Happy Halloween!

We were so excited to dress up this year! Oh the possibilities of all the family members! Our big bad wolf was none other than our Patriarch Casey, 3 adorable little pigs, 1 brick house, and 1 split house of both stick and straw (with Sprinkles as the roof because Katie's father brings us excess amounts of random things like sprinkles)

 We first went trick or treating at the dental school which was oh so much fun. In true Dental fashion we loaded ourselves up on toothbrushes! Maxson also got LOADS of candy from all the sweet employees. Casey's was so excited to take our family around to everyone he knew. They were all dressed up as "worker bees", it was super cute.

 That night we went to trunk or treat at the church. It was kind raining though so it got moved into the gym and was COMPLETELY CHAOTIC. Ha, way too many people in a small area. The line was essentially at a stand still going around the room since there were so many people. But it was still fun to see all our ward friends and family!

 Bryson // Straw house side

 Stick house side

 Quinn was obsessed with the candy bowl

 I didn't get to take pictures of all our friends' family costumes like I usually do which was a bummer because there were so many good ones! These were the only ones I got, The despicable me gang and a cute little tortoise and the hare :)

COSTUME DETAILS

PIGS:
 Pink shirts borrowed from neighbors and SIL, overalls, pig hats from here (for less than $4! each)

WOLF:
Red flannel shirt, fur from Joann's pinned onto chest, ankles, and wrists, wolf hat from Goodwill.

HOUSES:
Diaper boxes, tape together one side of flaps to make longer, on the other end cut off two flaps for arms to go through and shape for arm pit shape to feel more comfortable, use those two cut off flaps to connect over shoulders and tape like crazy! We just painted the brick house, used regular old sticks for the stick house (with  TON of Elmer's glue), and corn husks found in a corn field for the straw house (again a ton of glue!)

My hopes are that the wolf and pig hats can be used for years to come in dress up!

Cutler family pictures 2015 FOR THE WIN

Remember my account at failed family pictures? Well we went back at it again much more prepared with a tripod, a Katie who entertained the kids like a magician for smiles, mini M&M's in my pocket for smiles and cooperation from Maxson (worked like a freaking charm), and a promise to Casey for an ice cream reward for having to do this twice. PICTURES WENT SO MUCH SMOOTHER.

Some of these are from the first evening of photos, a majority of them are from our second time.

Woo! So glad I have this stage of our lives documented in some great pictures! Thank you Katie and my mom!

Tomorrow: pictures with our behind the camera magicians!

the twinsies: 12 months old // ONE YEAR

MY BABIES ARE ONE YEARS OLD!

It was such a fantastic birthday week. My mom was in town. Quinn took his first steps. Bryson started balancing. They devoured their cake. It was all so great. I love love love these baby boys so much. They bring me so much joy. i love holding them both at the same time and squeezing them so hard! They are just the cutest little boys, I couldn't love them more.

But let's talk about anything new in the past month and where they are now at 12 months!

Both boys can go up and down the stairs completely by themselves, hallelujah. No more baby gates or worrying if a baby is falling down! Yahoo!

Both love to empty the wipes bag when they find it and eat any tissue they find, they usually stare at me when they're eating paper or tissues those cute little stinkers.

They're eating has calmed down a little, not constantly stuffing their faces, ha. They transitioned to whole milk about a week before their birthday because i was so sick of formula, I was just DONE, they didn't mind a bit other than it was just a teeny tiny too cold but the microwave worked fine. 

They both LOVE Max, love to follow him around, play with his toys, be tickled by him, Max is always making them laugh (and hurting them, let's be honest). 

Both boys LOVE clapping when you say yay! They're so enthusiastic about it.

They both sign all done and sometimes more and sometimes they wave hi/bye. We're working on please for now!

Quinn took his first step the day before his birthday to Casey! I saw him take his first step on his birthday, very appropriate celebration. He has the funniest little stink face where he pushes his lips out and scrunches his nose up, I love it so much. He got tubes in his ears last month.

Height: 31 in // 90%ile

Weight: 26 lb 5 oz // 95%ile

Head: 18 in // 75%ile

Bryson still yell-screams very loudly often. That boy is vocal. He can totally balance but refuses to most of the time, it's funny.  He's a little bit more cuddly of the two.

Height: 31 in // 97%ile

Weight: 26 lb 10 oz // 97%ile

Head: 18 in // 75%ile

Here's pictures! I'm learning how to use Lightroom, and my pictures are a little blurry when I exported them, sigh :(

 turning around more interested in Max having his fit in the background.

 Love this Quinny boy!

 Bryson!

Happy birthday my cute baby boys!