Back to Michigan for Halloween

So the first couple months in Indiana was a little strange. We were back and forth from Indiana to Michigan in order to tie up some loose ends with the house and other things that were going on. The best part was that we were back in Michigan for Halloween. We could carry on our tradition with my buddy Collin. So far, since we were both born, we have gotten together at some point on Halloween to get pictures. But, because Evan wasn't feeling good that weekend, we had to cancel our date with Collin. We didn't want to pass any germs. Maybe next year.

This year, I was an angel. I had these cool wings and a halo and Mommy used the dress that I wore for Aunt Mindy's wedding and sewed on some fuzzy things on the bottom. It worked perfect.

Evan was tiger. He didn't do much walking while we were trick-or-treating. He stayed in the stroller most of the time. He was to little to eat candy anyway.

AAAHHHH, Miss Hannah. I miss her.

Before the night was over, we had to stop and see my friend Anthony. He was a pirate this year. We made a perfect 3. A pirate, a tiger and me, an angel.

More Visitors

Later in October, the Sampsons came to visit us. Terre Haute has a lot of parks. One of the parks is a skateboarding park. Christian brought his skateboard and when we there on Saturday. It was a great day. A little chilly, but the sun was shining. Of course, Daddy and Uncle Tracey had to stop by Starbucks on the way and buy their coffee.

Christian can do lots of cool tricks on his board. There obstacles that he could side on and hills to go on. Here he went flying up the edge and landed on his feet, on the top.

While Christian was skateboarding, Mommy, Aunt Chelle, Anthony and my brother Evan went to the other side of the park to play on the swings and slides. I love to swing, I could have someone push me all day long. Mommy took Evan down one of the slides, and Evan didn't listen to the person who was standing at the top saying "Please keep your arms and legs on Mommy's lap at all times". Evan made the mistake of letting his foot slip off Mommy's lap and he sort of got it caught behind him. He was OK after a couple of days and our first visit to the doctor's office. What a Baby! I just think that he wanted the sympathy.

My cousin Ian even came down to visit. It was good, because I hadn't seen him in while. It had been like a whole 2 months since the wedding. It was a little cold the weekend that he brought his parents down, but we still got outside to play and took a nice long walk.

Pumpkin Carving 2009

We took our pumpkins home and a few days later, we carved them. This was Evan's first real time cleaning a pumpkin by himself. Daddy cut a hole in the top of the pumpkins and then Evan and I took spoons and tried to clean out the guts of the pumpkins. It was a little hard for Evan to manage. He thought it was much easier to reach in with his hands and pull the stuffings out.

I enjoyed trying to get the stuff out with my spoon and watching Evan reach in the pumpkin. He could almost fit inside the one that he was cleaning.

Our First Visitors

So we packed up and headed for Terre Haute. Daddy's company that he is working for provided us a very nice apartment. It was a great surprise see it. It is an upstairs apartment with 3 bedrooms. It wasn't long and we had our first visitors. Uncle Mike and Aunt Mindy came for a visit. They were married back in August, so now I can officially call him Uncle Mike. It was a great weekend.

We tried to find a Cider Mill to go to. But cider mills in Indiana are not like cider mills in Michigan. This one was the closest to Terre Haute. It was very small and they weren't making cider, but they did have a great little pumpkin patch. I got to crawl around in all the pumpkins. These pumpkins were just about as big as I was.

Maya liked the little pumpkins. They weren't big enough to carve, but they fit in her hands really well. We decided to buy a couple larger pumpkins and take them home to carve. All in all, there are a lot of things that we need to learn about Indiana. First is that their cider mills aren't what we are used to.

Moving Day. Ugh!!!

After a great summer, Daddy found a job, which was great. But, it is in Terre Haute Indiana. WE ARE MOVING. This will be Maya's and my first experience with having to move. It wasn't so bad. I didn't have to help at all.

Daddy got a call from ThyssenKrupp Presta in the middle of August and had an interview the next day. A couple days later, Mommy and Daddy went to Terre Haute for a second interview. ThyssenKrupp called Daddy a couple days after that and offered him the job. He accepted and we started preparing for the move, which was happening in a couple of weeks. Labor Day weekend, we loaded what we needed for a week in the car and van and drove to the apartment the company got for us. Daddy started work on Sept 8th and then we went back to Michigan and loaded up a truck the next weekend and headed back to Terre Haute to our new home.