Ryker's first halloween was spook-tacular!

Halloween is usually a pretty low-key holiday at our house, and this year it was the same. Ryker, of course, dressed up. I asked Nick's mom, Beth, to make his costume. For some reason I have wanted him to be a lion since before he was born. It just sounded so cute! Beth did a great job on his costume, and he looked AMAZING as you can see in the pictures. Nick and I took him to a couple neighbors' houses to trick-or-treat. Normally we sit out in our driveway to hand out candy, but we were not sure what to do this year since it all really depended on what Ry wanted to do. We decided to hand out candy at our neighbors, Clint & Jackie's, house. A couple other households were there too handing out their goodies. Ryker was such a good boy. He ate, and he watched all the kids coming up in costume. We were over there for a couple hours almost. We had him in his costume a couple different times (It was kinda hot), and the later the night got, the less he liked his costume's mane. Needless to say...we got a lot of pics of our mane-less lion. I also dressed him in the costume the day before while my parents were here so they could see him in it. We took some pics that day too. And, I took more the morning after Halloween. It was a wonderful first Halloween, and I can't wait until next year! I bet he'll be saying "Tick or Tweet" by then. :)

These 3 pics are of Ryker watching a Baby Einstein DVD last week. He really loves them...especially when the puppets appear on screen. We limit him to watching only one a day.

Trying on his costume the day before Halloween.

Some pre-Halloween pics out in the front yard... 

Ryker with Memaw and Papaw

Naked baby...he's getting so big!

He had a couple different Halloween outfits so there's some pics of him in those...

Kinda random, but this is a pic of a towel cake my mom and I made for a wedding at the beginning of October. It was pretty fun to make. :)

More pre-Halloween pics...

Where'd these scarecrows come from?

Totally ignoring me...

With his pumpkin and books for Halloween

Halloween bib for my little drooler

Heading out for trick-or-treating with Daddy

Ry and I

Hanging with the neighbors

"LION KING" pose

Halloween 2011 family pic...he was tired of taking pics. He cried in all the fam ones we took.

Aliah - Wonderwoman and Ryker - a lion

I love this one, but I wish my hair wasn't in the way...

Day after pics in costume...

His trick-or-treating loot

The Carlson family's first annual pumpkin patch visit

A couple weekends ago Nick, Ryker, and I headed out to the pumpkin patch for our first annual visit. We wanted to experience Dewberry Farms, this HUGE pumpkin patch with all kinds of family activities in nearby Brookshire, but when we got there (20 minutes after they opened) the line was like 150 people deep. NO KIDDING! Seeing as how Ryker couldn't really "do" anything anyway, we headed out to find another pumpkin patch around here. We decided to check out the one at St. Peter's United Methodist Church in Katy. It was free, and it was so nice (and not crowded). Ryker did a really good job for having just woken up from a nap plus having pictures snapped of him left and right. He wasn't as into it as I had hoped he would be, but he didn't cry or get mad so that's always a good thing. :) Nick and I took a few with him ourselves, and we posed him on a little bench they had for most of the others. It's hard to pose a baby who can't sit up or stand and when you can't lay him down on anything. We picked out and purchased a couple little pumpkins for the house. The pumpkin proceeds are being put towards a missionary trip to Jamaica. Sounds so fun! Here's the pics...

He was a little confused...where are we mom?

He only smiled a couple times...I love this one!

And, this one's cute too!

Checking out other kids...

I REALLY LOVE this one! <3

Pic with Daddy :) Nick was such a trooper considering he was sick.

He was starting to check things out at the end...