We are well into October! I had a wonderful birthday celebration with my family, I've been fighting a nasty cold that is finally on it's way out! Halloween decorations are up, we've done the pumpkin patch with Leah and the kids, and the Halloween costumes are on their way!

Reed is learning new words all the time! This morning he had a wet diaper that I had bundled up and set aside in his hands and I told him it was "trash".... he walked all the way to the kitchen (looking back a few times to hear me say "trash" again) and he went all the way to the cupboard, opened it up and threw it away in the trash can! I have NEVER explained trash to him, pointed out where the trash was, or anything. He observes SO MUCH - I forget how much and it's crazy to me when he does things like this out of the blue! He gives kisses now and can be so cuddly! I try all day long to think of different ways to get him to NOT DO STUFF without saying NO all day long. He's into EVERYTHING!!! But I love him like crazy - he just keeps me busy! <3