Braden picked out a Woody (from “Toy Story”) costume for Halloween. He liked it so much that he wore it around the house. And knowing how much Braden enjoys candy, we thought he would go trick-or-treating all night.

We were wrong. We took Braden on the loop around the house, but after about 4-5 houses, he got tired and wanted to go home. We had to basically drag him from house to house just so he could get some more candy.

We think part of the reason Braden wanted to quit was because he was SO shy going to each door to get candy. At least we got to meet some of our new neighbors.

Carson went as Curious George, by the way, but stayed at home with Kristin’s parents.

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We had a nice vacation in Cocoa Beach. Braden loved the beach and the pool. Carson had a lot of trouble sleeping, which is why we had 2-3 cups of coffee every single morning. Still, the boys were well behaved throughout the week, which included a day trip to Kennedy Space Center.

There, Braden attended his first movie, which also happened to be a 3-D IMAX movie! It was about the international space station.

Every time we went out, Braden would ask, “Can we go back on vacation?” This meant “Can we go back to the hotel?” We kept telling him we WERE on vacation.

The flight to Florida was relatively calm. Carson did sleep, although another baby woke him up. Still, Carson didn’t cry or fuss.

On the flight home, however, Carson was very antsy. That didn’t allow us any time to rest during the flight. Brian finally rocked Carson to sleep with  about 15 minutes left in the flight.

Braden was a good boy, watching his DVDs and eating a ton of snacks both ways.

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