Halloween night

To complete the Halloween festivities we went to the Halloween even at Ebenezers. We wanted to go trick or treating as well but Judah was having a meltdown and I needed to get ready for work.

Daddy the "has been rockstar" with Judah his guitar

Rocking out with his guitar

Judah and Ms. Stacey

Owen as the lion

Judah walking around with HIS pumpkin bag

Figuring out which prize to take for playing the game

Judah had his own way of playing the games. Here is Judah taking the pumpkin beanbags out instead of throwing them in.

Judah sitting on the game instead of playing it

The rocker with his guitar

Trying to get a group shot (note that Judah has someone else's pumpkin)

The crew of kids

Judah and Owen Brown last Halloween-both as monkeys (Grace, I took this idea from your blog. Thanks for the idea!)

Judah and Owen this year-as a doctor and guitar

Judah, yet again, trying to take something from someone else. Looks like we have to work on the whole not taking things from others.

Judah mesmerized by the Lantern that he stole from Hazel.

Dan with Judah, Dustin with Wes, and Nathan with Hazel

Trying (unsuccessfully) to get Judah to do the "rock on" sign with his hand

The family as the rockstar, guitar, and groupie

Torin turns one!

The next event in Judah's packed Halloween weekend was Torin's 1st Birthday party on Saturday morning. It was so cute, and packed with fun Halloween things to do. Unfortunately, Judah had a meltdown so we didn't stay for long. Here are some pictures though.

The pumpkin that we decorated at the party

Cake time

Figuring out what to do with the cupcake (while eager hands try to get the yummy cake)

Digging in to the cake

Torin eating his cupcake

Hilloween

So, this year Judah had a packed Halloween weekend. To start the weekend off, we went to Hilloween which is the free Halloween even that Capitol Hill puts on. We had a great time and Dan was even able to get there in time (he was coming home from Delaware) to enjoy the festivities.

Judah the guitar

So Judah decided that his cloth bag pumpkin (that his mother so sweetly made for him) was simply not good enough so he quickly made a grab for Eli's plastic pumpkin. Without a moments hesitation, he then gave his bag to Eli's dad Dan. At least he gave his away, so it wasn't a total steal I guess.

Judah checking out his new pumpkin that he so lovingly stole from Eli

An unhappy Eli with Judah's disguarded pumpkin bag

Wesley the dragon saying "cheese"

The Hanks (minus Dustin)

Eli the spider

The Cummins

The family

Checking out the scene with Daddy

And the plastic pumpkin saga continues...Wes takes it from Judah

Checking out the dog

Smiles with Daddy



Judah's first piece of halloween candy. He actually picked it out too.

Cox Farms

I took Judah to Cox farms again this year. He LOVED the chickens and the wooden train, liked the apple cider and the rest of the animals, but hated the hayride. Here are some, ok, a lot, fun pictures from the day.

Judah with the pigs




Our turkey dinner

Judah petting the cow

Some cute ones of Judah in his stroller



Perhaps my favorite picture of the day

Judah on the train


A picture that reminds me of my nephews Luke and Mark

Playing Peek-a-boo

Climbing up on stuff


Just making sure I was still there

Practicing his driving skills

Another one of my favorites

Baby # 2

Yes, it is true, we are having baby number 2. This would be the reason for the massive delay in posts recently. I have simply been exhausted! So, every time Judah is asleep, so am I. But, here are pics of bambino numero dos at about 10 or 11 weeks. Sadly, this post didn't even get created until I was 18 weeks, but hey, better late than never right? I just hope this isn't an indication of the lack of documentation that will be for baby number 2.

In terms of how I've been feeling - well, this pregnancy is so different from Judah. With Judah I was sick every day at the exact same time and I had a ton of food aversions that would make me run to the bathroom. With this one, it has been more of a constant state of nausea and there have only been a few food issues.

I feel so much more tired with this pregnancy, but it could simply be that I am now working permanent night shifts or chasing around a toddler all day.

I have been craving a ton of sweets with this pregnancy which is way different from Judah. Particularly, chocolate milk shakes, rice crispy treats and red velvet, lava fudge, or vanilla 2 cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcakes. Yes, I am told that this is indicative of having a girl, but with the Hampton genes, I highly doubt it.

We will find out in 2 1/2 weeks whether the baby will be a bambino or a bambina so stay tuned. Anyways, here are the pics of baby. I will have to get some pics of the belly soon too. I can't believe how quickly I couldn't fit in normal clothes with this pregnancy.

Flying around DC

The other weekend we took Judah around DC to get some pictures. Judah decided he wanted to get some flying practice in too.
Chasing the ducks

Walking with Daddy



Standing with Daddy


Flying by the Jefferson Memorial

Perfect form


Flying to the next monument

Attacking the Washington Monument



Checking out the flowers

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Hangin' with Daddy

Here are some pictures of Judah and Dan hanging out.

Judah still loves to blow raspberries and it is so cute to watch him do it in response to you. Here are some pics of the two of them doing that.



These pictures of when Judah got his first taste at playing the guitar. He was very fascinated by the way the guitar made sounds with the strings, but even more excited about the way it sounded when he hit the side of it.

My giraffe

Judah received a stuffed giraffe this past month that is almost as big as he is. He loves it! As soon as he saw it he gave it a big hug and buried his head in it. Judah sleeps with his giraffe every night too. It is so cute. One night I peeked in on him and he was sound asleep with his arm over the giraffe. Here are some pics of him with his new buddy.

Updates...finally

My oh my, how time flies. Where has the last month gone? It has been a whirlwind around here. Judah is officially a toddler. He loves to "toddle" all over the place. It is so much fun to watch. He is also a talker. Some of the things he can say are: "itty at" for kitty cat, ball, Judah, mama, dada (sometimes when he is upset, he actually says daddy), and "eese" for cheese. Most of the time, he just babbles, but he definitely has conversations with you. The best is when he will be talking to himself and then you hear him laugh. It cracks me up to think of him laughing at something he said.

Let the picture updating begin...

Here is a picture (that I stole from our friends blog because I left my camera at home) of Judah and Owen at Colonial Beach. Our friend Grace and her family rented a place there for a couple of weeks and we went down for a day. It was fun to watch Judah play in the water and sand.