Our "first" Halloween

 Not really his first Halloween, but at 11 days old last year, he wasn't in much of a mood to get in costume.  And neither was mom, ha. So this year we had Taygan the Tiger!

 Since Cruz and Taygan can't really go trick or treating, and it was suppose to be was freezing on actual Halloween, we dressed them up and took them to Taylor Ranchfest on Sat before Halloween.  Look at that little Tiger standing all on his own!

They had an absolute blast!  It was a perfect fall day.  Taylor Ranch had a kiddie corn maze set up with hay bales, and in it was this long tunnel for them to crawl through.  Taygan LOVED it. He watched his friends Rowan and Koltin do it, and then he followed suit.

 At the ranch, Taygan got to pick out a pumpkin since he was in costume so we were really brave and let him paint it a couple nights later.  With non-toxic, all natural, washable paint of course.

 I am not sure if he or Dad had more fun.  Taygan did not put those little paint sponge marks on himself...

 After Taygan put his artistic work into one side of the pumpkin, Kyte painted the other side.

 And this was Halloween morning :) I had to sit him outside in the 30 degree weather to get him to sit still with the pumpkin haha!

 and as a side note, on Halloween we celebrated my sisters closing on her first house  with a dinner in Greenville...congrats Aunt Mate!!!  We are so proud of you!

 

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It's true.  Taygan turned 1. And this is one loved kid.  I can't even begin to tell you how blessed we are with all the friends and family we have.  The first birthday party was a HUGE success (sorry to those of you of fb, you have already seen most of these pics once.  But hey, who doesn't want to see pics of this adorable face over and over again?)

Taygan loves when the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse music comes on, so I decided to do his party with a Mickey Theme.  The cake was from Tiffany's Baking in Candler and it was AMAZING.

Since I splurged on the cake, I made most all of the other deco myself (with some ok fine, A LOT of help from Pinterest.)

I am super proud of the balloon wreath.

 

The "1" picture collage was one of my favorite decorations!!

 

 

 

 

 

And then of course there was the infamous "Smash Cake".  He didnt go super crazy with it, but did dig in after Kyte convinced him it was ok :)

 

After cake we headed outside to let the kiddos play in the inflatable bounce house/slide that we had borrowed from a friend.  Taygan's is so lucky to have so many friends his same age!

 Harper would have went down the slide for hours, she loved it!!

 Look at those big kids, they have grown so fast :(

 

 And here are some highlights from the past month:

-Mommy and Daddy became jungle gyms, he is a little monkey.

-Toilet paper become a fun toy.

-He started walking with the assistance of a walker. But hasnt figured out how to turn it once he hits a wall, so that leads to some pitching of fits.

-He had his first little stomach bug (luckily no throwing up).

-We still have 8 teeth.

-"No" how in heaven's name do you teach this word to a child?!? We are attempting it with the fireplace, but he finds it hysterical.

Ok, I think that's enough for one post :)