proposed to his girlfriend (she said YES!) and Chet announced that he is going into the ministry.  We are unbelievably excited for both of them, but the celebrations did not end there...








A translation for those of you who don't speak 2-year old: Mac is going to be a big brother! (yay Mommy...)
Samantha is due at the end of May, just after Doug's cousin.
We are super excited and glad that Mac is excited, even if he doesn't fully understand.

All in all, it was a great weekend and we are amazed at all the ways God is blessing us, even when we don't deserve it.  He truly is an amazing God.

Morning with the McFarlands

Good morning everyone. We are visiting Nana and Grandpa Tom. That means our morning started with homemade French toast and now Mac is helping wash dishes. It makes me nervous so I'm distracting myself by blogging.